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Ghost in the Machine Reged: 10/25/09 Posts: 1141 Loc: UK |
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Hey all (and especially fellow budding UK mycologists!) I've been using this awesome site for a month now,since first ordering a complete mycobag kit,studying up to start my own proper grows.As a source of information,this site is invaluable (and pretty damned vibrant entertainment at times too! ![]() But one thing-as all the sponsors seem to be American based,and transatlantic shipping is a tad unfeasable, I spent many an hour pondering online trying to find decent supplies,so,to hopefully spare a few of you a few frustrating hours browsing,here's my list of supplies that I bought. (Note:I'm by no means claiming these are the best or the cheapest available-just that I've had the most success with them,they meet my (moderately stringent) quality standards and they don't break the bank) Firstly,the key item, the pressure cooker. An essential piece of kit-while boiling and steam sterilisation may suffice,nothing beats a good PCing for sterility.This 7L model from Argos is a fair size and quite cheap at £30. Next,your jars. I spent a long time trying to find the ideal jar,then stumbled across these Ikea offerings quite by accident.Varying sizes and volumes,most are straight sided,entirely glass except for a transparent plastic circle on top-perfect,if you ask me. For substrate,my preferred choice is organic rye grain. Cheap,cheerful and the myc seems to love it.I particularly like the rye from this site for it's cleanliness-I've twice had unsterilized rye jars colonise perfectly from this source (not that I'd ever recommend trying unless you want to almost certainly waste spores,but it just goes to show...) I found needles and syringes a bit of a headache-I had no idea where to go and ask for needles without looking like a smack addict,but in the end found this site selling bulk sterile packed syringes with needles. The local Homebase proved great for casing and growing supplies packing WBS,straw and all manner of goodies!However,I just availed myself of the vermiculite and perlite on offer. Lastly,good old eBay proved reliable as ever for incredibly cheap coco coir and gypsum supplies-those I trust you guys can find for yourself! Hopefully,this can help along some of my island-bound brother mycologists and spread the ![]() if anyone has any questions,feel free to PM me-about time I started giving back! Good vibes,all! UPDATE SUPPLY LIST-22nd October 2010 ~And many thanks to the following Shroomerites of Awesomeness for shouldering this thread and providing useful links in my absence!~ Andymc Badman BaseIcks egodeathflux FractalXplora Solarity Tetriana Zodd ...and probably several others I've forgotten! Good peeps, all. ![]() Spores FSRE Sporeworks Pressure cookers Argos 7L 12psi Prestige Argos 6L Large pressure cookers Ebay All American Pressure Canners Aptly named "Big Boy" PCs Substrate Brown Rice Flour BRF 2 Bulk BRF Organic Rye Grain Organic Rye 25kg Manure Coir Straw Jars Ikea Barnitts Mason jars More jars Still more jars Plastic BRF jars plastic containers Kitchen Craft Jars Mason Bell Jars Other essentials Syringes More syringes Still more syringes Yet more syringiness! Stockli Dehydrator Resusable drierite Humydry Moisture Absorber Kilrock desiccant Food dehydrator Vermiculite Perlite Vacutainers More Vacutainers Trays Light dry malt malt & dextrose Accurate hygrometers Culture vials Self sealing lids Spawn bags, Agar, petri dishes, etc plastic autoclave containers Parafilm wrap Sterile swabs Grinder Edited by Ego Questio (10/22/10 11:20 AM)
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