grzyp said:

grzyp said:

I today made a spore syringe. Print from 2015.

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After over 2 weeks of forced hydration I made BRF pucks.

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chris77 said:

callmehippie said:

SkanskKorv said:

I took a look at my brf jars just now and noticed some slime with a slight yellow tint... As far as I know it wasn't there yesterday but I could've missed it. Am I fucked or is this something normal? I'm definitely suspecting contam and isolated the jar from the rest but I hope someone can tell me I'm wrong...

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Looks good. Looks like possible condensation and maybe some pins pushing through or metabolites. I've got jars that look like that all the time..

I was really worried in the beginning now I just birtb them and rinse them off and they're usually good

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no, it does not look good. it looks heavily bacterial.
which doesnt mean that you cant get mushrooms from such spawn.
but its definitely not looking good.

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I wouldn't say it's heavily bacterial...
The Condensation would have a milky-tinge.

LewDoja said:

chris77 said:

callmehippie said:

SkanskKorv said:

I took a look at my brf jars just now and noticed some slime with a slight yellow tint... As far as I know it wasn't there yesterday but I could've missed it. Am I fucked or is this something normal? I'm definitely suspecting contam and isolated the jar from the rest but I hope someone can tell me I'm wrong...

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Looks good. Looks like possible condensation and maybe some pins pushing through or metabolites. I've got jars that look like that all the time..

I was really worried in the beginning now I just birtb them and rinse them off and they're usually good

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no, it does not look good. it looks heavily bacterial.
which doesnt mean that you cant get mushrooms from such spawn.
but its definitely not looking good.

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I wouldn't say it's heavily bacterial...
The Condensation would have a milky-tinge.

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AspectOfTheCreator said:

Welp, all 8 shoeboxes of mine have contaminated 2 weeks post spawn.

Heres an example of the agar



Heres the spawn. 1 piece metal lids with sfd rtv glued on.





All tubs look like this. Discoloration and smells like shit. Spawned 1:2



Cant figure it out. Seriously frustrating. All goes perfectly every time up until time for fruit. There is nothing else to change or try at this point.

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AspectOfTheCreator said:

Welp, all 8 shoeboxes of mine have contaminated 2 weeks post spawn.

Heres an example of the agar



Heres the spawn. 1 piece metal lids with sfd rtv glued on.





All tubs look like this. Discoloration and smells like shit. Spawned 1:2



Cant figure it out. Seriously frustrating. All goes perfectly every time up until time for fruit. There is nothing else to change or try at this point.

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nektar61 said:

Anyone here who's been doing this some years ever use 2 of the little disc filter stickers on a jar, one on the outside of the jar lid, one on the inside? (I drill a 3/8 inch hole and the stickers are about an inch in diameter.)

I had a new one get pushed through in the PC today. I guess I hadn't siliconed it down well enough. A second filter would have made it fine. I tossed the grain on that one to the birds.

If you do one on top, one on bottom of jar lid, will it still get enough heat getting inside during PC, and FEA while colonizing?

thanks

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PinePalace said:

does this look/seem normal? theyre all like an inch or so tall

spawned 1/1/25
first pin 13th
its now 9 almost 10 days later? veil has broken on the original/early first 2 pins which seem to have stalled out while everything else caught up.

more FAE? The fuzz seems quite a lot...

they're just testing my patience and being WEIRD and remaining TINY lol. Happy to have gotten something though

Sunday:


Today:

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Could be genetic. Could be environmental. Could just be a first flush thing. I've experienced all of the above. Once they're finished pluck them rehydrate and go for the second flush hopefully you'll end up with better results. That does tend to happen a lot ime.   

Same goes for the fuzzy feet. You could up the FAE and you may get better results but it could also be genetic.




Ex.  1st flush





Ex. 2nd flush

Tri said:

Anyone familiar with the Psilocybin Chef’s Cookbook?

I’m pretty skeptical of most mushroom books but since it’s more about culinary tactics rather than cultivation I was thinking of buying it. Could probably find the pdf for free I reckon.

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I don't know where but I found a pdf of it for free online, I could email it to you if you want. The people who wrote that also wrote a book about cultivation that tells you to use a glove box so

sage_bd said:

Can I borrow a TC's eye on these? Are the round white things hyphal knots?


context: 1, 2

Thanks!

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I'm seeing a few things there but we're going to need a better pic to be sure. The water droplets need to evaporate more first. They can look like knots and other things in photos sometimes. Especially with flash. Try macro or isolating a smaller area as well.

Right now, on the bright side, I'm seeing what might be knots and maybe even a few primordia.

On the darker side, unless it's a PE or mutated variety, I'm also seeing what might be the beginning of blobbing. And not to cause panic but possible beginnings of wet bubble.

That's a lot of big maybes though. Knots are about the size of a period on a phone keyboard or smaller. They'll be solid and not fuzzy looking.

So yeah we need better pics or I need better eyes.

bluespirit13 said:

Let’s say I had 4 BRF pucks that were different strains, all about 1/4 the size of a PF cake - if I birthed them, dunked them, put them all together and rolled them in coir as a single cake and then fruited it, would I end up with some crosses happening or just a cake with 4 different strains?

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bluespirit13 said:

So there would be no chance of crossing over two varieties at the point where two meet and pin?

How are crosses between varieties generally made.

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callmehippie said:

PinePalace said:

does this look/seem normal? theyre all like an inch or so tall

spawned 1/1/25
first pin 13th
its now 9 almost 10 days later? veil has broken on the original/early first 2 pins which seem to have stalled out while everything else caught up.

more FAE? The fuzz seems quite a lot...

they're just testing my patience and being WEIRD and remaining TINY lol. Happy to have gotten something though

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Could be genetic. Could be environmental. Could just be a first flush thing. I've experienced all of the above. Once they're finished pluck them rehydrate and go for the second flush hopefully you'll end up with better results. That does tend to happen a lot ime.   

Same goes for the fuzzy feet. You could up the FAE and you may get better results but it could also be genetic.

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thank you!! greatly appreciate the example pics. It's amazing in this hobby how much is up to the genetic diceroll. Happy with the pinset in general just the size/speed throwing me off some, maybe ill pick the biggest/fattest and clone it.

My patience is renewed
hopeful in that second flush for sure!