chris77 said:

i use the same.
just unscrew them a quarter turn and cover the upper third in foil before pc.
when they have cooled down i close them tight (with foil still on) and store them until use.
inoculate in sab (i wipe them with ISO before)
and leave the lid a quarter unscrewed while colonization.
dont forget to shut tight before shaking.
enjoy

ps forget the inner disc. use just the lid with the thread

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Jrey16 said:

I remember asking this question a few months back but I totally forgot what I was told smh.
I am interested in growing cubes in mushroom bags. I have an excess of fully colonized agar plates and not enough jars.
Which size filter should the grain spawn be in when colonizing? And what size filter should it be when it's all mixed up and fruiting? And how big should the mushroom bags be? I see a bunch of difference sizes and don't know what to get.
If I remember correctly, is .2um filters best for colonizing grain spawn, and .5um for fruiting?

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Fiet said:

How my Kings Incubation looks like? I do the best i can for clean work with mask clean culture etc hopefully it's not too dry? I do the 63%  Hydration chatgpd sayd for 63% 183g Water for 100g Hardwood Pellets.

I read Kings love co2 that's make it easy for later fruiting I only have the Plastic Box no tent

Thx

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Phaethon said:

Fiet said:

How my Kings Incubation looks like? I do the best i can for clean work with mask clean culture etc hopefully it's not too dry? I do the 63%  Hydration chatgpd sayd for 63% 183g Water for 100g Hardwood Pellets.

I read Kings love co2 that's make it easy for later fruiting I only have the Plastic Box no tent

Thx

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Seems fine - in bags I hope, because if that's directly in a large tub, your surface is going to be very dry.

Using ChatGPT for math is sure trusting... It gave you an actual ratio closer to 65%. Use algebra instead.

    m_water = h * (m_dry + m_water)

where h is the hydration ratio (e.g. 0.63). Solve for m_water and plug in your dry mass.

    m_water * (1 - h) = h * m_dry

    m_water = (h / (1 - h)) * m_dry

I tend to go on the drier side (more like 60%), and I assume about 6% moisture content already in the wood pellets. Any thing in the range of 60% to 65% should be fine.

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It's in a Tube I gave a nice Spray of Water so i hope it's not Drying out? What to do?

Kloakk said:

chris77 said:

i use the same.
just unscrew them a quarter turn and cover the upper third in foil before pc.
when they have cooled down i close them tight (with foil still on) and store them until use.
inoculate in sab (i wipe them with ISO before)
and leave the lid a quarter unscrewed while colonization.
dont forget to shut tight before shaking.
enjoy

ps forget the inner disc. use just the lid with the thread

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This is great news, glad to know someone else are using these jars with success. Thanks for the insight.

I was wondering, are you experiencing any rust on the lids?

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i do… and i ignore it
glad i could help

Fiet said:

Phaethon said:

Fiet said:

How my Kings Incubation looks like? I do the best i can for clean work with mask clean culture etc hopefully it's not too dry? I do the 63%  Hydration chatgpd sayd for 63% 183g Water for 100g Hardwood Pellets.

I read Kings love co2 that's make it easy for later fruiting I only have the Plastic Box no tent

Thx

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Seems fine - in bags I hope, because if that's directly in a large tub, your surface is going to be very dry.

Using ChatGPT for math is sure trusting... It gave you an actual ratio closer to 65%. Use algebra instead.

    m_water = h * (m_dry + m_water)

where h is the hydration ratio (e.g. 0.63). Solve for m_water and plug in your dry mass.

    m_water * (1 - h) = h * m_dry

    m_water = (h / (1 - h)) * m_dry

I tend to go on the drier side (more like 60%), and I assume about 6% moisture content already in the wood pellets. Any thing in the range of 60% to 65% should be fine.

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It's in a Tube I gave a nice Spray of Water so i hope it's not Drying out? What to do?

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space.madness said:

I have a oyster culture which was extremely productive. I think it experienced senescence over the course of several months sitting on the shelf in lc. The vendor said they experienced the same. I saved a spore print from when it produced well.

How much variability is usually seen in germinated spores, compared to its parent?

What I'm trying to figure out is if I will need to do 10 strain isolations from MS plates  to find a strain similar to the original, or will I have a good chance of getting a strain similar to the original with a little luck

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CocaineBuffet said:

Fiet said:

Phaethon said:

Fiet said:

How my Kings Incubation looks like? I do the best i can for clean work with mask clean culture etc hopefully it's not too dry? I do the 63%  Hydration chatgpd sayd for 63% 183g Water for 100g Hardwood Pellets.

I read Kings love co2 that's make it easy for later fruiting I only have the Plastic Box no tent

Thx

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Seems fine - in bags I hope, because if that's directly in a large tub, your surface is going to be very dry.

Using ChatGPT for math is sure trusting... It gave you an actual ratio closer to 65%. Use algebra instead.

    m_water = h * (m_dry + m_water)

where h is the hydration ratio (e.g. 0.63). Solve for m_water and plug in your dry mass.

    m_water * (1 - h) = h * m_dry

    m_water = (h / (1 - h)) * m_dry

I tend to go on the drier side (more like 60%), and I assume about 6% moisture content already in the wood pellets. Any thing in the range of 60% to 65% should be fine.

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It's in a Tube I gave a nice Spray of Water so i hope it's not Drying out? What to do?

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Why are there injection ports on your fruiting chamber??

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That's for later air exchange so i can remove it ire close it just a test




I open the lid and watch for the surface condition and sadly it's looks dry I mist it and close it again.

Amy idea too deal with this issue? Next time what i have to do to make it better working? More water added ore what?


Is this misting ok for getting the surface on the right spot?

DERRAYLD said:

That coir is ridiculously dry, you can just do a mist and think it will be okay.
It requires a heavy mist to bring the moisture back up.

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DERRAYLD said:

Aaah right, your hardwood sawdust is ridiculously dry.

Better?

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Fiet said:

But i do the recommendation for hydration which recipe i can trust?

I try to mist it every few days

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