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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: DharmaForKarma] * 1
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I suppose I can just use the same IP on saute mode first to simmer it, just like a portable electric 5th burner or induction cooktop, etc.  I keep forgetting about that, and that I shouldn't need to buy anything extra.. Then  heat the pot back up with some extra water, or use some from my kettle, and keep a wash bucket close by to dump it in. Pop it right back in the IP and load it up with the containers. Kinda like using the same pot to seer the beef before making  1 pot IP stew, but cleaning it first. Yeah I'm not workin in the house, but at least I have power out in the room I'm using for portable equipment. No sink or appliances to work with ATM, so not as easy to clean any little mess. Come to think of it, I might even buy a spare aftermarket pot for my IPs. The non stick kind, just for simmering agar, or pre cooking grains, etc.. Just to have an extra pot on hand if needed.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: PsillySeeEms] * 1
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I get it now, you're trying to use the instant pot for both boiling your water and sterilizing your agar.

You could just rinse it out, or you could pre weigh individual cups worth, but I'd be careful having a bunch of little baggies of powder around :lol:


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: tryptkaloids]
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I have an electric kettle too, and yeah the IP can also boil water like the kettle.. and be used just like a pan on a stove top, like a portable cooktop... They really are the swiss army knife huh! At first I was wondering if just pouring the still boiling kettle water into the silicone measuring cup (the only thing I would have to wash, or just sterilize in the IP!) with agar powder would be good enough, while also blending with immersion wand which should help... but, that isn't "bringing it up to a boil" as you mix it, like the direction call for. By the time I pour it in, it will stop boiling, so I wasn't sure if that's a bad thing and will mess up the mixture. I do imagine there could be some problems or inconsistencies by not simmering long enough while blending, and figured I should ask first before wasting any powders.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: PsillySeeEms] * 1
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I would play with it. Agar is cheap and hard to mess up. Like you said there may be a bit of trouble with inconsistencies, and that's the main reason for boiling.

If it helps, when I pour plates I just stir everything together in a quart jar and pc it


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: PsillySeeEms] * 3
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Takes a bit to get a response in my journal/log and I need an answer.

I’ve never cultivated mushrooms before and have been having a stressful couple of days trying to get sorted.

Originally planned to follow Bod’s unmodified for my monotub, a few days into bulk changed gears and modified to follow PastyWhyte’s EZ Dialed, all while trying to meet the moisture standards of ComebackKid and having wild issues with that as recently as last night!

Todays Day 11 in the tub, I peek through the lid to see if my most recent mod to dial in moisture was successful and…

*record scratch*

Is that what I MF think it is?!?!


Is this my firstborn son? :blush:


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: MushroomMommy]
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You did it! Congratulations!


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: hellofresh]
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Not sure what the question is exactly but congrats!


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Flowchart for Recommended plan of action.
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After you know what you're doing, take a break 
Pick a book, Make some chips!
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Nichrome] * 7
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Nichrome said:
Crab and pineapple with a few sprigs of tulsi and coarse fresh cracked pepper and some red pepper flakes. Maybe some lime juice if the pineapple is sweet. That's if you do it right and the steak is raw or close to it.


I didn't have any former state representatives laying around so I improvised lol.
Here's the spread I ended up with. Drizzled the mandarin juice from the can over the lettuce.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: MushroomMommy]
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MushroomMommy said:
Takes a bit to get a response in my journal/log and I need an answer.

I’ve never cultivated mushrooms before and have been having a stressful couple of days trying to get sorted.

Originally planned to follow Bod’s unmodified for my monotub, a few days into bulk changed gears and modified to follow PastyWhyte’s EZ Dialed, all while trying to meet the moisture standards of ComebackKid and having wild issues with that as recently as last night!

Todays Day 11 in the tub, I peek through the lid to see if my most recent mod to dial in moisture was successful and…

*record scratch*

Is that what I MF think it is?!?!


Is this my firstborn son? :blush:




u hef bb


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: BeefExtreme] * 1
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BeefSupremeJr said:
Quote:
u hef bb


:howveryexciting:
I’m a mushroom mommy :3


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: MushroomMommy]
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Is a 65 F / 18,5 C (lowest it drops to) room too cold to fruit in? My tub was spawned 26 days ago and there are no pins yet. There have been knots on the surface for two weeks. I'm confused?







It's penis envy a la p9 compressed top coating. Should be around 1:4 spawn ratio. 45 L unmodified tub.

I also have a shoebox spawned the same day that is t even showing knots yet.

Edited by Tiamo (10/26/23 05:43 AM)

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Tiamo]
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What is the best way to put a spore print to agar? Can I just swab it then streak it. Or do I need moisten it somehow? Hopefully I'll have better luck than the MS syringes I've tried so far.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Mad Dog]
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I always like to use a sterile swab on the print until I have a decent spore load on there, streak a few plates then snap the swab off and bury it in the agar.

If the plate with the swab doesn’t contam I always get real nice growth from that plate.

Many ways to skin a cat though bud. I used to scrape the print with a sterile scalpel blade onto the agar but now prefer the swab method.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Mad Dog]
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I also like to streak with a swab


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: BeefExtreme]
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BeefSupremeJr said:
This gets argued about plenty.

Personally i find that simmering in a pan helps homogenize the solution but ive been told that isnt neccessary but when i tried to skip that step it was disastrously sedimenty.

My last run i actuallly simmered while using an emersion blender and it came out really nice.

Bod always just threw all his shit in a bottle and microwaved it and seemed to have crystal clear plates and I still havent tried that.

personally I think homogenization is ideal but ive been known to make some ugly agar too.



I recently got myself a magnetic stir plate, it really helps with mixing up agar  in media bottles and such.
Just drop the stir bar in, fill up with distilled water, add LME, stir for a minute until it dissolves, then add the agar and optionally food coloring.
Mix for a few more minutes (agar never seems to dissolve under room temp anyway but it gets evenly distributed with no clumps) and remove the stir bar.
After that either PC (for pouring) or microwave (for no-pours) the agar.
No sediment, no clumps, perfectly consistent agar.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Tiamo] * 1
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Tiamo said:
Is a 65 F / 18,5 C (lowest it drops to) room too cold to fruit in? My tub was spawned 26 days ago and there are no pins yet. There have been knots on the surface for two weeks. I'm confused?







It's penis envy a la p9 compressed top coating. Should be around 1:4 spawn ratio. 45 L unmodified tub.

I also have a shoebox spawned the same day that is t even showing knots yet.


65 slows things down, but PE Is a time whore


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"Remember, kids, the difference between science and screwing around is writing it down" -adam savage
Flowchart for Recommended plan of action.
Learn the tried and true way to grow mushrooms
Use the Damn search engine
After you know what you're doing, take a break 
Pick a book, Make some chips!
Josex said:Don't take the site seriously bro, ain't worth it.
 

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: tryptkaloids]
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Anything look off to you? It looks good to me but don't have experience with things taking this long. It is my first grow in 6 and a half years.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Tiamo]
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It looks okay, but perhaps you need more evaporation to trigger pinning.  I say that without knowing anything else about your grow or your setup.

It could also simply be PE slowness.  I haven't done any form of PE yet, so hard for me to say.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: tryptkaloids]
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tryptkaloids said:
Tiamo said:
Is a 65 F / 18,5 C (lowest it drops to) room too cold to fruit in? My tub was spawned 26 days ago and there are no pins yet. There have been knots on the surface for two weeks. I'm confused?







It's penis envy a la p9 compressed top coating. Should be around 1:4 spawn ratio. 45 L unmodified tub.

I also have a shoebox spawned the same day that is t even showing knots yet.


65 slows things down, but PE Is a time whore


I'm around 63-72F and things grow just fine. I think stipe posted somewhere about things still (slowly) growing at temps getting way lower than that (but higher than 32F).


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: xVadisx]
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I don't even remove the stir bar from the agar before PCing. It can take the heat, and once in a while it is useful to have it in there.


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