Arkyhog said:

You are correct. I am chasing rhizo because that's what I have seen and read from the write up's in the database here. Is there one for identifying and cleaning Tomentose mycelium growth on a plate especially from MS swabs or syringes? Almost all of my grows have been from Tomentose plates. Only my B+ clone plates have thick rhizo growth. Myself and other new growers are looking for write up's on selecting and transferring starting with plates like Dad_Shroomer posted. Do you cut the whole circle of growth an transfer it to a plate or do you try and find an edge that looks like its the best even though I don't know what the best looks like? I need inside you TC's brains!

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Meanwhile said:

Personally to my novice eye these look fine. What are yours guys thoughts?

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DERRAYLD said:

The problem is you're chasing rhizo and that's not always what you're after.

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Arkyhog said:

I've read Stro's write up a few times but unfortunately only 2 or 3 plates are not rhizo growth and from what I have seen in my brief grow time, there is no way any of those are MS plates. I'm looking for selection data that will get me to the point he is starting at in his guide. I know what a lot of contamination looks like from various post on here but when looking at a MS plate without any visible signs of contamination how do you know which clean growth to take and how much of it to take for your transfer? thank you for your time and patience, i just don't want to be the guy that's post every plate asking how does this look or what area should I select. 

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Azhiaaziam said:

DERRAYLD said:

The problem is you're chasing rhizo and that's not always what you're after.

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In what situations are you not chasing Rhizo? On previous transfers just trying to isolate and clean?

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Ben Phartin said:

Anyone use these cheap-o induction heaters?

https://www.amazon.com/Ximimark-Induction-Heating-Supply-Module/dp/B07T7VKDTL

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cronicr said:

Arkyhog said:

I've read Stro's write up a few times but unfortunately only 2 or 3 plates are not rhizo growth and from what I have seen in my brief grow time, there is no way any of those are MS plates. I'm looking for selection data that will get me to the point he is starting at in his guide. I know what a lot of contamination looks like from various post on here but when looking at a MS plate without any visible signs of contamination how do you know which clean growth to take and how much of it to take for your transfer? thank you for your time and patience, i just don't want to be the guy that's post every plate asking how does this look or what area should I select. 

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From ms you really shouldn't go to far and the growth pattern means nothing at all just get clean plates to run because you want a wider genetic pool in your tubs to look for cloneable genetics

Azhiaaziam said:

DERRAYLD said:

The problem is you're chasing rhizo and that's not always what you're after.

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In what situations are you not chasing Rhizo? On previous transfers just trying to isolate and clean?

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Exactly

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cronicr said:

Meanwhile said:

Personally to my novice eye these look fine. What are yours guys thoughts?

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Send it

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RoscoeReturns said:

There is too much focus on rhizomorphic growth. I never chase it because it tells you nothing about the culture. Clean growth is what’s important. Try growing any species besides cubes and a search for rhizomorphic growth will likely be fruitless. The sooner you let go of the desire for rhizo the better. Clean growth is all that’s important.

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cronicr said:

I'd just birth as is , cakes are already 2to 1 grain to sub

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StophJS said:

What have peoples experiences been with yield relative to quantities of spawn and coir used? If I add twice as much and have a 3 inch substrate as opposed to half that, am I likely to get about twice the yield across all flushes?

Obviously it's different every time and it's not going to be neat math like this. This is essentially to determine whether to make one really beefy tub or two smaller ones.

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Noob60 said:

Do I need to do another transfer?  The guy up top is part of the big guy❣️This is T3. This is one of my first attempts at agar.

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