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Offlineaschwa5
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Lots of questions from a first timer
    #4937195 - 11/15/05 01:35 PM (18 years, 3 months ago)

Hi everyone;

So my friend would like to sincerely thank everyone who has contributed to this site . . . it rocks. He has gone from a complete neophyte who couldn't pronounce (let alone spell) mycelium, to sitting on some nice, productive, BRF cakes. He's read a LOT, and searched extensively, but has finally run into some problems that he needs help with.

OK, here are his issues. There are many, so he's kept them nicely organized.

1 He has a few cakes inoculating that have what he strongly suspects to be cobweb mold. It is grey, fluffy, and looks just like the pics of cobweb that he has seen on this site. I looks like the myc in the jars is dominating (covering the mold), though, and that they will be fully colonized (on the outside) in a few days. He has thrown out all contam containing jars before, but he is interested

1A) Can he birth this cake in his terrarium after a week or so after the myc has taken over,
1B) In fact, could he case this cake?
1C) Are cobweb contaminated cakes safe to eat fruit from?

2 He would like to step up from cakes (he got a taste of casing from sea o' shrooms tek), and he knows of loads of leached cow poo in the area. He's read that horse poo is better, but cow is all he has access to.

2A) Can he use straight cow, or must he find some straw to mix it with?
2B) Is it true that he wants to incubate the spawn/poo at mid 70s rather than mid 80s?
2C) If straw is necessary, where to get it?

3 He is incubating some jars of LC. Hopefully they will work (under sterile conditions, he opened the PC jars of Karo solution and just chucked in little chunks of PF cake from a previously unopened jar. 36 hours later, he doesn't see a whole lot . . . but he's still hoping. The question is

3A) Can he add some LC to a case in any way? maybe spray the casing layer, or moisten the lower layer . . . Whatever.

4 FINALLY, the moss that he bought for casing is enriched with food (miracle grow, I believe).

4A) Is this a problem?
4B) How can he test a casing's ph?

OK, please feel free to just take a piece, or the whole bag. He's planning on casing this week, so the sooner the better on advice. Thanks in advance.

This hobby is pretty involving, huh? Does anyone have reoccurring dreams about cultivation?


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Offlinethenewguy05
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Re: Lots of questions from a first timer [Re: aschwa5]
    #4937252 - 11/15/05 01:48 PM (18 years, 3 months ago)

1) TRASH THE JUNK JARS. getting high is not worth risking your life or anyone else's. plus contaminated jars contaminate other jars.
2a)you might want to mix straw with it because of it's texture.
2b)fruit in the 70's incubate at 80's
2c)local farms
3)you can but i do not recommended it at all. is it would be pointless and serves no purpose.
4a) as long as the Ph isn't acidic or basic enough to burn the mycelium
4b)buy a Ph testing kit. it's the only way.


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