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RomeoPapa
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Explicitdetail]
#24716760 - 10/17/17 01:09 PM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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My old trusty presto went through another seal. I've been wanting to upgrade but didn't really want to spend the money. Well... it happened.
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LizardWizard
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: RomeoPapa]
#24716768 - 10/17/17 01:13 PM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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That a 15qt?
Nice!
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RomeoPapa
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: LizardWizard]
#24716792 - 10/17/17 01:23 PM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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It's the 21 quart. More than I wanted to spend on it at the ma and pa hardware store, but I'm supporting my local community right? That and I didn't want to wait on shipping. Instant gratification.
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LizardWizard
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: RomeoPapa]
#24716804 - 10/17/17 01:28 PM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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I hear ya.
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Doc9151
Mycologist



Registered: 02/23/17
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: NothingsChanged] 1
#24717260 - 10/17/17 04:20 PM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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NothingsChanged said: I hope the Boogieman is ok. Haven't seen him around.
I think he said something about going on vacation or something.
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Steevo
Just a cog in the death wheel



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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Doc9151] 2
#24717854 - 10/17/17 07:25 PM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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Only my second time having little to no side or bottom pins. Pretty sweet
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Dabadoodledoo710
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Steevo]
#24717960 - 10/17/17 07:54 PM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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Mycolorado
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Steevo]
#24717983 - 10/17/17 08:03 PM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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TheBlackCat
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Awwwe. You guys are so sweet for worrying. No worries. I'm keeping safe. Sorry I got really busy this weekend. Then my friend was around with the good medical grade so I made a trade for a quarter Sunday after poker night. But yeah just been smoking up enjoying a pain free existence thinking about what's next on my agenda since.
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NothingsChanged
Striving for Excellence


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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Doc9151]
#24718244 - 10/17/17 09:49 PM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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Doc9151 said:
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NothingsChanged said: I hope the Boogieman is ok. Haven't seen him around.
I think he said something about going on vacation or something.
Thanks. I care about all of you!
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ManifoldPrime
Per Ardua Ad Astra



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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Steevo]
#24718509 - 10/18/17 01:12 AM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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Steevo said:

That sub is so much thicker than mine, I usually make mine much thinner. But then the sub contracts after a while. I think the next batch of boxes I make are gonna be as thick as those. Very cool looking flush btw.
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stareatclouds
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: ManifoldPrime] 1
#24718529 - 10/18/17 01:42 AM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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I confess that I'm very poor at telling apart very tomentose mycelium from mold or non-mushroom mycelium. I'd say I'm a pretty decent grower and have successfully performed most known techniques. But man, I suck at differentiating myc from mold in some cases and it bothers me. A huge reason is that I immediately got into agar and learned how to store cultures so I stopped streaking MS plates like immediately. I kept the same few cultures going for years. I'm trying to revive a bunch of old ass prints/syringes so hopefully I'll start paying closer attention to what's on my plates.
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Variegated
Pressure cooker operator



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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: stareatclouds]
#24718532 - 10/18/17 01:47 AM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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Im new at it but i feel the same way..i may have been transfering mold wedges for the last month..maybe thats why my LI isnt showing growth yet lol
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TheMadHatter420
Trusted Farmer

Registered: 10/12/16
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: stareatclouds]
#24718606 - 10/18/17 03:26 AM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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stareatclouds said: I confess that I'm very poor at telling apart very tomentose mycelium from mold or non-mushroom mycelium. I'd say I'm a pretty decent grower and have successfully performed most known techniques. But man, I suck at differentiating myc from mold in some cases and it bothers me. A huge reason is that I immediately got into agar and learned how to store cultures so I stopped streaking MS plates like immediately. I kept the same few cultures going for years. I'm trying to revive a bunch of old ass prints/syringes so hopefully I'll start paying closer attention to what's on my plates. 
When I started out I had problems with this. I like to keep the plate, I transfer from, around after the transfers for 2 reasons. 1 if mold tricked me this plate should go to spores, showing color and alerting me to the fact that I have been farming mold. The 2nd reason is you never know when you need to go back to the previous plate because you were tired and performed some bad transfers. I was recently transferring some kind of cobweb like mold, thinking it was oyster mycelium.
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Bigbadwooof
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: TheMadHatter420]
#24718627 - 10/18/17 03:58 AM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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My only journal is from my first attempt at growing. It was a disaster. I used some shitty old tek from the early 2000's to make a multispore LC with karo. I made like 40 fucking WBS jars, with a shit brand of WBS that had straw and wood and shit in it. Ended up with 40 jars of mold and yeast.
However, my second grow I did EQ G2G transfers from MS jars. Ended up with 10 tubs, and 3 lbs dry over the course of a bunch of fucking flushes. I ran those substrates til they were tiny shriveled little wafers.
I haven't deleted my journal. It's fun to look back at sometimes. I thought I knew shit. That was my first grow from scratch, btw. I had done it with kits and shit before. Now that I think of it, I think I did manage to get the Peruvian strain to fruit from a couple jars that made it...
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TheMadHatter420
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Bigbadwooof]
#24718630 - 10/18/17 04:10 AM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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I did some MS expansion to tubs. I took 6 pint cakes and knocked up 18 qts. Took 6-25qt mini monos. Put 3 qt spawn to 4 qt sub and top layered and cased. Lost 3 of the 6. One put out crazy good. went like 7 flushes. 1st flush had hardly any side pins, then it shrank, I got side pins and it got hard to harvest. I Managed to work it out of the tub in a solid piece. Stuck it on the tub lid in my empty SGFC and it rocked for like 2 months. I finally just wasn't keeping it hydrated and it dried out. Impressed the fuck out of me. Put out the best looking Costa Rica I grew.
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Bigbadwooof
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: TheMadHatter420]
#24718641 - 10/18/17 04:24 AM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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Beginner's luck is a thing, I guess.
My first EQ grow, the stems were so thick and sturdy. In my mind they looked like some kind of prehistoric/Jurassic mushroom! One of them was a first flush, dense little fucker, 7g dry, and it wasn't even very big. I wish so bad I had cloned it! I've grown EQ since then, and never got the kind of phenotypes I saw in that grow.
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Bigbadwooof
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: RomeoPapa]
#24718642 - 10/18/17 04:27 AM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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RomeoPapa said:
My old trusty presto went through another seal. I've been wanting to upgrade but didn't really want to spend the money. Well... it happened.
All you need to do is lube your seal up with some vaseline. That's why I do. I lube it right up. It feels good man.
Right now, I'm running my PC, and the gasket is covered in some thick ass aquatic grease that I use on my boat prop shaft... It works.
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TheMadHatter420
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Bigbadwooof]
#24718645 - 10/18/17 04:30 AM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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I got me 3 clones that came off a MS Lucy grow where all the stipes were solid. I hope it was genetic and not temp related. I got a nice yield off that fucking shoebox. I can't remember the numbers but it gave as staggered 1st flush that was close to 2 oz dry.
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Bigbadwooof
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: TheMadHatter420]
#24718646 - 10/18/17 04:31 AM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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TheMadHatter420 said: I got me 3 clones that came off a MS Lucy grow where all the stipes were solid. I hope it was genetic and not temp related. I got a nice yield off that fucking shoebox. I can't remember the numbers but it gave as staggered 1st flush that was close to 2 oz dry.
Do you have pics?
I need to clean up that AA+ clone in my sig. Its contaminated with mycogone. That fucking clone has put out ~9-10 oz first flush in a monotub, pretty consistently. I don't think I'm going to be able to save it though 
My grows lately are much less impressive
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Edited by Bigbadwooof (10/18/17 04:34 AM)
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