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Hippiebait
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Teach a newb to grow magic
#25914147 - 04/03/19 06:16 PM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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Hey gals and guys, I have been having hella trouble figuring out the bulk in a mono. I don’t no what I am doing wrong but I get tons of pins that just never really mature or super short mature fruit or 1-2 really large fruits and nothing else. So I have had enough of this. Today I made agar (1 3/4 cups grain soak to 7.5 grams agar pressure cooked for 20 minutes) I poured petris and took 3 fresh pins off a small gt cluster with a scalpel in a still air box. I plan on letting mycelium grow to dime size and then doing a transfer. I’m going to post in this thread every time I make a move and ask for help each step of the way. I’m going to post what I have to work with and hope for as many suggestions as possible. I’m hoping with help I can stop failing at bulk. Please chime in at any point if u have a suggestion or an idea what to do next. I’m hoping this can be very helpful to myself and other people struggling to learn these methods. Maybe other people will even grow along with us. Here’s the tub I have to turn to a mono. Materials list: Coir, verm, peat moss, crushed oyster shell, lime, petris, agar, oats, canning jars, pressure cooker, Polyfil, and more. I will be posting pics of the plates as they grow out and asking advice where to take my next transfer from. Thanks everyone
Edited by Hippiebait (04/03/19 06:17 PM)
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Re: Teach a newb to grow magic [Re: Hippiebait]
#25914219 - 04/03/19 07:05 PM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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This should be cool.
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Hippiebait
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Re: Teach a newb to grow magic [Re: FrankRhizo]
#25914245 - 04/03/19 07:20 PM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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I hope it turns out cool and I hope it’s very helpful
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Re: Teach a newb to grow magic [Re: Hippiebait]
#25914456 - 04/03/19 09:28 PM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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What are you growing? cubes? pans??
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Re: Teach a newb to grow magic [Re: woofwoof]
#25914482 - 04/03/19 09:43 PM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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Hippiebait
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Re: Teach a newb to grow magic [Re: woofwoof]
#25914888 - 04/04/19 05:18 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
woofwoof said: What are you growing? cubes? pans??
Golden teacher cubensis
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Hippiebait
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Re: Teach a newb to grow magic [Re: Hippiebait]
#25914979 - 04/04/19 06:36 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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1 bag black kow cow shit added to available supplies. I don’t think I’ll need it but what do I know.
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Re: Teach a newb to grow magic [Re: Hippiebait] 1
#25915015 - 04/04/19 06:57 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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Jesus, cut half that shit off your list. Start out simple...just coir for your sub. All that other shit is not necessary for cubes. 650 grams of coir and 3.5 quarts of boiling water is all you need for cubes. All that other shit will only complicate your grow.
You need to establish a base line before you play with all the fancy stuff or you won't have anything to compare your results to.
Simple is better.
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Re: Teach a newb to grow magic [Re: Subfinder]
#25915172 - 04/04/19 09:11 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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So here’s the coir I been experimenting with. Is it ok? Mycelium does eat it up. Also I’m in northern Maine it is very very very dry is that matters any.
Edited by Hippiebait (04/04/19 09:25 AM)
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Re: Teach a newb to grow magic [Re: Hippiebait]
#25915197 - 04/04/19 09:30 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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I know this is to much direct light it’s here for photo purpose only. But what do y’all think of the tub design. It’s got a seal in the lid so no extra air flow. The filters on the side I made by ironing 4 layers of this together. Keep it or start over? (The actually pic is of an old project that still may fruit) I have more tubs I have not modified yet
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Re: Teach a newb to grow magic [Re: Hippiebait]
#25915211 - 04/04/19 09:39 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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It’s very hard to see but on Top two plates the mycelium is starting to jump onto the agar.
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Re: Teach a newb to grow magic [Re: Hippiebait]
#25915245 - 04/04/19 09:56 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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Dry air is something we all deal with in the north. Just requires an occasional mist to keep the surface looking right.
The polyfill will work but 3M micropore tape is much easier and cleaner looking.
I'd cut that liner down so it's even with the surface of your substrate.
Don't overthink the fruiting part. Concentrate on clean mycillium on agar. Get that to grain and fruiting will happen. Clean spawn fruits easy.
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Re: Teach a newb to grow magic [Re: Subfinder]
#25915253 - 04/04/19 09:58 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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I have 3m tape how do u recomend I use it that would be way easier! And really cut the liner all the way to the sub? I left extra because I figured I needed for a casing🤷♂️ Do you recomend not casing or does it just not matter if the liner is below the casing? I’m on top of that agar I’m taking more clones tonight or tommorrow and I will post them
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Re: Teach a newb to grow magic [Re: Hippiebait]
#25915352 - 04/04/19 11:15 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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Cubes do not need casing. Like I said, best to keep it simple as possible and experiment later after you have some successful grows under your belt. I use a single layer of mp tape on the bottom holes, 2 layers on the top. The tape isn't wide enough for 3/4" holes, so you'll have to overlap the tape slightly.
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Re: Teach a newb to grow magic [Re: Subfinder]
#25915354 - 04/04/19 11:18 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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How are you cloning? Pin from agar? I like to grow out multispore and take a fruit from the best clusters and take a tissue sample from inside the stem.
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Re: Teach a newb to grow magic [Re: Subfinder]
#25915361 - 04/04/19 11:21 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
Subfinder said: Jesus, cut half that shit off your list. Start out simple...just coir for your sub. All that other shit is not necessary for cubes. 650 grams of coir and 3.5 quarts of boiling water is all you need for cubes. All that other shit will only complicate your grow.
You need to establish a base line before you play with all the fancy stuff or you won't have anything to compare your results to.
Simple is better.
Agree 100%
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Hippiebait
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So everything I have come from a multi spore originally. I have lc of multispore Amazon, b+, equador, and golden teacher. I have lc from cluster clones of equador, b+, and golden teacher. I also have pins and fresh fruit from all 3 at my disposal. This is equador I grew on cakes and cloned the cluster to lc I’m trying to grow that out on agar. Here’s my progress I was gonna add these to the thread later tonight.
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Re: Teach a newb to grow magic [Re: Hippiebait]
#25915384 - 04/04/19 11:38 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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My holes have been 2 Inch is this to big should I cut back to 3/4?
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Re: Teach a newb to grow magic [Re: Hippiebait]
#25915406 - 04/04/19 11:54 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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I've only run 3/4" holes. 2" seems awfully big. If it doesn't dry the surface too fast it should be good.
I can't tell what I'm looking at with your plates. Kinda looks like some satellites of bacteria colonies popping up on your agar. Could just be my bad interpretation of your photo.
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Re: Teach a newb to grow magic [Re: Subfinder]
#25915414 - 04/04/19 12:02 PM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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I think you may be right with the liquid culture clones. The tape came undone a little and I think they got some fresh air. Should I grab the mycelium that’s forming and transfer it or just start over on those plates.
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