Home | Community | Message Board


This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.


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: MagicBag.co Certified Organic All-In-One Grow Bags   North Spore Bulk Substrate

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
Offlineroykinn
enthusiast

Registered: 10/15/01
Posts: 247
Last seen: 21 years, 10 months
Sterilizing in microwave?
    #430674 - 10/19/01 04:44 PM (22 years, 5 months ago)

Is it possible to sterilize your substrate in a plastic jar inside a microwave, if so how would I go about it?


--------------------
"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline- It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nunclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer." -Frank Zappa

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineGroove_N
newbie
Registered: 09/22/01
Posts: 47
Last seen: 22 years, 2 months
Re: Sterilizing in microwave? [Re: roykinn]
    #430708 - 10/19/01 05:37 PM (22 years, 5 months ago)

YES
I have done so with PF cakes (Vermiculite and Brown Rice Flour). 8 minutes on high does the trick. I have never had a problem with contam either. I have used many types of containers, but my favorite are small pyrex dishes with platic tops. I prefer them, because the top has a breathing hole for air exchange. I make the PF cakes as usual and add the dry layer on top. I have also used tupperware and dissposable/microwaveable tupperware (inexpensive). I put the container in the microwave with plastic wrap on top. I also put the lid in the microwave next to the container. The reason I do this, is because moisture will form on the plastic wrap. I wait approx 4 hours for the nuked containers to cool. Then I carfully and slowly open the microwave door. remove the plastic wrap and put the lid ontop of the container. I then move it over to the oven for inoculation (oven tek). That it. Really simple. And alot less of a hassle then pasturizing or pressure cooking. If you are going to use 1/2 pint jars. I whipe down the inside of the lid with rubbing alchohol before screwing it on the jar (Don't put the metal lids in the microwave.
Good Luck.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinepineal
Stranger
Registered: 10/18/01
Posts: 14
Last seen: 20 years, 4 months
Re: Sterilizing in microwave? [Re: Groove_N]
    #430795 - 10/19/01 07:03 PM (22 years, 5 months ago)

so i've got regular 1 pint mason jars with metal lids. If i prepare the verm/rye flour substrate inside, could i just nuke it in the microwave fr 8 minutes like you said, then once it's done quickly screw on the lids? (after rubbing the lids down with alcohol?)
thanx
pineal

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: MagicBag.co Certified Organic All-In-One Grow Bags   North Spore Bulk Substrate


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Sterilization of plastic jars PaC 4,016 9 10/24/03 05:00 AM
by DMJ
* Microwave sterilization? delekhan23 3,168 12 01/07/02 05:04 PM
by ronnie_dobbs
* Re: Microwave sterilization of casing mix Toad Man 688 1 04/06/00 07:01 AM
by Anonymous
* Microwave Sterilization Tech? Bloomer 1,512 4 02/06/02 01:32 PM
by PowMaster2k
* Anyone used plastic/tupperware containers. Jackal 1,425 7 11/08/02 10:25 PM
by Shaw
* How long can this sterilized vermiculite sit w/ out use? Nickster_154371 1,519 7 01/13/04 12:12 PM
by JetBlackNinja
* Isn't the inside of a microwave contaminate free?
( 1 2 all )
TheShroomHermit 2,071 21 08/06/06 02:27 PM
by FooMan
* Need advice on sterility & trading spores. The_Gnome_King 4,379 16 06/25/20 05:22 AM
by Zakkery

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, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a
1,931 topic views. 9 members, 81 guests and 33 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2024 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.02 seconds spending 0.007 seconds on 12 queries.