so here we go with pics - Page 2

massbaster · #11 06-08-2008, 07:28 PM

here we go starting on day 14.

got 2 pictures. 1 is of the 5 best. these have full 360 degree inoculation and one has started for the bottom.

the other picture is of my 5 worst. they only have white where i hit them with the needle still and have yet to circumference the jar. but they all still white and growing.

i see pinning which is good.

anyhow, patience young weed smoker.....oops, patience young shroom grower...

p.s. i think because i did not shake syringe between inoculating each jar i have un-even growth. MENTAL NOTE FOR ALL NEW GROWERS!!!

massbaster · #12 06-08-2008, 08:19 PM

here is another picture of the one showing "pinning" as described by the PF TEK recipe.

i hope you can see little "rod-like pins" shooting out looking for more food i would gather.

what a learning exp.

cant wait for my first abort

ToastyBowlDropper · #13 06-08-2008, 09:50 PM

sweet. I really wanna get some shrooms growing eventually, but for now... i will love vicariously through you my friend!

looks great btw. XD im'a stay tuned

massbaster · #14 06-10-2008, 08:14 PM

so i decided to take some pictures today. unfortunately the heat wave and my lack of motivation to vent cool air in to my grow cab has pretty much killed my plants.

oh well, good learning exp. now its time for the killer females.

anyhoo, i took pictures of all of my jars, the five best and the five worst or slowest. on the best ones there is only one picture and the jars are not marked. they are covered completely 360 around with no signs of contamination.

the other five i actually marked 1-4 on each piece of tape on the lids that cover the holes i used to inoculate. i turned then 1/4 turn for each picture staring with the worst or slowest side showing. each picture is labeled and consecutive in nature. they also show no signs of contamination. i hope i have made it past the hard part of this contamination issue.

the point of doing this is to show how poorly i distributed the spores, YET everything seems to be growing. seeing alot more pinning on the on these as opposed to the others, which look like they got massive doses of spores.

at least compared to the others.

SHAKE YOUR SYRINGES BETWEEN JARS

i must have missed that class. but all goes forward more or less.

ahhh, cant wait, at least i have the rebuilding of the grow to keep my occupied until magic time

eps · #15 06-10-2008, 10:05 PM

Nice

. Looks fantastic!

massbaster · #16 06-10-2008, 10:09 PM

thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by eps

Nice

. Looks fantastic!

BongSith8686 · #17 06-10-2008, 11:05 PM

looks great man dont know much about shrooms myself and have never tried them but i REALY want to

also my connect is very shady youre a great inspiration for me tho as i would rather grow them my self than buy em def going to stay tuned on this thread

massbaster · #18 06-11-2008, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by BongSith8686

looks great man dont know much about shrooms myself and have never tried them but i REALY want to

also my connect is very shady youre a great inspiration for me tho as i would rather grow them my self than buy em def going to stay tuned on this thread

i havent been this excited in long time. the hardest part was sweating the mail to come in. just about every site ships regular mail so keep this in mind if ordering. i got 4 needles and sryinges and the box was just small enough to fit in the mailbox. plus i have been workin on these, i still have 3 more different spores to try. kinda went over kill. oh well more for me.

the next hardest part was putting the recipe together. if you have another helper this can go quickly, but alone it took me atleast 2 hours and i still made mistakes.

its not hard per say just more of what i call BS work or setup work.

aside from that, i have my own house wife and 4 cats. i leave the jars in a bucket and try to keep them in a fairly warm area of the house. pretty small setup to hide in a closet if need be.

if have kids, just wait til they go to bed then make everything up and hide,
just need small area to birth them. good for a man/woman town.

anyhow, i just checked them and not much improvement. hard to notice day by day. going away for 4 days and wont see them till i get back. then i update.

wish i had better luck with my plants.

massbaster · #19 06-22-2008, 05:30 PM

its been a few days since my last post and not too muc to report on.

i started these on the monday of the last holiday weekend, memorial day weekend and so far have not seen evidence to birth yet.

it has been 3 weeks now, almost 5 are completely covering the jars and the other 5 are still improving.

i have 1 or 2 jars with a slight brown stain in some areas. not to obvious but you can notice a slight difference in color from the white mycelium.

it only appears in the slower growing jars and i am hoping it is just the rice powder bleeding out a little and mixing with the water because it is not being eaten fast enough by the mycelium? just guessing.

i check shroomery for a listing of know contaminants and some pictures but did not see anything that looked like what i have.

my temps have been low between 65-70f i attribute the slow growth to this, but from what i read it is better to be cooler than to have too much heat.

i recently started to use a small space heater to raise temps for a portion of the day to see if it promote an increase in growth.

heres a picture. the ones that are all white are almost complete. i expect those to be ready for birthing soon and the other 5 should be a couple weeks behind depending on any contaminants.

actually i didnt realize the picture was so good. you can see the difference in color on the top right jar with the number 3 visible. it is looking a little tanish. i am not sure if this is contaminant.

DaCDaC · #20 06-23-2008, 06:41 PM

Nice!! keep us updated with pics!

Nice job. . .I'm jelious! ha

DaCDaC