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Cyco
Shroom Dwarf


Registered: 07/28/08
Posts: 4
Loc: Spore Galaxy
Last seen: 16 years, 4 months
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"A little Grow Log" My first Grow
#8691949 - 07/28/08 11:16 AM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Hi everyone 
Well, this is my First post and my first Growth. I read now about 2 Months here on the Shroomery and found it was time to give something back, after reading all the Guides / Teks and Grow-logs out there. So thanks for all those who share there Wisdom with us Newbies and help finding new/better ways growing and participate in this Community. I try to keep it as detailed as possible so maybe other First-Timer can get idea on Cultivating, Here we go...
Strain: Cambodia (None Sponsor Syringe)
Notes on my Sterilization Methods
Used my Bath for inoculation, cleaned it out and sprayed/Wiped the hell out of it with disinfect alcohol Solution (75%) and Peroxide/Water (3% 1:10 with Water) Got a pack of Latex Gloves and Face Masks, and a lighter Size gas burner for Needle sterilization. Couldn't find a alcohol lamp and does its job properly. ! I Recommend wiping the needle of with alcohol before injecting, cause in think i „cooked“ at least 30% of my Spore Solution cuz the needle wasn't cool enough! Sterilized the Needle after every Jar.
Sterilization got fucked up, PC´ed for 45 Min's but cuz this damn Thing is like 20 Years old i didn't manage to get pressure on it, so the Jars were just steamed and not nearly at 10 psi. But it looks it still worked for me on most of my Jars.
No Using of Peroxide in my FC or Sterilized/Baked Geo-lite, just out of the bag (same with the Verm for rolling)
07.07.08
Inoculated 8 Jars 240ml with Verm(fine) – BRF Tried to keep as close to the PF-For Simple Minds Tek as possible
Tried several Lid Types for finding the fastest Grow.
A 4 Jars - Double Tin Foil Layer , like shown in PF-Tek for Simple Minds B 2 Jars - Lid with 4 holes + Tin Foil C 2 Jars – Just the Lid with holes
Placed them in a Incubator, 2 Plastic Tubes with Water and a Fish-heater and covered with a Clean Towel, placed in the closet. (27°C)
15.07.08
First Signs of growth in my 2 „Lid Only“ Jars
16.07.08
I removed the second Foil Layer from all my Jars (after i read from the dry Verm Contamination barrier and the Air exchange thing ;D )
First Myc in my „Foil Only“ Jars , Myc looks good and no signs of a Contam. strong Rhizomorph on all Jars
17.07.08
3 Jars still no Growth (2 A Jars, 1 B Jar)
20.07.08
4 Jars ~ 50% Colonized

 2 Jars ~ 10% Colonized
2 Jars no Growth (Started my Grow-log for personal Use Offline, didn't manage to find what type of Lid this Jars were)
23.07.08
1 Jars 90% Colonized
3 Jars 50% Colonized
4 Jars 30% or less ...
1 still no Growth (Actually i looked after my Jars every Day with Gloves and Face-mask, maybe this added a bit of air-exchange in my Incubator and speed up growth more, if i didn't needed to do this stealth i would set it on top of my closet)
25.07.08
1 Jars 100% reached at the early Morning
3 Jars 80 %
3 Jars range from about 10% - 60%
1 Jar still no Growth (cant smell anything and no visible Contam)
26.07.08
Birthed my first Jar after Dunked (6h at Room temp) and Rolled in fine Verm and placed on a metal Computer PC Dirt Filter
 to prevent it from touching the Geo-lite. Wiped and Sprayed the Hell out of my FC and the metal Filter. Before filling it.
[ Testrunned the FC at my Incubation Phase and could reach constant 98% Rh ,if i can trust my 5 buck Hygrometer ]
My FC is a Shotgun-Tek like Container with about 4cm of Geo-lite like stuff and the Ground and holes on all 6 Sides. Needed to Cut something out from the Lid cause it wasn´t see trough, and taped some clear foil in to the lid to get Light from above. Set it in front of my Window on another Roll container to move it around and stay away from the direct Sunlight and the „dirty“ ground :P

 Don't know about the temps at my Room but its pretty hot the last Days since birthing, probably about 30°C and not much cooler in here but cuz i live under the roof the Temps are pretty constant even at night Q Q

 Leave a Fan running the most time in my room and the Windows open 16h a Day so stale Air shouldn't be a problem with FAE
I re-calibrated the Hygro before birth, it reads 95% Rh constantly but i don't trust that thing anymore.
I try to Fan at least 5 Times per Day and Mist every second FAE or when i leave to work/come home. I try to manage to get rid of the Water on the Walls of my FC after Misting...so if it doesn´t evaporate till next FAE i stop misting till its nearly gone.
28.07.08
Some of the Verm Layer fell of my Cake (think i rolled a bit to heavy) and it looks like the Myc started growing again building little spikes between the Verm, maybe wanna-be knots?
The Cake Smells Godly, i first thought the sweet smell was caused by some contam but after i went to the woods at the WE, i know can sleep better after noticing it does smell like mentioned in other posts, best part of Fanning is taking a big breath out of my FC ;D
And some Pics of my other Jars 2 of them are a few days from complete colonization.



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Ordered some new Syringes (Koh Samui, Amazonia, B+ ,Mexicana and Burma) and some medium Verm and more BRF from a Sponsor. I will use the fine Verm only for the dry Layer and rolling and take the medium for the actual Substrate mix, cause my actual Jars look kind of wet/packed and maybe this slows the Colonization. Plan to try a Honey LC and a Simple Casing with Coir on my next Growths but that will take a few weeks, and have to wait after I moved my home and managed all the other stuff. Just need some more Jars now... but no money left. LoL
I leave on 04.08 for 5 Days and move in another City a week later so i will try to get something out of that Cake no matter what it takes XD.
Any Comments / Advices / Questions greatly appreciated. (
Edited by Cyco (07/29/08 11:30 AM)
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dstark
Manifesting Minds



Registered: 02/27/08
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Re: "A little Grow Log" My first Grow [Re: Cyco]
#8691976 - 07/28/08 11:29 AM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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First of all GOOD-JOB! for the first grow that sounds great 
Did you try smelling the uncolonized jar? opening adn smelling? O.o you might have wet spot contam :P
The reason the casing layer falls in my opinion cause you mist to much :P
Did you wait a week after fully colonization of your jars? :O
Well you have done good work so far
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King Koopa
Mr. Hit Dat Hoe


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Re: "A little Grow Log" My first Grow [Re: Cyco]
#8691984 - 07/28/08 11:33 AM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Nice log, what size containers you used.
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aspore
myconaut



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Re: "A little Grow Log" My first Grow [Re: dstark]
#8691988 - 07/28/08 11:35 AM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Good job, It sounds like you got it down. Are you gonna case the cakes in the future? I would suggest so.
Also, you might think about going with something more advanced. I noticed it took about 15 days or so for your Jar to get 100%. You might get better luck from grains, or you might get more bulk for the same amount of time/energy. Just a thought.
Keep up the good work!
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Cyco
Shroom Dwarf


Registered: 07/28/08
Posts: 4
Loc: Spore Galaxy
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Re: "A little Grow Log" My first Grow [Re: aspore]
#8692019 - 07/28/08 11:48 AM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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WoW , fast replies 
I put them 1 day after full colonization into my FC, i think with those small Jars it should be okay, while "washing" them before and after dunking i didn't notice any uncolonized substrate aside from the dry verm layer.
Well for the smelling...I'm scared from opening them and i cant smell anything just trough the little injection holes , one of the Jars that almost took 2 weeks for showing growth of myc (i hope at least) colonized finally so i will probably toss the uncolonized Jar out maybe there will be some nice outdoor growth the weather would be perfect at the moment 
Yeah ill try some casings next time with the cakes and maybe some other substrates if i find the time and cash 
Edit: Size of my FC
H 36cm x W 38cm x L 55cm 14 inch x 15inch x 22inch
Edited by Cyco (07/28/08 01:52 PM)
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dstark
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Re: "A little Grow Log" My first Grow [Re: Cyco]
#8692062 - 07/28/08 11:57 AM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Well you had to wait atleast 4 days :P you will wait them anyway weather your cackes in jar or in your fruiting chamber
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kiyote
Apprentice Grower



Registered: 07/08/08
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Loc: Near Chicago
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Re: "A little Grow Log" My first Grow [Re: dstark]
#8692325 - 07/28/08 12:54 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Sweet! Good luck mate!
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Cyco
Shroom Dwarf


Registered: 07/28/08
Posts: 4
Loc: Spore Galaxy
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Re: "A little Grow Log" My first Grow [Re: kiyote]
#8696974 - 07/29/08 11:29 AM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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#Small update, added some crappy pic´s just for the sake of pictures  I try to get a better cam, to get a few nice Pics if any Progress is in Sight.
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