uniquemug said:

what is the best time to transfer tomentose growth to fresh agar?
follow up: should you transfer faster if you have some contam on the og plates?

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Anytime from big enough to before the plate is fully colonized is what I do. If it's a T0 spore plate I like to take transfers before the different germination spots merge.

And yes if there's contamination on a plate take transfer asap

uniquemug said:

what is the best time to transfer tomentose growth to fresh agar?
follow up: should you transfer faster if you have some contam on the og plates?

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bloodssonnew said:

So uhh is orangeish color natural for cube mycelium? Or some kinda bacteria hitchhiking? Something bad bad? It doesn't look like it would prevent it from fruiting as it's pinning on the plate 😅

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I've never seen any color except blue from bruising on a cube plate, sounds sus

Cakewonder said:

how does one help my anxiety?

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Usually the day after some shrooms

Right now it's a good time to go forage some fruits as well, get some fresh air and all that good stuff

Toe_Jam said:

I have a shoebox of Hillbilly Pumpkin, it has a few squat bulbous pins forming, but also seems to be blobbing a fair amount. Never dealt with a real blobby culture before this, my question is,

Is it normal for blobs to be accompanied by amber/yellowish droplets (look the same as the moisture beaded surface but with a hue) or is it more likely bacterial?

It smells fine.

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Cakewonder said:

how does one help my anxiety?

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Have you tried face plunges in ice water? The mammalian dive reflex is a great mechanism for breaking out of the loop for a moment. The rapid bradycardia it induces is impressive:

It’s not a cure-all, but it helps in critical moments (just another tool in the box). And if not... Do more PF-Tek!

It will pass, sending you all my good vibes.

Big hug, Cakewonder!

callmehippie said:

Actually if you want that thing to be quieter.. what we do is add more to our jiggler.

Tape a couple quarters on top or use a few magnets.

It'll make it wiggle a lot less. sometimes even barely to none. But it's still releasing a little bit. just enough every once in awhile to be okay.

This will also raise the PSI usually up to about 18 is still very safe to run on our PCS. 

Now I've never used a hawk big boy. I'm speaking about my Presto
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but I imagine it's the same concept.


Anyways adding weight and actually stopping the jiggle can make your PC almost completely silent after the vent.


Only down side I see is you don't have a gauge to monitor how high your PSI is climbing.

funny cuz it's if you don't add extra weight.  the gauge doesn't matter. They can be inaccurate anyways.

The wiggle of the weight does show that you're at 15 psi.

So I'm not sure how you monitor your rising pressure after adding weight without a gauge. And that'll just depends on how accurate or calibrated the gauge is depending on how many times it's been used.


However I would say that from the experience of everybody else I've seen and myself.  if you just go with two quarters you should be fine and shouldn't be getting above 18 psi.

But thats just what i imagine. Please take it with a grain of salt.



Oh but definitely crank the heat as low as you can while still maintaining pressure. After event.

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langten69 said:

Is there any thread on the lineage of PE and its offshoots and successors?

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Lo-Z said:

Hey Langten, since you're the PE guy would you havest this guy? I noticed the darkening at the base of his cap and I dont think its growing any more. Either that or extremely slow.



I figured the health color of a cap is that of a goomba and any darkening is probably more along the lines on an abort.


Whatchu think?

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0_tonin said:

langten69 said:

Is there any thread on the lineage of PE and its offshoots and successors?

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I watched this some months ago and found it really interesting.

I love Hamilton Morris videos

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Sweet



Thx for the link

0_tonin said:

Lo-Z said:

0_tonin said:

We might have different kinds of PC, mine doesn’t do the constant whistle, it builds up pressure and then releases it every now and then blasting steam of at quite high pressure, it’s only these moments that it becomes quite loud. I can compare it to some super strong irrigation system. The sound resembles some powerful garden sprinklers, for the record, I have a Hawkins Big Boy 22lt PC.

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Holy Shit 0_Tonin this seems aggressive, I'd be scared to stand next to it lol. Once my PC reaches 15PSI I turn the burner to 50% and then it tickles 15psi for the remainder of the cycle. You dont need to keep the Burning on high to maintain pressure. Crank the heat to get it to 15psi then back off to maintain it. I have the basic presto but i'm sure this concept applies to most PCs. Pasty is on point.

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cool, thanks man. I will do another cycle soon and will make sure to turn the heat all the way down once it vents, and keep an eye on the weight to make sure its wiggling, this should mean its maintaining the 15 PSI. The least it vents, the better. Because this puppy vents pretty loudly and I hate being that noisy guy.

Thanks for confirming what Pasty said.

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