nektar61 said:

Use activated charcoal. It makes plates so black that you ask "how much more black can they be?" and the answer is "None."

Plus it's a nutrient.

Plus it somehow doesn't fade as the eat it, because there's more underneath, I suppose.
https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/27551422

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sonoramo said:

Dendrocopos said:

Hey does anyone have any good cling cutting technique ? I can't for the love of fucking god cut it clean. I spent like 10 minutes sharpening my huge butchers knife and the rolls still get stuck and break. Saw knives are even worse.

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I've always used the kind of dispenser with a sliding cutter. That makes it very easy to get 1-inch-wide strips that pretty much lie flat on the box after you cut them. It's then easy to pick them up and wrap dishes with them, even with nitrile-gloved hands. Another benefit is that it doesn't leave so much static charge on the film.

The link is to a Kirkland/Costco product, but I bet there are other brands and sources with a similar package.



https://www.amazon.com/Kirkland-Signature-Stretch-Tite-Plastic-Wrap/dp/B00FZNF502

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Doctor Mario said:

No. Once you clone a fruit, it's no longer MS. You can expect to see a tub of mushrooms that look similar to that one if the tub is grown under the same conditions. Environmental conditions, water retention, spawn to sub ratio etc. will change the way that your tub fruits. If we both ran the same culture side by side, we would likely see something a bit different because our environmental conditions and the way that we get shit done will be different.

Normally, when selecting a clone, it's a good idea to select something dense from a cluster vs. a hollow solo fruit that's all by itself. If you select a solo mushroom, you might grow out a tub that has 6 or 7 of those in it and nothing more.  You're more likely to get more clusters or a canopy from a something that came from a cluster. Try to maximize the yield.

Fast cultures are great too but it's hard to find something that checks off everything on the list.

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nektar61 said:

I have a question about genetics.

I have a plin (plate pin) clone that I really like. I grew some uniformly good shrooms on a few shoe boxes that all matured at the same time in each box and were stronger than other classic cubes I've grown from MS.

Then I cloned one of the stipes of those clone shrooms, and am now growing out that on SBs.

Do you predict the genetics and potency of the clone of the shroom of a clone will be similar to the original clone?

I know I won't know until I try it, but does anyone here have experience with this?

thank you.

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Nef said:

nektar61 said:

.... I cloned one of the stipes of those clone shrooms, and am now growing out that on SBs.

Do you predict the genetics and potency of the clone of the shroom of a clone will be similar to the original clone?...

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I occasionally have cloned and recloned a clone. It works fine, but they do say not to do that

I would expect very similar results but at the same time, as you said, it will need to be tested to be sure

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Gorguss said:

Can anyone recommend a list of cameras that could take very high-quality pictures of mycelium through the glass mason jars?

Maybe like budget, performance, best?

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nektar61 said:

Nef said:

nektar61 said:

.... I cloned one of the stipes of those clone shrooms, and am now growing out that on SBs.

Do you predict the genetics and potency of the clone of the shroom of a clone will be similar to the original clone?...

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I occasionally have cloned and recloned a clone. It works fine, but they do say not to do that

I would expect very similar results but at the same time, as you said, it will need to be tested to be sure

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Thank you. Why do they say not to do that? Senescence?

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nektar61 said:

Gorguss said:

Can anyone recommend a list of cameras that could take very high-quality pictures of mycelium through the glass mason jars?

Maybe like budget, performance, best?

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What's your budget? My camera and the lens I use cost about 1600 dollars together.

I used to take OK photos on here with a 40 dollar used old digital camera from eBay.

Here's a little I write-up I did on this:
https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/27726375#27726375

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nektar61 said:

Nef said:

nektar61 said:

.... I cloned one of the stipes of those clone shrooms, and am now growing out that on SBs.

Do you predict the genetics and potency of the clone of the shroom of a clone will be similar to the original clone?...

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I occasionally have cloned and recloned a clone. It works fine, but they do say not to do that

I would expect very similar results but at the same time, as you said, it will need to be tested to be sure

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Thank you. Why do they say not to do that? Senescence?

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CorkRockingham said:

Even “sporeless” cubes  will throw some fruits you can swab.


Except shit like enigma, I don’t know how long that culture has been in circulation

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