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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: trippytimes]
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trippytimes said:
Pro tip lady's buy pimple popping kits....
It's $14 on Amazon some even less....


I found one for $2 at the dollar store. Comes with a poker and a loop end. Works as a stainless steel inoculation loop.

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: MrJong] * 3
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Bro my eyes lit up when I saw it, I was like yooo this is perfect! The dollar store has everything a man needs.

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: riseupandfight] * 1
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The dollar stores around here are filled with useless crap. Well if they even still exist at this point lol, I think that's still mainly a big thing in the US, not so much in yourope

I'm looking for one of those thingies that allow you to cut up a clean circle in agar and put it to another plate, but that you can actually flame sterilize.
All the ones I've found around had cheap plastic for the pushing mechanism, iirc some fishing tool or whatever, if anyone has a hint for me

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: MrJong] * 2
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Leather hole punch like this is what you're looking for. Been using mine for about a month now, works absolutely great!

You can follow D3s TEK

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: Shroomadillo]
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W00t that was fast thank you, exactly what I was looking for

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: MrJong] * 8
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Lots of Asian markets have huge rice colanders that are perfect for our hobby. You can find them on the internet as well. Very common in South East Asian countries.

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: CocaineBuffet] * 1
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CocaineBuffet said:
Lots of Asian markets have huge rice colanders that are perfect for our hobby. You can find them on the internet as well. Very common in South East Asian countries.


That’s good to know I could have got my agar and strainers in one place!

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: MrJong] * 2
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MrJong said:
riseupandfight said:
$4 wire mesh food cover at dollar store. I picked up two of them, they work great as strainers for grain prep and are much larger than most strainers amd for 1/3-1/4 the price.



This. So fuckin much. If you intend to do any amount of grain beyond a single jar at a time, get a large strainer. It's such a pain in the ass having to cycle 80 times through a small ass one.


I have a large strainer, and I like it, but I like my much cheaper 5 gallon paint strainer bag even more. It saves so much time - I put the grain in the bag before rinsing, it stays in the bag through boiling and draining, and draining is just throwing the bag in the sink and occasionally agitating and flipping the bag. I even spill less grain on the counter when scooping from the bag to fill jars.

Get some paint strainer bags, I doubt you'll go back to any kitchen strainer.


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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: CocaineBuffet]
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Those are great just to have for many purposes.  Coolers work great.  ziptie some mesh over the drain and they work great.  I havent been cooking wheat lately because of space to dry.  Milo soak overnight in cooler, drain, load


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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: Phaethon]
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I would be worried personally with the grain Tek I use. I not only strain and shake my rye in these strainers but after doing this for 5-10 minutes they get spread thinly across a large towel so that more moisture can escape them. It’s a pain in the ass but I feel like my grains are at a more Im optimal moisture content.

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: riseupandfight] * 5
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Brewers grain bags.

Problems solved.


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Smellyhobbit said:
"Wiping a needle with isopropyl after flame sterilization is like shitting after you wipe your ass."

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: Mr Piggy]
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Mr Piggy said:
Brewers grain bags.

Problems solved.


How long do you leave the grains in these bags before jarring?

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: riseupandfight]
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Just for the straining, I still layout my grain to dry.


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Smellyhobbit said:
"Wiping a needle with isopropyl after flame sterilization is like shitting after you wipe your ass."

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: Mr Piggy]
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Am I the only one still using the FooMan method? (I add a rinse before steeping as well)

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: LadysKnight] * 2
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I do something similar, but I use a bucket and pour the boiling water over the WBS and let it steep for an hour. Otherwise it’s basically the same.

But yeah imo brew bags are non negotiable. It makes the work flow so so much easier.


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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: Smellyhobbit]
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Smellyhobbit said:
I do something similar, but I use a bucket and pour the boiling water over the WBS and let it steep for an hour. Otherwise it’s basically the same.

But yeah imo brew bags are non negotiable. It makes the work flow so so much easier.


this is how i prep my seed well if u let it soak only 30 mins the water will be hoter and steam off faster


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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: MrJong] * 1
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MrJong said:
The dollar stores around here are filled with useless crap. Well if they even still exist at this point lol, I think that's still mainly a big thing in the US, not so much in yourope

I'm looking for one of those thingies that allow you to cut up a clean circle in agar and put it to another plate, but that you can actually flame sterilize.
All the ones I've found around had cheap plastic for the pushing mechanism, iirc some fishing tool or whatever, if anyone has a hint for me


They are called agar punches when you order one, but a dude told me the other day...straws. plastic ones with the paper sleeve. I used one yesterday, one perfect little piece with each end of the straw.Just squeezed the end and it popped out...they are wrapped in plastic or filter paper to keep bacteria off of your straw(plus zero moisture) so I will see if it brings contams, did it in flow so that would be the only possible vector
I purchased 2 metal straws at the coffee joint, but think they may not work being so long and can't make the mycelium pop out

Edited by fnulnu (04/26/24 01:04 PM)

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: fnulnu] * 5
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I had to fight a pit bull for this tire...this is my new tool of the trade, don't want to carry a spare tire up the stairs, plus I might need it.
My dog pulled hers out and started playing, mocking me, so I took hers, and we had to play rope for a while.
Anyways, this is my jar-beater-upper. No more sore palms and wrists.(Plus I ordered bags, too).
Anyways it is small contact doesn't take up a shit-ton of space, and it does the trick


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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: fnulnu]
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fnulnu said:
I purchased 2 metal straws at the coffee joint, but think they may not work being so long and can't make the mycelium pop out


Oh yeah, straws didn't even cross my mind. I guess you could get some stiff metal wire to pop them out through the other end.
I was originally looking for some kind of piston thingie that would do it in one piece so we wouldn't have to fuck around but the piston part is always plastic in everything I've found

Asian markets are the shit btw, they have so much stuff. You can even find PCs for pretty cheap there if either you can't find one in your country or have stupid ass regulations (I think my country doesn't even allow selling ones that go above 10 psi)

Ok, here's one from me (haven't received them yet):



If you want to mail live culture you can use those tiny PP5 centrifuge tubes and shove them in the PC. I plan on using those to send stuff to shroomery people, sterilize them open in a piece of foil and just put a little bit of colonized agar in there. They come in a bunch of different sizes but you can just fit a bunch of 1.5ml ones in a padded envelope. They are cheap as hell, a few cents per piece. Cost me something like between $1.5-$2 for a set of 30.

Edited by MrJong (04/26/24 01:16 PM)

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade 🧪⚫🔬 [Re: MrJong] * 2
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I'm just curious, what's with the recent fad in punches?  Can anyone give me a reason why a scalpel is not sufficient for agar work?


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"Wiping a needle with isopropyl after flame sterilization is like shitting after you wipe your ass."

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