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outlier52
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: schpat]
#28011138 - 10/22/22 06:27 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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SirPsycho said: You can just cut the coir with a hand saw
I tried that once, it was not a happy experience, and it made a lot of mess.
I find a chisel or screwdriver and mallet worked better. Still made a ton of mess but at lest I could hit something.
Will never buy big blocks of coir again.
I had good success with a plastic chainsaw wedge and a hammer. I didn’t have to hit it too hard to get the coir to split apart.
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LotKid
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Rusty2096] 1
#28011300 - 10/22/22 08:19 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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Rusty2096 said: Yup that's what I ended up doing.
I spawned my tub and found myself left with a shit ton of coir.
Only had 1 tub I could spare to store it and I couldn't fit all of it in there so I doubled up some recycling bags.

dont leave hydrated coir in a sealed bags, tubs or buckets. it needs to breath or it can grow unwanted things. I've had it happen with coir/verm mix sealed in buckets and tubs.
if it can breathe it'll be okay and it will dry out over time but when that happens you just add water to whatever you're gonna use at the time, if its too dry.
But, you don't have to take my word for it.
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CJD


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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: PsiloPsychIn]
#28011331 - 10/22/22 08:35 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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 Almost lit my shelf on fire by being to focused on the work instead of where the flame was pointing. Thought it was clear but only checked from one angle instead of verifying... lesson learned.
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Rusty2096
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: LotKid]
#28011332 - 10/22/22 08:35 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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I will take your word for it. Please enlighten me more (1st time stuck with left over hydrated coir (and a shit ton of it ).
Simply open up the bags and tub? Or something different I can do?
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Rusty2096
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: CJD]
#28011334 - 10/22/22 08:36 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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Don't torch and trip. It's not safe
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Rusty2096]
#28011368 - 10/22/22 08:54 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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Rusty2096 said: Don't torch and trip. It's not safe
Sad thing is i can't even blame it in that . But I'm glad I wasn't tripping. Not sure I would have been as cognizant of the situation.
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NothingsChanged
Striving for Excellence


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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: CJD]
#28014528 - 10/24/22 05:17 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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Didn’t do anything out of last years cyan season.
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Camera93
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: NothingsChanged] 1
#28090014 - 12/09/22 08:42 AM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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I confess: we know him, we love him, go listen to the lead up for the RR interview with Maine Cap and Stems Eric Lomen on the MycoWizards podcast. 
In the intro alone, I learned some things about RR that I wasn't aware of. This man means a lot to the community, take some time to listen to this intro and let see if there isn't anything the community can do to support him. Sounds like he's in for a battle over his home, that home with with the famous kitchen in lets grow mushrooms.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4wox6UzZGSizZaWFT0Swrb?si=b8d25f5a316846db
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OlSk00lFarmer
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Camera93] 1
#28090110 - 12/09/22 10:12 AM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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I have a few stories. This one though always makes me laugh.
My wife years ago told me that she wishes that she was a mushroom.
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thelanzii

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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: OlSk00lFarmer]
#28090144 - 12/09/22 10:41 AM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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she wants the attention you give the ole mushies
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OlSk00lFarmer
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: thelanzii] 1
#28090170 - 12/09/22 11:05 AM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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thelanzii said: she wants the attention you give the ole mushies
Yes
A couple more stories about me, my wife, and mushrooms.
12-15 years ago we were living together and as we were driving i made her stop at a horse place so I could get some shit. Found some nice leached manure which was dry. Put it in a bag. We only had a small place so I put it in our little porch. Wake up the next day our whole place is covered in shit flies.
Almost 20 years ago when we first started dating after about a year I told her what I was upto. I was always doing shit, so I let her in on the secret. One week end I had to cook grain I told her I couldn't see her and why. She asked me if I just couldn't do it at her place. Awesome, 23q pc, 10 jars, a bunch of other shit i go to her's.
While I was at her place waiting for the pc to pressurize. I opened my mouth said something stupid, she got so pissed she decided to unscrew the dial gauge onthe pc while it had pressure in it. Holy fuck what a mess. Im like fuck this I grab my pc and other shit and start walking the 15km to my house. About a km away I get lit up by the cops carrying the full 23q pc.
Cops:Whats that? are u making a bomb ? Etc Me: its just mushrooms its all good. They never said anything else except to ask me if I wanted a drive home.
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cooleko
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: OlSk00lFarmer]
#28090370 - 12/09/22 01:54 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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OlSk00lFarmer said: They never said anything else except to ask me if I wanted a drive home.
Who ends a story at the climax? Did you accept? Did she call them on you?
How did your arms feel after 3 hours of walking with a loaded PC?
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OlSk00lFarmer
Grower



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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: cooleko]
#28090462 - 12/09/22 02:56 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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OlSk00lFarmer said: They never said anything else except to ask me if I wanted a drive home.
Who ends a story at the climax? Did you accept? Did she call them on you?
How did your arms feel after 3 hours of walking with a loaded PC?
Haha. God no she did not call them on me my wife is so solid.
Fuck yea I accepted. It was just after 9/11 the cops were crazy paro about bombs. They really though I had a nuke not a pc. Once I showed them the jars they were weirded out at first, but I'm fairly smart, a little kooky, and just a really good shit talker. I remeber i had syringes and I was like yea right there pink oyster. I look down and all I could see is a shroomery sponsors syringe and P. CUBENSIS PENIS ENVY. I have a pretty serious record as well but I just joked with them while we talked and drove.
My arms were beat, but nothing compared to the time I had to move about 300 jars by myself on a 3 hour bus/subway ride with many transfers. I had them all in totes, id move one or two 15 feet or so then walk back and leap frog 4 heavy ass 100l totes.
-------------------- LAGM 2.023 Man, who gave that Shroomery? Who taught him how that works? Someone tell him when he mentions shit do research first!
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cooleko
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: OlSk00lFarmer]
#28090489 - 12/09/22 03:14 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Exciting life, great wife. Sounds like you are enjoying it!
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cooleko
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: cooleko] 1
#28090888 - 12/09/22 07:52 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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You know what would be an AMAZING idea? Using a syringe to deliver AGAR so you can measure how much each plate gets instead of hoping your pour is consistent.
Yeah, such a great idea, I'm going to buy a vaccine gun that connects to a mason jar right now!
It arrives, woohoo, I'm excited to make new plates! Wait... the gun doesnt fit into the 23qt presto. Well, maybe I can swap it out for a 500ml syringe. Bonus, those are cheaper. I'll order one right now!
It arrives, my excitement is growing because this idea can't go wrong... Well, the syringe fits... empty... but full its almost 2 feet long because of course a 500cc syringe is ginormous. Who cares, we are winging this one. So media jar and foil wrapped syringe goes into the presto for a quick cycle.
Soon as pressure drops I'm carrying it to my SAB, 165 degrees. Let's try sucking agar into the syringe via a sterile needle... Hmm not working, what is this? The agar sets up against the now room temp metal almost instantly D: Never fear, I'll just pull the plunger out and fill it up from the back. First I'll plug the hole so nothing comes out as I pour. That was easy, now to get the plunger back on... but not with the hole plugged because all that air is being compressed... So I'll balance aaannnndddd this is a huge mess but I'll make it work. Odd, now the agar wont come back out. It solidified in the bottom of the syringe. I'll just push that set up tip out... *Splourt* 50cc now on the floor of the SAB but that blockage is cleared!
Ok, now to get serious and fill these petri dishes! Wait, I can't read the numbers while plunging and holding the lid of my current plate... I need a third arm! Who cares, temps are dropping fast so I'll just plunge until the surface is fully covered.
15/20 plates later I'm expecting a 100% contam rate and threw out the 500cc syringe because that isn't ever going to work. Clean up was easy, the agar peeled right up off my glass table!
Ultimately had significantly more trouble than just pouring AND still don't have a uniform amount in every single dish because it was done eyeballing, again.
I'm going back to pouring. Lesson learned! Don't be like me, you cant use a vaccine gun or a syringe to pour your agar unless you are using some no-pour tek where the agar goes into the plates before it can set up.
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SirPsycho
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: cooleko]
#28090903 - 12/09/22 08:01 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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cooleko said: You know what would be an AMAZING idea? Using a syringe to deliver AGAR so you can measure how much each plate gets instead of hoping your pour is consistent.
Yeah, such a great idea, I'm going to buy a vaccine gun that connects to a mason jar right now!
It arrives, woohoo, I'm excited to make new plates! Wait... the gun doesnt fit into the 23qt presto. Well, maybe I can swap it out for a 500ml syringe. Bonus, those are cheaper. I'll order one right now!
It arrives, my excitement is growing because this idea can't go wrong... Well, the syringe fits... empty... but full its almost 2 feet long because of course a 500cc syringe is ginormous. Who cares, we are winging this one. So media jar and foil wrapped syringe goes into the presto for a quick cycle.
Soon as pressure drops I'm carrying it to my SAB, 165 degrees. Let's try sucking agar into the syringe via a sterile needle... Hmm not working, what is this? The agar sets up against the now room temp metal almost instantly D: Never fear, I'll just pull the plunger out and fill it up from the back. First I'll plug the hole so nothing comes out as I pour. That was easy, now to get the plunger back on... but not with the hole plugged because all that air is being compressed... So I'll balance aaannnndddd this is a huge mess but I'll make it work. Odd, now the agar wont come back out. It solidified in the bottom of the syringe. I'll just push that set up tip out... *Splourt* 50cc now on the floor of the SAB but that blockage is cleared!
Ok, now to get serious and fill these petri dishes! Wait, I can't read the numbers while plunging and holding the lid of my current plate... I need a third arm! Who cares, temps are dropping fast so I'll just plunge until the surface is fully covered.
15/20 plates later I'm expecting a 100% contam rate and threw out the 500cc syringe because that isn't ever going to work. Clean up was easy, the agar peeled right up off my glass table!
Ultimately had significantly more trouble than just pouring AND still don't have a uniform amount in every single dish because it was done eyeballing, again.
I'm going back to pouring. Lesson learned! Don't be like me, you cant use a vaccine gun or a syringe to pour your agar unless you are using some no-pour tek where the agar goes into the plates before it can set up.
Ok, so hear me out Automatic Measured Bottle Pourer - Quick Shot Spirit Measure Pourer Drinks Wine Cocktail Dispenser Home Bar Tools (4 Pack) https://a.co/d/heki2rU
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: SirPsycho]
#28090985 - 12/09/22 08:48 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Bajazly
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: LotKid]
#28090989 - 12/09/22 08:50 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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cooleko
Augmentum provocatus

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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: SirPsycho]
#28091026 - 12/09/22 09:15 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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SirPsycho said: Ok, so hear me out Automatic Measured Bottle Pourer - Quick Shot Spirit Measure Pourer Drinks Wine Cocktail Dispenser Home Bar Tools (4 Pack) https://a.co/d/heki2rU
And a few days later ... It arrives, my excitement in growing... NO. I learned my lesson already, maybe the next guy will give us stories about how hard agar is to clean out of that apparatus! Perhaps if you ran hot water through it right before making the transition... NO. I learned my lesson already.
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Mr Piggy
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: cooleko]
#28091598 - 12/10/22 09:56 AM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Okay but, hear me out, packs of brown rice with an imaginary uncle on the front of it. Already sealed so obviously there's no contaminants....
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