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Dunking?
#5304655 - 02/15/06 08:48 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hey, I am going to try my first grow pretty soon. I was planning on using the PF tek... I understand all the steps except for the "dunking/cold flush". I guessed that you put water in with the colonized cake and put it in the fridge for about 20 hours. I have looked around and I can't seem to locate a definition of it. Also, would it be alright to do a dry inoculation of my substrate... or should I get a syringe and mix the spores with purified water? Any help on this would be much appreciated - other tips are welcome too.
I'll keep reading, thanks guys.
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Re: Dunking? [Re: PS_Cubes]
#5304694 - 02/15/06 08:57 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Skip PF. Try to go to WBS and just case it or use it as spawn. First time I did the PF Tek times 3 (36 jars) and I regretted it, I hate BRF. But thats me, GL.
Oh to answer ur question, just make a PF cake by following the recipe, inoculate and then incubate. When its 100%, remove it and keep it in a tupperware filled with clean water. I dont refriderate, never needed to.
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Re: Dunking? [Re: PS_Cubes]
#5304695 - 02/15/06 08:57 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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http://www.shroomery.org/index.php/par/23292 - the Dunk Tek.
I would recommend against dry inoculation...mixing the spores with water helps both to hydrate the spores as well as the substrate.
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^^^ Yes, spores should definately be hydrated. Look into Liquid Culture before you inoculate, very easy and colonization time is much shorter.
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Re: Dunking? [Re: Atheist]
#5304868 - 02/15/06 09:53 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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pf tek works well for newbees and gives an added prevetion to contams. make sure your brf/verm is wet enough or you will suffer very slow growth and poss. contam.
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Re: Dunking? [Re: drumjam]
#5308886 - 02/16/06 09:42 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Ok, cool... I'm going to stick with the PF tek and I'll get some syringes and do a wet inoculation. Also, I won't need the cold shock? What about adding more water to the colonized cakes when their ready to be put in the FC.
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Re: Dunking? [Re: PS_Cubes]
#5309118 - 02/16/06 10:52 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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if you're doing cakes make sure you dunk, especially between flushes.
They say 12-24 hours and that works but i once left a cake dunked for ~36 hours and its second flush was as good as a first flush, while the other cakes, being dunked at 24 hours had shiti results for the most part. Just dont let it get to 48 hours i read the cake dies.
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Re: Dunking? [Re: ke1n]
#5309202 - 02/16/06 11:25 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I am drunker than hell right now....so bear with me.....
From waht I heve read...Dunk in room temps. Dunking in the fridge doens't help cub. grows.
From experience, dunking is very necesary. But not in the fridge. I have had great success from dunking in room temps.
As far as dry inoculation...........ehrn....no....thats all i hve to say..
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Re: Dunking? [Re: tokey666]
#5309379 - 02/17/06 12:54 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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i would suggest just using your BRF cakes to spawn horse poopy. It's easier than bird seed and works about the same.
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