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 fidget
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 old spore syringe??? 
#590428 - 03/26/02 09:04 PM (22 years, 11 months ago) |
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I tried about 3 years ago to grow some mushrooms and had a huge faliure. I recived a syringe from a friend around that time and used a portion of it for a few jars . I just decided to start getting into this again and i decided to go buy i pressure cooker and do it right this time. I am about to order a few syringes, but i wanted to get started as soon as possible. So I used the 3 or so years old spores on 3 jars. I used about 7cc of inoculant in 3 jars and i am getting spots of growth in 2 of the jars. I am wondering if anyone knows if these mushrooms will be any good. Is there a possibility they will be bad cause they are so old. I am excited to get this started again and i am glad there is so much more help now. Thanks to the Shroomery.
who should i order spores from and what kind should i get to start out?
fidget
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bobobobob
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 Re: old spore syringe??? [Re: fidget]
#590511 - 03/26/02 10:03 PM (22 years, 11 months ago) |
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That's great that you've got some growth out of syringes so old. From what I understand they shouldn't have survived that long. If they make it to 100% colonization then I'm sure they will fruit ok. I'm new to this too. I started with B+. Acadian Coast, and Ecuador. The B+ is kicking ass while the other two haven't been so impressive, so I say start with those if you want something easy. Let us know how the old spores turn out, it'd be interesting to see how long a syringe can last.
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fidget
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 Re: old spore syringe??? [Re: bobobobob]
#590539 - 03/26/02 10:57 PM (22 years, 11 months ago) |
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This is a pic one of my jars on day 7. Does this jar look like it was inoculated by a 3 year old syringe?
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 theseeker
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Re: old spore syringe??? [Re: fidget]
#590559 - 03/26/02 11:15 PM (22 years, 11 months ago) |
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> Does this jar look like it was inoculated by a 3 year old syringe?
I don't know what an inoculation by a three year old syringe is supposed to look like, but that looks really good! Your shrooms should be fine. What substrate are you using?
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theseeker
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Re: old spore syringe??? [Re: fidget]
#590564 - 03/26/02 11:18 PM (22 years, 11 months ago) |
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I've had experiences with two vendors, I'll just mention that Ralphster44 did an excellent job. Very generous guy. The other vendor wasn't good.
Where did you get the plastic lid?
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fidget
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Re: old spore syringe??? [Re: theseeker]
#590586 - 03/26/02 11:45 PM (22 years, 11 months ago) |
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I go the plastic lids at Fred Meyers. You can probably get them at any major grocery store. Here is a pic of the box.
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Anonymous
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Re: old spore syringe??? [Re: fidget]
#590781 - 03/27/02 05:16 AM (22 years, 11 months ago) |
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I've seen syringes last that long before no problem.
If you have healthy mycellium, you should get healthy mushrooms providing the spores came from a good source to begin with.
If you are ordering, I suggest B+. Very popular and reliable strain.
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fidget
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Re: old spore syringe??? [Re: ]
#591385 - 03/27/02 09:31 PM (22 years, 11 months ago) |
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Just put the jars in a make shift incubator at aroun 78-81 degrees with a heat pad. I only have 3 jars going though. The growth has started to rapidly increase 
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Roadkill
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 Re: old spore syringe??? [Re: fidget]
#591575 - 03/28/02 02:09 AM (22 years, 11 months ago) |
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Heating pads are dangerous.....be careful.
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