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Cogito Ergo Sum
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Brown rice and rye spawn jars
#27428922 - 08/15/21 09:00 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'm currently in the middle of trying to make a couple of spawn jars with rye. I had an issue with brown rice and decided to try a different medium to help me with getting a spawn going.
Basically, I followed the broke boi tek on youtube to a t (shown here: and after three months of waiting the only thing that showed up in my jars was just a tiny speck of mold. I used a super charged spore syringe and made sure my work area was as clean as possible. Out of the four jars, only one showed mold (at least I got the sterilization down I guess).
Anyways, I wanted to ask if anyone has had success with brown rice and if so what did you follow exactly? Since I had no success with the previous method I'm currently trying the soak and PC method with rye grains as explained in "The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible". I wanted to give it another shot with brown rice since I'm already in the process of (attempting to) spawn again but I've seen so many ancient threads with mixed info here on the subject I figured I'd start another.
I only have 10ml of the solution left. It's hard for me to get ahold of due to reasons and I'm really hoping to get something going one way or another. I'm open to any tips or suggestions. Thanks in advance, guys.
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If you're going to insist upon using septic starting materials like spore solution I'd recommend sticking to BRF...agar is obviously the way to go but if you really like spore syringes for some reason use brf.
Injecting spores onto any grains regardless of prep method you're going to run into problems. You could be working at the CDC in a secure lab and still contaminate your jars because the solution itself carries contaminants, your environment is irrelevant at this point.
Also, stop watching that shit, those people are fucking retarded.
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Re: Brown rice and rye spawn jars [Re: Stipe-n Cap]
#27428934 - 08/15/21 09:16 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'm just trying to get started, tbh. Once I have a few yields I plan on experimenting with different techniques. Agar will be next but it's hard for me to come by the materials I need. Basically the problem I had was that nothing grew at all. I'm not sure if the grains were too dry from sterilization or what, but like I said the only thing that grew was the tiniest bit of mold in ONE jar out of four...
I'm really hoping to get at least one yield so I can grab a few spore prints and save them for future methods. Like I said, I'm just trying to start but so far I haven't had any luck. Not gonna give up though.
Edit: Also, I know they're retarded but I'm not trying to set up a full blown lab yet. I'm just working with limited materials and just trying to get a good flush or two.
Edited by Cogito Ergo Sum (08/15/21 09:19 AM)
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Cogito Ergo Sum said: I'm just trying to get started, tbh. Once I have a few yields I plan on experimenting with different techniques. Agar will be next but it's hard for me to come by the materials I need. Basically the problem I had was that nothing grew at all. I'm not sure if the grains were too dry from sterilization or what, but like I said the only thing that grew was the tiniest bit of mold in ONE jar out of four...
I'm really hoping to get at least one yield so I can grab a few spore prints and save them for future methods. Like I said, I'm just trying to start but so far I haven't had any luck. Not gonna give up though.
Edit: Also, I know they're retarded but I'm not trying to set up a full blown lab yet. I'm just working with limited materials and just trying to get a good flush or two.
If you want to get some mush, and some prints, without a lab or whatever, just run the PF tek. It's basically fool proof and can yield amazing results.
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That's why I suggested brf.
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Re: Brown rice and rye spawn jars [Re: Stipe-n Cap]
#27428971 - 08/15/21 09:41 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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That's why I suggested brf.
I feel like the urge to wave the BRF cake flag so hard. It is a great tek but so many people seem to want to shun it! ;_;
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Re: Brown rice and rye spawn jars [Re: coversall]
#27428972 - 08/15/21 09:43 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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It's definitely way better than these new reddit and YouTube deals. This is the tried and true beginners method.
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Re: Brown rice and rye spawn jars [Re: coversall]
#27428977 - 08/15/21 09:45 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thanks guys, I'll give that a try. I wanted to spawn from a grain then transfer to a bulk growth medium but I don't mind trying the pf tek just to get started. Even if it only yielded a few I'd be happy at this point just to get a print to go further.
After reading about how "foolproof" growing is from so many people here I kinda got discouraged to be honest. I'm determined to get it right though. Thanks for the recommendations. Heading to the store to get the materials for that now...
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Cogito Ergo Sum said: Thanks guys, I'll give that a try. I wanted to spawn from a grain then transfer to a bulk growth medium but I don't mind trying the pf tek just to get started. Even if it only yielded a few I'd be happy at this point just to get a print to go further.
After reading about how "foolproof" growing is from so many people here I kinda got discouraged to be honest. I'm determined to get it right though. Thanks for the recommendations. Heading to the store to get the materials for that now...
Honestly to make things fool proof, pick a respected tek thread, switch off your brain (take this with a pinch of salt), and just do what the thread tells you to do.
Make a promise to youtself that you will follow one tek for each grow. The urge to tinker when you are starting out will complicate things and muddy the water.
Read this, do what it says, grow mushrooms!
Edited by coversall (08/15/21 09:51 AM)
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Re: Brown rice and rye spawn jars [Re: coversall]
#27428990 - 08/15/21 09:59 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Honestly to make things fool proof, pick a respected tek thread, switch off your brain (take this with a pinch of salt), and just do what the thread tells you to do.
Make a promise to youtself that you will follow one tek for each grow. The urge to tinker when you are starting out will complicate things and muddy the water.
Read this, do what it says, grow mushrooms!
Thanks, bro. I pretty much have everything I need except the perlite and I'm on my way to grab that at the moment. I'll start a thread chronicling the progress as it goes. I really appreciate you guys knowledge. I'm a total noob to this...
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Here I am talking about keeping things simple, and I'm going to throw you a curve ball.
I would hold off on buying stuff for fruiting for now.
Make the cakes, inoculate them, and get them growing.
Then maybe read and ask about the various ways of fruiting BRF cakes! imo there are better options than the shotgun fruiting chamber.
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Cogito Ergo Sum said: Thanks guys, I'll give that a try. I wanted to spawn from a grain then transfer to a bulk growth medium but I don't mind trying the pf tek just to get started. Even if it only yielded a few I'd be happy at this point just to get a print to go further.
After reading about how "foolproof" growing is from so many people here I kinda got discouraged to be honest. I'm determined to get it right though. Thanks for the recommendations. Heading to the store to get the materials for that now...
Hey Cognito Ergo, do not give up on multi-spore syringes as a way to get genetics started. Yes you can squirt it on Rice or grain directly. Yes you "Might" see contamination. With Jars that colonize without contam', spawn them. You "Might" still see contamination later. Your goal is to harvest the healthiest most vigorous mushrum and clone it with a needle and sugar water, or LME water 4%. Tear it in half to sample only sterile tissue.
You can also squirt Multi-spore syringes directly to Sugar Water, and yes, you "Might" see contamination later that hides inside. You must test it on Agar!
If you have no Still Air Box or HEPA Filtered Air, use the 250F Oven Method with a Wire Rack over hanging the cracked open door. I pour and inoculate Agar this way and have only had one contaminated dish over 30 dishes poured and inoculated this way.
Edited by MushBrain1 (08/15/21 10:25 AM)
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Re: Brown rice and rye spawn jars [Re: MushBrain1]
#27429022 - 08/15/21 10:27 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Cogito Ergo Sum said: Thanks guys, I'll give that a try. I wanted to spawn from a grain then transfer to a bulk growth medium but I don't mind trying the pf tek just to get started. Even if it only yielded a few I'd be happy at this point just to get a print to go further.
After reading about how "foolproof" growing is from so many people here I kinda got discouraged to be honest. I'm determined to get it right though. Thanks for the recommendations. Heading to the store to get the materials for that now...
Hey Cognito Ergo, do not give up on multi-spore syringes as a way to get genetics started. Yes you can squirt it on Rice or grain directly. Yes you "Might" see contamination. With Jars that colonize without contam', spawn them. You "Might" still see contamination later. Your goal is to harvest the healthiest most vigorous mushrum and clone it with a needle and sugar water, or LME water 4%. Tear it in half to sample only sterile tissue.
If you have no Still Air Box or HEPA Filtered Air, use the 250F Oven Method with a Wire Rack over hanging the cracked open door. I pour and inoculate Agar this way and have only had one contaminated dish over 30 dishes poured and inoculated this way.
Hey Mushbrain! Forgive me, but spore to grain, and working in the oven isn't great advice. An SAB is very easy to make and will be a much better place to work than the oven.
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Re: Brown rice and rye spawn jars [Re: coversall] 1
#27429124 - 08/15/21 12:11 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Kneeling in front of a hot af oven to try and do sterile work sounds so uncomfortable the only thing I’d even consider possibly suggesting using an oven for is dehydrating mush and even that gives me apprehension.
Reminds me of that pic of that dude in a tyvek suit inoculating pf jars in front of his oven
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Re: Brown rice and rye spawn jars [Re: MushBrain1]
#27429461 - 08/15/21 05:40 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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I have a SAB that I work with, I think that's why I had limited contamination with my last batch. The problem is, I don't have a legit pressure cooker. I only have an instant pot and I've never used it to sterilize. I've just cooked them on the stove for about 3 hours with a tight lid on low heat. Initially I thought that was my problem. Now I'm concerned that I overcooked the grains and they dried out too much...
In any case, I'm going with the PF tek next. I now have everything I need to go through with it, so fingers crossed, I'll have some luck.
Thank you all for the recommendations. I'm taking them to heart and will attempt to use them to get this started!
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Re: Brown rice and rye spawn jars [Re: coversall]
#27429464 - 08/15/21 05:43 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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imo there are better options than the shotgun fruiting chamber.
What would you recommend checking out? I've only seen the shotgun fruiting chamber and what phillygoldenteacher recommended in the above youtube video. Basically a shoebox tote with vermiculite and gypsum on a plastic bag with plenty of moisture and heat.
I'm open to suggestions and I hope to reach the point where I need to ask this question. Fingers crossed I'll see some pins soon...
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imo there are better options than the shotgun fruiting chamber.
What would you recommend checking out? I've only seen the shotgun fruiting chamber and what phillygoldenteacher recommended in the above youtube video. Basically a shoebox tote with vermiculite and gypsum on a plastic bag with plenty of moisture and heat.
I'm open to suggestions and I hope to reach the point where I need to ask this question. Fingers crossed I'll see some pins soon...
No idea who phillygoldenteacher is.
Check out some of the simple shoebox threads on this forum for the best adivce Some good ones off the top of my head: Munch's thread Shaper's thread The BRF as spawn thread Otherwise theres the humidty chamber FC
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Re: Brown rice and rye spawn jars [Re: MushBrain1]
#27431996 - 08/17/21 05:26 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Well, here I am two days later and fingers crossed, I now have five half pint pf tek jars that I inoculated with a spore syringe. I hope it takes this time because I used up the last of what I had. Thanks again for all the advice. Hopefully I'll be posting some spawned jars here in a few weeks or so!
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Cogito Ergo Sum said: Well, here I am two days later and fingers crossed, I now have five half pint pf tek jars that I inoculated with a spore syringe. I hope it takes this time because I used up the last of what I had. Thanks again for all the advice. Hopefully I'll be posting some spawned jars here in a few weeks or so!
Keep in mind that one of the bad things about spores to BRF cakes is that it can be a slow process. My first run of spores to PF tek took around 28 days to fully colonise.
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Re: Brown rice and rye spawn jars [Re: coversall]
#27433310 - 08/18/21 04:00 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Damn, didn't realize it could take that long... I was a bit concerned about the moisture content, seemed a bit dry. Although I followed the steps exactly as said, so I hope all's well. I'll keep an update in about a month or so whenever they start to colonize. Hopefully I'll at least see some mycelial growth before then to indicate they're good. My last attempt was a total failure.
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