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Aluminum foil still on top of my lids
    #7980955 - 02/04/08 11:45 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

I used the brf method and I've been incubating for around 3 weeks now. Waiting for the bottom to finish, but here's the question.

I've been doing some reading and I've read the I should have taken off the foil after inoculation. Should I take them off now? The foil is covering the actual lids which have holes on the top. Will it be safe to take off the foil? I'm assuming yes because the dry verm layer is suppose to keep air born contams out or something.

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Re: Aluminum foil still on top of my lids [Re: chilibow]
    #7980968 - 02/04/08 11:50 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

as long as the top half is colonized your fine.


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Re: Aluminum foil still on top of my lids [Re: TheShroomJew23]
    #7980996 - 02/04/08 11:58 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

will taking the foil off help finish colonization?


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Re: Aluminum foil still on top of my lids [Re: chilibow]
    #7981062 - 02/05/08 12:12 AM (15 years, 11 months ago)

TAKE THE FOIL OFF YOU'LL STALL THE CHILDREN


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Re: Aluminum foil still on top of my lids [Re: dumbfounded1600]
    #7981115 - 02/05/08 12:24 AM (15 years, 11 months ago)

Give your incubator a quick spray burst of lysol or oust, flip the jars upside down and they should be finished within a week.

When the jars slow down/stall like that it's usally from pent up CO2, if they remain stalled, it's a bacteria issue and you'll need to sacrifice one to give it a quick sniff to be certain.

Take care.


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Re: Aluminum foil still on top of my lids [Re: HybridprX]
    #7981124 - 02/05/08 12:27 AM (15 years, 11 months ago)

Bah. Take the foil off. Don't flip. Just let them finish colonizing on their own. If they're pints the bottoms take longer because of substrate compaction and moisture issues generally. And if it's bacterial you'll know. It generally creates a soupy gross mess you can smell through the inoculation ports. My 2 cents.

**Edited. Not 1/2 pints. Sorry, my mind was elsewhere.


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Re: Aluminum foil still on top of my lids [Re: BlargIAmDead]
    #7981695 - 02/05/08 08:15 AM (15 years, 11 months ago)

You shouldn't 'incubate' unless you're raising chickens and trying to hatch the eggs. Remove foil immediately after sterilization. Inoculate and place on an open shelf, not a sealed stale-air tub.

1/2 pint jars should fully colonize in two to three weeks at normal room temperature. Don't turn them upside down because it disturbs the vermiculite filter and can allow contaminants into your jars.
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Re: Aluminum foil still on top of my lids [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #7982184 - 02/05/08 11:00 AM (15 years, 11 months ago)

I left my foil on 2 weeks and it stalled the germination for a whole month. I did a different set and didn't even use foil (used micropore only) and they started colonizing in 1 week, I think foil should be removed from the entire tek its unnecessary.


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Re: Aluminum foil still on top of my lids [Re: Serial]
    #7982327 - 02/05/08 11:36 AM (15 years, 11 months ago)

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I left my foil on 2 weeks and it stalled the germination for a whole month. I did a different set and didn't even use foil (used micropore only) and they started colonizing in 1 week, I think foil should be removed from the entire tek its unnecessary.




When PCING/BOILING you need foil so it doesn't fuck up your water content


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Re: Aluminum foil still on top of my lids [Re: dumbfounded1600]
    #7982615 - 02/05/08 01:06 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

IMO foil compounds the problem, everytime I PC with foil there's a pool of water on top of the jars from cought rising water.

Instead I start with a little less water in my mixture and screw down a tyvek cover. It seems to work well.


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Re: Aluminum foil still on top of my lids [Re: Serial]
    #7983241 - 02/05/08 04:17 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

Even Out the Foil and your problem is solved.


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Re: Aluminum foil still on top of my lids [Re: dumbfounded1600]
    #7983738 - 02/05/08 06:15 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

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Even Out the Foil and your problem is solved.




Not related to what I'm talking about


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