pawleysplayr said:

LewDoja said:

Depends what you plan on growing...

WLs probably not an significant issue.

Cubes possibly

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Curious. Do you think that is a substrate thing? Or do the earthworms just not seem to bother the WLs?

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Camera93 said:

squigglez said:

are slants the only good long term storage or can regular plates or LCs also be kept long term?

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Define long term?
You can get quite a bit of longevity from a thicker poured plates, wrapped and stuck in cold storage.

I've revived oysters and some other cubes after a year or so in the fridge

Other methods I've seen around here in the past couple years are distilled H20 storage

Faht has a great way of drying colonized dried grain which works wonderfully

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lifescientist said:

No foul odor, no nothing. I did see a post that said that somebody told me my grain was not fine. I had one contaminated jar that I didn't use in the process. I purchased a spore syringe from a sponsor and used that to inoculate the WBS. With the jars that are used, including contaminated jars, do I wash them in the dishwasher or do I just reprep without doing anything different? Do I toss them out? If this monotub is contaminated, do I also toss it out and just start fresh?

Re: SAB: I don't know what I did wrong here either. I wiped with alcohol, I sprayed with water. My AC/heat was off. The movements were delibrate.

Re: Coconut Coir: I boiled water, poured into a bucket with a brick. Not all of the brick was wet so I did use my bare hand to mix the brick in (it was hot as hell and burned me lol) and let it sit for a few days until the grain was ready.

Re: Bulk: I mixed wearing gloves after dumping the jars in. I didn't use a lamp or tape initially on the SAB and it was also in my bathroom.

I'm just trying to figure out wtf I did wrong. This is like my fifth time trying this and I'm still not successful. I'm just frustrated. Thanks guys.

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lifescientist said:

I'm just letting this grow out:







No foul odor, no nothing. I did see a post that said that somebody told me my grain was not fine. I had one contaminated jar that I didn't use in the process. I purchased a spore syringe from a sponsor and used that to inoculate the WBS. With the jars that are used, including contaminated jars, do I wash them in the dishwasher or do I just reprep without doing anything different? Do I toss them out? If this monotub is contaminated, do I also toss it out and just start fresh?

Re: SAB: I don't know what I did wrong here either. I wiped with alcohol, I sprayed with water. My AC/heat was off. The movements were delibrate.

Re: Coconut Coir: I boiled water, poured into a bucket with a brick. Not all of the brick was wet so I did use my bare hand to mix the brick in (it was hot as hell and burned me lol) and let it sit for a few days until the grain was ready.

Re: Bulk: I mixed wearing gloves after dumping the jars in. I didn't use a lamp or tape initially on the SAB and it was also in my bathroom.

I'm just trying to figure out wtf I did wrong. This is like my fifth time trying this and I'm still not successful. I'm just frustrated. Thanks guys.

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Mr Piggy said:

You put spores to grain.  Spores are inherently dirty as fruiting is not sterile.  Skipping agar will get you a MUCH higher contamination load.  Vendor LC is just as bad, it needs to be tested on agar before being sent to grain.

I think this happened from the start.

Personally I wouldn't let that ride, I'd yeet the sub into the sun and wash the tub out with soap and hot water.  You have a pretty clear cut case of mycogone going down.  Same with your jars, wash them out with soap and hot water like you would any other dish (or better chuck them in a dishwasher if you have one) and then fill and PC as usual.  Your PC cycle should take care of any contaminants, but it's just good practice to keep clean equipment and work space.  That way when bad things happen you have a shorter list of variables to deal with.

Hope you get better luck with your next run!

(but rely on agar and not luck!)

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Why am I getting blobs? Penis Envy tends to "blob".  Rather than growing nice little dongs like the pictures showed when you purchased your culture, you're getting ugly little warts that will grow into big ugly toads. This is part of the nature of Penis Envy varieties and we all struggle with blobs from time to time. Yes, you can still eat them. If they are very thick, (like any very thick mushroom) you should slice them up before you dry them. Yes, they're still every bit as potent as the dongs. Typically, you'll get a wave of blobs on your first flush and then subsequent flushes will produce some dongs. Its always tempting for noobs to want to grow penis envy as their first attempt, and I personally don't think this is a great idea for this reason. I recommend using Stipe-n Cap's "pseudo-casing" technique to help mitigate this issue. I also use this technique for nearly every variety I grow and you'll see that it is included in my "Beefy Tub" tek previous discussed in the HHG pt. 1.

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Mr Piggy said:

I'm going with mycogone based on how covered in amber spots they are, and how dark they are.  That is not normal spotting for blobs.  I have grown penis envy a number of times and my blobs did not look like that.

Yeet.  Sun.

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Churpee Choozle said:

I've had tubs of azurescens spawn that were devastated by red wigglers. They moved from the composting bin to the tubs and actually ate the myc. Don't think regular earthworms do that though.

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