JuniperTea said:

Mycelium bruising or contamination? This was taken this morning after a fairly heavy misting last night.

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Looks like bruising, to heavy on the mister maybe

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jeffreykite said: clear tubs, perlite, verm, BRF).

Questions I have -
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-Whats a good way to keep the temp up in my closet? I live in a cold climate and keep my heat between 65-70f. I was thinking of getting some grow lights but not really sure how beneficial that would be. Any recs?

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-While the myc is growing in the jar, do they need to be kept warm? Would grow/heating lights work to keep them warm or do they need to be kept in the dark?

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-I have read of 2 slightly different PF teks. The one where you birth and dunk the cakes after you pop em out of the jar, and then one where you leave the cakes in the jar and just pop the top off and throw it in the SFGC (although in the tek I read, he put his in bags). His benefits to leaving them in the jar is that they need less misting and you don't have to deal with the perlite. However, one big downside, there is lesser surface are for growth. I'd love some opinions on this. (this tek is described in the book Pcilocybin mushroom handbook: easy indoor and outdoor cultivation by LG Nicholas and Kerry Ogame)

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LotKid said:

Question:

If a tub of GT is spawned in new york at 9am and a tub of B+ is spawned in oregon at 4pm... and then both are left to sit...

....does the pope still wear a funny hat?

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Mackload said:

xsanriu said:

Contamination? Scrap the bin? Scrap both? Photos of both bins are a few posts up

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I only see mushrooms ? Maybe a little dry in there?

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JuniperTea said:

Thanks! The substrate was getting dry and pulling away from the tub walls, so I might have gone a bit overboard. What are the possible negatives of accidentally over misting a few times?

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The mycelium gets mattet and I rarely see any pins form on those spots, but I have little experience with it so don't take it as gospel

If I ever feel the need to add water after the tub is 100% colonized I will add water between the tub and cake and let the cake absorb water from the bottom.

Peleus said:

Got a new 166qt sab (old one was 55qt and a pain to work in) and getting ready to drill holes.
Shoulder width apart, 7 inches diameter, right hole higher than left (per stareatcloud's comment in some old thread to make g2g easier).



Does it look ok guys?

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Kloakk said:

What I did is place the SAB where it would sit when I work, and placed my hands where it felt comfortable before making holes.

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Kloakk said:

And I didn't know at the time, but if I were to make a new SAB I would find some right sized inspection hatch for boats like this.

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AstroSporeFiend said:

Senescence question. If a variety doesn’t drop many spores, therefore pretty much needs to be cloned on agar, grown out, cloned again, grown out, etc… is senescence avoided by the fruiting process? Just something I was thinking about earlier.

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Peleus said:

That's what I did too, but it's hard to gauge cuz I wanna work as far back in the sab as possible.

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Ah, got it, I am a tiny guy and working in the back of my SAB would have my albows right where the holes are, would be a pita I work in the middle of my SAB.

Peleus said:

Wowzers! Need to see if I can find these in my neck of the woods.

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Yeah man, I wish my SAB didn't work as good as it does so I could get them The armhole covers I have now work great, but I need to remove 4 wingnuts on each hole and that's just boooooring

Search for boat inspection hatch and I would think you should find what you're looking for

Mackload said:

xsanriu said:

Contamination? Scrap the bin? Scrap both? Photos of both bins are a few posts up

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I only see mushrooms ? Maybe a little dry in there?

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Dry for sure. Pull the tote out at the sides and slip some (not a lot) water down the sides to bottom water it. Also mist the surface until it’s a darker brown and slightly moist. Just don’t over saturate it.

JuniperTea said:

Thanks! The substrate was getting dry and pulling away from the tub walls, so I might have gone a bit overboard. What are the possible negatives of accidentally over misting a few times?

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Once that sub shrinks and pulls away from the tub walls this gives you an easy opportunity to bottom water. Put a little water down the sides and let it get absorbed. I usually let it sit 1/2 a day or overnight. If you put too much, you can pour off the excess. But try not to put a lot and let it just soak up. I add little bits over the course of a few hours and usually don’t have to pour any off.

Kloakk said:

Search for boat inspection hatch and I would think you should find what you're looking for

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LotKid said:

Question:

If a tub of GT is spawned in new york at 9am and a tub of B+ is spawned in oregon at 4pm... and then both are left to sit...

....does the pope still wear a funny hat?

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Peleus said:

This hatch here from osculati looks like it would do the trick. 203mm interior diameter, 260mm exterior. Bonus points for being transparent. What do you think, Kloakk? I see it on amazon.de, but only white/black colors in this size. Also a bit pricey at 24E a piece

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xsanriu said:

Tubs in a tent

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