oghost said:

boxtrotalpha said:

oghost said:

boxtrotalpha said:

The mycelium you're after grows in a pretty orderly fashion and what you've got there seems to be all over the place

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Even if it's growing from the center out? I thought most of those pictures of nice consistent round growth is growing outward from where it was inoculated. Do you still expect to see that when injecting LC in various spots in the middle?

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In my experience at least yes. It will squirm out in a fairly orderly manner. Lots of straight lines. If they start going wonky and crossing each other its a bad sign

This was a couple days after a shake and came through the middle

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Gah, thanks. Wasted so much time and energy on bags and LC, including trying multiple different strains from different vendors. I had maybe 1/30 grow like the picture despite trying to be obsessively sterile in the SAB.

Is going from LC->grain really this bad as a rule or is it more likely I'm doing something else wrong that might carry over into agar? Is vendor LC bacterial contam -that- prevalent?

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oghost said:

boxtrotalpha said:

oghost said:

boxtrotalpha said:

The mycelium you're after grows in a pretty orderly fashion and what you've got there seems to be all over the place

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Even if it's growing from the center out? I thought most of those pictures of nice consistent round growth is growing outward from where it was inoculated. Do you still expect to see that when injecting LC in various spots in the middle?

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In my experience at least yes. It will squirm out in a fairly orderly manner. Lots of straight lines. If they start going wonky and crossing each other its a bad sign

This was a couple days after a shake and came through the middle

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Gah, thanks. Wasted so much time and energy on bags and LC, including trying multiple different strains from different vendors. I had maybe 1/30 grow like the picture despite trying to be obsessively sterile in the SAB.

Is going from LC->grain really this bad as a rule or is it more likely I'm doing something else wrong that might carry over into agar? Is vendor LC bacterial contam -that- prevalent?

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callmehippie said: I have absolutely no experience at all using those cameras. How complicated are they to figure out?

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Infinite Monkeys said:

How full can you pack dehydrator trays?
I have been leaving gaps between each mushroom but have just reached the point where I need to pack them in without leaving gaps. I'm hoping they still dry fine.

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tryptkaloids said:

What sort of content does everyone like to listen to while working

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Infinite Monkeys said:

How full can you pack dehydrator trays?
I have been leaving gaps between each mushroom but have just reached the point where I need to pack them in without leaving gaps. I'm hoping they still dry fine.

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Smellyhobbit said:

Infinite Monkeys said:

How full can you pack dehydrator trays?
I have been leaving gaps between each mushroom but have just reached the point where I need to pack them in without leaving gaps. I'm hoping they still dry fine.

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You can really pack em in. Don’t worry. I was like this when I started, careful to not let my mushrooms touch on the tray.  Now they are tossed in by the handful. The trays won’t always stack properly, so I wrap them in cling wrap to ensure the hot air makes it to and out the top.

People dehydrate in buckets, which is just a fat mass of fungus all mushed together.

Jam them bastards in there, brother.

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misterswisher said:

lol no it was running the entire time they are dry. I basically picked 2 then had another 3 to pick then more and I just kept throwing them in 😂

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misterswisher said:

lol no it was running the entire time they are dry. I basically picked 2 then had another 3 to pick then more and I just kept throwing them in 😂

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Arkyhog said:

oghost said:

Gah, thanks. Wasted so much time and energy on bags and LC, including trying multiple different strains from different vendors. I had maybe 1/30 grow like the picture despite trying to be obsessively sterile in the SAB.

Is going from LC->grain really this bad as a rule or is it more likely I'm doing something else wrong that might carry over into agar? Is vendor LC bacterial contam -that- prevalent?

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The one thing I have learned from all the great people here is that AGAR is king. Take the time learn it and take those LC syringes to plates first. After good clean growth slice them up and send them to grain.

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