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ruination
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My first grow - PFTek 4 strains
#5469810 - 04/02/06 01:27 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I tried to post in the grow logs section but it was locked. This will be the grow log for my first attempt. Mods feel free to move the thread.
Tonight I just inoculated my first jars. Strains are EQ, Maz, Cam, Brz (thanks ralph!). I'm using the BRF Pftek with half-pint ball jars. I feel like pressure cooking could've gone better but oh well..
Day 0 (4-2-06): All work performed in my grow closet. I cleaned the work surface with anti bacterial disinfectant and 90% isopropyl, then sprayed the air with lysol. I used about 3 1/2 syringes on 24 jars.

Day 4 (4-6-06): Brazilians and Cambodians are leading the pack in colonization. Yesterday I removed the tape from the middle two holes in my jars and it seems to be speeding things up.
Pic 1 (left to right) Cam, Brz, Brz Pic 2 Brz (top), EQ (left), Maz (right)

Day 29
broken and defeated.
ive given up on all but a handful of my jars. they have all stalled in growth, they all look like they have cobweb mold, and most have developed hard, yellowish spots. I don't know what went so wrong but heres some things i noticed that i'll try to improve on next time.
After taking some cakes out of their jars, i noticed the cake was very hard, not loose and airy like they should be. I think I'm done with BRF PFTek as I dont feel like buying 5 bags of verm to find one coarse enough.
They never developed the dense, pure white myc that i see in other peoples pictures. Mine looked transparent white from start to finish. It just makes me think I was growing nothing but cobweb this whole time.
I shouldnt have cheaped out on my pressure cooker, I cant monitor the PSI's so I have no idea how effective if at all my PC'ing was.
Heres a few photos from the cakes I threw out.
Pic1: Very light growth with scattered patches of major growth. Pic2: Again, extremely light growth. You can see right through to the cake. Also note one of the flat, yellowish, hard spots I described. Pic3: Very whispy look. Cobweb? Pic4: I have no idea what happened here. These lumps are only 2 or 3 days old. I had a few cakes grow like this with only a few scattered patches. Pic5: Light growth, Hard yellow spots.
I dont know how i'll continue. I'm really frustrated that all 24 of my jars have failed. I guess its time to review my methods.





Log complete.
Edited by ruination (05/01/06 03:41 PM)
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Dr_Mcgillicuddy
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Re: My first grow - PFTek 4 strains [Re: ruination]
#5470249 - 04/02/06 08:12 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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thats looks cool, good job keep at it man
Be safe
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Dnyiathyn
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I like the gallon jug with the heater setup. My friend is using a tub in tub system and it is affected alot by the the ambient temperture of the air. He opens the window and it will drop the incubation temp.
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Nashbar
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Re: My first grow - PFTek 4 strains [Re: Dnyiathyn]
#5471490 - 04/02/06 05:18 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I don't know PFTek so I may be wrong, but I don't think the holes in the lids are supposed to be taped over.
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mikeownow
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Re: My first grow - PFTek 4 strains [Re: Nashbar]
#5471537 - 04/02/06 05:32 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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They can be taped over with that kind of tape
Edit but with a dry layer of verm on top it is not nessessary
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Edited by mikeownow (04/02/06 05:33 PM)
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BPJohnny
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Re: My first grow - PFTek 4 strains [Re: mikeownow]
#5471704 - 04/02/06 06:15 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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its a turky hill bottle? you must live somewhere relatively close to me
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Cubenisseur
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Re: My first grow - PFTek 4 strains [Re: BPJohnny]
#5472144 - 04/02/06 08:20 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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ruination
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Re: My first grow - PFTek 4 strains [Re: Cubenisseur]
#5472288 - 04/02/06 08:48 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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yes it is a turkey hill bottle. liquid crack!
I left the tape on the holes because my dry layer was almost destroyed in the pressure cooker. I had left about a 1/2 inch that i filled to the top w/ dry verm. when they came out of the cooker i could see light through the top of the jars. it couldn't have been steam seeping in because those lids were very tight and i covered them with foil.. so im still a little baffled. i figure i'll remove some of the tape after some moderate mycelium growth
Edited by ruination (04/02/06 09:01 PM)
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ruination
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Re: My first grow - PFTek 4 strains [Re: ruination]
#5485482 - 04/06/06 05:39 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Day 4 added. I'm still unsure how I want to fruit but I'm getting excited.
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ruination
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Re: My first grow - PFTek 4 strains [Re: ruination]
#5577699 - 05/01/06 03:42 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Day 29 Added. Total Bust
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futurewolf42o
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Re: My first grow - PFTek 4 strains [Re: ruination]
#5577771 - 05/01/06 04:03 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
ruination said: Day 29 Added. Total Bust
that sucks. keep trying man! my first grow sucked balls everything went wrong and i never even achieved pinning. just stick with it!
-------------------- cheese-it!
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