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wiggles
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It is done
#5969136 - 08/16/06 11:00 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Just noccd up 6 jars.
Started 4 LC's: 1 Koh kamui super strain (the syringe had funky dark stuff in it, I doubt this one will last) 1 Golden Teacher 1 Ban Hua Thanon 1 Tak Mountain
Also have 2 Tak Mountain PF jars started.
Planning on starting 12 WBS jars once the LC's show some growth, so I'll keep ya'll informed. Now to nail down some horsey poo.
Wish me luck, i've yet to have a single LC turn out correctly, out of about 5 tries. I always end up with no growth at all. Though I pinned the cause down to what I ASSUME is the fact that I was using too much karo. This time I used 2 teaspoons per half pint, which comes out to about 4 percent (4 percent of a half pint in teaspoons is 1.92 teaspoons I think?).
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Edited by wiggles (08/16/06 11:03 AM)
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creamcorn
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Re: It is done [Re: wiggles]
#5969155 - 08/16/06 11:07 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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karo has a density of about 1.38g per ml. 4% should be by weight, not volume. 2 teaspoons is about 10ml. that's 13.8g of karo. even if your half pint is filled to the brim (which it shouldn't be, its best to fill your LC jars about half way to prevent your filter material/innoc holes from getting wet), you'd be at 5.8% - water is 1g per ml, and there's 236 ml in a half pint if you want to check my math. so sorry, but it sounds like you've still used too much.
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wiggles
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Fack! 
I'll give it a week and see how it pans out. I spent an hour trying to figure out what the best math would've been for it. I ended up just finding out how many teaspoons were in a half pint (yay google!), and I went from there. Hopefully the karo that stuck to the spoon will take out enough to keep it closer to 4% (like honey, you can never get it all off of the spoon, and I didn't fully fill the spoons most of the time). I have the jars filled to the glass ring that goes directly below the threading for the lid ring. The lids have silicon injection ports, polyfil, and are being covered by tyvek which is held down by the ring of the jar lid.
In most cases it ended up being barely enough to cover the bottom of the jars, so hopefully it works ok.
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creamcorn
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Re: It is done [Re: wiggles]
#5969189 - 08/16/06 11:24 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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yeah, you *might* be ok. there is one saving grace, and that's karo isn't 100% sugar either, there's some water in it. so by weighing all the karo, you're actually getting slightly less sugars. that in combination with the spoon thing you mention, might bring you down to a tolerable level.
remember an LC can do just fine with 2%. it might not colonize quite as much, but it will do so quickly. in the future, use less to be on the safe side... dunno about you but i'd rather have a jar with SOME mycelium in it than NONE. and its still always wise to fill jars half way even with the greatest filters you can come up with. a tiny bit of moisture on your filter is enough to allow bacteria to grow through it, and is another sure way to ruin your LC. just be cautious with the jars, do not disturb them, and don't get overzealous with your agitation so that its splashing around in there. if you need more LC, use a bigger jar, and fill said bigger jar half way.
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Tippinthru
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Re: It is done [Re: wiggles]
#5969270 - 08/16/06 11:54 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Tablespoon each of light dry malt & dry dextrose to a quart of water, has NEVER failed me.
I do quart jar LC's half full, or half gallon jars half full.
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Re: It is done [Re: wiggles]
#5969306 - 08/16/06 12:10 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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i recognize your avatar... if i'm correct, that's a little bitty asain chicka with huge knockers :-D wish i could remember the show... oh well though.
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wiggles
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Re: It is done [Re: sdnnet3]
#5969745 - 08/16/06 02:52 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'm not sure of the source, lol. I actually got it from my friend's avatar on another forum, which shall remain nameless 
I figure I can give this about a week to see if there was too much. SHould that be enough time to decide one way or another?
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Re: It is done [Re: wiggles]
#5969790 - 08/16/06 03:04 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
wiggles said: I ended up just finding out how many teaspoons were in a half pint (yay google!)
lol what would we do without google? 
one teaspoon, two, three, four, five, six, one hundred and twenty eight.....
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Re: It is done *DELETED* [Re: wiggles]
#5970004 - 08/16/06 04:14 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Edited by Lloyd313 (08/16/06 11:45 PM)
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wiggles
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Re: It is done [Re: Lloyd313]
#5976280 - 08/18/06 04:00 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ok, well, all 4 of my LC jars have what appear to be almost barely visible little strings inside, maybe a 3rd of a cm long. They aren't really visible until you hold the glass up right to your eye, and have some light shining through, but they're there.
That's a good sign I hope? I'd try to take a picture but they're far too tiny to be visible with my crappy cell phone camera, lol.
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wiggles
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Re: It is done [Re: wiggles]
#5978067 - 08/19/06 10:00 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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I just noticed small dark reddish dots starting to set at the bottom. I'm trying to figure out if they're spores that're swelling, r what. Anyone seen anything like it before?
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Re: It is done [Re: wiggles]
#5978115 - 08/19/06 10:28 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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I just started doing LC's, and for my first two i used a tablespoon of karo in a half pint jar filled 3/4. and it seemed to work ok.
After seeing some pics of people's jars who have used the dextrose and stuff, i may switch. those have a LOT more mycelium then mine did, lol
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