Horsewithnoname said:

It's pretty much agreed upon and that you should vent your pressure cooker.

However, why do you have to vent it at low pressure?

You could vent it at your target pressure 15 PSI and get to your target temperature faster and still have the steam blow out and move out the air inside the pressure cooker. Why do it at 0 psi?

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Seamonkey84 said:

For those that do no prep for WBS, do you shake the jars while they’re still hot or do you just let it cool down in the PC and deal with clumping? I know the mycelium won’t care but it’s annoying for the shake.

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That's the reason I don't no prep lol. Always turns into a clumpy ugly mess. Perfect if you don't give a shit about how stuff looks and just want to grow en masse. I want my jars and agars to be pretty

WhatEyeFind said:

Somewhere in my studies I seem to remember something about mycelium growing on agar plates and something about pairs or matched pair??? like a boy mycelium and a girl mycelium needed for healthy mycelium offspring... (I know that is probably completely wrong or partially wrong but it is the best I can do while MD'g this morning)

What terminology am I looking for so I can research this further. TIA
WEF

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Monokaryon and dikaryon or something. Someone correct me on this.

Edit: I was correct

fiddle_head said:

Quick question: does anyone else wipe their lids?
I get excess condensation that eventually pools in my shoeboxes if I don’t. Sometimes it happens in tubs as well. Of course in either scenario I am referring to the topmost box, as they are stacked. I initially thought this would cause a problem as they are not “true” shoeboxes. But the added pressure on top bends the lid slightly which stretches the frame, creating a minuscule gap. I haven’t had any problems with it. I have accounted for temp swings.
Thank you

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Screwup said:

Will large pinsets generally abort with a lower sub ratio? Or do other factors also come into play?

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Throwaway said:

WhatEyeFind said:

Somewhere in my studies I seem to remember something about mycelium growing on agar plates and something about pairs or matched pair??? like a boy mycelium and a girl mycelium needed for healthy mycelium offspring... (I know that is probably completely wrong or partially wrong but it is the best I can do while MD'g this morning)

What terminology am I looking for so I can research this further. TIA
WEF

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Monokaryon and dikaryon or something. Someone correct me on this.

Edit: I was correct

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Throwaway said:

I don't get what confuses people about this. So much so that I almost think I'm the crazy one. If you want a 1:1 ratio and have 2 jars filled with 3/4th of grain. Just do one and half (1.5) jars of hydrated coir?

It also doensn't have to be so precise. A 1:1.1 ratio by accidentally overfilling the jar a bit isn't going to ruin your entire grow lmao. And if you do want to be so precise, just use a sharpie to mark the grain line and fill it with coir to that line.

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Yeah it was a dumb morning brainfart I had, I got stuck with the quart, then mycoquart which is a fraction of a jar, and then the coir which is just loose and my brain shat the bed.

I'm just going to use whatever I initially used to measure the grain. Either a beaker or jar. Same shit as long it's consistent.

Thank you for coming to my kindergarden lecture on how to measure shit.

WhatEyeFind said:

Somewhere in my studies I seem to remember something about mycelium growing on agar plates and something about pairs or matched pair??? like a boy mycelium and a girl mycelium needed for healthy mycelium offspring... (I know that is probably completely wrong or partially wrong but it is the best I can do while MD'g this morning)

What terminology am I looking for so I can research this further. TIA
WEF

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Horsewithnoname said:

It's pretty much agreed upon and that you should vent your pressure cooker.

However, why do you have to vent it at low pressure?

You could vent it at your target pressure 15 PSI and get to your target temperature faster and still have the steam blow out and move out the air inside the pressure cooker. Why do it at 0 psi?

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SirPsycho said:

Horsewithnoname said:

It's pretty much agreed upon and that you should vent your pressure cooker.

However, why do you have to vent it at low pressure?

You could vent it at your target pressure 15 PSI and get to your target temperature faster and still have the steam blow out and move out the air inside the pressure cooker. Why do it at 0 psi?

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How would you vent at 15 psi?

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Horsewithnoname said:

It's pretty much agreed upon and that you should vent your pressure cooker.

However, why do you have to vent it at low pressure?

You could vent it at your target pressure 15 PSI and get to your target temperature faster and still have the steam blow out and move out the air inside the pressure cooker. Why do it at 0 psi?

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You´d build up air pressure, but you want steam pressure.
The gauge may read 15psi, but you won´t reach the desired temperature.
Very important to vent without rocker to release any air pockets,
to build up steam pressure equally.

           

Horsewithnoname said:

It's pretty much agreed upon and that you should vent your pressure cooker.

However, why do you have to vent it at low pressure?

You could vent it at your target pressure 15 PSI and get to your target temperature faster and still have the steam blow out and move out the air inside the pressure cooker. Why do it at 0 psi?

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NFLProof said:

Horsewithnoname said:

It's pretty much agreed upon and that you should vent your pressure cooker.

However, why do you have to vent it at low pressure?

You could vent it at your target pressure 15 PSI and get to your target temperature faster and still have the steam blow out and move out the air inside the pressure cooker. Why do it at 0 psi?

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I don't think you understand what venting is. Or I don't. If you put the rocker on to reach 15 psi then air isn't escaping and thus no venting has occurred. Venting is allowing the air in PC to escape. Maybe that'll help.

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