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RealmLAir
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First Mycology Adventures (Input/advice/guidance please)
#23493955 - 07/30/16 10:05 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Good evening people,
I recently acquired 2 AA plus Albino syringes from a very reputable shroomery sponsor. I looked up, researched and read on and on about various teks.
1--On 7/15/16, with my first syringe i inoculated 6 jars following the PF Tek with about 1.5 ccs in four holes in each jar. I read and have seen various conflicting information about leaving the foil lids on or off. Foil lids have been on until today, 7/30, i only removed foil lids from 4/6 of my BRF jars....They still have what looks like zero growth since day 1. Thats fine im being patient. Hopefully the removal of the lids helps.
2--On 7/25 and 7/26 I I made some Liquid Culture following the Karo Tek. Those are currently on day 4 and 5. I am seeing some progress in both jars. So that feels good.
3--And on 7/28 I stumbled upon an "Agar Mix/ Petri dish set". It was found at a hobby store, its for kids science experiments so i dont expect much success here, but thought what the hell. So i have 4 "Agar" Dishes going as well.
All of these were made from a MS syringe from a reputable shroomery sponsor.
Edited by RealmLAir (07/30/16 10:05 PM)
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bodhisatta 
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Re: First Mycology Adventures (Input/advice/guidance please) [Re: RealmLAir]
#23494130 - 07/30/16 11:35 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Foil off. If it says foil on its probably wrote by a noob
Making LC from spores is the absolute worst way to make a LC you're far better off leaving the spores as spores than trying to make a LC with spores
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Mycologist217
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Re: First Mycology Adventures (Input/advice/guidance please) [Re: bodhisatta]
#23494248 - 07/31/16 12:27 AM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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If you follow the PF TEK as demonstrated by Roger Rabbit in the Lets Grow Mushrooms video you will succeed. You can find those videos by clicking the LGM in my Sig.
I will second the notion of not using spores to start your LC. If you want to get into agar you can buy agar powder, potato flakes, and dextrose at your local health food store, and make as many agar plates as you want using Pastywhyte's no pour agar tek with Glad mini rounds...,you can find videos demonstrating that technique in my signature by clicking the "Agar work videos" link!
Make a clean plate....take a wedge and drop it in your LC and you're all set...,good luck!
Other advice I have would be click as many links in experienced cultivators' signatures as you can and read them!
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Re: First Mycology Adventures (Input/advice/guidance please) [Re: bodhisatta]
#23494361 - 07/31/16 01:38 AM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
Trusted Cultivator said: Foil off. If it says foil on its probably wrote by a noob
Making LC from spores is the absolute worst way to make a LC you're far better off leaving the spores as spores than trying to make a LC with spores
i constantly hear this in my searches, but never heard an explanation as to why...also since i barely removed the foil should i toss them and start over?or wait and see what happens?
and to Myco, thanks a lot. I stumbled upon your inventory list earlier, which led me to pastys dishes, so i literally just read up on those before i came here to check for replies! Awesome, I am definitely getting started on those tomorrow.
Thanks a lot guys.
Since i have the cakes going, when it is birthing time, after dunk n rolling, i plan to be doing the 2x2 holes drilled in a grid pattern on all six sides of my tub. with a layer of soaked perlite to keep humidity up and fan/mist as needed throughout the day. the cakes will either be on top of the jar lids or sitting on foil. the FC itself will be raised at least 4 inches off the surface to hopefully get proper Fresh air exchange...am i missing anything? any errors or does this sound like a good plan?
Also if I do the Pasty plates agar wedge to LC and that finishes before these 6 BRF cakes have been fruited, should i continue with BRF cakes in general? and inoculate 6 more (new) cakes since im a beginner still, Or change substrate using the new LC? Ive been doing a lot of reading and have not even bought a FC yet. so i am very open to change and/or suggestions.
Edited by RealmLAir (07/31/16 01:41 AM)
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Mycologist217
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Re: First Mycology Adventures (Input/advice/guidance please) [Re: RealmLAir]
#23494938 - 07/31/16 08:38 AM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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I inoculated this water/honey LC with an agar wedge in the last week of June:
 It was ~300mls of LC...
I used ~100mls to inoculate 42 grain jars:

Still have 200mLs of good LC and lots of agar culture left....the possibilities are endless....
Here's my write up on simple sugar LC with custom lid build: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/22929639
-------------------- My LC Manual (With custom LC lid Tek) ~~ Required Mycology Supplies ~~ Agar Work Videos ~~ L G M AMU Q&A-NO SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL! KEEP THAT IN MIND! BUY THE TICKET: TAKE THE RIDE Check out my Retail Gourmet Mushroom Farm! Mycologist217 is a fictitious entity that uses images supplied by Google to mask his/her inability to develop normal social habits.
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Re: First Mycology Adventures (Input/advice/guidance please) [Re: Mycologist217]
#23495624 - 07/31/16 01:22 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Very cool. Im glad to have the Mycologist chiming in on things
so looks like Ill stick to BRF cakes for now.
Today im going to start the Agar/Pasty Plates. When thats done, transfer a wedge to a New LC, then inoculate that into some new BRF cakes and leave the foil off from the start this time.
--side note, the cheap little Agar mix i used the other day is showing signs of SOMEthing growing. There is a splatter of something, i assume its where the spore water landed. it looks like a rainbow when i shine light thru it (on 3/5 dishes)
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