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 planbisco
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 Tinly little red ants on my freshly innoculated ja 
#769560 - 07/23/02 06:20 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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A freind of mine just innoculated 12 jars last night. This morning, he found tons of little red ants crawling in and out of three of the jars. We separated the rest of the jars from these three. Has anyone ever encountered anything like this before? Are those three jars done for? Any help would be much appreciated, thanks...
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 Re: Tinly little red ants on my freshly innoculated ja [Re: planbisco]
#769599 - 07/23/02 06:47 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Did the ants wipe their feet?
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 Re: Tinly little red ants on my freshly innoculated ja [Re: planbisco]
#769618 - 07/23/02 07:08 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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YOU CREATED LIFE ! 
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Re: Tinly little red ants on my freshly innoculated ja [Re: planbisco]
#769642 - 07/23/02 07:29 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Spontaneous generation really does happen! 
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Re: Tinly little red ants on my freshly innoculated ja [Re: planbisco]
#769698 - 07/23/02 08:12 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'm definitely a newbie, but it seems to me the ants could have introduced contams. After segregating those jars did you notice any more ants? Can you put them where the ants can't go, or (should you?) seal the jars in something?
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Re: Tinly little red ants on my freshly innoculated ja [Re: planbisco]
#769712 - 07/23/02 08:20 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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You say the ants made it into the jars. Why not seal the holes in the lid with tape to prevent them from infiltrating your substrate and then eradicate the ants using conventional means.
The jars already invaded by the ants may or may not be contaminated. Just keep a close watch for anything out of the ordinary and tape those holes ASAP.
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Re: Tinly little red ants on my freshly innoculated ja [Re: planbisco]
#769753 - 07/23/02 08:44 AM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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crap you created life... maybe some new life forms... But, hrm, they might be contaminated. Just watch them and see if anything funny happens. If you see contams then toss 'em.
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Re: Tinly little red ants on my freshly innoculated ja [Re: cdlove69]
#769769 - 07/23/02 08:55 AM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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Beware they wil EAT YOU IN YOUR SLEEP!! 
Did you put tin foil over the jars in the incubator? I cant understand why/how ants would get into the jars?
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Re: Tinly little red ants on my freshly innoculated ja [Re: Fd3000]
#769790 - 07/23/02 09:09 AM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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Some ants actualy cultivate fungi & harvest the Myc they grow as a food source.
Sets the mind to wandering into the unkowns.............LOL
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Re: Tinly little red ants on my freshly innoculated ja [Re: SixTango]
#769819 - 07/23/02 09:20 AM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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Product idea for vendors: P. cubensis Ant Farm.
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Re: Tinly little red ants on my freshly innoculated ja [Re: Che_Night_Soil]
#770439 - 07/23/02 01:27 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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That's exactly what I need! A colony of little workers that just make shrooms for me all day long! I don't even have to pay them!!!
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Re: Tinly little red ants on my freshly innoculate [Re: thaikoh]
#771001 - 07/23/02 05:21 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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i'll start my marketing plan for the little buildings that go into the farm tommorro.
the problem i see is all the coke you will have fed the ants to keep up production and reduce their consumtion of our stuff. oh and unions are always a bitch
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Re: Tinly little red ants on my freshly innoculate [Re: midas]
#771257 - 07/23/02 07:11 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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Where to get autoclavable ants?
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Re: Tinly little red ants on my freshly innoculate [Re: midas]
#771261 - 07/23/02 07:14 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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I got ants in my honey water jars, they did not contaminate my jar. They were sitting in the jars for days, and still the mycelium stayed fluffy, healthy and white! I used that jar to innoculate my outdoor patch...
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Re: Tinly little red ants on my freshly innoculate [Re: Mycelium]
#771859 - 07/23/02 10:54 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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Did you think about following the ants, to see where they were going? If it was to a Rave, they might be PARTY ANTS & know whats happening, when & where.
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