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I had to make some new LC and decided I would share my method. Honey is a bit tricky to use as it caramelizes pretty easy, but this is the only additive I have had success with. With some caution during heat exposure I get pretty good LC jars without any sedimentation. I have used fructose, but the mycelium grew weak. So here it is. The material you will need: Organic Honey 20 ml syringe Mineral water 500 ml jars something to measure the amount of water used Proper jar lids (Jar lid with silicon injection port and polyfil filter (Tek) ) Step 1 Put some honey in a cup. My honey is very pure and I had to melt it down on a water bat. Don't use microwave as the honey will boil in just few seconds and you will have sedimentation, from crystals forming during the boiling. This is what it should look like, when ready for use: Step 2 Take 11 ml of honey with a syringe. Step 3 Use mineral water and measure 250 ml of it. Don't use tap water as it might be chemically treated. Tap water is being cleaned out of bacteria and fungi and it has additives to prevent them from contaminating it. You want exactly the opposite. You want fungi mycelium to grow in this water. Also mineral water carries its own energy. Step 4 Mix the water and the honey in a 500 ml jar. If you use different amounts of water the ratio you are aiming at is 4 ml of honey per 100 ml of water (around 4 % honey solution). I warm the jars in a water bat to completely dissolve the honey. Step 5 Put the lid on. I use lids with an air port and a self healing silicon injection port. They are pretty easy to make and provide real good air exchange as well as very good sealing after inoculation. Soon I will have to make some more and I will post a pictorial. EDIT: Here is the tek. Jar lid with silicon injection port and polyfil filter (Tek) Step 6 Pressure cook your jars. First ensure they don't touch the bottom or the sides of the pressure cooker as the worm up and too high temperatures cause crystalisation. I use an old metal box to raise the jars above the bottom. Be creative. I put one layer of aluminum foil and PC for 15 minutes. Every 5 minutes I check the PC to see if it is boiling. When it starts boiling I turn down the heat and measure 15 minutes from that moment. Edited by Estario (12/28/09 12:24 AM)
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