Gilmour Hendrix said:

Thank you.

By the way, I got "got" by an old lady on my PC. Was a local listing as a 23qt. I figured out when I was loading it earlier that it's only a 16qt. I had a new 23qt but shipped it back (cost me 13 bucks in shipping) because I found this one for 50. So now I have to buy a 23qt again. Damn it, man. Always something. Maybe I'll sell this one in the future.

I think I will store my grains in buckets and forego the DE. Any reason to keep DE around for cult?

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GenesisCorrupted said:

It's only appearing on the surface there. It formed from that substrate. Which means it's contaminated.
It would start popping up more if you hadn't killed it.

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Proposition 122 said:

No idea wgjat you are doing with DE. I use it in garden as a pest control. Its razor sharp edge will kill insects. Also good for getting rid of pesky fleas in bedding, etc.
I don't know what it would do to myc. How did you get onto this?

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Proposition 122 said:

It is easy to get pulled off the path.
Lots of 'glitter" to distract us (DE, gypsum, etc)
Keep you eyes on the prize.
Remember the KISS principle.

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BeefSupremeJr said:

Gilmour Hendrix said:

I'm going to pack 10 quart jars into my PC with unmodified plastic lids. I know I should leave the lids cracked but do I need to wrap the tops with foil? Gonna try Yoshi's low-prep grains this time around.

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the foil serves two purposes. 
1 is it keeps your synthetic filters from getting wet, but you dont need that since youre doing unmod.

2 is that it keeps your lids clean until youre ready to work.  dont take the foil off till its either in front of your ffu or in your sab

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Gilmour Hendrix said:

Thank you.

By the way, I got "got" by an old lady on my PC. Was a local listing as a 23qt. I figured out when I was loading it earlier that it's only a 16qt. I had a new 23qt but shipped it back (cost me 13 bucks in shipping) because I found this one for 50. So now I have to buy a 23qt again. Damn it, man. Always something. Maybe I'll sell this one in the future.

I think I will store my grains in buckets and forego the DE. Any reason to keep DE around for cult?

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Be sure to keep track of what buckets you store grain in. You don’t want to prep coir in a bucket that was previously holding grain. It will leave behind a food source for any competitors.I like these lids for buckets, they seal tight and allow for easier access than the normal lids. You can find them at Home Depot, and some other brands on Amazon.




Also this pressure cooker is a cheaper alternative to the presto. Its 24qt and induction compatible. I haven’t had any issues with it.
MegaChef 24 Quart

Kloakk said:

Puffin said:

Absolutely.

I'm curious though. When I brew, which I'm well overdue for at the moment admittedly, I pitch the yeast pretty much as soon as the wort is cooled. How do you have year plus old wort? Do you keep some for agar?

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Oh man don't get me started, or that's too late I guess

I make yeast starters, and with that I need wort to get them yeast multiplying right So once in a while I'll take water and DME and make a 1.040 OG wort. Boil it and put it on bottles for when I need to make a starter. Well, after I started growing shrooms(10 months) I have brewed beer twice(it used to be twice a month) so now I have 9 liters of starter wort that I have not used. And they still smell nice and no carbonation or drop in SG.

And I buy my DME in bulk(25kg) so yeah I use the same DME when I make my agar plates and have more then enough to make plates

Since you brew I just have to ask, what is your preferred beer style?

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That's awesome! I have been meaning to brew for so long (since starting mycology) so I think it is now on the cards and I will play around with a yeast starter when I do for sure.

I don't really know what I would call my favourite recipe. It is my attempt to combine two of my favourite beers from some of my travels; a Slovene beer called Mali Grad and a Hungarian beer called Mangobay. I took the qualities from them that I liked and tried to recreate them in a single beer and called it Mango Grad. Those are both pale ales but it has some Belgian Blonde influence in there too being about that colour and 6.5%. I'll get the recipe out tomorrow and send it over!



That'll be my next brew for sure but I also want to play around with a really dark beer.

What is your preferred beer style?

Gilmour Hendrix said:

I'm too new to get willy nilly with my procedures. I need to know, beyond a doubt, what works for me.

I have ship's, rtv, and sfd's on deck, jic. Gonna roll with unmodded lids until I see a need for anything else. Maybe MS/LC/LI? I dunno. Not there yet...



Thanks for the info on storage options. I have a large, gasketed container I use for cat food. Like you said CMH, that would work well.

Still need to nab a bucket for coir. Those screw tops look nice, Henry.

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Look into getting a 5 gallon insulated drink cooler for doing your coir.

Like this



Use this as your dedicated bucket for coir. I know it's already been mentioned but label them and only ever put coir in it. Same goes for your grain bucket. It's so important I'm definitely repeating it.

But yeah the 5 gallon insulated cooler is perfect. Holds temperature really well without having to wrap blankets and stuff around it. You also don't have to worry about the Heat and vacuum deforming your bucket. Which did happen to me once with one of those orange  Home Depot buckets with the gasketed lids that does a super tight seal.

Kloakk said:

Peleus said:

What's the latest on metal vs plastic lids?

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LadysKnight said:

Synack said:

Well, it ain't the most even pinset in the world, but dammit if I ain't growing some ! Maybe this means I've graduated from PFC Noob to Corporal Noob?

Thanks for everyone's feedback and assistance as I got rolling

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Lcpl

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I think I've been demoted again. In addition to being small and hollow, I ate 40g fresh of these and got nowhere. I suspect I've got two quarts dried worth of duds. Argh.

Is it worth going for a second flush and hoping they'll be better? I don't really understand how this works. I know there's variation, but 40g fresh was like 20 fruits, you'd think that's enough of a sample size to even out the variability. Such a waste

callmehippie said:

Gilmour Hendrix said:

I'm too new to get willy nilly with my procedures. I need to know, beyond a doubt, what works for me.

I have ship's, rtv, and sfd's on deck, jic. Gonna roll with unmodded lids until I see a need for anything else. Maybe MS/LC/LI? I dunno. Not there yet...



Thanks for the info on storage options. I have a large, gasketed container I use for cat food. Like you said CMH, that would work well.

Still need to nab a bucket for coir. Those screw tops look nice, Henry.

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Look into getting a 5 gallon insulated drink cooler for doing your coir.

Like this



Use this as your dedicated bucket for coir. I know it's already been mentioned but label them and only ever put coir in it. Same goes for your grain bucket. It's so important I'm definitely repeating it.

But yeah the 5 gallon insulated cooler is perfect. Holds temperature really well without having to wrap blankets and stuff around it. You also don't have to worry about the Heat and vacuum deforming your bucket. Which did happen to me once with one of those orange  Home Depot buckets with the gasketed lids that does a super tight seal.

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