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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: neuroshaman]
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Works fine for me.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: towndaze]
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When I've run into problems uploading images, from phone, because the file size was too large, I just take a screen shot of the image and upload that.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: NotImlay]
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The screenshot itself didn't work but it seems to have worked to take a screenshot and then crop my image:



Do you think this guy is nearly ready for picking or should I give it another day or 2?


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The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.  -Hunter S. Thompson

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: neuroshaman] * 1
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neuroshaman said:
The screenshot itself didn't work but it seems to have worked to take a screenshot and then crop my image:



Do you think this guy is nearly ready for picking or should I give it another day or 2?



Judge it by the feel of the stipe. When it gets a bit softer like a marshmallow as it was explained to me a while back, that’s when it’s good to harvest.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: AZ Starman2112]
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Hey guys, quick question:

Are there any strains that are stronger and more potent than Golden Teacher that grow fine with BRF Cakes and Shoebox Tek? If so, could you share some of the strongest?

Thanks yall.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Archespore]
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Archespore said:
QQ: is it normal for jars to emit water from the air hole whole pressure cooking to sterilize grain?

I put the air filter stickers on the modified jar lids and water from inside came out during the process, so they all got wet. I removed the foil and put them in my grow closet

Will they be alright? Should I do something different in the future?

Thank you in advance





If you leave you the lids slightly loose (like 1/4 to 1/3 turn) and hold them in place with a small piece of autoclave tape so the lids don’t vibrate closed or off, that will allow pressure to escape the jars without damaging the stick on GE filters. I also cover loosely with foil, but many say it’s not necessary. When my PC cools down, I load them right from the PC into my SAB. When they are cool enough to handle, I remove the foil & tighten the lids. While in the SAB box, should any of the filters look questionable, which is rare, I replace them at that point in the SAB.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: DDMshMan]
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DDMshMan said:
Hey guys, quick question:

Are there any strains that are stronger and more potent than Golden Teacher that grow fine with BRF Cakes and Shoebox Tek? If so, could you share some of the strongest?

Thanks yall.



ACAC

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: DDMshMan]
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DDMshMan said:
Hey guys, quick question:

Are there any strains that are stronger and more potent than Golden Teacher that grow fine with BRF Cakes and Shoebox Tek? If so, could you share some of the strongest?

Thanks yall.



Why do you want stronger shrooms? Is GT not magical enough?

Anyway, with cubensis potency is determined more by selection than variety, or what you are calling “strain”. However, some varieties have been worked to a point that you can increase the likelihood of growing something more potent. Try a PE, APE, Jack Frost, or something like that. Or, grow a different species, like ochras, which grew really well for me in shoeboxes.

Edited by AstroSporeFiend (02/18/26 10:59 AM)

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Thankful] * 7
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Thankful said:
The stumps will get absorbed back into the sub.



:whathesaid:

Aborts and stumps are auto digested.  I leave both.


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And I'd get him to swap our places
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: tree frog] * 1
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tree frog said:
Thankful said:
The stumps will get absorbed back into the sub.



:whathesaid:

Aborts and stumps are auto digested.  I leave both.



I had some mold on me before, so went the way of craters instead, but I'd really like to go back. Not having to clean the substrate off would please me greatly.


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Shine down upon the severed
Shine until the two become one

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ThurmanMurman]
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Just finished cleaning and patching up some holes in my repurposed dust box to use as a SAB:



I'm confident I got everything sealed right but is there a way to test it for integrity? I thought about blowing some vape smoke into it and then hitting it with a fan from the outside to check, but it sounds kinda silly so figured I'd ask...

Also I put clear tape over the arm holes and cut slits into it. Each time I flame the scalpel I'll need to lift the flap with my opposite hand while inserting my laden hand into the SAB. I've practiced the movement a few times and I think it won't be too cumbersome but are flaps generally not recommended?

I didn't have any contamination problems before, but I saw some air gaps that made me paranoid.

Any advice would be appreciated.


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Edited by Archespore (02/18/26 05:24 PM)

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Archespore]
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Archespore said:
Just finished cleaning and patching up some holes in my repurposed dust to use as a SAB:



I'm confident I got everything sealed right but is there a way to test it for integrity? I thought about blowing some vape smoke into it and then hitting it with a fan from the outside to check, but it sounds kinda silly so figured I'd ask...

Also I put clear tape over the arm holes and cut slits into it. Each time I flame the scalpel I'll need to lift the flap with my opposite hand while inserting my laden hand into the SAB. I've practiced the movement a few times and I think it won't be too cumbersome but are flaps generally not recommended?

I didn't have any contamination problems before, but I saw some air gaps that made me paranoid.

Any advice would be appreciated.



Don’t work with an open flame in the SAB. It creates currents and if you’re working with ISO, bad idea. Develop a smooth flow and flame your tools outside the SAB.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: AZ Starman2112]
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AZ Starman2112 said:
Don’t work with an open flame in the SAB. It creates currents and if you’re working with ISO, bad idea. Develop a smooth flow and flame your tools outside the SAB.



I'm not working with an open flame inside of the alcohol fumed SAB, I'm not a complete idiot. Thanks for the advice, lol.

I felt that I was rather specific with my question regarding the arm flap and insertion of my tool laden hand...


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Archespore] * 2
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I do not cover the arm holes on my SAB when working with it. I would think moving the flaps could cause things to drop in the box. Just having no airflow in the room I’m working in is fine. The box is really there to have a controlled environment to keep particulates from falling into your plates etc…

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Breadly710] * 1
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I would think we wouldn’t use flaps for the same reason we don’t use “glove boxes”. Don’t know. I just put the lid for my SAB against it while I’m waiting and take it off once I get ready to wipe myself down and flame stuff.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: DDMshMan] * 1
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DDMshMan said:
Hey guys, quick question:

Are there any strains that are stronger and more potent than Golden Teacher that grow fine with BRF Cakes and Shoebox Tek? If so, could you share some of the strongest?

Thanks yall.



Almost every variety of cube is stronger than golden teacher, at least modern ones are.

If your problem is need more high, grow more shroom.  The problem is not potency, the problem is grow more shroom.

Also if you want to make shoes, just learn to use agar and grain.  Cakes do best when kept as cakes and not when spawned to coir.  Cakes are a self contained AIO unit designed to be a stand alone.

Agar and grain work are incredibly easy to do and you will be VERY happy with the results.  Agar will allow you to select a culture that is potent and do endless runs of those exact same genetics.  Spore to cake is always a gamble.


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Smellyhobbit said:
"Wiping a needle with isopropyl after flame sterilization is like shitting after you wipe your ass."

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Archespore] * 3
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Archespore said:
Just finished cleaning and patching up some holes in my repurposed dust to use as a SAB:



I'm confident I got everything sealed right but is there a way to test it for integrity? I thought about blowing some vape smoke into it and then hitting it with a fan from the outside to check, but it sounds kinda silly so figured I'd ask...

Also I put clear tape over the arm holes and cut slits into it. Each time I flame the scalpel I'll need to lift the flap with my opposite hand while inserting my laden hand into the SAB. I've practiced the movement a few times and I think it won't be too cumbersome but are flaps generally not recommended?

I didn't have any contamination problems before, but I saw some air gaps that made me paranoid.

Any advice would be appreciated.



Yeah, cut all that crap away from the arm holes.  The holes are supposed to be open so there is no billows effect from your arms moving while you work.  This is why a glove box is outdated and insufficient for what we do.  By making those tape covers or sleeves or whatever you are creating a billows effect that will turn it from a still air box to a moving air box.

I wouldn't have side shelves, or store things in there, or use alcohol inside the box.  Doesn't matter if your torch is in there, have a box full of alcohol fumes and an open flame anywhere in the vicinity and you will experience what a lot of people here already have, a big woof and no eyebrows.  Sure wipe down your box before hand, wipe down plates and jars when putting them in, but leave the box there with the arm holes open so while the air in the box goes still and the particulates drop the alcohol fumes will vacate the box.

I constantly see people trying to improve the SAB and folks, the simplicity is why it works.  A SAB is a box with open arm holes that prevents air and particulates from moving around.  The more you try to complicate that, the worse it is going to perform.  Just make a box with open arm holes that have enough room not to create a billows effect, like this:



Nothing to create air movement, uncluttered box with tools outside, alcohol use minimum.


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Smellyhobbit said:
"Wiping a needle with isopropyl after flame sterilization is like shitting after you wipe your ass."

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: AZ Starman2112]
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Quote:
Don’t work with an open flame in the SAB. It creates currents and if you’re working with ISO, bad idea. Develop a smooth flow and flame your tools outside the SAB.



I'm curious what your thoughts are about what I do. I have an induction coil sterilizer which I keep inside the SAB. I can heat the scalpel blade to red hot without removing my arms. I often keep a small jar of ISO inside the SAB also which I will drop my scalpel into when I need to put it down.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Nokumana] * 1
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Ditch the iso and keep that induction coil OUTSIDE of the box.  The heat is creating convection currents in the box, the alcohol is inflammable, and the iso is not required because heat sterilizing is what is keeping things clean.


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New to cultivation or the shroomery?  Observe the hitchhiker's guide

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Smellyhobbit said:
"Wiping a needle with isopropyl after flame sterilization is like shitting after you wipe your ass."

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: flapping_bird]
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flapping_bird said:
@boceephus_jones - looking good to my old eyes. Casper was a slow one for me, but you seem on the right track. Peace to you, friend!



Thank you for your reply brudda! 🙏🏼


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