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Tawksin
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Roostertail]
#22372490 - 10/13/15 10:03 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Roostertail said: Do you have a small hole in the lid?
Just checking because I was seeing if there needs to be air exchange while myc develops and while sanitation occurs.
There are 4 small holes in the lid of each jar. And I do believe there must be air exchange for it to grow. I'm not quite experience enough to give you all the terms and definition.
But someone correct me if I'm wrong but there should be at least some air exchange in order for FAE.
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
#22372534 - 10/13/15 10:15 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Gas exchange, save fresh air for fruiting.
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Tawksin
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I found this tub at Staples today. It's a 64L storage bin. However it's only ~13ins tall. Is this tall enough?

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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
#22373346 - 10/13/15 01:22 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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That height should be fine. Your substrate only goes about 2.5 to 3 inches high leaving you enough head room. I do question the lid for that container though. Is it an imperfect seal or does it seal pretty tight? From the looks of it, it might not provide enough FAE.
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Tawksin
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Kalistis]
#22373367 - 10/13/15 01:25 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Caelistis said: That height should be fine. Your substrate only goes about 2.5 to 3 inches high leaving you enough head room. I do question the lid for that container though. Is it an imperfect seal or does it seal pretty tight? From the looks of it, it might not provide enough FAE.
Does it really matter how tight the lid is though if I'm going to be drilling a lot of holes into it for a SGFC?
As far as the lid goes, it's got a slight over hang. And doesn't have a sealing strip in it. It buckles down, so it's kind of tight, but it's not air tight. It's definitely not a perfect seal.
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Edited by Tawksin (10/13/15 01:48 PM)
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
#22374189 - 10/13/15 04:17 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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You have very good rhizomorphic growth. And the condensation is normal. It's because the temperature on the inside is slightly warmer than the temperature on the outside. You look like you're in the clear buddy. Try not to handle them too much as that will increase odds of contamination. For you're first grow you seem to be doing great man. Keep it up, you're very close to the fun part.
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I favorited this post by the way, I love seeing first time growers and watching their process. It's exciting. Keep us updated bro.
-------------------- Considering spores can survive the vacuum of space, I would assume it's safe to say that mushrooms are on every planet waiting for the right conditions to present themselves. What it all boils down to, is aliens are on shrooms.

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Tawksin
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I went and checked on the jars today. They are doing well. I'll add the pictures of them for today to the first post later tonight.
I have a couple questions though for now.
1. Is growth like this normal? This jar of mine is growing from the top to the bottom. And it looks like it has quite a bit of growth around and even into the contamination layer of the verm. Also none of my other jars really have this snowflake looking look to them.



2. I'm getting a second closet(Different closet than the jars.) ready for my fruiting chamber. I'm already bought all the stuff, the humidity in the closet currently is about 40-50%. I was wondering could I put a humidifer into the closet in the opposite corner from the fruiting chamber to bring the humidity of the whole closet closer to 90? In hopes of having to mist less, but I will be fanning and misting regardless. Just wondering.
Other than these questions. Today I bought my perlite and my Sterlite tote, and I drilled all the holes into it already. Also bought an analog thermometer/hydrometer.
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
#22383837 - 10/15/15 03:02 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Wow, i can tell you've done your research which is great. Congrats on joining the community. Everything looks great, you'll have some nice cubes soon. Cheers!
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Handslikehouses
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That "snowflake" growth is good. It's called rhizomorphic growth. It means that your mycelium is really healthy. And it growing from top to bottom is totally normal. Nothing to worry about. After you nail this grow you should look into doing a mono tub. Much larger yield, and it's basically set and forget. No fanning or misting or any of that extra shit. Way more bang for your buck. I started out doing jars just like you, then I did mono tub and I'll never go back. Good luck dude. You're doing great.
-------------------- Considering spores can survive the vacuum of space, I would assume it's safe to say that mushrooms are on every planet waiting for the right conditions to present themselves. What it all boils down to, is aliens are on shrooms.

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Looking good bro...keep sticking to the tek Youll be all before you know it. PF-tek got me off to a great start.
Next you can take prints/clones of fruits on agar for some really interesting shit.
Be warned though, you're embarking on one of the most addicting yet rewarding hobbies.
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Tawksin
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: pitbullfan]
#22408564 - 10/20/15 10:03 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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October 19th
Having a busy week I finally got to go check on the jars, and this is what I've found. I found it easier to take a picture of what parts the jar had left to colonize versus taking a picture of what was already done. Here are they are, and I'll have a couple questions as well.
Jar A:


Jar B The outside of this jar is completely covered and I'd assume technically in the consolidation stage.



Jar C This jar was once the only jar not showing life, it is now the second one to reach the consolidation stage.



Jar D



Jar E


Jar F



These are the couple questions I have as of right now.
1. Is the very dense white around the area that is left to colonize on Jar D normal? It doesn't look like any of the rest of the jars or even any of the rest of that one jar.
2. Would it be best to wait until all of the jars to finish the consolidation stage to birth them? Or would it be best to birth the jars as they are finished one at a time?
3. I plan on using the dunk and roll method, is this a wise decision? Also if I go through with the dunk and roll method would it be best to roll them in fine or coarse verm?
4. What do I need to do to the perlite before putting it into my fruiting chamber? I've read that some people rinse it off and bake it for awhile before soaking it to put it in their chambers.
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
#22408862 - 10/20/15 11:17 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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1. Yes it's normal. The substrate is probably squished up to the glass making it harder for the mycelium to get a hold of it. Not a problem.
2. It's really up to you. Either way works. I would wait though, extra consolidation isn't going to hurt the first ones that are consolidating right now, plus your cakes will let you know when they're ready to fruit by pinning. You'll see little squished invitro pins on the wall of the glass.
3. Yes. Absolutely dunk and roll. You'll get much better flushes. Dunk and roll between every flush. Either verm works, although I hear fine is better. Personally I used coarse when I used to do cakes and it came out fine, once again your choice
4. Definitely rinse the hell out of your perlite. I did a 10% H202 to 90% water when it was all said and done, just to keep it fresh and clean.
Good luck bud. Keep it up, you're almost there.
-------------------- Considering spores can survive the vacuum of space, I would assume it's safe to say that mushrooms are on every planet waiting for the right conditions to present themselves. What it all boils down to, is aliens are on shrooms.

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Tawksin
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Handslikehouses said: 1. Yes it's normal. The substrate is probably squished up to the glass making it harder for the mycelium to get a hold of it. Not a problem.
2. It's really up to you. Either way works. I would wait though, extra consolidation isn't going to hurt the first ones that are consolidating right now, plus your cakes will let you know when they're ready to fruit by pinning. You'll see little squished invitro pins on the wall of the glass.
3. Yes. Absolutely dunk and roll. You'll get much better flushes. Dunk and roll between every flush. Either verm works, although I hear fine is better. Personally I used coarse when I used to do cakes and it came out fine, once again your choice
4. Definitely rinse the hell out of your perlite. I did a 10% H202 to 90% water when it was all said and done, just to keep it fresh and clean.
Good luck bud. Keep it up, you're almost there.
Thanks for the anwsers. Closer towards the end of the consolidation period I'll post another update.
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
#22411731 - 10/20/15 11:21 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Looks great man, cant wait to see your fruits! GT's are a beautiful specimen, just collected a few GT's today from my pf cakes. They fruit very nicely on cakes IME.
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Nice! We both started growing GT at about the same time XD Can't wait to see how it turns out.
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: MrSturgill]
#22416957 - 10/22/15 06:40 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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October 21st All jars are completely covered on the outsides and as of the 22nd I will consider them all in the consolidation state.
Jar A



Jar B



Jar C



Jar D



Jar E



Jar F



I'll be beginning the dunk and roll process next Thursday. I also took the time today to start setting up my chamber.
The Chamber I've set the chamber up in a closet separate than the one used to colonize the jars. The shotgun chamber was suppose to be 2 inches off of a shelf, however I chose to suspend it in the air using some old Pepsi crates I had laying around. I believe that this would make a decent airflow underneath the chamber. Here are some pictures of what I have so far.





Any suggestions or changes anyone think I should make to get the chamber ready before hand?
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
#22416964 - 10/22/15 06:42 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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You're about to knock that shit out the park... just keep doin what you're doin.
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Tawksin
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: LocN9ne]
#22417186 - 10/22/15 08:19 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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LocN9ne said: You're about to knock that shit out the park... just keep doin what you're doin.
Doing my best. Goes to show that it pays off in the end to do as much research as possible.
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
#22418834 - 10/22/15 03:30 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Good fuckin job dude. Once you experience how terrible fanning/misting is, you'll definitely be experienced enough and ready to move on to bulk. Can't wait to see those fruits!
I'm about to pick a bunch of these right now. Got home late from work unfortunately so I let these go a lot further than I usually do but whatever. Look into monotubs man, I think you'll do very well at it.
-------------------- Considering spores can survive the vacuum of space, I would assume it's safe to say that mushrooms are on every planet waiting for the right conditions to present themselves. What it all boils down to, is aliens are on shrooms.

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