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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Smellyhobbit]
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Smellyhobbit I recently ran into a post about dehydrating and, I think it was you that mentioned you can just leave the big mushrooms, even if the trays don't push down completely because they'll eventually go down as it dehydrates. Trying this now with PE and excited to preserve the full fruit look on some of my big bois

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Sombreros]
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May somebody help me to identify if the agar is fine or contaminated. The black spot in the middle are just spores. I am not sure about the white.

Edited by Sombreros (06/01/24 09:38 AM)

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Sombreros] * 2
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Looks ok but not safe for grains yet. Grab a small section from the nicest area, and put it on a new plate. Repeat at least one more time.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Huskies]
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Thank you very much for quic reply. What means not safe for grains?

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Huskies]
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Huskies said:
^ On lighting, don't overthink it. White LEDs or white fluorescents, they don't have to be super close. If you can see the shrooms, they are gonna be fine with the light (or so I've been told). The lights should not be heating up the tubs.

I've been having great success with using Gnocchi Water (very starchy potato boil water) for my agar. I just mix the undiluted leftover water from boiling them, combine with agar and then PC it in an instant pot. Best growth I've had, always ropey.






Does anyone else use other foodgrade starch water for agar? I wonder if pasta water would be enough. Rice shouldn't have any leftover but I am pretty sure that would work.


potato water works


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: TheAtlantean]
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TheAtlantean said:
Mackload said:
TheAtlantean said:
I say don’t. Leave em and let the surface bead up again. That tub is ready to explode again.


I'm trying that with a box of Tidal Wave right now. Picked a first flush and left the rest. First new pin bottom center.





I would definitely punish that cake. It’s been a baaad cake. :cujo:


Oh damn, too laissez faire. Live and learn. No mercy next time. :punish2:


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Sombreros] * 1
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Sombreros said:
Thank you very much for quic reply. What means not safe for grains?


It means that it is hard to say if that mycelium is just cube mycelium, or if there could be bacteria or molds in it.

The beauty of agar is that it lets us keep taking only the best growth, until we know we have something that is genetically uniform and free of any other possible contaminants. Maybe your plate is 70% safe right now, but by next transfer, it's probably closer to 90%, does that make sense?

Anyhow, please do yourself a favor and wait for a clean culture until you go to grains.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Huskies]
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So picked a bunch.

Do o just stick them into the dehydrator as is? Do I wash off the dirt(coir) lumps.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: catz]
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You can try just rubbing the coir off. I only wash mine if they were in a tub that had any mold. Try to get off most of the coir you can, but dont go crazy, technically its easier after its dried.

I started splitting my biggest shrooms in half, that way it takes less time to finish getting them cracker dry. To each their own, but any loss of potency would be negligible.


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The Official Wild Cubensis Thread
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: catz] * 1
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catz said:
I hear people talking about booking aborts. What does that mean? Are people actually sticking them up their ass


What I book up my ass is between me and my cheeks.


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

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Nichrome] * 1
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:goodluck:


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: HILLBILLY OUTLAW]
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Is it normal for Golden Teachers to open their caps and drop spores when they are less than two inches tall?

And when dehydrating in a dehydrator, you dehydrate the caps too even if they opened? Will that not spread spores everywhere?

Edited by ansr (06/01/24 12:12 PM)

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ansr]
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^ there is always variety and different phenotypes, especially if it was from multispore.  If they aren't growing much, it could just be not ideal conditions or they are competing against bacteria.

Yes dehydrate everything, never had issues with spores when drying. Maybe split them in half if any are really dense.


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The Official Wild Cubensis Thread
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Gnocchi Water Agar
Let's Talk Cowtek

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Huskies]
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Ok :thumbup:
This is my first time and I'm doing PF tek. They seem fine, they grow pretty fast IMO but I have no reference so I don't know. They just open their caps before they before they become big.

It took longer than I expected to get here, still less than two months though.

I picked a few that just barely started breaking the veil too.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ansr]
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Yeah once the cap is open its time to pick it up. You can see that its sporing, look at the black on the stem. Avoiding that mess makes for a nicer looking outcome, that tastes less bad. Sporesplosions sucks.


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I call them Huskies cause they Mush!


The Official Wild Cubensis Thread
Instant Pot Agar
Gnocchi Water Agar
Let's Talk Cowtek

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ansr]
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I just finished a spore print form the first mushroom I picked and now 24 hours later when I removed the cap from the foil it had a few water drops on the foil under the cap.

Could that be a sign that it might be too humid in the fruiting chambers?

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ansr]
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Apologies if this is the wrong thread, but I couldn't find a relevant one for gourmets, and it is a question. So I have some plates of Enoki from spore prints foraged this past February and put to agar earlier this month. I was looking at it today and saw this

Garbage pictures, but can Enoki even pin and fruit on agar like this? Or am I growing something else entirely. Here's the wild specimen the print came from


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: spacebear] * 1
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QQ: why do people grow pans in those shallow black tubs or aluminum pans instead of a regular tote?


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: spacebear]
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Huskies said:
Yeah once the cap is open its time to pick it up. You can see that its sporing, look at the black on the stem. Avoiding that mess makes for a nicer looking outcome, that tastes less bad. Sporesplosions sucks.


Yeah I just picked that one. Taking a spore print from it.

The hygrometers I put in the fruiting chambers show 99%. Is that too high? Can that make them open their caps too fast?

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