MycoKyle said:

Shall I send any of these my lords?

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MycoKyle said:

Shall I send any of these my lords?

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JuniperTea said:

Re coir: getting close to time to hydrate my coir. I bet I won't make the right amount, but I don't want to go way over or under. Based on my set up, it's been recommended I shoot for about 9 cups of hydrated coir. Any idea how much dry coir I would need to break off a brick to make 9 cups?

Fwiw: grain jars have about 2.5-3 cups (300grams) grain spawn, and I will be fruiting in 7 qt tubs

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p.bio said:

Can I still break and shake this as its got pins (but not even 50%)?

Thanks in advance.

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p.bio said:

Can I still break and shake this as its got pins (but not even 50%)?

Thanks in advance.

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Huskies said:

Was on hiatus for months, going back in it. Still have a bunch of straw so I have been using that.

I used some older jars that I never spawned, put them to a 1:3 ratio, which might be pushing it for pure straw (barely compacted). They are colonizing, and I have seen that straw is slow, but is it possible that there weren't enough grains for 1:3, 1:4 to induce pinning? I do see primordia so I guess it's not a concern, but wandering over here.

On a similar note, I put the leftover fallen grains from g2g transfer into a small straw container for shits and gigs, but it is growing quite nicely. I also have leftover straw in my cooler (which is contaminant free after pasteurization so far, been a few weeks).

Could I expand colonized straw to more straw and get a flush? Or without the nutrients from grains they really don't have enough energy to fruit?

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LewDoja said:

p.bio said:

Can I still break and shake this as its got pins (but not even 50%)?

Thanks in advance.

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You can do whatever you wish...

Something is concerning though that it is pinning.

Was that injection port added before pc or after... how was it maintained sterile after the fact?
Did you test the lc first?

But the break and shake is probably a good idea as it will confirm if there is a reason.  The pinns will just just help inoculation, but if you need the to preserve the culture it'd be better to clone tissue from em

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AZ Starman2112 said:

My last batch of ACC colonized the sub beautifully and gave me a nice flush, but triched out right as I was about to harvest. This batch is giving me blobs and before full colonization. Same substrate of straight coir, same ratio 1:2, same type of shoebox, same lineage of plates. What gives?

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Still looking for some info on this, but here’s an update:

Looks like some of my blobs are turning into fruits. Some of the blobs are turning blue. Does this mean anything? And are the blobs edible and when do you know when to harvest the blobs? Also don’t mind the pooled water in one photo. I took the lid and tilted it in that area to get the water off it and it hadn’t soaked into the sub yet.

JuniperTea said:

Re coir: getting close to time to hydrate my coir. I bet I won't make the right amount, but I don't want to go way over or under. Based on my set up, it's been recommended I shoot for about 9 cups of hydrated coir. Any idea how much dry coir I would need to break off a brick to make 9 cups?

Fwiw: grain jars have about 2.5-3 cups (300grams) grain spawn, and I will be fruiting in 7 qt tubs

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LewDoja said:

Is that tub modified...How is fresh air supplied?

Yes blobs are active/edible.

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tryptkaloids said:

callmehippie said:

CaptainTrips420 said:

Has anyone owned a really cheap autoclave? I seen some that don't have a dial so you can't change the temperature. They really inexpensive compared to the ones with the ability to change heat settings. I found some from $100-$300 without heat settings but most with heat settings over $600.

I was probably just going to get a 8 quart insta pot though. I only want the autoclave to do large half gallon mason jars so its not really necessary definitely to expensive for something that will only colonize slower.

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From what I've been told.. but have no actual experience with. (But I do trust the TCS that have told me)

Half gallon jars of grain are going to give you a really hard time. Because of the glass jar and the amount of grain. Getting the middle to sterilize can be pretty difficult.

I've Been Told in regards to jars just stick with qts or less.

If you want to do big amounts of grain like that. I would consider using bags.


However
If Anyone out there does use bigger jars like 64 Oz + for sterilizing  grain  successfully. Please speak up. Cause im definitely interested in knowing. 


The only instance I can think of somebody using a gallon jar. was treefrog w/her all in one pan jars. But that's not all grain so

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Im going off fuzzy memory here but I believe autoclaves get hotter than an at home pc - please double check for me?

That being said, if you wanna do a half gallon of spawn for shits n gigs id pc at a min of 3.5h  i might go closer to 5 just in case, but I see it as more of a hassle than its worth

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