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Offlinemanwichh
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Please check my methods!
    #5258919 - 02/03/06 11:41 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Ok, my first shot at growing shrooms here and I went low budget so tell me if and where I screwed up.
I followed all the basic 1/2 pint cake Teks and sterilized the jars in boiling water (not a pressure cooker). Then I inoculated and kept them in a cooler and tried to keep them warm using the heater in my room (not the best idea I know but I just wanted to get some to grow before I got more serious about it and spent money on more stuff). I have a thermometer in the cooler and I know the temperature in the cooler varied from a low of upper 60s (at night when heater didnt turn on for any reason) and a high of probably 95 (briefly when i lost track of how long they sat on it) but likely the substrate doesnt change temperature nearly as fast as the air (wish i had used a meat thermometer in one jar) so I doubt it ever reached 95 inside the jars. The average temperature is probably about 75-80 most of the time. After a week I dont see any mycellium however nor do I see any mold in any of the jars (I think I kept everything pretty sterile, the only worry being the lack of a pressure cooker but the boiling went off without a hitch). Is it possible I killed the spores somehow or do you think perhaps they are just really slow because of the temperature fluctuations, and at what point should i call it quits and try again with a more stable system?


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Re: Please check my methods! [Re: manwichh]
    #5258956 - 02/03/06 11:51 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

U should use the TiT tek for incubation. Its really easy. Just buy 2 tubs that fit in each other and a fully submersible fish tank heater(it's like 15$ at the most). Then fill the bottom tub with about 4in of water put the heater in it and put the other tub on top. Put your jars in the top tub slap the cover on top and leave em in the dark. Make sure u adjust the heater to between 80 and 84 though


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Offlinethenewguy05
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Re: Please check my methods! [Re: Dribblesmeer]
    #5258968 - 02/03/06 11:56 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE DONE SOME READING...

the temp changeing so often is not a good thing.

wait two weeks if no signs of growth start a new crop.

good luck.


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