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adam0421
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Mini Straw Casings?
#3635675 - 01/16/05 04:45 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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I know straw is generally used for bulk production but I was wondering how well it does on a smaller scale. Basically I'm going to have some WBS fully colonized here in the next couple days and wanted to try making a small straw casing to get the hang of how straw reacts and moisture needed and all the little things that u dont learn until u try something. I'm planning to go bulk in the near future but dont have the money or supplies right now to do it. Would a small straw casing give me an accururate representation of how a big container (70 gallon) would operate?
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Re: Mini Straw Casings? [Re: adam0421]
#3635812 - 01/16/05 05:36 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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sure, what are your plans?
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adam0421
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I was planning on using a 6 qt sterilite container which is about 12 inches long 6 in. wide and 6 in. deep. was going to pastuerize enough straw for about a 4" base, mix a quart of colonized WBS in with the straw, then pack it down in the container and place plastic wrap directly over the straw, cut a few holes in the plastic wrap and place the lid on the container then place in incubator. was going to case with 50/50 verm/coco mix. Everthing with that plan sound alright?
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Re: Mini Straw Casings? [Re: adam0421]
#3637934 - 01/17/05 06:40 AM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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straw = straw
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scatmanrav
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Sounds just fine to me...I've done just that a few times. Warning though if your using tin foil casing containers...my straw/myc ate right through it. I'd place a few layers of tin foil inside..havnt had a problem eating it away like that.
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Re: Mini Straw Casings? [Re: scatmanrav]
#3639213 - 01/17/05 01:38 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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Sweet, thanx for the tips, I love this place. I was just planning on using a small tupperware container, with tin foil on the outside just to block light and was just going to use (saran wrap??) plastic to cover it on the inside while it's colonizing.
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Re: Mini Straw Casings? [Re: adam0421]
#3639253 - 01/17/05 01:45 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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May as well just line the inside with tinfoil...makes for easier cleanup in the end of the tupperware containers too. Plus tin foil on the outside doesnt stay on too well..
Plastic wrap to cover while colonizing works.
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Re: Mini Straw Casings? [Re: adam0421]
#3639254 - 01/17/05 01:45 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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I suggest wrapping ducttape around the outside, as tinfoil can tear off and make messes and stuff. Tape sticks and stays right where u put it.
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Re: Mini Straw Casings? [Re: MycoJunkie]
#3639268 - 01/17/05 01:48 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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Duct tape+high humidity and washing = a big mess and contam heaven after time and multiple uses. Not that it doesnt work...tin foil inside just makes it easier all around..
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Re: Mini Straw Casings? [Re: scatmanrav]
#3639412 - 01/17/05 02:27 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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sweet. once again more stuff that u would really only learn with experience, thanx for the input. Tinfoil on the inside is sounding like the route to go
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Re: Mini Straw Casings? [Re: adam0421]
#3639730 - 01/17/05 03:53 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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Tinfoil inside better option then tinfoil outside cause it rips apart so damn easily.
atm I have 3 half a pints of straw.. :p
Remaining "failures"... which I dont want to toss so I cased some half pints.. ;P One will be going into fruiting chamber 2morrow I suppose, the myc is coming through the casing layer so.. We'll see. I had a half a pint of wbs which I threated as a cake, with vermlayer and 4 inoc-holes. Was to test a (my first) selfmade syringe on with PF Classic. When it was almost ready I saw greenmold in the top. Bad applying of vermlayers can lead to this....
I threw the upper 50% of teh wbs away. But could not just toss it all. SO I put the half pint in the oven with some pre-soaked straw pasteurized and added the spawn after cooling.
So far no green monster, not in THAT casing/jar...
Hehe thats in a straw tub with B+. Muchos greenos bastardos in there. Cause I overheated it after spawning 50% of the myc died, now all kind of contams are fighting for there piece of straw in there. I cut the bad parts away inclusing some of the good parts. I cased 2 half pints today. Hope they will be fine. cause I dont have any B+ spores I must save the strain!
Ok good luck, MF
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Dude the duct tape could work too, there's weatherproof duct tape, i use it and haven't had problems, even w/ 100% humidity during fruiting.
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Re: Mini Straw Casings? [Re: Elfmachine]
#3640017 - 01/17/05 04:59 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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I havent alufoil in the jars right now, Seen the size of it Ill use alufoil outside. Wanna be able to use them as pf cakes as well itf.
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Re: Mini Straw Casings? [Re: Elfmachine]
#3643526 - 01/18/05 01:46 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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Perhaps...I just have used alot of duct tape in my closets, taping up seams of plastic and such. In high humidity over a few months the duct tape turned green. I believe though "weather resistant" over time and washings it could wear down and become infected anyway as long as it still has the strings. Thats the part of duct tape thats the problem....
Besides all that, foil on the inside of any container, clear or not, just makes things easier because clean up is a snap. After 6-8 weeks in the casing container the casing can eat its way in well. When you dump it, you just wrap up the tin foil into a ball and you have a nice clean container ready to go into the dishwasher and not needing a prescrub.
Like I said, either works, I just go the tin foil inside method.
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