AspectOfTheCreator said:

Penis envy 1:1 cased with 50/50+ about a week after full colonization. Spawned 19 days ago.

Why is it side pinning (or in this case side blobbing) so badly despite having an appropriate casing? Did I wait too long to case? I specifically apply stronger pressure around the perimeter when spawning as well.

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AspectOfTheCreator said:

Yahra said:

A liner helps to prevent side pins. A casing prevents blobbing.

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I thought tamping down along the sides stops side pins? My other tubs arent side pinning just the ones I cased. The others have blobs on top.

Never cased before so I didnt want to put all my eggs in one basket. I cased half of them.

...it seems even when I succeed I am still destined to fail...

Why god whyyyyyyy

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I always cased when it was 90-100% colonized. That late of a casing will slow things down and by then your sub probably shrunk to where it was easier for it to fruit on the sides instead of center and better microclimate. I only true cased a couple of my PE tubs and had better results with a thick top layer at spawning and another top layer of coir/verm at full colonization and had good results.

PBJ710 said:

AspectOfTheCreator said:

Penis envy 1:1 cased with 50/50+ about a week after full colonization. Spawned 19 days ago.

Why is it side pinning (or in this case side blobbing) so badly despite having an appropriate casing? Did I wait too long to case? I specifically apply stronger pressure around the perimeter when spawning as well.

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Since the casing is the only part that's resisting colonization, it sounds like your pasteurization or PH may have been off.  Have you tried just using a thicker coir top layer at spawn instead of a 'true' casing?

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xVadisx said:

When doing a josex poke, do you actually grab a plate depth and needle sized chunk of agar? Or just poke the plate and then call it good with or without a chunk?

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Don’t be me and spend five minutes trying to get a string of mycelium in the needle.
It’s not needed

coversall said:

I've been afk for ~1 year. What drama/big news did I miss? What's the latest trendy tek? What's the newest short cut that people are trying to defend?

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Uncle Ben's has been found to be the ultimate in mushroom cultivation.

xVadisx said:

When doing a josex poke, do you actually grab a plate depth and needle sized chunk of agar? Or just poke the plate and then call it good with or without a chunk?

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"You're going to be inoculating your LC with a piece of tissue so ridiculously tiny that the only way to see it would be under a scope... how about that for removing vectors?
And as an extra safety bonus, the invisible tissue sample is going to be protected inside a thin needle untill you squirt some water from the syringe into the LC broth."
https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/24740168/vc/1

Cassette81 said:

Can you re hydrate at any point?
After 1st flush (monotub) I didn't properly rehydrate because there were a couple of small fruits still growing.
Still getting growth but slow and sparse, I'm thinking it needs submerging but has it been too long?

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Proposition 122 said:

xVadisx said:

When doing a josex poke, do you actually grab a plate depth and needle sized chunk of agar? Or just poke the plate and then call it good with or without a chunk?

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"You're going to be inoculating your LC with a piece of tissue so ridiculously tiny that the only way to see it would be under a scope... how about that for removing vectors?
And as an extra safety bonus, the invisible tissue sample is going to be protected inside a thin needle untill you squirt some water from the syringe into the LC broth."
https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/24740168/vc/1

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Even having read that bit — multiple times, and having done it once with success — it still just felt wrong