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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: cronicr]
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cronicr said:
Condensation won't hurt anything


Thank you. I know that inherently it's sterile just like the rest of the inside of the petri dish presuming that my technique is okay. I'm more worried about being able to assess the quality of the culture and identify contamination and if I can't see then I can't see 🤷‍♂️

Is it normal to expect the condensation to come and go as conditions change inside the dish?


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Synack]
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Synack said:
JuniperTea said:





Are these pins? These tiny lil baby guys?😊 I'm a first time growers, all the time anxious person lol. I thought I shouldn't expect pins until the entire surface had colonized. Is this anything to worry about?


Yep, knots and pins, congrats!  Whether the surface gets fully colonized can have to do with how much pseudocasing you used and how tightly you compacted each layer--and genetics. If it is something bad causing it to pin early, there isn't anything you're going to do about it now, so just let it be and enjoy the fruits of your labors :smile:


Just to add that your surface is looking dry! Maybe get some water to the bottom or heavily mist the areas that don’t have pins. Get that H2O to myc & sub as well as those shroomies!

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: cronicr]
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cronicr said:
Condensation won't hurt anything


:whathesaid:

I leave my plates unwrapped in my SAB until I need space to work. The condensation will eventually evaporate. I do no-pours, tho. Just my two pennies.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Gilmour Hendrix]
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How long after spawning do you usually see pins/ know if it's good?

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Synack]
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Synack said:
Infinite Monkeys said:
My coir bucket hasn’t been used for about six months. It still contains some old coir and vermiculite, which I’ll be disposing of. Do I need to wash the bucket before hydrating a new coco coir brick? There isn't any sign of green on the old coir/verm.


Neither coir nor verm have expiration dates. As long as there isn't anything growing on it it's fine to just use. I've had leftovers for months that I've used with no ill effect. I just hydrate a new brick on top of the leftovers when I need more.

Loose coir is stored on pallets in warehouses for months before it's even sold. I think my mother's been using the same 30lb bag of verm for a decade in her potted plants.


I actually like having left over coir in my cooler.

Put new bricks in to sit for a day and I can break it up before hot water is added.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: divineverdance]
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divineverdance said:
How long after spawning do you usually see pins/ know if it's good?


Pins?

Incredibly different timing. Lookin at about 14 days normal for full colonization and then like a week from there.

Species and cultures and specifics still apply.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Splittinghairs]
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I've been out of the game for ~6 years. Have there been any huge changes in basic cultivation technique I need to catch up on? And do I stand a chance with a 6 year old spore syringe that has been in the back of my refrigerator?

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: cromulence]
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Welcome! Glad you’re here & nice to meet ya! fr

The best thing to do in this moment is to read the HHG, linked in my signature. That will get you headed out on a tried and true path for results. Beef’s also got a youtube channel that has demos that go along with the sections of the HHG.

Welcome and best wishes on your journey here. :peace:2U, friend!


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: flapping_bird]
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Not much has changed in that time but it kinda depends on how well you kept up then


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: tryptkaloids] * 12
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Q: What do you call a jamaican proctologist?


A: a poké-mon....:jah:


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: LotKid] * 1
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:rofl:


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: cronicr] * 2
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: LotKid]
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Noob question here...

What is the significance of a plin?

I've had many before and never thought twice about it BUT recently I've had a hell of a time getting a clean plate of hillbillies and noticed a plin (after I dropped it on the floor most likely compromising it).

Should I transfer it?  Put it to grain?  What does it want?

TIA :thumbup:


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: LotKid]
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Hey guys, first time grower here with a quick question.  I have a monotub that has produced a thinner first flush than I was expecting.  I believe the problem is that I have a thick layer of pins that are mostly aborts (a lot but not all of the caps have begun to turn grey/black and I haven't noticed growth in the rest for days) covering a significant portion of the cake.  This dense layer of small pins/aborts seems to be taking up a lot of real estate that new mushrooms could occupy for my next flush.  Not sure exactly what caused all the aborts or if that is normal, but how should I proceed?  Do I harvest them to clear space or wait for the mycelium to reclaim them? What about the pins that aren't discolored, but haven't grown in days?  Thanks in advance for any info.




For context, most of the tiny pins and the more mature mushrooms appeared within a day or two or eachother, not sure why most of them stalled/aborted.  Also used LC.

Edited by Craigjs91 (01/01/26 02:54 AM)

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: schmutzen] * 2
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schmutzen said:
Noob question here...

What is the significance of a plin?

I've had many before and never thought twice about it BUT recently I've had a hell of a time getting a clean plate of hillbillies and noticed a plin (after I dropped it on the floor most likely compromising it).

Should I transfer it?  Put it to grain?  What does it want?

TIA :thumbup:


Some cultures just really like to pin on agar. Most cubensis cultures I've seen will do so within a few months. Some people like to transfer them because it's basically a free clone culture. It usually does work like that, but the bummer is you didn't select for any trait, so you might wind up with a canopy of small fruits (kind of a pain to harvest, especially if they also like to hang on to substrate). I have a Golden Teacher clone like that - I still run it because it's consistent and has pretty decent yield, but I probably could have found a better cluster to clone from.

If you use it, assuming the plate is clean, you can drop it to grain if you really want. But why not transfer it to a new plate, let it grow out, drop a little of that to grain, and save the plate in case it's a good fruiter? That will also let you clean it up in case it carries along any bacteria from its parent plate.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: schmutzen] * 1
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schmutzen said:
Noob question here...

What is the significance of a plin?

I've had many before and never thought twice about it BUT recently I've had a hell of a time getting a clean plate of hillbillies and noticed a plin (after I dropped it on the floor most likely compromising it).

Should I transfer it?  Put it to grain?  What does it want?

TIA :thumbup:


Plin to a plate to grain to bulk, see where it lands sometimes you hit a goldmine


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Craigjs91]
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Craigjs91 said:
Hey guys, first time grower here with a quick question.  I have a monotub that has produced a thinner first flush than I was expecting.  I believe the problem is that I have a thick layer of pins that are mostly aborts (a lot but not all of the caps have begun to turn grey/black and I haven't noticed growth in the rest for days) covering a significant portion of the cake.  This dense layer of small pins/aborts seems to be taking up a lot of real estate that new mushrooms could occupy for my next flush.  Not sure exactly what caused all the aborts or if that is normal, but how should I proceed?  Do I harvest them to clear space or wait for the mycelium to reclaim them? What about the pins that aren't discolored, but haven't grown in days?  Thanks in advance for any info.




For context, most of the tiny pins and the more mature mushrooms appeared within a day or two or eachother, not sure why most of them stalled/aborted.  Also used LC.


Let the growing mushrooms finish up, and pull the aborts when you harvest the mature fruit. You can eat aborts just like mature mushrooms. Some say aborts are more potent by weight.

A few aborts is really not unusual, but a whole bunch like you have is an indication of a problem. Often it’s related to suboptimal conditions such as not having enough water in the sub for all the mushrooms to fully mature. I can’t tell from what little info you’ve given, but your picture does look a little bit dry. Contamination can also cause aborts, but I don’t see anything in that picture that would confirm that in your case. Any pictures of your spawn?


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: RoscoeReturns]
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Temperature range question:

Growing cubes, golden teacher and hillbilly pumpkin. In tubs, waiting for full surface colonization, one tub is putting up some pins

What are the recommendations temp wise? Should they be different when colonizing, pinning, fruiting, etc.?

I've for a closet set up, with space heater set to keep it between 64 and 73 right now.

Plz don't say room temp lol. My house stays between 57 and 64 in the winter (and I think 64 is too warm lol), something tells me that's a bit too cold


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: JuniperTea] * 3
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it is.  i run cold.  my gf duc is always too warm so we compramise and keep the house at 70 and i wear a sweater.

however, i keep the grow room at around 75. i have tried growing at high 60's and everything just stalls.  cubes are tropical.  mid to high 70s all day long.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: BeefExtreme]
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Thanks as always! I'm the opposite, if it's above 64 inside I start getting uncomfortablly warm lol


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