Home | Community | Message Board


This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: Mushroom-Hut Substrate Mix   PhytoExtractum Maeng Da Thai Kratom Leaf Powder   North Spore Bulk Substrate, Injection Grain Bag

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
OfflineLapius
Super Fighting Robot

Registered: 04/05/02
Posts: 308
Loc: Earth 25XX
Last seen: 9 years, 9 months
Wheat Berries without Gypsum??
    #652124 - 05/29/02 07:28 PM (21 years, 6 months ago)

Q:)How can I make the jars easier to shake?

Answer: If you added too much water many grains explode and make the kernels stick together. To prevent this from happening add a tad less water. An addition of app. 1 g gypsum (CaSO4) per pint jar can also help preventing the grains stick together.


My questions are.. is that only for casing so the grains dont stick?? what if im trying to PF the wheat berries? i was just wondering if im going to cake with them, wouldent i want it to hold together and stick? anyone??
-PeZ


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlineesin
cheesefondue
 User Gallery

Registered: 11/21/01
Posts: 1,275
Loc: Lysergia
Last seen: 14 years, 17 days
Re: Wheat Berries without Gypsum?? [Re: Lapius]
    #652376 - 05/29/02 10:57 PM (21 years, 6 months ago)

Not quite. You don't want the grains to stick so you can shake them during incubation to spread the colonized grains through the substrate. This fastens colonization time a great deal (qt jar of rye colonizes in 10-12 days or less if you use live mycelium).

After colonization the mycelial hyphae will make the grains stick together whether you use gypsum or not. What you don't want is the grains sticking together by their own goo (this will increase colonization time and promote bacterial contamination).

I've been using rye without gypsum and i can still shake the grains very well. Never tried wheat though.

Just a warning, I've fruited some grain cakes but with reduced yields. If you want to do cakes it's better to use BRF/verm. Grain has good fruiting potencial when cased but when 'caked' gives reduced yields or even no yields.

Good Luck!



Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: Mushroom-Hut Substrate Mix   PhytoExtractum Maeng Da Thai Kratom Leaf Powder   North Spore Bulk Substrate, Injection Grain Bag


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Wheat berries..question..??? Lapius 1,834 6 06/06/02 09:05 AM
by Lapius
* Fractionated Ster. Exp. with Wheat Berries and Popcorn Aeolus1369 2,747 7 05/05/18 07:52 AM
by Aeolus1369
* Wheat Berries - Your Experiences? babyshroom 7,807 7 05/21/14 09:37 AM
by tombosley8
* wheat berry PF Tekk?? Lapius 1,583 3 08/13/02 02:48 PM
by PSILLYSIMON
* Wheat Berries bixo 858 4 03/02/05 05:22 PM
by Floydseamus
* Wheat berries compared to rye berries SumGuy 3,688 7 03/29/02 11:00 AM
by Fosphor
* i read the FAQ and couldn't find specifications...please help. visionary 705 4 07/24/05 11:36 PM
by ultralight
* wheat berries prep??? Lapius 2,380 4 06/17/02 08:56 PM
by durban_poison

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Shroomism, george castanza, RogerRabbit, veggie, mushboy, fahtster, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a
1,733 topic views. 26 members, 142 guests and 58 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2023 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.023 seconds spending 0.009 seconds on 14 queries.