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I can't get the consistency right.(PF tek jars)
    #25159145 - 04/23/18 02:02 AM (6 years, 8 months ago)

So I have been trying to grow mushrooms twice now (psylocibe golden teachers) and the first time I did the tek I think my jars were too wet even though I did as the tek said 2:1:1 (verm/brown rice flour/water).The second time I did better but I put significantly less water, which comes to my point, how much water do you guys add?Do you do exactly 480/240/240 ml or you adjust it by the wetness/driness?


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Re: I can't get the consistency right.(PF tek jars) [Re: AstralAurora]
    #25159158 - 04/23/18 02:33 AM (6 years, 8 months ago)

Why do you think they were too wet?

Everyone uses 2:1:1 without issue.

Are you making sure to add the water to the vermiculite first and then add the brown rice flour after?


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Re: I can't get the consistency right.(PF tek jars) [Re: elasticaltiger]
    #25159178 - 04/23/18 02:57 AM (6 years, 8 months ago)

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Why do you think they were too wet?

Everyone uses 2:1:1 without issue.

Are you making sure to add the water to the vermiculite first and then add the brown rice flour after?




They were either too wet, or I had the tempeture way too high, one of these caused my substrate to crumble and break into pieces that looked much more darker than they were when I made them.They also smelled bad (maybe contams, even though i had no green spots, just yellow ones).The second time I put less water into the mix it seemed to work better, but that might just be me.Well maybe i will try to do 2:1:1 again next time, nothing to lose right?


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Re: I can't get the consistency right.(PF tek jars) [Re: AstralAurora]
    #25159187 - 04/23/18 03:09 AM (6 years, 8 months ago)

I like to squeeze a handful to see if its field capacity. If you squeeze hard, just a few drops of water should come out. I want to say its Zirans pf tek teaches you that. Ive had them get wet in the pc, theres no mistaken if they got soaked, it will look like a slurry in the jar, and the substrate is all pressed solid up against the jar.


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Re: I can't get the consistency right.(PF tek jars) [Re: BigSurMoon]
    #25159189 - 04/23/18 03:13 AM (6 years, 8 months ago)

If they are too wet they wont work, i tried inoc. Anyway and they grew myc., but also grew contams. Everyone of them.
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Re: I can't get the consistency right.(PF tek jars) [Re: AstralAurora]
    #25159239 - 04/23/18 04:56 AM (6 years, 8 months ago)

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They also smelled bad (maybe contams, even though i had no green spots, just yellow ones)



Substrates/cakes should not smell bad or have yellow spots. Your cakes are contaminated and that´s the problem, the water content is not an issue the 2:1:1 works every time. :goodluck:


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Re: I can't get the consistency right.(PF tek jars) [Re: Mateja]
    #25159249 - 04/23/18 05:10 AM (6 years, 8 months ago)

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They also smelled bad (maybe contams, even though i had no green spots, just yellow ones)



Substrates/cakes should not smell bad or have yellow spots. Your cakes are contaminated and that´s the problem, the water content is not an issue the 2:1:1 works every time. :goodluck:




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Your cakes were contaminated. Green mold isn't the only kind of contamination. Even if they were a little bit wet they would not crumble. Crumbling implies that the mycelium did not have a good hold on the substrate due to competing organisms.


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