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Arrakis
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Scared about inoculation
#2425139 - 03/12/04 06:50 PM (20 years, 20 days ago) |
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Hey guys, I'm about to start my first attempt at growing. I'm using PF Tek & B+ strain. I'm just scared about contams while I inoculate the jars. I plan to do so in a large closet which is rarely entered. Of course I plan to sterilize the shelves on which I will be working, am going to take a shower beforehand, wear gloves/mask/hat, sterilize needle w/ 91% achohol & flame, and will being working wearing only my boxers. What do you guys think?
Should I be this frightened of contams while inoculating? Is my only real concern of contams, after sterilizing jars in a PC, the needle when it passes through the vermiculite layer?
I'm looking for a little reassurance/tips about sterility of this plan. Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
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Prisoner#1
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Re: Scared about inoculation [Re: Arrakis]
#2425143 - 03/12/04 06:52 PM (20 years, 20 days ago) |
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you'll be fine, you seem to have a great grip on it...
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Anonymous
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Re: Scared about inoculation [Re: Arrakis]
#2425344 - 03/12/04 08:21 PM (20 years, 20 days ago) |
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wow thats over doing it a ton
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Arrakis
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Re: Scared about inoculation [Re: fee]
#2425364 - 03/12/04 08:28 PM (20 years, 20 days ago) |
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Thanks guys, I feel alot better now. It's funny, but fee's comment makes me feel REALLY confident.
-------------------- Funniest shit I've read in a while: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=886829&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&fpart "He who controls the spice controls the universe!"
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Anonymous
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Re: Scared about inoculation [Re: Arrakis]
#2425388 - 03/12/04 08:35 PM (20 years, 20 days ago) |
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ya man just flaming the needle and whiping with alcohol and a quick move to the jar/bag is all you need. the biggest thing is to make sure your substrate is sterile thats the hardest part and its not that hard
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sakura
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Re: Scared about inoculation [Re: Arrakis]
#2426040 - 03/13/04 12:44 AM (20 years, 20 days ago) |
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Quote:
Arrakis said: ... and will being working wearing only my boxers...
Do it naked (or wear a latex Superman suit...)
And post Photos (makes for an interesting grow-log anyway)
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Arrakis
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Re: Scared about inoculation [Re: sakura]
#2426170 - 03/13/04 02:13 AM (20 years, 20 days ago) |
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I can't do it naked, I never know when a pube might fly into the air & onto the syringe. I was wondering if anyone even noticed that part about the boxers...
-------------------- Funniest shit I've read in a while: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=886829&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&fpart "He who controls the spice controls the universe!"
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FirstAvailable
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Re: Scared about inoculation [Re: Arrakis]
#2430622 - 03/14/04 06:05 AM (20 years, 19 days ago) |
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Quote:
Arrakis said: I can't do it naked, I never know when a pube might fly into the air & onto the syringe. I was wondering if anyone even noticed that part about the boxers...
Make sure to tape up the "frontal opening" on the boxers. Those pesky pubes have a mind of their own, ya know.
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teen
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I hope you've clogged up all your body's openings with polyfill, you never know when some stray contams will come out.
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tralfamadorian
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Re: Scared about inoculation [Re: teen]
#2431870 - 03/14/04 04:24 PM (20 years, 18 days ago) |
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tar should work
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EddieRebel
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The easiest solution would be to either shave your pubes, or just rip em out. Also check the taint/anus for stray hairs, they can be pesky.
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GlobeOfFrogs
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Re: Scared about inoculation [Re: EddieRebel]
#2432168 - 03/14/04 06:12 PM (20 years, 18 days ago) |
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I like to dip myself in wax prior to innoculation.
Just for fun!
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Chaotica
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Re: Scared about inoculation [Re: Arrakis]
#2432937 - 03/14/04 10:04 PM (20 years, 18 days ago) |
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I hope it went well. I took roughly the same precautions you did and I innoculated twelve jars with one hundred percent success, first time, too. Granted, they took over a month to colonize (seattle winter!), but zero contamination completely rocked my world.
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Arrakis
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Re: Scared about inoculation [Re: Chaotica]
#2433304 - 03/14/04 11:26 PM (20 years, 18 days ago) |
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I'm not really worried about my damned pubes! Oh well.
I just didn't understand why some people who took precautions with PF jars got contams, and didn't want it to happen to me my first time around. Thanks for all the attention though.
-------------------- Funniest shit I've read in a while: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=886829&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&fpart "He who controls the spice controls the universe!"
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toad857
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Re: Scared about inoculation [Re: Arrakis]
#2452014 - 03/19/04 03:34 PM (20 years, 13 days ago) |
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what a funny thread
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MinimumEfrt2
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Re: Scared about inoculation [Re: fee]
#2452774 - 03/19/04 07:44 PM (20 years, 13 days ago) |
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R u saying that RIGHT after u flame the needle u inoculate? wouldnt that damage the spores??
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Prisoner#1
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Re: Scared about inoculation [Re: MinimumEfrt2]
#2453060 - 03/19/04 10:12 PM (20 years, 13 days ago) |
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the water that initialy comes out will cool the needle, I usualy give 10 seconds to cool
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menlatin
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Re: Scared about inoculation [Re: fee]
#2454057 - 03/20/04 11:18 AM (20 years, 12 days ago) |
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heh, me and my cousin are just starting, and we made a room in his kitchen of plastic film, and bleached and alchoholed the inside, alchoholed our bodies and clothes, face masks, plastic bags on our heads. think thats a little over kill?
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