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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers

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#29274702 - 07/10/25 11:57 AM (1 year, 3 months ago)

No! The filters stay dry through a PC run. Foil actually traps moisture forcing the water to take up residence in the spaces between the fibers, so foil causes wet filters.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers

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#29274707 - 07/10/25 12:01 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

Nichrome said:

No! The filters stay dry through a PC run. Foil actually traps moisture forcing the water to take up residence in the spaces between the fibers, so foil causes wet filters.

Thanks for the quick answer!!

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers

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#29274807 - 07/10/25 01:11 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

I gotta do up some more coir but my bucket still has about a qt left in it. Can I just toss the new brick and water in it and call it good? Should even out right?

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers

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#29274809 - 07/10/25 01:14 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

Yes.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers

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#29274837 - 07/10/25 01:49 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

Quick Question- Do PE have to be pulled as the veil begins to break?

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#29274842 - 07/10/25 01:52 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

toadking said:

Quick Question- Do PE have to be pulled as the veil begins to break?

Quick answer: No

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers

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#29274844 - 07/10/25 01:53 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

Just tug the peen when they start to get soft.

No but really.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers

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#29274845 - 07/10/25 01:54 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

Absolutely confused right now, so I leave my pre prepared petris in modified jars so I have them on hand so I can just grab and go for agar work.

My house either has a crazy spore load right now or all of my dumb Amazon special filter stickers are failing me, literally all of my Petris have some level of contamination, many of my jars have been fucked lately too.

I ordered SFDs recently so Im hoping that fixes this issue but damn this is disheartening. Super bummed out.

I've never once had this many fail, let alone fail before inoculation.

What can I do better? I'm about to prep more agar for transfers today.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers

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#29274864 - 07/10/25 01:55 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

Never trust the zon.

Also, stickers are bullshit and not suitable for cultivation, I will die on this hill.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers

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#29274913 - 07/10/25 01:57 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

Mr Piggy said:

Never trust the zon.

Also, stickers are bullshit and not suitable for cultivation, I will die on this hill.

I hear you, I'm waiting on my real SFD's now, I tried this because it was cheap, I didn't have issues all winter, but summer has been kicking my ass.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers

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#29275065 - 07/10/25 02:12 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

Just pull them when they can’t grow anymore?

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers

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#29275067 - 07/10/25 02:13 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

Mr Piggy said:

Never trust the zon.

Also, stickers are bullshit and not suitable for cultivation, I will die on this hill.

Using stickers is inviting disaster. I see people say they’re “good for ____ cycles and start to fail” which is a fancy way of saying “they’re not reliable and shouldn’t be used.”

Not trying to knock anyone in particular, but idk why anyone is using them and idk why anyone is recommending them since they’re one of the worse choices out there.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers

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#29275069 - 07/10/25 02:16 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

Smellyhobbit said:

Mr Piggy said:

Never trust the zon.

Also, stickers are bullshit and not suitable for cultivation, I will die on this hill.

Using stickers is inviting disaster. I see people say they’re “good for ____ cycles and start to fail” which is a fancy way of saying “they’re not reliable and shouldn’t be used.”

Not trying to knock anyone in particular, but idk why anyone is using them and idk why anyone is recommending them since they’re one of the worse choices out there.

Not naming names, but I read up on newer lid teks when I started back up last year and I thought they were a cheap replacement for my micropore tape that seemed like an inbetween for SFDs.

I should've just went for SFDs.

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tryptkaloids
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers

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#29275071 - 07/10/25 02:17 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

toadking said:

Just pull them when they can’t grow anymore?

They literally get soft. Like pillowy

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers

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#29275072 - 07/10/25 02:18 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

Axman said:

Absolutely confused right now, so I leave my pre prepared petris in modified jars so I have them on hand so I can just grab and go for agar work.

My house either has a crazy spore load right now or all of my dumb Amazon special filter stickers are failing me, literally all of my Petris have some level of contamination, many of my jars have been fucked lately too.

I ordered SFDs recently so Im hoping that fixes this issue but damn this is disheartening. Super bummed out.

I've never once had this many fail, let alone fail before inoculation.

What can I do better? I'm about to prep more agar for transfers today.

Lemme see this jar setup? I cant picture how that would work in a sab.

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Flowchart for Recommended plan of action.
Learn the tried and true way to grow mushrooms
Use the Damn search engine
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Pick a book, Make some chips!
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers

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#29275083 - 07/10/25 02:23 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

Axman said:

Absolutely confused right now, so I leave my pre prepared petris in modified jars so I have them on hand so I can just grab and go for agar work.

My house either has a crazy spore load right now or all of my dumb Amazon special filter stickers are failing me, literally all of my Petris have some level of contamination, many of my jars have been fucked lately too.

I ordered SFDs recently so Im hoping that fixes this issue but damn this is disheartening. Super bummed out.

I've never once had this many fail, let alone fail before inoculation.

What can I do better? I'm about to prep more agar for transfers today.

While you wait for new filters, I would try wrapping a batch of plates to be sure it's the filters.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers

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#29275084 - 07/10/25 02:24 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

tryptkaloids said:

Lemme see this jar setup? I cant picture how that would work in a sab.

Like this without the paper towel.

I follow Primo Plates to a T for prep, then once they're cooled and out of the PC I take the paper towel out of the jar and put the petris back in the wide mouth jar with a modified lid. My theory behind this is that if the jar is sterile they can sit in there and the filter will let them breathe until the condensation is gone. Sometimes I'll let them sit in the SAB for a day or two to dry before I reload them into the jars for storage.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers

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#29275085 - 07/10/25 02:24 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

LadysKnight said:

Axman said:

Absolutely confused right now, so I leave my pre prepared petris in modified jars so I have them on hand so I can just grab and go for agar work.

My house either has a crazy spore load right now or all of my dumb Amazon special filter stickers are failing me, literally all of my Petris have some level of contamination, many of my jars have been fucked lately too.

I ordered SFDs recently so Im hoping that fixes this issue but damn this is disheartening. Super bummed out.

I've never once had this many fail, let alone fail before inoculation.

What can I do better? I'm about to prep more agar for transfers today.

While you wait for new filters, I would try wrapping a batch of plates to be sure it's the filters.

Im about to run a small run today to do that very thing.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers

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#29275111 - 07/10/25 02:56 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

Idk, it feels getting the jars out alone would be a contam nightmare

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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!
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#29275117 - 07/10/25 03:01 PM (1 year, 3 months ago)

tryptkaloids said:

Idk, it feels getting the jars out alone would be a contam nightmare

My SAB is large enough, I usually take the jar lid off, flip it upside down and slide all of the Petris out, almost like a glass sleeve of petris.

I was trying to get away from wrapping and unwrapping plates multiple times.

Keep in mind I've been doing it this way for literal months without issue. But I'm not against ruling it out.

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