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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Pennock]
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Pennock said:
Can you elaborate what you mean? I understand the textured background that Phaethon mentioned but I got my mini photo light and I tried to get a dark background on them, and got them in focus decently I thought. The mycelium(or whatever it is) also just doesnโ€™t have much definition to it so idk if thatโ€™s part of the problem as well. Happy to hear tips for photos!



Back lit may help and maybe a little bit of angle (not directly ontop)

And what up at 2:00ish on the photo right above thos post?

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Phaethon]
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Phaethon said:
I'm not convinced that's clean cubensis mycelium, but I'm also a noob (please take more experienced folks more seriously).

It's not a crazy amount of growth for 9 days (super fast growth is usually mold), and I'd expect mold to have sporulated by now...but the growth seems sort of random and squiggly instead of organized and uniform. I'm not that worried about the wispy leading edge - see that a lot with newly germinated cultures - it's how the filled in parts look that's suspicious.

Could see how it looks on water agar or a BRF puck, or just hang on to it while you germinate the next swab...


Pretty much spot on what I was thinking as well. I will probably try both of these methods, thanks for the advice!

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: LewDoja]
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LewDoja said:
Back lit may help and maybe a little bit of angle (not directly ontop)

And what up at 2:00ish on the photo right above thos post?


Gotcha, thanks!

As for 2:00, that is where I cooled my blade. I think I am heating my blade too hot as when I cool it in the agar it sputters aggressively and I think it is burning a bit hence the black. It got better during this SAB sesh as I stopped being quite as liberal with the torch.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Pennock] * 1
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I usually only see carbon like that if I forget to wipe off the blade from the previous transfer before flaming again. Letting it cool in the air for a little while before plunging it into agar also helps avoid splatter.

Not sure how others feel about this, but I often don't bother cooling the blade before cutting on the donor plate. (Basically never if I'm sending it to something other than another agar plate.) It cools instantly and only burns a tiny bit of mycelium.

Hope your next swab goes better!


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Phaethon]
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When people make a gallon of lc... How and what are they using it on?

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Polkahontass]
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I use a gallon to make 7 quart jars of LC that will be poured onto 60-70 bags of grain.  Don't try it until you have an extremely thorough understanding of clean cultures and agar work otherwise you'll waste hundreds of dollars in very short time.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Polkahontass]
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Polkahontass said:
When people make a gallon of lc... How and what are they using it on?


Personal use. 1 gallon of lc is 9 qts divided up. Then I take up 30ml of lc per syringe and knock up a big set of jars with 3 to 4ml. Its hard to use a true gallon in one setting.  A 55 gallon barrel sterilization run is only 160 jars stacked and I get 850 to 900 jars per gallon.


But with pinks I can use a gallon in no time. 15ml lc per bag of 20% corn bran in cardboard sheared up in 4lb bag.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: vicepope]
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@Mr Piggy and @LewDoja

Thanks for the confirmations! Been overthinling lighting for sure haha, going to use a 5000k bulb in the ceiling light. Tub are on a high shelf so lots of light will go in the sides anyways!

Appreciate all the help guys!

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Nichrome]
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Should I clean off all substrate from fruits before dehydrating?

I just completed my first harvest and will be dehydrating tonight. (They are currently in the fridge)
Because these fruits were so wide, short, and clumped together, a lot of coir came up with them as I collected them which I tried to mostly remove.

Will drying make it easier to remove the coir or should I just get rid of all of it first?
Also do you think this tub will flush again? The substrate is completely torn apart


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Fermi] * 2
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Some people report removing the coir after drying. I cut the butts off before drying. If there is alot of them I toss them in a jar together, they usually send up some fruits.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: thirdeyewild] * 4
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hard limit: no coir in my dehydrator, fuck that :oldman:


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: 999999999] * 1
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Fermi said:
Should I clean off all substrate from fruits before dehydrating?

I just completed my first harvest and will be dehydrating tonight. (They are currently in the fridge)
Because these fruits were so wide, short, and clumped together, a lot of coir came up with them as I collected them which I tried to mostly remove.

Will drying make it easier to remove the coir or should I just get rid of all of it first?
Also do you think this tub will flush again? The substrate is completely torn apart




I remove most of the sub at harvest and the rest after it's been drying for a while. It cleans off a lot easier when dry. Snipping the butts off is common practice and way faster/cleaner. I grow small tubs, so I don't mind a little tedious brushwork. But it would get old real fast cleaning any kind of bulk. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Your tub will recover and fruit repeatedly until it goes fucky. They always go eventually but the healthier the spawn was the longer it will hold out. Some craters probably won't even slow it down very much.
I pretty much do the same as beef in his punisher tek.
Beefs Punisher Tek


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Scemilope] * 4
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I cut the butts off.  Iโ€™m not feeding anyone coir or other sub bits.  Negligible loss for a much higher quality end product.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Mr Piggy] * 1
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To harvest or not to harvest?  Cap is cracking up but I've been waiting for the veil to break.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: shed light] * 1
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shed light said:
To harvest or not to harvest?  Cap is cracking up but I've been waiting for the veil to break.


Are you hoping to make a spore print?

If that's the one and only sizeable fruit, personally I'd harvest now and clone to several PFPucks.  If you want a spore print then probably best to wait until it opens.  If you're worried about potency, and that's the one and only sizeable fruit, I kinda doubt it's gonna hit hard enough by itself to make any real effect, veil broken or not.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ArkaNaut]
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One and only sizable fruit now, but others are forming.  This one is just far ahead of the others but there are definite pins growing into fruits.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: shed light]
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Iโ€™d wait and see how the real experts respond to your question.  Also would help to take more pictures of the whole grow, make sure theyโ€™re in focus.  And add a few more details - what strain, how did you get it started, whatโ€™s it growing on, how long has it been since inoculation, etc.

Edit - also a size reference - is that a 55gallon garbage bag and the shroom is the size of your arm, or is it a 1 gallon bag and the shroom is the size of a lighter?


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Edited by ArkaNaut (06/25/24 04:37 PM)

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ArkaNaut]
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These two jars are looking kinda weird.pther ones have a lot of white strands. These are solid and look spongey. And the yellow spots got me concerned. What's the verdict here?
First 2 are the questionable ones.
Third one looks right to me.




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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Coconutz]
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Coconutz said:
These two jars are looking kinda weird.pther ones have a lot of white strands. These are solid and look spongey. And the yellow spots got me concerned. What's the verdict here?



What strain?  Is this pftek?


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Do not be concerned with the fruits of your actions, just give and do your best.
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ArkaNaut]
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Texas Red Caps. And yeah PF tek

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