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MajorDick
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Registered: 10/14/06
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Loc: Westchestertonfieldville,...
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Need Verm. Will Travel.
#6395515 - 12/21/06 10:33 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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I think I just used the last 4 1/2 cups of vermiculite in this state. So what to funking do? Well first, I guess, I should make some tried-and-true classic PF-Tek cakes. RYF is Rye Flour before you potheads ask . There is 1 tbls. of gypsum per cup of coir in each mix, and no other additives.
1/2 pint BRF/VERM (multi spore) 1/2 pint, 1/4 pint BRF/RYF/VERM (multi spore) 1/2 pint, 1/4 pint RYF/VERM (multi spore)
Now the fun starts. (if getting your hopes up is fun)
1/2 pint, 1/4 pint COIR/VERM/BRF 4:1 (multi spore) 1/2 pint, 1/4 pint COIR/VERM/RYF 4:1 (multi spore)
MY logic here is that if the contamination risk is higher due to the heavy coir content the already germinated mycelium may be a better bet. So..
1/2 pint COIR/VERM ~5:1 (liquid culture) 1/2 pint COIR/VERM ~5:1 (liquid culture) 1/2 pint COIR (liquid culture)
The jars were steamed for about one and a half hours this morning around eight-ish, and left to cool for 13 hours then were inoculated as indicated above. Needle flaming and alcohol wiping and such were used after every jar to ensure sterility at this point. Sterility of spore print to syringe procedure questionable. Sterility, and viability of liquid culture also questionable.
And now the waiting..
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Blutjager
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Registered: 06/11/06
Posts: 9,220
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Re: Need Verm. Will Travel. [Re: MajorDick]
#6395569 - 12/21/06 10:48 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Good luck,you need to get a PC so you never have to worry about looking for verm again..I don't know who posted this the other day but I book marked it for just this sort of situation http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2625289 sure its no AA but it is big enough to get something done
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MajorDick
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Re: Need Verm. Will Travel. [Re: Blutjager]
#6395590 - 12/21/06 10:55 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hell yeah. I know that presto is pretty much the best-of-the-worst. But thats not a bad price at all compared to the ones I saw at Khols the other day. They want 56 bucks for a 8 (EIGHT!) qt. stainless steel PC. Like, forty something for the eight quart aluminum one.
I guess I need to start looking at wally world more often.
Well.. I wanna get AA off ebay too, but I'm sure I could use two eventually.
Thanks for the link.
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Blutjager
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Re: Need Verm. Will Travel. [Re: MajorDick]
#6395598 - 12/21/06 11:00 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hell,I have an AA and I was thinking about getting one of those cheepos just so I don't have to fill the AA a bunch of times in a row,It only holds 10 jars,when you make like a ton at a time it takes all day.Bringing up to pressure,cooking for over and hr,waiting to depressurize,and over and over again sometimes that thing is running for a whole day nonstop
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MajorDick
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Re: Need Verm. Will Travel. [Re: Blutjager]
#6395609 - 12/21/06 11:07 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yeah I think I'll get that 23 quart at wal-mart. Thats all I really need for now, and at least it'll be brand new. And hell, I wouldn't really mind PCing all day anyway.
Hopefully I don't run into the same problem with rye berries that I'm having with verm. There is a feed store outside of town so that should be good.
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odium33
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Registered: 05/16/06
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Loc: mycoland
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Re: Need Verm. Will Travel. [Re: MajorDick]
#6395695 - 12/21/06 11:47 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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i bought that exact pc a few months ago and have had no trouble, it will at least hold you over till you can get an AA thats how i see it
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Blutjager
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Re: Need Verm. Will Travel. [Re: odium33]
#6395746 - 12/22/06 12:07 AM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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odium33 said: i bought that exact pc a few months ago and have had no trouble, it will at least hold you over till you can get an AA thats how i see it
Yes and its so damn cheep compared to an AA,everyone who doesn't have a PC and says it cause they are expensive really needs to just by one of those
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MajorDick
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Re: Need Verm. Will Travel. [Re: Blutjager]
#6395750 - 12/22/06 12:10 AM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Everything is expensive when your poor.
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Blutjager
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Re: Need Verm. Will Travel. [Re: MajorDick]
#6396184 - 12/22/06 07:42 AM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
MajorDick said: Everything is expensive when your poor.
Yes but its Christmas,ask ppl for money instead of gifts
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MajorDick
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Re: Need Verm. Will Travel. [Re: Blutjager]
#6396394 - 12/22/06 09:28 AM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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>>>Yes but its Christmas,ask ppl for money instead of gifts Just like every year!
My klepto buddy also seems to make a lot of money this time of year. So things should be gettin good around the new year. OH, and tax returns are coming.
I just cant wait to get a place so I can work without questions, and time restraints.
BTW: Will mushrooms cure the Myco-Bug or just make it worse? I told my mom I was thinking about registering for classes in Micro Biology.
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myCo_psyCo
a mycologist inthe making


Registered: 06/11/05
Posts: 969
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Re: Need Verm. Will Travel. [Re: MajorDick]
#6396507 - 12/22/06 10:18 AM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
MajorDick said:
Hopefully I don't run into the same problem with rye berries that I'm having with verm. There is a feed store outside of town so that should be good.
i hate tryen to find rye, i use wheat now, not much difference
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phoenity
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Re: Need Verm. Will Travel. [Re: Blutjager]
#6396660 - 12/22/06 11:15 AM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Blutjager said: Good luck,you need to get a PC so you never have to worry about looking for verm again
Could you explain what you mean by that comment? I'll be starting my first grow soon and I'd rather not have to find and use vermiculite in my casings if it's not necessary. I do have a PC...
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myCo_psyCo
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Re: Need Verm. Will Travel. [Re: phoenity]
#6396693 - 12/22/06 11:27 AM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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i think hes talking about not using verm as in not using the pf tek
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Oatman2000
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Re: Need Verm. Will Travel. [Re: myCo_psyCo]
#6396699 - 12/22/06 11:30 AM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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are they beating a dead horse....
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Spawning to COIR
My Chocolate Recipe
WBS QUART SPAWN JAR PREPERATION ----------------------------
4-PO-DMT; 4-phosphoryloxy-N,N-dimethltryptamine
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myCo_psyCo
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Re: Need Verm. Will Travel. [Re: Oatman2000]
#6396707 - 12/22/06 11:32 AM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Oatman2000 said: are they beating a dead horse....
i swear oat thats my new fav gram
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Blutjager
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Re: Need Verm. Will Travel. [Re: phoenity]
#6396935 - 12/22/06 12:50 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
phoenity said:
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Blutjager said: Good luck,you need to get a PC so you never have to worry about looking for verm again
Could you explain what you mean by that comment? I'll be starting my first grow soon and I'd rather not have to find and use vermiculite in my casings if it's not necessary. I do have a PC...
Yes,if you have a PC you can break the curse that is pf tek and just do grains,grains need no verm whatsoever,some people still enjoy torturing themselves looking for verm to make use of it in a casing mix but the fine folks over at miracle grow have solved this problem for you as well
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