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Squinty36
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Used non wide-mouth jars, what should I do?
#24898896 - 01/08/18 04:09 PM (7 years, 9 days ago) |
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I’m fairly new to mushroom cultivation, I’m currently in my first grow, I used verm + BRF and sterilized, but I used half pint jars (non wide mouth, I bought the wrong kind of jars) but anyways, the mycelium is currently growing great, and it’s almost to the bottom of the jars, so I assume about 1- 1/2 weeks before I have to dunk them, but since they are non wide mouth jars should I rehydrate them via dunking then take them out of the jars? And let the cakes sit in my fruiting chamber? Or should I leave the tops off after dunking? And if I should put the cakes in the fruiting chamber is there any precautions I should take? I’m just worried it won’t grow as well due to the jars being too deep since they are not wide-mouth jars, and it would ruin the growth of the mushrooms
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Re: Used non wide-mouth jars, what should I do? [Re: Squinty36]
#24898913 - 01/08/18 04:18 PM (7 years, 9 days ago) |
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I am just getting my first verm/BRF jars colonized at the moment as well.
From what I have read, there are a couple of options.
1. Carefully break the jars open to release the cakes. a. Then fruit the cakes in a FC like normal. b. Spawn them to bulk. 2. Fruit them in the jars.
If there are other options, I would like to know as well. I am in the same predicament with a couple of the jars I used. Currently I'm planning on using the narrow mouth jars to spawn to bulk when they are ready, but if there is a better way, it would help me as well.
Good luck on the fruiting!
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Squinty36
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Re: Used non wide-mouth jars, what should I do? [Re: Spivkurl]
#24898926 - 01/08/18 04:27 PM (7 years, 9 days ago) |
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Do you know if I could use brf+Verm to make a substrate again and use that as bulk substrate for it? I know brf+verm is susceptible to contamination in bulk, but if I added a contamination layer to the top similar to the way I did with the jars it would work?
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Re: Used non wide-mouth jars, what should I do? [Re: Squinty36]
#24898946 - 01/08/18 04:35 PM (7 years, 9 days ago) |
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Squinty36 said: Do you know if I could use brf Verm to make a substrate again and use that as bulk substrate for it? I know brf verm is susceptible to contamination in bulk, but if I added a contamination layer to the top similar to the way I did with the jars it would work?
I’m unaware of anyone using brf/verm as a bulk substrate. I’m guessing you could, but it would probably be pretty expensive to use that much brf when you can pick up a brick of coir for $2-$3
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Re: Used non wide-mouth jars, what should I do? [Re: Squinty36]
#24898958 - 01/08/18 04:43 PM (7 years, 9 days ago) |
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Here is what I would do take a clean knife and cut them into 4 rqual sections and the just pull them from the jars dunk rolls and pop in sgfc on foil on there side they will bruise but u will be fine u could spawn to bulk but ur yield is likely to suffer and it will take longer or just break the jars that works too
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Re: Used non wide-mouth jars, what should I do? [Re: Everett P]
#24898959 - 01/08/18 04:45 PM (7 years, 9 days ago) |
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The depth of the jars is a not a problem you will be fine
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Re: Used non wide-mouth jars, what should I do? [Re: Everett P]
#24898970 - 01/08/18 04:50 PM (7 years, 9 days ago) |
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Do you think if I got some tupper ware I could make like a substrate for each and put it in each container? I’m just wondering the best way, I’m just nervous of contamination because I haven’t had one contam yet
Edited by Squinty36 (01/08/18 04:52 PM)
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Re: Used non wide-mouth jars, what should I do? [Re: TheMilkMan84]
#24898978 - 01/08/18 04:53 PM (7 years, 9 days ago) |
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I over bought brown rice when I first did it so I have a lot of bags, and could only find a large bag of verm, so I have a lot of verm and brf
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Re: Used non wide-mouth jars, what should I do? [Re: Squinty36]
#24899033 - 01/08/18 05:14 PM (7 years, 9 days ago) |
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I think fruiting them as cakes will provide the best efficiency for your BRF, but then again I haven’t really heard of anyone doing BRF much differently so what do I know 
I would consider buying coir if you wanna do bulk, and maybe break those jars if necessary to get the cakes out- then next time use the wide mouth jars. If you have a ton of verm and brf you could continue to make cakes for ages rather than sacrificing a ton of it to make a bulk sub that may or may not get contaminated 
But if you wanted to expiriment I’d be interested in seeing your results
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