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PF Tek - foil above or below lid?
    #7635977 - 11/14/07 04:36 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Possibly a stupid question, but one that I do need clarified.
The jars that I have colonized and that are in my incubator, have been prepared in such a way that the tinfoil is below the jar lid, and cap and ring are on top. When I inoculated these jars I had pre-punched 4 holes on the top of the jar cap and punctured through the foil with my spore syringe to get to the substrate. Colonization has began and all looks well.

I have seen this method of having the foil below the lid in other guides, but I have read some posts that say this is not a good method, there is plenty of gas exchange (the same that there would be with or without the foil.

Any input would be great.


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Re: PF Tek - foil above or below lid? [Re: Shroom4u]
    #7636401 - 11/14/07 05:44 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

it dont really matter, as long as you have a layer ABOVE the whole jar to protect it from water seeping in and such.


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Re: PF Tek - foil above or below lid? [Re: galadar]
    #7636470 - 11/14/07 05:51 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

The logic is that if you do not use foil on the outside, only on the inside, that water may enter the jar in the pc and then "pool" inbetween the lid and the foil. When you come to inoculate, you pierce the foil and that water falls in at the same time. Thus, having it in the inside is essentially redundant as you have a lid.


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Re: PF Tek - foil above or below lid? [Re: galadar]
    #7636485 - 11/14/07 05:52 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

The goal of foil on the jars is to:
-stop water from dripping into the jars
-stop water from sloshing into the jars

I've done jars as you have, with ring/lid over the foil, and I've noticed no difference.


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