First Time Shroom Grower PF-Tek

jollygreengiant8

jollygreengiant8

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I will be following PF-Tek for Simple Minds | Fungifun

Materials:
8qt Pressure Cooker
12cc spore syringe
vermiculite
BRF
gloves
rubbing alcohol
aluminum foil
distilled water
Ball widemouth pint jars

in the Tek it says to fill 6 1/2 pint jars use 3.5 cups verm to 1 cup BRF.
how much for 5 1pint jars? 7cups verm to 2cups BRF and discard any leftover?
sorry if this is a dumb question but i cant seem to convert measurements.

i also made a screen for the jars to sit ontop of...its ghetto but it should do.

Pressure cooker will only hold 5 jars, so i was thinking cook 5 and inoculate and something like 2 weeks later start another batch.

I'll be starting this tonight most likely so anything wrong with my plan please help me out.
 

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archangel

archangel

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my verm to brf ratio was 2:1. I dont think your measurement need to be perfect. your wanting 35-37 oz of mix. so id start with 3 cups verm 1.5 cups brf. add water that will be very close
 
archangel

archangel

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i put mine in the pc when the water comes to a boil,then kick the heat to about 25% as long as you have steam coming out you vent valve your good. then cook 2 hours remove HOT jars put jars back into the box they came in a trash bag thats been sprayed down with lysol. 12+ hours later shoot the jars up... then the WAIT....
 
jollygreengiant8

jollygreengiant8

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alright thanks man..i dont want to fuck this up..you think 5 jars is good to start with or do all 10?

i tried to +rep you but i have to spread some around first
 
archangel

archangel

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its alright man, thanks tho... how many jars you have ? if u only have 12 do em all. make your wait worthwhile...
 
jollygreengiant8

jollygreengiant8

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i was thinking that if i started 5 jars, fruit them, flush them.
while the first 5 jars are getting close to birthing, start 5 more jars.
that way, id pick the first and second flush of the first 5 jars and the next 5 jars would be close to birthing, a continuous supply of shrooms.

of course this is saying that i do everything correctly.
 
archangel

archangel

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nice im running 9er-tek now. we'll see if I have better luck with this. everything looks great tho:)
 
Skinflute

Skinflute

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Great Info!!!!
I may have to give this a try, please keep us updated with pics.

Where did you buy your spores and what type?
 
jollygreengiant8

jollygreengiant8

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after 2 hours in the pressure cooker, ive taken it off the fire..can i leave them in there all night and inoculate tomorrow? or should i take them out and put them somewhere until tomorrow?
 
archangel

archangel

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Ive heard both are fine. I remove jars, place in black trashbag filled w/ lysol. I dunno it seems cleaner. Your call
 
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