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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: AskingAlexis] * 1
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AskingAlexis said:
I ordered some agar today to try. I don’t expect to do well with my first attempt but I didn’t expect everything else to go as well as it has either so who knows.

Should I harvest this big guy on the right or let him go? The angle makes him look smaller than he is but he’s much taller than the ones on the left. He’s gotta be close to breaking the veil. Thing is, I’ll be at work all day tomorrow so if the veil doesn’t tear tonight I know he will drop spores before I get home so that’s why I’m asking. I know spores aren’t really that big of a deal and my tub is already a mess so I guess it doesn’t really matter at this point lol but I’m still gonna ask.




I’d cut it in the morning and put it in the fridge in a paper towel. Maybe harvest the rest after work.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: thirdeyewild] * 1
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thirdeyewild said:
Inside of new ziplock bag is sterile right?
I sent someone prints in one and they think the prints are ruined.
Would like to reassure them so they will try germinating them


Yes, the inside of the bags are sterile. Otherwise you wouldn't want to put your food in it.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: SwabMarley]
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SwabMarley said:
AskingAlexis said:
I ordered some agar today to try. I don’t expect to do well with my first attempt but I didn’t expect everything else to go as well as it has either so who knows.

Should I harvest this big guy on the right or let him go? The angle makes him look smaller than he is but he’s much taller than the ones on the left. He’s gotta be close to breaking the veil. Thing is, I’ll be at work all day tomorrow so if the veil doesn’t tear tonight I know he will drop spores before I get home so that’s why I’m asking. I know spores aren’t really that big of a deal and my tub is already a mess so I guess it doesn’t really matter at this point lol but I’m still gonna ask.




I’d cut it in the morning and put it in the fridge in a paper towel. Maybe harvest the rest after work.



That’s the plan then, thanks.

I’ll go ahead and ask about these again too. Do they look alright?





The one below looks worrisome to me. Not that I know exactly what I’m looking for but it just looks different than the others. Maybe it’s okay though.



This is the last one and I didn’t take the lid off because I forgot how big of a bitch it was to get it back on. It’s a cupcake carrier thing and I just wanted to try it. I put the grains throughout the 9 little cupcake slots which somewhat evenly distributed them.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: AskingAlexis] * 1
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they look fine, just make sure they don’t dry out & leave them alone otherwise!


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: hazyhorse]
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That’s awesome news, thanks! That’s actually the first time I’ve opened the lids although I’m pretty sure I should introduce fruiting conditions as soon as I S2B right? I didn’t think much about how I was going to do that in these baking trays. Any ideas how to do that since they’re unmodified?

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: hazyhorse] * 1
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Yeah I echo Hazy. Can’t see anything suspect there.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: AskingAlexis]
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the lids probably have a loose enough seal that you don’t need to do anything. i think they’re probably gonna end up working a lot like a shoebox grow would. i wouldn’t worry about adding more FAE until after full colonization. if you’re not seeing any beaded water on the surface after 100% colonization (or if the coir looks dry at any point), give it a gentle mist. once pins & fruits start to come in, they’ll let you know if they want more FAE by getting really stretchy & having a ton of fuzz around the base of the stipes. the surface myc might get really puffy & stretch out too if it wants more FAE. but i have a feeling you should be fine just leaving those alone for now


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: AskingAlexis] * 1
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AskingAlexis said:
That’s awesome news, thanks! That’s actually the first time I’ve opened the lids although I’m pretty sure I should introduce fruiting conditions as soon as I S2B right? I didn’t think much about how I was going to do that in these baking trays. Any ideas how to do that since they’re unmodified?


The general consensus these days is indeed to fruit from spawn (allow adequate FAE as soon as you put to bulk).

Sounds to me that you’re fretting too much over minor details, which I completely get but honestly, you’re looking way too much into this. Just let them ride. As long as your surface conditions look favourable, just let them do their thing :thumbup:


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Way] * 1
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Welcome back Way
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: SwabMarley]
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SwabMarley said:
AskingAlexis said:
That’s awesome news, thanks! That’s actually the first time I’ve opened the lids although I’m pretty sure I should introduce fruiting conditions as soon as I S2B right? I didn’t think much about how I was going to do that in these baking trays. Any ideas how to do that since they’re unmodified?


The general consensus these days is indeed to fruit from spawn (allow adequate FAE as soon as you put to bulk).

Sounds to me that you’re fretting too much over minor details, which I completely get but honestly, you’re looking way too much into this. Just let them ride. As long as your surface conditions look favourable, just let them do their thing :thumbup:



Yeah I’m definitely looking too much into it but it’s only because the whole using grain without a pc and expecting it to contaminate at some point lol nothing ever works out this well for me so I 100% expect something to go wrong. I’ll just let it be though and wait to see what it tells me later on. Thank you guys. You’re all wonderful!

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: SwabMarley]
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I have only previously made agar with potato flakes/corn syrup, quantities of each as per a pretty standard recipe.

Even on clean plates which went on to fruit successfully, I was often getting rather fluffy tomentose growth which persisted after a number of transfers. Found that I was also getting this same fluffy looking growth from several different varieties, leading me to believe it may have to do with the agar recipe itself.

Anyone had similar results which were improved by reducing nutrients? Is there any reason “PDA” would be more prone to this than MEA/others?


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Nonagon]
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Cultures indeed become lazy and tomentose on heavy nutes. Starving them a little goes a Long way to nice rhizos


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Nonagon]
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i got less fluffy tomentose cultures when switching to LME, & i got much nicer looking cultures on LME after adding a little activated yeast. haven’t used PDA in years at this point but i think it just ends up being more nutritious using the recommended recipe, or maybe rather the nutrient profile is just more prone to making fat lazy cultures like trypt said


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: SwabMarley]
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Thanks.  Will try more dishes and see how it goes.  I didn't remember things taking as long as they have to colonize (BRF looked mostly like the dish with cotton rather than stringy) but I've been out of the game for many years.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: tryptkaloids]
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Hm… I think I will find some LME and give it a try.

Fluffy plates were really frustrating for a noob to identify issues and I was constantly second guessing if things looked “right”, when even the clean ones never really did :lol:

Did some digging around and I believe the recipe I used calls for like 2-3% nutes? Seems high.

500ml water
9g agar
10ml corn syrup
5g potato flakes
1g nutritional yeast


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Nonagon] * 2
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500ml water,
8g Agar,
6g Light Malt Extract.

If you’re still getting overly tomentose cultures then you either have some Pans on your hands or those cultures are naturally tomentose!


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: SwabMarley] * 2
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Thanks.

Need to make some plates to get a fridge stored culture going. Gonna give the LME a try.

Took a bunch of clones at the time and fruited single quarts. This one did great and is the first culture I ever decided to store for safe keeping! :thumbup:



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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Nonagon]
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Just did 4 6 qt tubs with the spawn I had left. Gotta get some more going this weekend. 1 jar left to finish colonizing. As I was clearing room for them I found this picture. I had forgotten all about it. I picked this up from goodwill and I removed the frame just in case there was a 1 in a million shot of finding money or something valuable behind it. (a person can dream).



Anyways, once I removed the frame I found this taped behind the original picture and thought it was kind of cool. I removed the cardboard back so I could display both.



I can’t find any backstory (if it’s just a random amateur photo or if it’s something even cooler) I bought it about a year ago and just forgot about it. I’m going to assume both pictures were just an amateur photographing nature but I thought it was a nice little hidden gem. Especially since it’s a mushroom and I’ve always loved mushrooms in general.


I’ll also add one of my questions to this too so it’s not entirely off topic. Will half a quart of spawn be enough for the 6 qt tub? It definitely looked like enough. What’s your usual amount you use?

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: AskingAlexis]
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QQ: how does everyone store their dry malt extract? Does it turn to a brick or stay as a powder using your method?


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Bigworm] * 1
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AskingAlexis said:
I picked this up from goodwill and I removed the frame just in case there was a 1 in a million shot of finding money or something valuable behind it. once I removed the frame I found this taped behind the original picture and thought it was kind of cool. I removed the cardboard back so I could display both.



I’ll also add one of my questions to this too so it’s not entirely off topic. Will half a quart of spawn be enough for the 6 qt tub? It definitely looked like enough. What’s your usual amount you use?


it’s an auspicious sign my friend

most people use a myco quart of spawn per shoebox (so a half to two thirds of a quart in actual volume), but if the spawn is clean it should be fine

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QQ: how does everyone store their dry malt extract? Does it turn to a brick or stay as a powder using your method?


i store mine in the bag it came in at room temp. it’s kind of a brick but i can break up chunks into powder so im not really worried about it. i live in a dry climate tho, could be way more fucked up in humid climates idk


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