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OfflineMoxemerald
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(<-noob) sterilizing the needle
    #3154057 - 09/19/04 09:05 PM (19 years, 6 months ago)

After the needle is glowing red how long do wait to make sure its cooled enough?

I cant get the PF tek to work and Im going through all the details to see what i did wrong. Ive tried it many times and havent gotten any sort of mycelium in any jar.

They all have started to smell a weird scent of fermentation/unpleasant smell each time i've tried.

I've done everything exactly as all of the guides say...I dont understand it.

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OfflineWorf
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Re: (<-noob) sterilizing the needle [Re: Moxemerald]
    #3154076 - 09/19/04 09:09 PM (19 years, 6 months ago)

I usually flame the needle red starting at the tip then going as far as I can then making my way back up to the tip. Then just kind of squirt a little solution with the needle pointing up so that a drop forms and you can use that drop to go up and down the needle to cool it off

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Re: (<-noob) sterilizing the needle [Re: Moxemerald]
    #3154093 - 09/19/04 09:13 PM (19 years, 6 months ago)

Wait till it cools, let it sit for a minute.


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Re: (&lt;-noob) sterilizing the needle [Re: Moxemerald]
    #3154161 - 09/19/04 09:26 PM (19 years, 6 months ago)

I use an alcohol wipe to cool the needle.


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Re: (&lt;-noob) sterilizing the needle [Re: z@z.com]
    #3154312 - 09/19/04 10:03 PM (19 years, 6 months ago)

Quote:

z@z.com said:
I use an alcohol wipe to cool the needle.




I also do. :captain:


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Re: (<-noob) sterilizing the needle [Re: Moxemerald]
    #3154361 - 09/19/04 10:14 PM (19 years, 6 months ago)

That fermented smell is a sign of bacterial contamination. When I was doing the PF Tek I too had a period during which every jar fell to bacterial contamination. After changing every other variable without success I finally changed the brown rice flour that I was using. That did it; I went from 100% failure to 100% success. I had been buying a bulk bin flour that was obviously contaminated.

If you are boiling your jars as I was, try changing the BR flour that you are using. Good luck.

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Re: (<-noob) sterilizing the needle [Re: dog]
    #3154512 - 09/19/04 10:47 PM (19 years, 6 months ago)

Thanks a lot man I will Definitley have to try.

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Re: (<-noob) sterilizing the needle [Re: Moxemerald]
    #3154546 - 09/19/04 10:56 PM (19 years, 6 months ago)

i use 90% rubbing alcohol and a few paper towels
easy stuff.

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Re: (&lt;-noob) sterilizing the needle [Re: Moxemerald]
    #3154620 - 09/19/04 11:19 PM (19 years, 6 months ago)

make a karo jar !


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Re: (<-noob) sterilizing the needle [Re: Moxemerald]
    #3154699 - 09/19/04 11:40 PM (19 years, 6 months ago)

buy a pressure cooker.. so many of my PF tek problems were cured instantly for like 50 bucks at wal*mart.. 

hehe

but actually.. i used a lighter when i did the PF tek, wasn't so careful about sterile techniques.  i got some nasty green mold shit on my cakes.. one or two of them actually worked.

doubtful if that helps but uh.. yeah..  i'm just toasted.  :smile:

Edited by idiotek (09/19/04 11:42 PM)

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Offlinekonig
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Re: (<-noob) sterilizing the needle [Re: Moxemerald]
    #3154728 - 09/19/04 11:47 PM (19 years, 6 months ago)

Hey check out my last post which shows my growth the first time. I only used rubbing alcohol to clean the needle

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat...;o=&fpart=1

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Re: (<-noob) sterilizing the needle [Re: konig]
    #3154752 - 09/19/04 11:56 PM (19 years, 6 months ago)

Quote:

konig said:
Hey check out my last post which shows my growth the first time.  I only used rubbing alcohol to clean the needle

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat...;o=&fpart=1


I've only been using rubbing alcohol to sterilize my needle too.

My first attempt at growing was a no-go, but not because of contams.. just.. nothing grew. My syringe was old.

All of the jars stayed sterile for 2 weeks. Slowly, they started to get contaminated.. 2/7 were still sterile(smelled good) after I finally gave up at 4 weeks.

I'm honestly not sure if the contams came from when I innoculated or what, but it seems like it would've been visable before 2 weeks if it was in there.. molds and such grow fast.

I just tried again with fresh syringes on the 18th, using the same alcohol-soaked tissue technique to both sterilize and keep the needle out of the air in between innoculations.

Hope it works. :wink:

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