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Agar Cased in Coir.
    #26842775 - 07/24/20 02:04 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Why? Because why not.


So last night I was spending time with mycology, and I looked a three agar plates (2nd transfers) I made about 3 weeks ago in some to-go ramekins. They were overgrown and something I simply did not want to try and transfer again. But they did look clean to the naked eye so I didn't really want to toss them and completely waste the mycelium. I decided to let science waste them and maybe learn a thing or two.

In my mind I thought, what do mushrooms need to grow? Light, water, nutrients, and some oxygen. So I thought once again, could I simply case those agar cups with coir and they fruit?

My first thought was to boil a small amount of grains, and use the grain water to hydrate my coir, but I second guessed that may add too much room for bacteria or mold to take over. I wasn't putting everything I had into making a perfectly clean grow for the 1 gram that might actually grow, but I could still do my part to keep down any excess room for contamination. So I decided to case it with plain old coir and water and let the agar be the only source of nutrients.

I did just that, I think it would be awesome for just one single shroom to grow. Or possible a small cluster of 3. The perfect desk decor if you will. Today I logged on here and searched to see if someone else had tried something like this before. Which I was certain they had, I wasn't the only person to think of this surely. I did find someone who tried it and made a thread about it. His coir casing colonized, but he said it never started pinning. That is the only indepth thread I found on the subject and it was something like 8 years ago. So I'm going to try it fresh again.

The cups, the legends.
I used to-go ramekins and I believe the FAE will be fine with the lids clicked in place.


The coir, the.. casing.


The morning after.


I will update the original post as the journey continues.


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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: SoupyGeorge]
    #26842784 - 07/24/20 02:09 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Cool stuff, I understand you are just doing it for the fun. Because agar without coir will also pin by itself given enough time. I also wanted to do this in the beginning when I started with agar haha. A couple questions OP, does your agar look clean to you? Also, did you pasteurize the coir or just threw it in there?


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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: redhandmat]
    #26842792 - 07/24/20 02:16 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

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redhandmat said:
Cool stuff, I understand you are just doing it for the fun. Because agar without coir will also pin by itself given enough time. I also wanted to do this in the beginning when I started with agar haha. A couple questions OP, does your agar look clean to you? Also, did you pasteurize the coir or just threw it in there?




The bottom cup in the row of three looked questionable to me, it had a hazy film over it. And yes, I put coir in an empty jar that had just been pressure cooked with a round of Agar as a support to keep my agar bottle from falling over. I added the boiling water to the jar with the coir, wrapped it in a thick towel and shook the devil out of it. After it cooled to room temp in the towel, about 2 hours, I used it on the agar, it was a bit under field capacity so I spritzed the top with my h2o.


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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: SoupyGeorge]
    #26842801 - 07/24/20 02:22 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this somewhere. IIRC it grew a bunch of small mush. Might get enough for a couple doses.


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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: Pastywhyte]
    #26842816 - 07/24/20 02:31 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

I did this a few times. Basically grew a bunch of sturdy agar pins.

I was hoping for normal fruits growing off a thin ass plate but no dice


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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: mushboy]
    #26842822 - 07/24/20 02:37 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Ayy! that's what I'm talking about. Thank's for reinforcing my hopes and dreams.


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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: SoupyGeorge]
    #26843055 - 07/24/20 04:49 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

:laugh: mine:


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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: Fuddyduddy]
    #26843150 - 07/24/20 05:39 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Dude that's adorable:lol:


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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: mushboy]
    #26843302 - 07/24/20 06:42 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Damn dude, thats a big ass spoon you got there.:grin:


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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: SoupyGeorge]
    #26876928 - 08/12/20 01:39 PM (3 years, 5 months ago)

It's been a while since I updates this. For one main reason, nothing.fucking.happened. There was no growth whatsoever. I set the cups on a shelf and forgot about them after about two weeks. Well I was straightening up today and noticed them, figured I would throw them out. Until I noticed this.



We have some growth, and possible knotting. I cut (2) 1/2 inch slits in each cup for a bit more FAE and set them back on the shelf. We'll see what happens I suppose.


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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: SoupyGeorge]
    #26877974 - 08/13/20 07:12 AM (3 years, 5 months ago)

Definitely knotting. Cool!


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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: redhandmat]
    #26878189 - 08/13/20 10:01 AM (3 years, 5 months ago)

I wanna be here for the updates.

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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: EntheoGod]
    #26878231 - 08/13/20 10:32 AM (3 years, 5 months ago)

awwwww


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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: smalltalk_canceled]
    #26886709 - 08/18/20 12:52 PM (3 years, 5 months ago)

And so we have a pin. In one cup, the others are still showing minimum signs of life but nothing picture worthy at this moment.



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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: SoupyGeorge]
    #26886796 - 08/18/20 01:36 PM (3 years, 5 months ago)

Sick. I wanna do this too lol. Following for updates :rockon:


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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: Pastywhyte]
    #26886900 - 08/18/20 02:40 PM (3 years, 5 months ago)

I've often thought about casing agar plates just to get spore prints, as sometimes I want to expand or update the prints in my library. Some are getting old but I don't wanna do a full grow for just 1-2 prints to keep the library viable. this seems ideal.


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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: Munchauzen]
    #26886923 - 08/18/20 03:00 PM (3 years, 5 months ago)

I personally don't think a fruit large enough to print will grow from this. My expectation is a few shrooms 1 to 2 inches with 1/2 inch caps at most. I don't think much more than your average agar pin will sprout.


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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: SoupyGeorge]
    #26886936 - 08/18/20 03:08 PM (3 years, 5 months ago)

eh I've had a few tiny ones throw spores over the years. I wouldn't be surprised if you do. heres some TOC and Tamps doing their thing



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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: Munchauzen]
    #26886948 - 08/18/20 03:20 PM (3 years, 5 months ago)

I bet this rw could make a few syringes if I were to print him:shrug:



Even with tiny caps they still drop(eject) countless spores.


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Re: Agar Cased in Coir. [Re: SoupyGeorge]
    #26886957 - 08/18/20 03:24 PM (3 years, 5 months ago)

This makes me want to try to make a small batch of nute rich agar and throw a few cultures on that shit just to try this. Seems like it could be a foolproof way to keep your library up like munchauzen said. Maybe nute rich would help get better results/maybe a few slightly larger fruits.
Not like it would make big bois im sure but maybe get a slight bit bigger.
Still cool anyway to play with.


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