All things shrooms

[tobh]

I read that as forum sperm bank

Idk haha

We could do that too lol

 

[Aqua Man]

I'll take a print if you manage to get em. PE is notoriously finicky about dropping spores.

I have a large variety I'll take prints of once I get fruit bodies, would be happy to contribute to a forum spore bank.

Yeah im gonna do swabs for that reason bro. When i send em i will send like 10 or ao to ensure you get some viable spores

 

[Observer]

That above, I was referring strictly to the "veg" stage, if that clarifies.

Lid is " finger - tight" and not cimpetelyt sealed.

is that good enough for colonization? or

 

[tobh]

It's worth mentioning that with swabs, and prints, anyone looking to use them best start on agar. Assuming the swabs are sterile is a surefire way to end up with contaminated jars.

End of disclaimer

 

[Aqua Man]

It's worth mentioning that with swabs, and prints, anyone looking to use them best start on agar. Assuming the swabs are sterile is a surefire way to end up with contaminated jars.

End of disclaimer

100% the only way without agar is to run a contaminated box to hopefully get a shroom to clone and even then you want to clone to agar.

 

[tobh]

Shit, I'll send you some agar plates too @Observer. I'm mixing up another batch now and will be pouring in a few hours.

 

[Aqua Man]

1 tip also is ALWAYS wear a face mask… especially with a still air box because your breathing right into it at that level.

I spray the entire inside and everything i put in it with 70% isopropyl and then comeback in 20-30 min to do my work

 

[tobh]

1 tip also is ALWAYS wear a face mask… especially with a still air box because your breathing right into it at that level.

I spray the entire inside and everything i put in it with 70% isopropyl and then comeback in 20-30 min to do my work

This, but also I keep a spray bottle with water and a few drops of dish soap inside the SAB and keep everything wet. A damp towel on the bottom, and some kind of platform to get your work materials a couple inches off the bottom of the box.

The idea is that you're going to be causing turbulence in the air -- let whatever is floating stick to the walls. When it falls to the floor of the SAB it gets stuck to the towel.

 

[Aqua Man]

Tomorrow ill get pics of the drying racks i built… work awesome. 4 days to dry these fat stalks…. No heat to degrade them. Cheap and easy. Thanks to willy myco’s vid.

 

[Aqua Man]

This, but also I keep a spray bottle with water and a few drops of dish soap inside the SAB and keep everything wet. A damp towel on the bottom, and some kind of platform to get your work materials a couple inches off the bottom of the box.

Yeah i use paper towel sprayed with iso

 

[Observer]

1 tip also is ALWAYS wear a face mask… especially with a still air box because your breathing right into it at that level.

I spray the entire inside and everything i put in it with 70% isopropyl and then comeback in 20-30 min to do my work

my tote would sit upside down on the counter and hang off the edge, id work from under it putting my hands up into it

mask, good idea to have around

 

[Aqua Man]

my tote would sit upside down on the counter and hang off the edge, id work from under it putting my hands up into it

I use a big tub that i took 4” ducting adapter and heated then just melted through… the lid is the base. Ill grab a pic for ya

 

[Aqua Man]

Ok the SAB.

 

[Aqua Man]

The drying rack is just 1x3’s 20”x20” with cheap window screen and a 20” box fan on top…. Forced evaporation ftw. If these were golden teachers they would be dry in 24/48 hrs. This is done in my basement and its pretty cold down there so its even slower than if at room temp…. None the less 4 days and you can do pounds at a time.

As you can see they stack so you can do as many as you want to fit your needs. I started with 4.

 

[Observer]

sweet

The drying rack is just 1x3’s 20”x20” with cheap window screen and a 20” box fan on top…. Forced evaporation ftw. If these were golden teachers they would be dry in 24/48 hrs. This is done in my basement and its pretty cold down there so its even slower than if at room temp…. None the less 4 days and you can do pounds at a time.

As you can see they stack so you can do as many as you want to fit your needs. I started with 4.
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Sweeet

simple.

 

[Aqua Man]

Locked and loaded. Shrooms kickin in… yup they gonna be good.

 

[tobh]

500ml water
10g agar
10g light malt extract

I always weigh a tiny bit extra malt extract because that shit is hydroscopic and gets chunky and sticky anywhere near water. Need to find a better vessel to weigh it in.

Stir until thoroughly dissolved then it goes into the PC for 20 minutes at 15 psi.

 

[Observer]

500ml water
10g agar
10g light malt extract

I always weigh a tiny bit extra malt extract because that shit is hydroscopic and gets chunky and sticky anywhere near water. Need to find a better vessel to weigh it in.

Stir until thoroughly dissolved then it goes into the PC for 20 minutes at 15 psi.
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and thats how you make "agar, plates" ?

and its nutritional enough to colonize, transfer a colony to bulk something ?

cool.

 

[Observer]

Locked and loaded. Shrooms kickin in… yup they gonna be good.

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Noice.

im jelly, itching for some tea; its been too long now.

 

[Aqua Man]

and thats how you make "agar, plates" ?

and its nutritional enough to colonize, transfer a colony to bulk something ?

cool.

To spawn then bulk

 

[Zen_seeker]

Yeah the only heavy metals will come from the catch pan and they are usually plastic or coated. Should be dam near 0 ppm if its clean

I use mine for watering. Just make sure the plastic pale is clean.

 

[Observer]

Shit, I'll send you some agar plates too @Observer. I'm mixing up another batch now and will be pouring in a few hours.

fuck yea.

i gotta get one of those stirrer things lol

 

[Zen_seeker]

Im still using poly lol

By poly ploy FIL you guys me dap or caulk?

Polyfil to me is like plaster for patches.

 

[Aqua Man]

fuck yea.

i gotta get one of those stirrer things lol

Cheap af and handy af

 

[Aqua Man]

By poly ploy FIL you guys me dap or caulk?

Polyfil to me is like plaster for patches.

Pillow and quilt stuffing 100% polyester

 

[Zen_seeker]

1 tip also is ALWAYS wear a face mask… especially with a still air box because your breathing right into it at that level.

I spray the entire inside and everything i put in it with 70% isopropyl and then comeback in 20-30 min to do my work

Any home vids of your process?

 

[Zen_seeker]

The drying rack is just 1x3’s 20”x20” with cheap window screen and a 20” box fan on top…. Forced evaporation ftw. If these were golden teachers they would be dry in 24/48 hrs. This is done in my basement and its pretty cold down there so its even slower than if at room temp…. None the less 4 days and you can do pounds at a time.

As you can see they stack so you can do as many as you want to fit your needs. I started with 4.
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Best to get the fan first or is it pretty much standard size?

 

[Stoneyluv]

i gotta read through this thread more, you guys got your stuff together!!!! i don't have a lot of experience with mushrooms but enough to make all the worst mistakes sometimes.. i only pick it up once every couple years so i gotta relearn some of the tech.

i used to just grow brf cakes but the last few times i did bulk mono tubs and i also tried some of those bags to grow some lion's mane in. i really liked the bags over the jars and want to try those again.

you guys are really inspiring!!!!

a pic from years ago...

 

[Observer]

i gotta read through this thread more, you guys got your stuff together!!!! i don't have a lot of experience with mushrooms but enough to make all the worst mistakes sometimes.. i only pick it up once every couple years so i gotta relearn some of the tech.

i used to just grow brf cakes but the last few times i did bulk mono tubs and i also tried some of those bags to grow some lion's mane in. i really liked the bags over the jars and want to try those again.

you guys are really inspiring!!!!

a pic from years ago...

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thats fuckin cool.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Pillow and quilt stuffing 100% polyester

Oh, way off. Makes more sense on how it stayed in the holes.

Is cheese cloth or gauze good? Anything from hospital would be sterilized and I can usually get unless special.

Other wise i’ll go Jack the Ripper on a throw pillow. (Hate them anyway. )