jeffreykite said:

Sorry for the crappy pic, I didn't want to open them all up.

My question > when to pull? I read somewhere that you should pluck them once the veil seperates from the stipe, is that for all the mushrooms on the cake or for each one?

My cakes are going wild right now.

These guys were inoculated exactly 1 month ago, crazy how fast they grew

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callmehippie said:

Nokumana said:

Nooneusername said:

What do you use to raise the presto trivet?  Screws, jars something else.

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I bought four stainless steel carriage bolts with nuts and washers which I bolted through the trivet to raise it up about an inch and a half.

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If you do this . it's best to put some rubber sleeves over the tips of the bolts  or some RTV or something because that metal touching the bottom of your PC will cause pitting(erosion)

it happens fast. you can see it on the bottom of your PC. Starts off  looking like dark gray scratches or tiny grey spots/ chips.

It is reversible if you catch it early and take care of it. But if not it can mess with the Integrity of your PC.

Presto has instructions on their website about it.

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xhooliganx said:

If you're not worrying about spores dumping how do you choose when to harvest? 

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HydroShroom24 said:

Cooking: Pressure Cook, and Canning: High Pressure, are two distinct settings. IDK which one to use.

PF-TEK Pots:

How do I find a good pot do steam-sterilize jars? Can someone link me to an exact make and model pot for steam sterilization that WORKS RELIABLY ? thanks

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Mr Piggy said:

HydroShroom24 said:

Cooking: Pressure Cook, and Canning: High Pressure, are two distinct settings. IDK which one to use.

PF-TEK Pots:

How do I find a good pot do steam-sterilize jars? Can someone link me to an exact make and model pot for steam sterilization that WORKS RELIABLY ? thanks

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Any pot with a lid is good enough to steam sanitize.  You cannot sterilize with steam.  So, any pot is good enough to steam cakes.

You want a pressure canner, not a pressure cooker, if you’re going to go that route.  Something designed to pressure can jars of food in, not just a pressure cooker.  All of the TEKs on here are based off of 15 PSI, which you need a canner to get to.

You’re asking the same questions over and over, I feel like you’re not reading the responses you’re getting.

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Kloakk said:

nektar61 said:

I've had rhizo with x7x+ in all different mixes of agar, but it often doesn't show up until first transfer of agar. T1, T2 etc were rhizo. Some rhizo in jars. Some rhizo on tubs. Some rhizo ariel mycelium on tops of caps. Someone was getting a lot of that on every grow.

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I have the same experience as DiscoDave, never went rhizo until grains, didn't stop it from giving canopies and a cumbucket of spores though

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Mr Piggy said:

markh said:

I have 4 jars of oats that I injected Azure LC into over a month ago and no signs of life yet. Assuming the LC was dead. I have 1 jar of ape spawn that has been consolidating for 6 weeks now. My question is, can I use the 4 jars that did not take and do G2G with the Ape spawn into those jars? Or should I just make more jars of grain?

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Make more jars, do not reuse the old ones.

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xhooliganx said:

Mr Piggy said:

HydroShroom24 said:

Cooking: Pressure Cook, and Canning: High Pressure, are two distinct settings. IDK which one to use.

PF-TEK Pots:

How do I find a good pot do steam-sterilize jars? Can someone link me to an exact make and model pot for steam sterilization that WORKS RELIABLY ? thanks

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Any pot with a lid is good enough to steam sanitize.  You cannot sterilize with steam.  So, any pot is good enough to steam cakes.

You want a pressure canner, not a pressure cooker, if you’re going to go that route.  Something designed to pressure can jars of food in, not just a pressure cooker.  All of the TEKs on here are based off of 15 PSI, which you need a canner to get to.

You’re asking the same questions over and over, I feel like you’re not reading the responses you’re getting.

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Pressure cookers are great!  Buy a used 8qt instant pot for $30 on FB marketplace or at a thrift store.  You want an 8 qt because it can hold 3 qt jars.  The 6 qt instant pot won't fit a qt jar, only pints(not tall enough).  You pressure cook for 3.5 hours and you're good to go.  Don't forget to vent!

It seriously the best bang for your buck for sterilization, but you can't follow the 15 psi timing that people use with stove top pressure canners / cookers.  The reach 12-13 psi.  You just have to understand how time and temperature play a roll in sterilization.  You don't need to hit 250*f for sterilization.  It just sterilizes faster at that temp.  If you're hitting 240-245f with an electric pressure cooker it will absolutely sterilize what ever endospore filled feedlot grain you put in there if you give it enough time.  My recommendation is set it for 4 hours when you go to bed.  Wake up to perfectly sterilized grain.

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tultedspoon said:

I know a lot of people are using agar for their grows. To achieve reliable flushes and good grows, are most of the epic grow photos on here from a cloned fruit using agar?

Is anyone getting good flushes and grows from spores on agar? Or does all the agar work and transfers somehow achieve mycelium that is more ready to fruit? Is this why agar is recommended moreso than just for clean and non-contaminated samples?

Like maybe doing a couple transfers, that small amount of mycelium hits the growing time needed for it to be more ready to switch to fruiting conditions, then if you spread that agar to some jars or grows, you will end up with way more surface area of mycelium that is ready to fruit? Does this make sense or am I wrong?

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Mr Piggy said:

HydroShroom24 said:

Cooking: Pressure Cook, and Canning: High Pressure, are two distinct settings. IDK which one to use.

PF-TEK Pots:

How do I find a good pot do steam-sterilize jars? Can someone link me to an exact make and model pot for steam sterilization that WORKS RELIABLY ? thanks

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Any pot with a lid is good enough to steam sanitize.  You cannot sterilize with steam.  So, any pot is good enough to steam cakes.

You want a pressure canner, not a pressure cooker, if you’re going to go that route.  Something designed to pressure can jars of food in, not just a pressure cooker.  All of the TEKs on here are based off of 15 PSI, which you need a canner to get to.

You’re asking the same questions over and over, I feel like you’re not reading the responses you’re getting.

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cronicr said:

Mr Piggy said:

HydroShroom24 said:

Cooking: Pressure Cook, and Canning: High Pressure, are two distinct settings. IDK which one to use.

PF-TEK Pots:

How do I find a good pot do steam-sterilize jars? Can someone link me to an exact make and model pot for steam sterilization that WORKS RELIABLY ? thanks

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Any pot with a lid is good enough to steam sanitize.  You cannot sterilize with steam.  So, any pot is good enough to steam cakes.

You want a pressure canner, not a pressure cooker, if you’re going to go that route.  Something designed to pressure can jars of food in, not just a pressure cooker.  All of the TEKs on here are based off of 15 PSI, which you need a canner to get to.

You’re asking the same questions over and over, I feel like you’re not reading the responses you’re getting.

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Pressure cookers will get to 15 psi, the only difference between a cooker and a canner is size
The reason a canner is needed is simply due to size and water , a pressure cooker doesn't hold enough water long enough to trust canning with , I believe the name switch starts at a 16 qt vessel

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I haven't ever come across a 15 psi cooker, but I trust they exist