Home | Community | Message Board


This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: North Spore Injection Grain Bag   Myyco.com Isolated Cubensis Liquid Culture For Sale   PhytoExtractum Maeng Da Thai Kratom Leaf Powder   Left Coast Kratom Buy Kratom Extract   Mushroom-Hut Substrate Bags

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
Offlinenewscrash
Stranger
Registered: 10/27/08
Posts: 11
Last seen: 15 years, 30 days
Colonizing question
    #9149873 - 10/28/08 06:05 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

Im a noob so bear with me.
Should the holes on the jar lids be taped while the cakes are colonizing? Do the jars need humidity while colonizing?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineHybridprX
Biodegrader of coir
Male User Gallery


Registered: 01/29/08
Posts: 2,588
Loc: Canada Flag
Last seen: 6 years, 6 months
Re: Colonizing question [Re: newscrash]
    #9149926 - 10/28/08 06:12 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

Cakes do not require humidity, you want to keep the environment you have them in as dry as possible.

If you inoculate through tinfoil then you can either tape off the holes with micro pore tape or just add another layer of foil over top of that one or leave the inoculation sites un-covered and pray the dry verm layer catches any contaminates that may land on it.


--------------------

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleLibertycapper
Doctor Banner
 User Gallery


Registered: 11/13/04
Posts: 688
Loc: British Columbia Flag
Re: Colonizing question [Re: newscrash]
    #9149939 - 10/28/08 06:15 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

a little searching on this site will answer more than just these questions but I know we sometimes get lazy so...you do not need to tape the jars while they are colonizing. they do not require humidity until they are "birthed" from the jars when you should dunk them. The cakes will colonize quickly at 82 degrees and there is less chance of contams at this temp that at temps much higher than this.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineBrainChemistry
Captain Obvious
 User Gallery


Registered: 06/19/07
Posts: 3,657
Loc: Mountains of N. America Flag
Last seen: 10 years, 2 months
Re: Colonizing question [Re: newscrash]
    #9149940 - 10/28/08 06:15 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

Yes and Yes.

The spores need humidity to colonize, but that humidity is provided from you soaking your grain (or flour, whatev). After you make your inoculation hole, make sure you use some sort of filter (come ones are tyvek, micropore tape, cotton swabs) to prevent contamination. I recently did 20 jars using alcohol swabs and band-aids as the filter, and I only had 1 contaminated jar.

Other than that, the jar is self-sustaining. Don't open it till its 100% colonized. :thumbup:


--------------------
Word to your mom.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinenewscrash
Stranger
Registered: 10/27/08
Posts: 11
Last seen: 15 years, 30 days
Re: Colonizing question [Re: HybridprX]
    #9149943 - 10/28/08 06:15 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

so the cakes don't need any air exchange while colonizing?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleLibertycapper
Doctor Banner
 User Gallery


Registered: 11/13/04
Posts: 688
Loc: British Columbia Flag
Re: Colonizing question [Re: BrainChemistry]
    #9149955 - 10/28/08 06:16 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

Quote:

BrainChemistry said:
Yes and Yes.

The spores need humidity to colonize, but that humidity is provided from you soaking your grain (or flour, whatev). After you make your inoculation hole, make sure you use some sort of filter (come ones are tyvek, micropore tape, cotton swabs) to prevent contamination. I recently did 20 jars using alcohol swabs and band-aids as the filter, and I only had 1 contaminated jar.

Other than that, the jar is self-sustaining. Don't open it till its 100% colonized. :thumbup:





in my world one contaminated jar is one too many!!!!!!

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineBrainChemistry
Captain Obvious
 User Gallery


Registered: 06/19/07
Posts: 3,657
Loc: Mountains of N. America Flag
Last seen: 10 years, 2 months
Re: Colonizing question [Re: Libertycapper]
    #9149971 - 10/28/08 06:18 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

Quote:

Libertycapper said:
Quote:

BrainChemistry said:
Yes and Yes.

The spores need humidity to colonize, but that humidity is provided from you soaking your grain (or flour, whatev). After you make your inoculation hole, make sure you use some sort of filter (come ones are tyvek, micropore tape, cotton swabs) to prevent contamination. I recently did 20 jars using alcohol swabs and band-aids as the filter, and I only had 1 contaminated jar.

Other than that, the jar is self-sustaining. Don't open it till its 100% colonized. :thumbup:





in my world one contaminated jar is one too many!!!!!!




I'm still actually not sure if its even contaminated...it just looks like a bunch of white fuzz. Possibly cobweb mold. But theres some rhizo's in spots too. I just decided better safe than sorry and didnt spawn it.


--------------------
Word to your mom.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineBrainChemistry
Captain Obvious
 User Gallery


Registered: 06/19/07
Posts: 3,657
Loc: Mountains of N. America Flag
Last seen: 10 years, 2 months
Re: Colonizing question [Re: newscrash]
    #9149975 - 10/28/08 06:19 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

Quote:

newscrash said:
so the cakes don't need any air exchange while colonizing?




They do, thats why you filter your holes, not cover them completely.


--------------------
Word to your mom.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleLibertycapper
Doctor Banner
 User Gallery


Registered: 11/13/04
Posts: 688
Loc: British Columbia Flag
Re: Colonizing question [Re: BrainChemistry]
    #9150019 - 10/28/08 06:27 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

ive never covered my holes, but i do use a dry vermiculite layer and i have them colonizing in a retro-fitted beer fridge with a 7w light for the heat. whatever u do, good luck!

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleLibertycapper
Doctor Banner
 User Gallery


Registered: 11/13/04
Posts: 688
Loc: British Columbia Flag
Re: Colonizing question [Re: Libertycapper]
    #9150034 - 10/28/08 06:32 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

Like so.....


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: North Spore Injection Grain Bag   Myyco.com Isolated Cubensis Liquid Culture For Sale   PhytoExtractum Maeng Da Thai Kratom Leaf Powder   Left Coast Kratom Buy Kratom Extract   Mushroom-Hut Substrate Bags


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Re: Sterilizing & Colonization questions? - a few details needed Psilowarrior 968 2 12/13/99 02:39 PM
by shane67
* vermiculite colonization question fluffy 1,151 2 01/13/02 11:58 PM
by Under_net
* Jar colonize question? Anonymous 1,879 2 03/25/02 03:54 PM
by Anonymous
* First timer, substrate cake colonization question parsonsproject 1,452 2 12/04/01 09:59 PM
by pl151
* Hippie Tek colonization question Absolut 4,623 18 02/24/15 08:33 AM
by mushpunx
* Colonization Question Psilotor 788 3 10/22/01 11:54 AM
by puscle
* Casing colonization question. Brugman 1,201 3 10/24/01 02:36 PM
by puscle
* substrate colonization question Snobrdr311 2,856 15 10/30/01 12:28 PM
by Everlast

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Shroomism, george castanza, RogerRabbit, veggie, mushboy, fahtster, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a
533 topic views. 30 members, 129 guests and 129 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2024 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.031 seconds spending 0.01 seconds on 14 queries.