koma23 said:

So in my underslept and scatterbrained state I stung my finger, went through the glove under the skin, with a needle and then stupidly proceded to put that needle through a SHIP in to an LC.

The LC is done, right? Anybody gotten away with something like this myb?

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QuantumZ00 said:

koma23 said:

So in my underslept and scatterbrained state I stung my finger, went through the glove under the skin, with a needle and then stupidly proceded to put that needle through a SHIP in to an LC.

The LC is done, right? Anybody gotten away with something like this myb?

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Yup. I wrote about this story when I first started this hobby. Basically, I accidentally stabbed myself with the syringe, and blood proceeded to fill up the entire glove. I pulled off the glove in horror and blood sprayed the entire SAB and all my jars. I then just said fuck it and quickly finished inoculation all the jars.

Still grew just fine, no outwardly noticeable contam. So it may still work! Just a toss of the dice, if you're a gambler have fun :p

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mike-ologist said:

Carnonos said:

I know what the difference between Albino and Leucistic are, but what makes something leucistic?  Is there some criteria that separates a true leucistic from a lighter than average pheno, or are they the same thing?

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Leucistic fruits are all white, save for the gills and drop spores.

Albino fruits are all white including gills and don't drop spores.

Leucistic fruits will be evident as they will lack pigment altogether. Light colored fruits still have pigment.

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Peleus said:

First ever plate, how does it look? It's a clone from my recent harvest.

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Huskies said:

Made some agar without realizing I had mostly ran out of my sauce containers that I use as plates.

I had 2 media bottles, only used one and a tiny fraction of the other. It's now sealed in the fridge.

Could I just re-pc that then use it for pours?

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Yessir.

Or since you already PCed it you can always microwave it or put it in a container of hot water to re liquify it.

cybork said:

I have a few thoughts, possibly of help in your detective work:
-If it was in PC, then it wasn't PC-ed well. Maybe you meant cooking pan for PF TEK. Still, not cooked well .
-Maybe you mixed up the log of your jars, and this was one that was actually already longer elsewhere.
-You mentioned 2 days in the grow room: was it 2 days from the PC or pan? 2 days so much colonized with this contaminant seems like an extremely aggressive colonizing contaminant. And if it was, it was already contaminated before. Maybe you cooked at very low temp then?

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Pin said:

My coir surface conditions look a little dry but there's also so much condensation on the monotub sidewalls that it's dripping down the and water pools a little where the sidewall meets surface coir. Do I spray anyways and try to avoid spraying the sidewalls anymore? I've used paper towel to blot the pooling water, but that's not really something I'm interested in doing all the time... thoughts?

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tree frog said:

The last stage. It should be completely composted.

And generally folks don't use compost as casing, it does work. But most folks will use peat because it is superior.

Compost is good for substrate though.  Especially for Pans etc.  Really not necessary for cubes, and probably not worth the effort tbh. But it does improve fruit morphology (bigger, meatier, etc.)

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psilofreq said:

Going to be starting my journey into agar soon, but have also found some things I like about PF Tek.

My understanding is that most noobs end up doing PF because they start from MSS.  What's the recommended way to do PF if you're coming from agar?  I've seen mention of making your own LC/LI from agar or making your own MSS, but not sure what the most noob friendly approach would be.

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mike-ologist said:

Sawdust spawn Question:
This is gonna be my first real try at using hwfp for spawn, and most of what I'm reading says to use grain spawn to inoculate the sawdust spawn.

My question is: is it feasible to go from agar straight to sawdust?

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