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zero cool
I'm a bag kindaguy



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newbie setup: w/ pics...any advice?
#7452695 - 09/25/07 05:31 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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background: i started with three 2 lbs. mycobags that sat for three weeks. i put them out in the light and they fruited. i collected 3/4 oz. dry from first flush(in the bags). i pulled them out of the bags after harvesting and dunked. i had now made a suitable FC, and i put the cakes in it.
notice the tube venting CO2 from the bottom of the FC
The 2nd and 3rd flushes also each produced 3/4 oz. dry. the cakes are now resting and hopefully about to fruit for the 4th time! here's one last little shroom. you can see my fish pump pushing water vapor into the FC. i used Vaseline to completely seal the chamber. i also put an exhaust pipe that sucks air from the bottom of the FC, where all the CO2 will build up. if it were not for the tight seal this would not work.
here is what i have in store for my next round: these are also 2 lbs. substrate bags.
they are very close to being fully colonized, earlier today they were very white and the whole thing was just a brick. i broke everything up one last time.
this is day 14 i'd say about 70 percent
here is a picture of my colonization chamber:
it is a heat pad(for muscle aches) with a cardboard box as a buffer between the heat pad and the bottom of the bucket. i had to experiment a lot to find just the right setting. it is constantly 82-89 degrees. leaving the lid cracked open keeps it from getting too hot.
i think im going to crumble all of these cakes up and case them using the supplies here:
im planning on using MGMC, not the verm shown.
im going to fill the bottom of the tub with perlite and place the trays full of substrate and casing on top of the perlite. i have an extra fish pump so i can make another humidifier if need be. i also have some extra trays that im going to case and throw in my old FC. so let me hear your compliments and criticisms, any help is much appreciated!
-------------------- git them mushrooms Mario! git em!
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katfish
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Registered: 07/22/06
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Re: newbie setup: w/ pics...any advice? [Re: zero cool]
#7452727 - 09/25/07 05:41 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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how many times total do you brake up your bags?
-------------------- 08/2/07 Inoculated mycobag with Brazilian, 3cc 08/08/07 First mycelium show 09/03/07 Brazilian still colonizing, Three Mycobags inoculated with Koi Somui 10/11/07 2 Pint PESA 100% colonized. 1 pint Amazon 90% colonized 10/12/07 Storage bin perite FC constructed 10/28/07 Havested my First ever flush, of PESA!
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zero cool
I'm a bag kindaguy



Registered: 09/13/07
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Re: newbie setup: w/ pics...any advice? [Re: katfish]
#7452742 - 09/25/07 05:44 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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i just do it twice, once at about 25% and then again at 75%, just to make sure that everything will get colonized. this is what i did last time and there were no areas that didnt get contamed. surprisingly i had no contaminants at all, and it has been about 3 months since start.
-------------------- git them mushrooms Mario! git em!
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zero cool
I'm a bag kindaguy



Registered: 09/13/07
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Re: newbie setup: w/ pics...any advice? [Re: zero cool]
#7452997 - 09/25/07 06:58 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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bump
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cbiegel
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Registered: 02/19/07
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Re: newbie setup: w/ pics...any advice? [Re: zero cool]
#7453278 - 09/25/07 08:15 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I think a shotgun style FC might give you better FAE. I didn't see what your RH is but again, the layer of damp perlite might keep it more consistent than a pump.
Other than that I think you're in good shape.
-------------------- Relax, don't worry, have a homebrew.
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jeetered
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Registered: 07/07/06
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Re: newbie setup: w/ pics...any advice? [Re: cbiegel]
#7453324 - 09/25/07 08:26 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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why didn't u just fruit straight out of the bag????
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randy420rhoads


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Re: newbie setup: w/ pics...any advice? [Re: jeetered]
#7453477 - 09/25/07 09:13 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Better than myset up
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zero cool
I'm a bag kindaguy



Registered: 09/13/07
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Re: newbie setup: w/ pics...any advice? [Re: randy420rhoads]
#7453611 - 09/25/07 09:52 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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the reason i took them out of the bag was for FAE. i was having to blow up the bags twice a day, and they were still stalling. another reason for taking them out of the bag was to expand beyond just bags, there has to be a way to get bigger yields. i haven't tried using perlite yet, but i know my pump works good...maybe a little too good for casings. it causes large drops of condensation to form on the inside of my FC. but i have heard that casings do not like 100%RH. i will try using perlite first this time and if that doesn't cut it, ill just hook up another pump.
-------------------- git them mushrooms Mario! git em!
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