qwobbler  asked:

Something confusing me though, how can ya just inject spore syringes into pf tek cakes but not into a aio bag?

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qwobbler  said:
Ok, ill clean it up on a agar plate and get a clean liquid culture rocking 😎

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bluescreen said:

I'd do some PFtek, you're already familiar with it, you have the syringes, and it's the best bet for success.

And your print may be OK- might be slow to germinate, but worth a shot! There's a thread somewhere on oldest print that someone got to germinate, don't remember the record but 10 years wasn't the limit. If they haven't seen high temps probably ok.

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qwobbler said:

Cheers for that info.

Aorta feel like ive gone and bought the wrong stuff then 😅

I have the aio bags, spore syringes, sab, isopropyl, agar plates and scaples.

I dont have access to a pressure cooker.

I can get premade sterilised uninocculated liquid cuture jars delivered to my home, was hoping to get one and clean up the spore syringe on agar then make the liquid cuture.

I did do pf tek years ago, made my own spore print from wild mushrooms and cleaned them up to make some good cakes! So I think im confident in getting it clean enough.

What do yas think? What should I do with what I got?

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This depends

If you are gonna start with the equipment you have now, PF Tek is your option with the highest success probability

If you want to get pre made (sterilized) LC, you can clean up your spores then innoc the LC then innoc the AIO with the clean LC

Veggie is right when he says LC is for those who have perfected their Agar game, but IME that takes a while (months), but you could get lucky on your first try and make a perfectly clean LC

If you are going to get a PC, then you can treat the AIO bag as its own experiment and inncoculate it with your LC that you assume is clean (results may vary depending on how well your agar game is)

If I were to give you advice on what will work most of the time, do PF Tek

I would also advise you to not treat the AIO bag as your final shot at making shrooms. if it messes up, learn from it and keep going until you get it right

Do everything in Your power to make it work, if it does...great, if not, try again

idontknow1 said:

There’s always myceliated grains using Semperviva

https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/28478167/fpart/1/vc/1#:~:text=Grain%20Spawn%20Potency-,vs,-Time%20test%20%20%20%2036

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The Tao said:

PF tek works for semps and you don’t need much due to the potency.

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LogicaL Chaos said:

Ive seen some stealth grows of Cannabis within unplugged mini-fridges. I dont see why you couldnt use one for mushrooms. Personally, Ive used a small wooden cabinet armoire as well. Just gotta seal the edges with weather stripping (as already mentioned in the thread) so the artificial light source inside doesnt shine out of the cabinet.

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