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 Sporaticus
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 Time till colonization?? 
#543406 - 02/07/02 07:18 AM (21 years, 7 months ago) |
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Perhaps this is an easy question I shouldn't ask, but here goes.. I am new to mushroom cultivation and am experiencing my first time at growing.. I have prepared some jars exactly as the PF Tek suggests.. Only difference is that when I inoculated the jars, I didn't exactly see a bead of water. What I saw was more of a saturation spread.. Because of this I ended up using 2.5 cc's per jar!! which seems like a lot... My question is this.. Since I innoculated with more solution will I get faster mycellium growth? Its been 2 1/2 days.. And be skeptical because of the ease of the PF tek.. I for some reason think I should see something.. Even the tiniest of mycellim.. Any thoughts?
Also.. I sprayed my jars with Lysol before putting the substrate in.. And before sterilization.. Will reminence from the lysol kill my spores?
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arkendave
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Re: Time till colonization?? [Re: Sporaticus]
#543413 - 02/07/02 07:32 AM (21 years, 7 months ago) |
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whoah! lysol in the jars was not neccessary. Sterilization takes care of it. I don't know if it will hurt anything or not, but I sure wouldn't try it. Let is know if you get mycellium.
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babyshroom
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Re: Time till colonization?? [Re: arkendave]
#543425 - 02/07/02 07:47 AM (21 years, 7 months ago) |
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I don't know about your lysol problem, but I shot extra into some of my last set of jars, and they are colonizing quicker than the others.
Once you make your own syringes, it's just so tempting to shoot a little extra, isn't it?
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Sporaticus
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Re: Time till colonization?? [Re: arkendave]
#543426 - 02/07/02 07:49 AM (21 years, 7 months ago) |
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Right... I figured that after the fact.. But will the sterilization process remove the Lysol per say? ... I checked my jars again this morning.. I still can't tell.. My eyes begin to play tricks on me.. I think I see growth but am unsure.. I will remain patient for a few more days...
How about the 2.5cc of spore solution.. Will that REALLY increase the colonization time?
And also.. After I lysoled the jars.. I wiped them out very, very good.. I was trying to be clean as hell. Wearing rubber gloves and all. Maybe I took it overboard.. DAMMIT..
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tomatofarmer
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Re: Time till colonization?? [Re: Sporaticus]
#543432 - 02/07/02 07:56 AM (21 years, 7 months ago) |
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i did the same...put way to much spore solution in the first time.....mine are doing fine...actually doing better then the ones that i put the right amount in..lol......but read the can of lysol......
i am quoting from my can of lysol as i type this
kills bacteria and *FUNGI*
staph,and strep
salmoneklla
campylobacter
Foot Fungus
and most other house hold molds and fungi
so i would think that lysol would not be good inside your jars it clearly states that it will kill fungi
it does not say it will kill mushrooms but they are a fungi and i take no chances..when i go around my jars i spray and then wait 5 minutes for it all to settle to be on the safe side..
-Lee
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phyzikal11
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Re: Time till colonization?? [Re: tomatofarmer]
#543465 - 02/07/02 08:50 AM (21 years, 7 months ago) |
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Dude, Tomatofarmers right. just spray the room and let it settle before anything. That stuff certainly serves its purpose when used normally. I did the same with my first batch and the colonization of those jars was probably a week ahead of the others. And a bit of advice, IMO checking on your jars every single day is like watching paint dry. Just leave them alone for a few days at a time and youll be far more pleased with the progress u see
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Sporaticus
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Re: Time till colonization?? [Re: phyzikal11]
#543473 - 02/07/02 09:04 AM (21 years, 7 months ago) |
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I know.. I am just an anxious first timer.. Not to mention that I am not even sure it will work now because of the lysol.. Thing is there was NO FUNGI in the jars when I sprayed them.. They were obviously empty.. I wiped them out till they were dry... Then it was a few hours before I put in the substrate and sterilized with steam.. Hopefully the timeframe from the lysol being sprayed till the substrate was put in was long enough.. I will let everyone know however because at first I never would have even thought it would be an issue..
I assume that environment, and strain effect the time of colonization. Is this a fair assumption? Are there other factors? Is there any visual indications I can check to make sure the moisture content in the jars is right?
I must learn patience... I must learn..
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