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PeopleThought
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What Am I Doing Wrong
#5310800 - 02/17/06 03:12 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I've had no success with my past 4 or 5 attempts at growing. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I get very little growth if any in any of my jars. I pre sterilize the jars in a PC, fill them with 1/2 cup verm and 1/4 cup BRF and a little less then 1/4 cup water. I then sterilize all the jars in the PC for plenty of time, store them in a clean bin and hide them in the closet. I use a heated fan to keep the closet warm.
After about a week I only have a couple small dots of growth, and usually this stops and the jars start to smell like dirty socks and patches start to appear. I can understand if the jars were to get contaminated at some point, but to have hardly ANY growth at all doesn't make sense to me. My only theory is that the BRF I'm using is bad. I used a different brand before and it worked. This however makes no sense since it is 100% organic.
I have also tried using syringes from 2 different sources, the latest being one that I have had good success with in the past.
Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? Is there a more dependable method of doing this?
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Blek
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Sounds like your not getting enough Air exchange. Do you have an airhole(s)? in the lid. What is your incubation temp? Are you mixing up the verm/BRF/water before you put them into jars? Most stalled jars are due to too low of temps/not enough air exchange.
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liloldme
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Im sorry to hear that, I too have failed many times, I will do you a favor and point you in a better direction...
http://www.shroomery.org/index.php/par/26004
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PeopleThought
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Re: What Am I Doing Wrong [Re: Blek]
#5310820 - 02/17/06 03:22 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I have the holes that I injected them with covered with tape. I didn't think this was a problem as I did this before and had almost 100% success. I don't know what the exact temperature is but I know it's plenty warm enough. The fan says it's putting out 1500hz and it's in a small closet, and I live in Florida. I will get a thermometer but I honestly can't see this as being the big problem.
I mix the BRF and the verm, and then mix them with water very well. I even put a layer of dry verm on top. What's surprising me the most is that the jars have such a strong smell coming from them and so quickly.
Edited by PeopleThought (02/17/06 03:23 PM)
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