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The Tao
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Floret] 3
#28627412 - 01/19/24 03:55 PM (8 days, 7 hours ago) |
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13 grams of mint meltaway chocolates, 2 grams of coconut oil and 0.75 grams of finely ground Semperviva per chocolate. They are surprisingly hygrophilic. I licked my fingers. That was a mistake.

Edit: hygrophilic, not hydrophilic.
Edited by The Tao (01/19/24 04:16 PM)
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huey.bluey


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: The Tao]
#28627417 - 01/19/24 03:59 PM (8 days, 7 hours ago) |
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I should put some of my decarboxylated weed in my shroom chocolates. nuts, lions mane
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Mr Piggy
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: The Tao]
#28627424 - 01/19/24 04:04 PM (8 days, 7 hours ago) |
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The Tao said: 13 grams of mint meltaway chocolates, 2 grams of coconut oil and 0.75 grams of finely ground Semperviva per chocolate. They are surprisingly hydrophilic. I licked my fingers. That was a mistake.

I confess I was confused why you were showing chocolates covered in trich, then in zoomed in.
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The Tao
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Mr Piggy] 1
#28627429 - 01/19/24 04:08 PM (8 days, 7 hours ago) |
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I ground up some pistachios for a topping.
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: The Tao]
#28627440 - 01/19/24 04:14 PM (8 days, 7 hours ago) |
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 A couple geometric silicon molds
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bigfootscreepyuncl
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: huey.bluey]
#28627459 - 01/19/24 04:26 PM (8 days, 6 hours ago) |
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for what it's worth I don't like the silicone moulds as much as the cheap plastic ones from the hobby store (or the expensive polycarbonate moulds but they don't work as well for mush chocolates).
The method of making chocolates I described produces a really thick, doughy chocolate ball so I like having the rigidity of a plastic mould so I can spread it easier and bang it on the countertop to get rid of air bubbles and it helps to smooth and level the bar.
Just my $0.02 though keep us posted
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The Tao
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I use the cups from Benadryl bottles.
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: The Tao]
#28627496 - 01/19/24 05:02 PM (8 days, 6 hours ago) |
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Okay 3 months hoping my first round of BRF jars would work, i think it's safe to say it's a fail.
I did about 12 jars and 4 only got to fully Colonized. I tried fruiting em and only one grew 3 pins but had mold all over the bottom. The best looking one grew some type of fuzz then did nothing. The last one I sort of damaged getting it out of the jar.
Just tyring to get something to work, today I decided to do a bit of an experiment of ripped those 2 fruiting attempt cakes up and put in them in a coir shoebox(which about 5 days ago, started shoe boxing my first bulk spawn from some popcorn that took about 2 months to grew fully hehe. fingers crossed there).
I was wondering if I should crumble up the other 9 cakes that failed pretty much on me into another batch of Coir? most are 30 to 70% colonized. I noticed 2 cakes that I did crumble into coir so far sort of felt very dry, despite misting em everyday and dunking. I think im going to stay away from BRF for now on as it's a lot of work and just seems hard as F to fruit. Then again hoping to see how my first bulk goes with popcorn too.
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: The Tao]
#28627517 - 01/19/24 05:15 PM (8 days, 6 hours ago) |
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The Tao said: I use the cups from Benadryl bottles.

That's pretty damn funny with the dosages printed on the side
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Naraz]
#28627522 - 01/19/24 05:18 PM (8 days, 6 hours ago) |
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Naraz said: Okay 3 months hoping my first round of BRF jars would work, i think it's safe to say it's a fail.
I did about 12 jars and 4 only got to fully Colonized. I tried fruiting em and only one grew 3 pins but had mold all over the bottom. The best looking one grew some type of fuzz then did nothing. The last one I sort of damaged getting it out of the jar.
Just tyring to get something to work, today I decided to do a bit of an experiment of ripped those 2 fruiting attempt cakes up and put in them in a coir shoebox(which about 5 days ago, started shoe boxing my first bulk spawn from some popcorn that took about 2 months to grew fully hehe. fingers crossed there).
I was wondering if I should crumble up the other 9 cakes that failed pretty much on me into another batch of Coir? most are 30 to 70% colonized. I noticed 2 cakes that I did crumble into coir so far sort of felt very dry, despite misting em everyday and dunking. I think im going to stay away from BRF for now on as it's a lot of work and just seems hard as F to fruit. Then again hoping to see how my first bulk goes with popcorn too. 
I wouldn't.
If it hasn't colonized fully, something is wrong with it, and if theres something wrong with it, spending more money on the project isn't going to fix anything.
I'd start over with the BRF personally... or get a PC and start working with agar if you want to get into grains.
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Changed]
#28627667 - 01/19/24 07:25 PM (8 days, 3 hours ago) |
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How important is it to be sterile when taking spore prints? Can you eventually get a clean culture even when starting with a pretty dirty print?
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: MycoSnailCarl] 2
#28627824 - 01/19/24 09:26 PM (8 days, 1 hour ago) |
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Not really a question but maybe a solution. Gat damn fungus gnats invaded my pan grow again! I think I may have found the cure though. I grabbed my torch I use to sterilize my blade while working on agar in the sab and torched all the mf'ers. I moved it quick since they are fragile little turds and they pretty much vaporized instantly. The flame didn't seem to bother my pan pins either since it was a quick blast. A few hours later still no sign of them. I wish Ms Worm would leave her plants outside so I wouldn't get infestations of these things.
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: MycoSnailCarl]
#28627829 - 01/19/24 09:30 PM (8 days, 1 hour ago) |
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MycoSnailCarl said: How important is it to be sterile when taking spore prints? Can you eventually get a clean culture even when starting with a pretty dirty print?
Well, it's impossible to be truly sterile when making prints. But, the cleaner you work the cleaner your print will be. Some prints in my experience have been too dirty to even attempt cleaning a culture, meaning I'd streak the plate and 2 days later the plate is filled with mold. But, yes, you can get a clean culture from a reasonably dirty print. That's the purpose of agar after all.
I highly recommend the OG print TEK, it has always produced clean prints for me.
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GenesisCorrupted
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Bigworm] 1
#28627834 - 01/19/24 09:33 PM (8 days, 1 hour ago) |
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I use diatomaceous earth. Sprinkle that on the potted plants that you suspect are infested. It should kill them.
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GenesisCorrupted said: I use diatomaceous earth. Sprinkle that on the potted plants that you suspect are infested. It should kill them.
I will try that. Thank you!
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Bigworm] 1
#28627864 - 01/19/24 09:49 PM (8 days, 1 hour ago) |
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Bigworm said:
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GenesisCorrupted said: I use diatomaceous earth. Sprinkle that on the potted plants that you suspect are infested. It should kill them.
I will try that. Thank you!
Gotta look out for a fellow grower.
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Sobek
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Hello again! A couple of quickish questions regarding flushes...
My grow bag cake (that I've put into a monotub) has basically finished it's first flush, and only has little aborts all over it now. I've seen all the guides on dunking / soaking the cake to rehydrate it and begin the next flush / fruiting, but all the newer guides say that's old fashioned and unnecessary, and seem to just heavily mist their cakes until they stop absorbing any more water. Does this seem sensible, or would you guys still stand by dunking it in water entirely for a few hours?
I've managed to get 130g wet weight GT's out of this first flush which is pretty cool! Should I also harvest the aborts, are they still potent at all? I've also seen conflicting into on this. Many seem to say to just leave them on there and let them die off, as the mycelium re-absorbs the nutrients as they break down and it helps to feed the next flush. What would you do?
Also one last thing... is it AT ALL worth me breaking up this cake now and mixing it up with fresh substrate, like a vermiculite / coco coir / peat moss mix, so turn the WHOLE tub into a new flush, or should I just keep it as the cake and not mess with it? I also have HEAPS of horse manure compost I can use if that's any good. It's just fine sawdust and horse poo, at various stages of compost from coarse and fresh, down to the reddish clay like stuff that the worms just love.
Thanks for your input guys, really appreciate it!!
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Sobek]
#28627930 - 01/19/24 11:16 PM (8 days, 4 minutes ago) |
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Sobek said: Hello again! A couple of quickish questions regarding flushes... My grow bag cake (that I've put into a monotub) has basically finished it's first flush, and only has little aborts all over it now. I've seen all the guides on dunking / soaking the cake to rehydrate it and begin the next flush / fruiting, but all the newer guides say that's old fashioned and unnecessary, and seem to just heavily mist their cakes until they stop absorbing any more water. Does this seem sensible, or would you guys still stand by dunking it in water entirely for a few hours?
Formerly i dunked but often got it waterlogged, so i just mist. A big bag cake could handle a good dunk though.
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Sobek said: I've managed to get 130g wet weight GT's out of this first flush which is pretty cool! Should I also harvest the aborts, are they still potent at all? I've also seen conflicting into on this. Many seem to say to just leave them on there and let them die off, as the mycelium re-absorbs the nutrients as they break down and it helps to feed the next flush. What would you do?
Better harvest aborts as they can rot. If you see them recannibalized by mycelium you can leave them there. They´re potent for sure 
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Sobek said: Also one last thing... is it AT ALL worth me breaking up this cake now and mixing it up with fresh substrate, like a vermiculite / coco coir / peat moss mix, so turn the WHOLE tub into a new flush, or should I just keep it as the cake and not mess with it? I also have HEAPS of horse manure compost I can use if that's any good. It's just fine sawdust and horse poo, at various stages of compost from coarse and fresh, down to the reddish clay like stuff that the worms just love.
No that´s not worth it. Keep the cake as it is. Manure needs to be pasteurized, but as said if you don´t wanna make a green bomb, just let the cake stay intact 
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Janus62
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MycoSnailCarl said: How important is it to be sterile when taking spore prints? Can you eventually get a clean culture even when starting with a pretty dirty print?
Well, it's impossible to be truly sterile when making prints. But, the cleaner you work the cleaner your print will be. Some prints in my experience have been too dirty to even attempt cleaning a culture, meaning I'd streak the plate and 2 days later the plate is filled with mold. But, yes, you can get a clean culture from a reasonably dirty print. That's the purpose of agar after all.
I highly recommend the OG print TEK, it has always produced clean prints for me.
"I'd streak the plate and 2 days later the plate is filled with mold"
That's my fear - I'd like to do giveaways on Market Place so I can pay forward the generosity of other users, but worry that I'll send out prints that are sub-standard. Both prints I've received have been so good that even the germ plates were clean; the bar's been set so high that I worry mine will be trash by comparison
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