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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: DERRAYLD] * 2
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Yeah I realized that I replied to an older post... Nevertheless I'm glad this guy is gone.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: SkanskKorv]
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I'm currently trying to make a jar of grain water liquid culture. 
The jar is stored dry at room temperature in a cupboard, but every time I take it out, there are small droplets of moisture on the lid visible?
How is that possible? The jar is consistently at room temperature. Is it still condensation?

Edited by ShroomKayak (06/20/25 08:18 AM)

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ShroomKayak]
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Would you mind taking a picture from a bit further back? I’d love to see the entire jar. It almost seems like moisture is wicking out of that blue port-looking piece, especially with the way the water is running down the side. However, I can't quite see the whole setup in the current shot.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Arkyhog]
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1. Do people generally re-use their syringes and needles, or use fresh disposables each time? And if you re-use, how do you sterilize or sanitize them? I've been re-using both the syringe and the needle, flame-sterilizing the latter and filling the syringe with isopropyl alcohol when not in use. Should I be sterilizing in the pressure cooker?

2. My shrooms come in irregularly, as in I'll have 5 or 6 tall and breaking their veils while many others are still babies. Is it okay to harvest bit by bit, taking the mature shrooms as they start to break their veils and leaving the others to develop over the next few days? Or does that stress the mycelium, making it preferable to wait until you can take everything at once?


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: chillshroom] * 3
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1.  Yes and yeah, you should be sterilizing it in a pc.  Some ppl also suck up boiling water (let it sit in there for a minute and then push back out and repeat a few times.  On the last time, keep the water in it and let cool.

2. You can harvest when each one is ready.  It won’t stress the myc

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: chris77] * 4
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chris77 said:
Personally i find all the fuzz about mr smoke and the way his  issues were treated here pretty childish in a way.
would have been enough to say no and warn (at first) and then ban him BEFORE things got messy?
The way it ran made me feel like back in school (far too long ago) when the aspiring alphas spotted the nerd and joined forces to beat him up.
i dont defend the guy because he was off and wrong about important stuff (we are here to learn and educate) but the reactions he created also tell quite a lot about some of the more „respected users“
just sayin. but anywayyyy. apologies


I'm not surprised he got banned after the meltdown in this thread. But the fact that a day after he's banned folks are still taking shots, definitely feels like playground mentality.

I tried to be a safe person for him when folks first started picking apart his plan.  He read a lot (as suggested).  And then was shit on heavily when he needed guidance.

He's an older person, scared that he's going to lose his retirement and have to find someway to survive, when he's to old to really start a new career or start over.  Growing mushrooms was a way he was hoping to take his mind off things.

I wish he would have led with more of the vulnerability I saw in DMs with him.  Instead, he led with his interpretation of what he read, and caught a lot of shit for it.  So, that's mostly what happened.  A vulnerable older dude with his defenses high had those defenses met with vitriol.  And eventually had a meltdown.

Not defending his actions.  Threatening the site was definitely worth the ban.

Just saying I agree, we can do better as a community.


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I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get him to swap our places
I'd be running up that road
Be running up that hill
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: tree frog] * 2
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tree frog said:
chris77 said:
Personally i find all the fuzz about mr smoke and the way his  issues were treated here pretty childish in a way.
would have been enough to say no and warn (at first) and then ban him BEFORE things got messy?
The way it ran made me feel like back in school (far too long ago) when the aspiring alphas spotted the nerd and joined forces to beat him up.
i dont defend the guy because he was off and wrong about important stuff (we are here to learn and educate) but the reactions he created also tell quite a lot about some of the more „respected users“
just sayin. but anywayyyy. apologies


I'm not surprised he got banned after the meltdown in this thread. But the fact that a day after he's banned folks are still taking shots, definitely feels like playground mentality.

I tried to be a safe person for him when folks first started picking apart his plan.  He read a lot (as suggested).  And then was shit on heavily when he needed guidance.

He's an older person, scared that he's going to lose his retirement and have to find someway to survive, when he's to old to really start a new career or start over.  Growing mushrooms was a way he was hoping to take his mind off things.

I wish he would have led with more of the vulnerability I saw in DMs with him.  Instead, he led with his interpretation of what he read, and caught a lot of shit for it.  So, that's mostly what happened.  A vulnerable older dude with his defenses high had those defenses met with vitriol.  And eventually had a meltdown.

Not defending his actions.  Threatening the site was definitely worth the ban.

Just saying I agree, we can do better as a community.


thank you for your mindful words.
there‘s always more sides to everything. staying friendly and positive nevertheless is the human way and what separates us from monkeys.


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the observer is the observed
            j. krishnamurti


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: chris77] * 6
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we all have a little bit of Dr. Smoke in us, it just takes some self awareness to see


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: catnip40] * 6
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I bring the smoke...

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: catnip40] * 3
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catnip40 said:
we all have a little bit of Dr. Smoke in us, it just takes some self awareness to see


Unless he has a little bit of you in him
catnip40 said:
u can ban my puppets but u cant ban my main account !!!!!!!!


:lol:


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Flowchart for Recommended plan of action.
Learn the tried and true way to grow mushrooms
Use the Damn search engine
After you know what you're doing, take a break 
Pick a book, Make some chips!
Josex said:Don't take the site seriously bro, ain't worth it.
 

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: DERRAYLD] * 2
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i‘d definitely love that!
:awehigh:


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: chris77]
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I had some grains sitting around in sterile packaging for a while before putting them to agar on 6/4 and I'm just now seeing them come to life. Is that normal?


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Arkyhog]
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Arkyhog said:
Would you mind taking a picture from a bit further back? I’d love to see the entire jar. It almost seems like moisture is wicking out of that blue port-looking piece, especially with the way the water is running down the side. However, I can't quite see the whole setup in the current shot.









Here’s the setup: 
A silicone tube down to the bottom.
There’s also a stir bar in the glass for the magnetic stirrer.

I had already considered whether stirring might be forcing liquid up through the tube and causing it to spill out, 
but the droplets are finely distributed and still present even after a day without stirring. :/

Edited by ShroomKayak (06/20/25 11:02 AM)

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ShroomKayak] * 2
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Why is the jar covered in foil though?

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: DERRAYLD]
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I just wrapped the side of the lid with it to keep dust out. 
Probably unnecessary, but I just wanted to minimize the risks since my previous attempts with liquid culture weren't successful 😅

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: DERRAYLD] * 2
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so not really a question as much as a "hey this is a cool thing I observed"

if you soak your cakes between flushes, retain that water.  my plants love it, and it seems very capable of being used as a haphazard inoculant.  I used it on a tray of garlic seeds in jiffy disks and they are all growing white mycelium now -_-

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ShroomKayak]
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ShroomKayak said:
I just wrapped the side of the lid with it to keep dust out. 
Probably unnecessary, but I just wanted to minimize the risks since my previous attempts with liquid culture weren't successful 😅


Keep dust out of the jar?
That's  what the lid is for.

That entire jar is covered in foil or am I missing something?
How will light get in?

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: DERRAYLD]
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I guess I’m probably being overly cautious. 
My concern was that moisture might condense inside and then reach the threads at the top of the jar, 
where dust from the side could stick and find its way inside.

I just wanted to minimize any possible risks so that if contamination happens, I can pinpoint where the mistake occurred.

As far as I know, the mycelium syringe was clean, and the setup should be fine. 
The lower part of the jar isn’t covered with aluminum foil, 
so the mycelium should be getting light.

Edited by ShroomKayak (06/20/25 11:46 AM)

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ShroomKayak]
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What's happening here?

https://files.shroomery.org/files/25-25/043154845-IMG_20250620_160713.jpg

Remove the foil, it's pointless and is most likely causing a vapor barrier resulting in condensation.

Make sure you test the lc on agar before using it,  if you've been innoculating lc with spores or agar that is dirty it will result in contaminated lc.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: DERRAYLD] * 1
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Can you explain your process?
We almost always look at the innoculant before concerning ourselves with external vectors of contamination

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