Home | Community | Message Board
You are not signed in.
Sign In New Account
Forum Index Search Posts Trusted Vendors Highlights Galleries FAQ User List Chat Store Random Growery


This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > Mushroom Cultivation
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: Myyco.com Isolated Cubensis Liquid Culture For Sale   North Spore Boomr Bag   Mushroom-Hut Mono Tub Substrate   Original Sensible Seeds Bulk Cannabis Seeds   Sporeworks.EU Spores for European Microscopy

Jump to first unread post Pages: < First | | 3761 | 3762 | 3763 | 3764 | 3765 | 3766 | 3767 | 3768 | 3769 | 3770 | 3771 | 3772 | 3773 | 3774 | 3775 | 3776 | 3777 | 3778 | 3779 | 3780 | 3781 | | Last >
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: BagShaker]
    #29562358 -

BagShaker said:
i was wondering, can this tube be bacterial?


4 quart rye 1:3 (coir/verm) , small pseudocasing, 6 2" holes stuffed with poly at spawn

i have other strains doing way better, but two that always do that, i tried staying below field capacity and i get a ton of condensation inside the tub and on the surface, so for science i want to know what do you think


the "fuzziness" has me concerned but I can't tell everything from the pic.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: dinosaurs]
    #29562370 -

First healthy, mature fruit I've ever had.

Thoughts on the timing of my picking? (Hillbilly)


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Nichrome]
    #29562395 -

Attempted making agar agar for the first time using 15g of King Arthur Wheat Flower, 5g of telephone brand agar and 235mg of distilled water. Ended up being completely opaque and disappointing, with clumping gel at the bottom before I even had the chance to sterilize it. Did I do something wrong or should I switch recipes???

(This is my first attempt at the whole process in general)



Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ClonedHomer]
    #29562399 -

ClonedHomer said:
Attempted making agar agar for the first time using 15g of King Arthur Wheat Flower, 5g of telephone brand agar and 235mg of distilled water. Ended up being completely opaque and disappointing, with clumping gel at the bottom before I even had the chance to sterilize it. Did I do something wrong or should I switch recipes???

(This is my first attempt at the whole process in general)





Which agar recipe are you using?


--------------------


bucket full of rust

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: RustBucketz]
    #29562409 -

Hi guys

I have the PE7 strain

Do PE need casing layer after pinning?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ClonedHomer]
    #29562420 -

Is it solidifying?
Mine is pretty opaque.
If you followed the recipe to a T and made sure you boiled the agar for a few minutes to 'activiate' it's solidity I don't see any issues?


--------------------
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances.

Edited by Libertycap97 (04/28/26 05:29 PM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Sehrmush]
    #29562423 -

So far from what I know, no cubes “need” a casing layer but I have heard with PE and it’s close relatives can benefit from a “pseudo casing layer” to prevent blobs forming. I just got PE6 and PE7 in the mail yesterday so I’m curious what other people will say

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: BagShaker] * 2
    #29562427 -

BagShaker said:
thank you, that's so great to hear, so i know why i'm messing up this much, and i know there's room for improvement.

i couldn't test properly on agar bc also clones on my bought agar plates didn't show shit, and i was scared to do my agar plates since i don't have a flow hood, than i opted for no pours



Wait what??

Sorry but I’m confused. Do you WANT a flow hood or do you think you NEED a flow hood??

You have a SAB right?

If someone has the money for a flow hood and really really wants one, I am definitely not the one to tell you what to do with your money you earned. I have shit from pre shroomery.org days I’m too much of a cheapskate to throw away just yet and all that jazz.

But you don’t NEED. a flow hood. I have never used one and have no intentions of using one. Many of the TCs don’t use them either. I have done multiple pours with agar and my plates come out clean with maybe losing 2 for every 100.

If you like no pours cause it’s what you like doing then I aint gonna stop you there either homie. Do what you’re comfortable with that works consistently. I’m going to be on the Instapot and no millet prep kick for along while. lol.

Just don’t let that scare you from doing pour agar work is all


--------------------
Favorite Teks

  ]

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: RustBucketz]
    #29562432 -

I am using some general recipe from this thread

It mentions using 0-8% starch, and around 2% agar,

So I used 15g of wheat flower for the starch, and 5g of agar agar and distilled water for the rest.

I weighed out the powders, put em in a jar with water shook it, boiled the water in the microwave shook it again and it was super weird looking, and had some gel solidifying on the bottom. I spent like 15 minutes cleaning it out :frown:

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ClonedHomer]
    #29562438 -

Sehrmush said:
Hi guys

I have the PE7 strain

Do PE need casing layer after pinning?


Awfullotofshrooms said:
So far from what I know, no cubes “need” a casing layer but I have heard with PE and it’s close relatives can benefit from a “pseudo casing layer” to prevent blobs forming. I just got PE6 and PE7 in the mail yesterday so I’m curious what other people will say


Cubes don’t need a casing layer. But pseduo helps with moisture, surface conditions etc

(Below not if shoebox grows. Disregard. 😝 )

The Stipe Top Psuedo casing layer Tek was created by a combination of Stipe taking one of PastyWhyte’s theories on preventing blobs from PE and its variations from blobing.

The end result was at minimal an 1.5” inch layer pseudo casing applied at sending to bulk. Use a 1-3 ratio to mix, and with the thick pseudo layer you’ll be at a 1-4 or 1-5 ratio. Clean spawn needed and not recommended with questionable spawn.

As far as casing layers specific applications. Hopefully the resident amphibian appears.


--------------------
Favorite Teks

  ]

Edited by Splittinghairs (04/28/26 05:36 PM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Splittinghairs] * 1
    #29562442 -

i just own a pre-made humble SAB, pretty similiar to this one here

i thought i could trust bought LC, it seemed like a reliable source.

i had my first monos run harvesting only huge side pins, than i dialed surface conditions better and i had surfaces full of pins , than fruits, so for me it was good. Just started testing my LCs on my agar plates , should have done that before. thank you

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: BagShaker] * 1
    #29562452 -

BagShaker said:
i just own a pre-made humble SAB, pretty similiar to this one here

i thought i could trust bought LC, it seemed like a reliable source.

i had my first monos run harvesting only huge side pins, than i dialed surface conditions better and i had surfaces full of pins , than fruits, so for me it was good. Just started testing my LCs on my agar plates , should have done that before. thank you


So I’m going to say some stuff.

And keep in mind, I’m saying this from a place of love. And it really is a place of love cause I made the EXACT mistake I’m about to point out.

Take that SAB, cut it, burn it, and yeet it the fuck off this planet. lol.

I literally had the same one. So again, this is from a place of love bruv.

Those sleeves create a piston effect that will make contamination way way worse and literally destroys what a SAB is designed to do.

Just get a cheap plastic 110qt clear tote. Put it on a counter and mark where your arms are comfortably spaced. Drill 5” holes and that’s all. Wipe down with iso once your stuff is staged. Let sit for a good 20 minutes and work.

I had random crap issues with random transfers with that box and got wise hanging out here.

And yeah, LC are just a crap shot. Some of our vendors are good. If I’m froggy I’ll put some to agar and inoc the rest to grains. But if the LC is dirty I have agar to clean up if that makes sense.

Again, out of love homie. I was literally where you were once.


--------------------
Favorite Teks

  ]

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Splittinghairs]
    #29562473 -

It was solidified at the bottom and along the sides, with a good layer of liquid above it. Im not sure how its supposed to look but I thought I f'ed it up. Maybe I mixed it wrong?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Splittinghairs]
    #29562476 -

possible to just use coco coir also?

never grown PE before

Is blobing a big deal? Dont know what it is to be honest lol

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Sehrmush]
    #29562492 -

ClonedHomer said:
It was solidified at the bottom and along the sides, with a good layer of liquid above it. Im not sure how its supposed to look but I thought I f'ed it up. Maybe I mixed it wrong?


Edit. Wrong guy. Didn’t realize talking bout agar

Sehrmush said:
possible to just use coco coir also?

never grown PE before

Is blobing a big deal? Dont know what it is to be honest lol


Yeah. You can use straight coir.

Eh. Blobing not really. You can eat em still. It’s just a mutation. The thick layers seems to be the only thing on shroomery that works.


--------------------
Favorite Teks

  ]

Edited by Splittinghairs (04/28/26 08:09 PM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ClonedHomer]
    #29562514 -

I pour mine straight into plates and then it hardens in minutes.
Leave it over night and if its solid in the morning it's probably good.
You could always just make more and make sure you follow the exact recipe and instructions and you should be good bro.


--------------------
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Splittinghairs] * 2
    #29562675 -

really, thank you, i had that concern deep in my mind since a week or so, i'll fix that asap

last question for tonight: if i harvested around 5 oz dry per monotub (3-4 flushes, 4 quart spawn) using non clean LC (i was lucky)



and now i clone to agar, clean the myc and start over with proper clean spawn, i should get way more right? also, when i had trich it was most likely caused by the spawn?

thank you again!!

Edited by BagShaker (04/28/26 10:00 PM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: blargon] * 1
    #29562679 -

blargon said:
First healthy, mature fruit I've ever had.

Thoughts on the timing of my picking? (Hillbilly)




that's something, congrats. i would have waited, if you cut as the veil breaks you get the highest concentration of psilocybin
if i'm not wrong waiting will give you around 2x weight and 20-30% less potency, so still a win for me

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: ClonedHomer] * 3
    #29562716 -

ClonedHomer said:
Attempted making agar agar for the first time using 15g of King Arthur Wheat Flower, 5g of telephone brand agar and 235mg of distilled water. Ended up being completely opaque and disappointing, with clumping gel at the bottom before I even had the chance to sterilize it. Did I do something wrong or should I switch recipes???
(This is my first attempt at the whole process in general)

I am using some general recipe from this thread

It mentions using 0-8% starch, and around 2% agar,

So I used 15g of wheat flower for the starch, and 5g of agar agar and distilled water for the rest.

I weighed out the powders, put em in a jar with water shook it, boiled the water in the microwave shook it again and it was super weird looking, and had some gel solidifying on the bottom. I spent like 15 minutes cleaning it out :frown:


Take your wheat flour, pour it into room temp water,
short boil (on the stove i prefer) then let simmer few minutes, strain through cheese cloth (or similar),
or let the solids settle down, then pour off and use the liquid.
Add agar, stir up and pc.
With that flour i´d pc ~40 minutes.

Better use light malt extract my friend.
Way easier :wink:

Welcome to the Shroomery :mushroom2::mushroom2::mushroom2::mushroom2::mushroom2:

        :cookiemonster:


--------------------

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Goatrider] * 3
    #29562720 -

id never use wheat flour too sticky.

brf agar?? all day :awesomenod:


--------------------
:hypnotoad:
Making Liquid Culture :  Go insane with LC
Mushboy likes these teks : Making shroom tea
Dank Education

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: < First | | 3761 | 3762 | 3763 | 3764 | 3765 | 3766 | 3767 | 3768 | 3769 | 3770 | 3771 | 3772 | 3773 | 3774 | 3775 | 3776 | 3777 | 3778 | 3779 | 3780 | 3781 | | Last >

Shop: Myyco.com Isolated Cubensis Liquid Culture For Sale   North Spore Boomr Bag   Mushroom-Hut Mono Tub Substrate   Original Sensible Seeds Bulk Cannabis Seeds   Sporeworks.EU Spores for European Microscopy

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > Mushroom Cultivation
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* quick question, finished colonizing? usefulidiot 1,853 1 04/06/03 06:31 PM
by kindkesey
* Quick Question grateful_head 1,238 2 08/18/01 03:40 PM
by Billyblastoff
* New to the boards, and a quick question to start ! Anonymous 1,829 4 03/11/02 03:18 AM
by 2shrewmen
* some quick questions about my treasure coasts alf 3,852 19 11/16/01 01:54 AM
by Anonymous
* Quick Question needs quick answer Wheedhead! 1,180 2 01/19/03 09:06 AM
by Wheedhead!
* a question on non-nutrient layer.............?????????? ph_plus 1,024 4 07/04/03 05:14 PM
by Ainasko
* Creeper Questions answered : casing etc PICS Hexum311 1,166 1 02/23/03 07:15 PM
by djd586
* quick question SuppaFly 1,044 1 09/18/02 04:41 PM
by mickey_rourke

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Shroomism, george castanza, RogerRabbit, veggie, mushboy, fahtster, the_chosen_one, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, hamloaf, cronicr, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a
1,167,032 topic views. 12 members, 325 guests and 227 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2026 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.072 seconds spending 0.047 seconds on 16 queries.