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grandesign
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attempt two begins
#7463104 - 09/28/07 04:55 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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This will be my grow log
my first attempt grow bag had to be aborted it didn't grow in 8 weeks not a bit and my holiday was fast approaching,,after a great holiday I'm back and got it on the go again I'm following the pf tek pretty much to the word with brf and verm, my PC is crap with no valve but i have managed anyway using a dish cloth to sit on the pot the steam was good and managed 90 Min's with no top up,my first 4 glasses was done yesterday inoculated and incubated at around 76 c I'm using amazonian spore solution which was sent instead of Cambodian but never mind, i feel that though following the tek when making my mix that it was a little dry and seemed to come out of the PC dry but checked it just now and it looks as though there is a little moisture in them so thats a weight off my mind also i used slightly more solution than i wanted to but Ive enough to manage 3 more which are cooling as i speak , something annoys me is people talk cc but my syringes come ml must look into that conversion. hopefully my PC will be cool and the jars to inoculate last thing tonight then I'm back to the waiting game 
well ive just found out that a ml and a cc are almost the same so that clears that up, my other 3 glasses im going to inoculate in twenty mins,just learnt about cold shocking as ive read that with amazonian it works well i think ive got that cleared up and sorted simple enough not sure bout dunkin them though do you do this after or before ?? or is it not needed ? something ive not come accross
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Edited by grandesign (09/28/07 08:50 AM)
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Re: attempt two begins [Re: grandesign]
#7463134 - 09/28/07 05:21 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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all the best of luck to ya bro,! just remeber to be as sterile as possible!! its one of the most important step in growing shroomies
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OK cool, thanks Ive got my fingers crossed, ill be as sterile as poss I'm hope-full and determined
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Re: attempt two begins [Re: grandesign]
#7463536 - 09/28/07 09:29 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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cool ive just inoculated my my last 3 glasses all went to plan got a real steady temp in my cupboard now. this batch were a bit moister than the last so its a experiment in itself to see which batch does what got them dated so i dont forget cos i would lol here a couple of pics showing my cupboard and and ft along with newly jabbed glasses now i wait 


can you see the difference in colour from the two batches hope they are ok
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Edited by grandesign (09/28/07 03:08 PM)
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Re: attempt two begins [Re: grandesign]
#7463639 - 09/28/07 10:09 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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cant really see the dfference in colour, is that a fuly colinised jar on the right??
I got the same thermometer as u
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no thats the other jars i done yesterday they are much dryer they have moisture in there but the other has more and thats oh no i did do it slightly different the first one i put the verm then the water then the brf today i put the verm then some water then the brf then i wet it a bit more so thats the colour difference but ill see what grows hte best
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Re: attempt two begins [Re: grandesign]
#7463870 - 09/28/07 11:12 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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They look pretty clumpy and wet to me.
What exactly was your recepie?
I always do 2 part verm, then add 1 part water, THEN add 1 part flour. In that order. It allows the verm to soak up the water, then the flour coats the verm nicely and uniform.
You should move this to the Grow Log section also.
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Re: attempt two begins [Re: aspore]
#7464647 - 09/28/07 03:06 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I measured out a glass that im using a quarter and 3/4 quarters on the glass put 3 times 3/4 glasses of verm then wet the verm down til it was moist then added 3 quarter glasses of brf mixed thoughly and added to 4 glasses which it measured out to but the second batch i done the same except after mixing the brf i added more water to get the consistency i had before i added flour and dryed the mix out so ill see either way what grows best
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Re: attempt two begins [Re: grandesign]
#7464689 - 09/28/07 03:22 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Storing your jars on wood/cardboard isn't a good idea.
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Re: attempt two begins [Re: impeachme2]
#7466684 - 09/29/07 08:59 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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really why is that ??? is it cos contams can come from them ???
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Re: attempt two begins [Re: grandesign]
#7466784 - 09/29/07 09:40 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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yes
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Re: attempt two begins [Re: aspore]
#7466794 - 09/29/07 09:43 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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ok thanks ive done away with the box thanks for your help appreciate it
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Re: attempt two begins [Re: grandesign]
#7468735 - 09/29/07 10:59 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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haha, you will learn so much here man, just don't take anything to offense if we say your f'in up, it's only constructive critisism.:)
Love seeing new growers around here though, let's me know the world is still curious.
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Re: attempt two begins [Re: aspore]
#7469619 - 09/30/07 09:23 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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cool i love it im really dtermined to make this work i just read so much and then get confused sure it will all come clear as i go on though
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Re: attempt two begins [Re: grandesign]
#7469911 - 09/30/07 10:51 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I have been storing my jars on wood/in cardboard for 6 years without problems i call lies to that myth.
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Re: attempt two begins [Re: xaxphaanes]
#7469938 - 09/30/07 10:59 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
xaxphaanes said: I have been storing my jars on wood/in cardboard for 6 years without problems i call lies to that myth.
Yeah, I've always stored mine inside cardboard boxes, on a wood shelf... No problems.
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Re: attempt two begins [Re: LazyCrash]
#7470008 - 09/30/07 11:19 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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as it happens i didn mention that i sprayed the boxes with detol anyway but sat on a box or not its not important i have a sready temp of 78 f not c lol on a slightly different note im finding it all very confusing and the more i read the worse its getting after someone said pf tek aint whats it cracked up to be but can be made easier using lc can i ask anyone reading if using grain is a stronger better substrate than brf ???
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Edited by grandesign (10/01/07 05:58 AM)
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Re: attempt two begins [Re: grandesign]
#7472976 - 10/01/07 06:11 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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So my jars have been incubating at just under 80 f now for 3 and 4 days now im trying not too look at the jars only keeping check on the thermometer that said i looked today and the first batch looks dry and floury and the second a little wet so it could work out anyway i made them both a little different cos the first batch looked dry so added slightly more water on the second lot also i had to interupt the pc for a top up on the first but got the full 90 mins on the second due to a adjustment so both lots of glasses has been done differently im just going to order some more spores to make a lc
a question for anyone who knows is, is it neccesary to used distilled water for the lc or can i use boiled tap water or even just mineral water ???? appreciate any answers
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Re: attempt two begins [Re: grandesign]
#7473018 - 10/01/07 06:57 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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90 minutes!!! at 15 psi an hour should be plenty for brf. sure everything will be fine, check back on ur jars in another 3 days and u should see some growth by then 
while u wait , why not start an lc culture. Then knock up some jars with that, and u will be amazed at how fast they grow from an lc. My first lc colinised fully in about just over a week !!!!
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ok cool im planning on ordering some spores soon was gonna order some today but after 3pm i wont get them on tommorows post and im back to work on wednesday so wont have anyone to collect the syringe till monday on my girlfriends day off so can only order on a sat to receive on the monday !! im going to follow the blutjagger/agar tek with the baby bottles ,, im not sure but i think i read somewhere that you can put mycelium into a lc is this true ?? say you had a cake that didn fully colonise or say you sacrafise a cake? also veda i notice you use grains are they stronger than brf as in make better substrate?
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