Sgt. Floyd
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I read over at the shroomery that contams can grow faster than the mycelium at higher temps increasing the chance of contamination. My PF jars did fine in a room that dropped to the mid sixties at night.
Golden Teacher PF tek, Mono Tek grow
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justparanoid
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man i bought some hpoo for a cube grow, but it turned out to be straw like hpoo which makes me think i am screwed. Can i do something to this to make it more usable? there is no ammonia smell at all.
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justparanoid
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I believe its over a month old, no ammonia at all so id say thats a good estimate.
I will follow RR's videos on horse manure, verm and gypsum. bring them to field capacity then mix them up. then jar and pasteurize it at 160F for one hour. I'll take that and layer it with innoculated rye berries. wait for that to 100% colonize under foil then add a casing layer to it and fruit it. if i have my info correct, that will support all the cubes i have selected to grow.
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I will follow RR's videos on horse manure, verm and gypsum. bring them to field capacity then mix them up. then jar and pasteurize it at 160F for one hour. I'll take that and layer it with innoculated rye berries. wait for that to 100% colonize under foil then add a casing layer to it and fruit it. if i have my info correct, that will support all the cubes i have selected to grow.
JP
justparanoid
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Holy horse shit batman, i just did the math and unless im way off the bulk hpoo mix takes 12 pounds of horse poo.
Anyone have a slighty smaller tek? i only have two pounds of hpoo currently
JP
Anyone have a slighty smaller tek? i only have two pounds of hpoo currently
JP
justparanoid
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Instead of messing with scaling a recipie down i just ordered 10 lbs more of the horse poo. that will bring me to 12 pounds or 7 quarts to use.
Problem solved.. for now
JP
P.S. i checked my jars today but nothing at all is going on. I hope it was a valid syringe from spores101.com. Ill wait 8 more days before i start to freak i suppose.
Problem solved.. for now
JP
P.S. i checked my jars today but nothing at all is going on. I hope it was a valid syringe from spores101.com. Ill wait 8 more days before i start to freak i suppose.
choempi
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Crumble up the poo and measure it in dry quarts to see how much you have, then just adjust the mix to the number of hpoo quarts you have. That poo you got looks perfect JP.
Holes in the bottom of the tub is just simple over kill. The perlite will humidify through side holes, holes on the bottom just dry out the tub faster.
choempi
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You make LC?
justparanoid
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No i should have, but these were spore syringe i used so i guess it takes a while longer to show signs of life (i hope)
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choempi
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I would maybe worry after 2 or 3 weeks, no sign by then most likely the jar will never finish, even if it does show a start.
justparanoid
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How long should it take to show some signs of life? Its only been like 4-5 days at most so I'm thinking im just trying to rush things.
Did you start with syringes or prints?
JP
Did you start with syringes or prints?
JP
choempi
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I would maybe worry after 2 or 3 weeks, no sign by then most likely the jar will never finish, even if it does show a start. I started with MS syringes.
justparanoid
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Ok cool ill just chill and hope they do their thing.
I am super stoked to get into this hobby. so much to learn and try.
JP
I am super stoked to get into this hobby. so much to learn and try.
JP
DarthD3vl
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some can be real slow, but you shouyld see someting in probably first 15 days
my pf classic strain colonized very slow took nearly two months to colonize completly. well like 6 or 7 weeks.. thats along time but the strain says its suposed to take that long... they were pretty good though, most vivid OEV i've got from mushrooms after about 7 grams dried
justparanoid
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finally one jar has a small spot of myc forming. hopefully all will continue to do the same. only thing i did was remove them from the incubator and place them on a shelf. The fresh air must have done some good.
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choempi
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You took off the tinfoil, right?
justparanoid
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yup took it off when i knocked up the jars but had them in a tote which doesnt seem to be a good idea.
So they are out in the open now and i noticed a second jar with a small bit of MYC growing.
It just takes time and fresh air i guess.
JP
So they are out in the open now and i noticed a second jar with a small bit of MYC growing.
It just takes time and fresh air i guess.
JP
choempi
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At this stage it is ge (gas exchange) not fae (fresh air exchange), the jars just need to offload co2, no fanning or air movement is needed. Temps as close to 80* as possible. Not much higher due to the myc giving off a bit of heat itself.