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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Splittinghairs]
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On the fun side, I had decided to start grabbing swabs of my current grows and this made me happy I ordered the qtips. Lol


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Splittinghairs] * 1
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Soap and your PC are doing the real work here, recommend you save the iso for other stuff. I only use iso for cleaning up after markers on jars and plates myself


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Splittinghairs]
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Splittinghairs said:
Is all mycelium white? Or are there strands that have different colors?


There are different colors in different species, but for our cult purposes here it's white (unless random edible)


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Smellyhobbit said:
"Wiping a needle with isopropyl after flame sterilization is like shitting after you wipe your ass."

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Splittinghairs] * 2
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Splittinghairs said:
Saxifrage said:
Ah. Dump and single rinse should be fine there. I personally run my jars through the dishwasher because I'm OCD and don't like dirty jars on my shelf. I know there's people here that would dump, reload and send that through the PC again without even a rinse though


Yeah I usually iso wipe my jars even still. So thanks. Running them through the wash.



That's wasting a bunch of iso for no reason.  Soap and warm water will do FAR more than iso, and the PC makes pretty much all of it not an issue.


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Smellyhobbit said:
"Wiping a needle with isopropyl after flame sterilization is like shitting after you wipe your ass."

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Nichrome]
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Hi mush-lovers,

growing for the first time. Went the LC to grain spawn jar route and everything went perfect. S2B with quick colonization was also good, but now when I tried to put everything into fruiting conditions 2 days ago, I have no idea if there is contamination in the one tub and stalling in the other one.

First 2 pics are what the vendor labeled as "Nats" and the other one is a B+.
The Nats have those greyish and structurally different spots, which worry me. The B+ just does not do anything anymore suddenly. Dunno if it matters, but I used purified water to mist.

Can I have your opinion on these pics? Due to work I can only actively FAE in the morning and evening, as well as misting.

appreciate any help!!






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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: callmehippie]
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callmehippie said:
Really?? I had my fingers crossed that was the case.  but everything I mentioned made me think it wasn't. Anybody else have any opinions? just curious. looking to see if I can get a full confirmation here


As stipe, mentioned they are really difficult to tell apart.  They do have different alkaloids though.

Ochra bruise blue green and tend to have purple spores.  The veil tends to pull away earlier too (your's went late and I would guess is a cube).



The green bruising is apparent in the stipe in the foreground.



But less apparent in the decapitated stipes pictured here.



Anyway these are a stereotypical ochra phenotype, when grown in more optimal conditions.  From a wild print I believe.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Jrey16] * 1
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Jrey16 said:
I asked this the other day but I don't think I got an answer. This is a SNAPE grain jar. Is this fuzzy mycelium ok? Or should I just throw this jar out?






Didn't see a reply to this here. I personally would not be worried about that growth.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ThurmanMurman] * 1
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ThurmanMurman said:
What are the boxes to check when shopping for media bottles? I bought exactly what was recommended to me about 8mo ago and I'm not exactly sure what they were. Im seeing 4 packs on amazon but idk if they're decent or not...😬


PYREX brand uses better glass than the much cheaper versions. If you look at reviews for the Karter Scientific ones, for example, the seller is basically like "sorry, these are priced accordingly" when people complain about them breaking in the pressure cooker.

If you can tolerate some flawed bottles in exchange for half price, then go for the cheap ones. Personally I just stick with the PYREX ones. I usually buy them in 2 packs. Unfortunately the price seems to have recently shot up from ~$30 to $41 for a pair of 500 ml bottles. :frown:


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Phaethon]
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Yeah, I don't see anything wrong with that.


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Smellyhobbit said:
"Wiping a needle with isopropyl after flame sterilization is like shitting after you wipe your ass."

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ThurmanMurman] * 1
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ThurmanMurman said:
What are the boxes to check when shopping for media bottles? I bought exactly what was recommended to me about 8mo ago and I'm not exactly sure what they were. Im seeing 4 packs on amazon but idk if they're decent or not...😬


Pyrex is definitely top notch gear.
I have cheapos, but none have failed yet. My 500's have been in use for a couple years.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Breadly710] * 1
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Breadly710 said:
Quick question, do i have any hope of decent growth of Oysters without a tent? I plan on getting a tent, but wanting to get some going right now.



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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: LewDoja]
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Hello,

Hope everyone is doing alright!

1. To make my own brown rice floor, does the type of rice matters? (jasmin / basmati / ...)

2. Do the quality of rice mater? (buy cheap asian brand, or some more expensive us / european brand? (well I guess it's the same rice at the end!)).

3. Whole rice = brown rice right?

4. Does it matter if it's expired since a few weeks / months?

Thank you very much!


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Tropical] * 1
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1- White rices are stickier and not used much. You want brown rice for BRF.

2- Cheapest is fine

3- Yes, I think red rice also counts as whole one. Use brown rice. Not sure if it matters for flour, but you want the brown rice that says it will take 40 minutes to prepare on the stove. There are varieties that are parboiled and you don't want that.

Note: most sort of grains can be turned into flours work for pf tek.  You can grind up millet, wild bird seed, hell I even ground up quakers oatmeal that pantry moths got into with great success. BRF is really contam resistant, not sure if its a property of the brown rice in particular or the fact that it is ground and mixed with vermiculite.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Scemilope] * 3
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I've been getting pyrex and corning bottles used from ebay.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Huskies]
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For 1. my store as multiple type of brown rice (jasmin / basmati / ...), does it matter?

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Tropical]
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Oh I see. Go for the most standard brown rice, not basmati or jasmine since they are starchier, at least their white versions are.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Huskies]
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Corning > pyrex

I get all my glass from Vineland


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: catnip40] * 1
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If pyrex make sure its PYREX in all caps and not the lowercase licensing imo


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: fungitobewith] * 1
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I'd skip all of that and go right to the glass chemistry.

make sure you're using the right glass for the application.  labx is a good site for lab equipment at decent prices.  a lot of decommissioned stuff from real labs ends up there.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: fungitobewith]
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Hi. I'm a rookie who has grown several batches of trichoderma, but no shrooms yet. I've been trying to combine some chemistry with mycology, and I've come up with a topical solution that kills or severely slows trichoderma and penicillium on agar. It slows mycelial growth for a couple of days, but then it forms a thick wall around it and grows over the contaminants. This strain is GT. Is that a normal response or did the solution work? Also, once it's grown over, will it still spread if spawned to bulk?

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