i just finished the PFTEK recipe for growing mushrooms.

i am about to inject my cambodian spores.

today is day one.

picture one is the jars freshly sterilized and the other pic is of the four strains.

cambodian on the list as well as gulf coast, b+ and creeper

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Good luck!
It's a joy, but just remember to be patient and to always be as sterile as possible.


~Ethno

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sweet...i want to try this so bad. im gonna kick back and watch this happen.
good luck

thanks for the support.

i am really "giddy" like a little girl about this. coould not stop smilling after each jar was made last night.

unfortunatley i made one error. my holes were not big enuff for the needle.
i had to open them a bit with a lobster pick. i dipped it in alcohol and lit it.

hopefully i didnt contaminate anything. i tried to be as sterile as possible.

easily got a dose of spores into each hole of every jar.


i even grabbed an aquarium from my parents before they put it to yard sale.
came with air pump as well.

so i have a terrarium to use when needed.

was a little more work than expected but not bad. 1.25 hours of sterilization in steamer.

2.5 hours cooldown before innoculation.

i expect that by thursday i should be seeing something happeniing.

of course looking at my 4 strain choices, i keep thinking i should have gone with the CREEPER!!!!

makes me think of CREEPER WEED

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five out of 10 jars are showing white cloudy spots in inoculation area.

will post pics when all ten are set, but at the moment they look exactly like the pics in the PFTEK recipe of starting inoculation


by the way i used the maximum fruiting recipe of 1/2cup verm, 1/4cup freshly round BRF, and 1/4 to 1/3 cup of water.


to note that the jars that are moist are first to show signs. not that the others are dry per say but there is a difference between jars and my eye on water level to 1/4 cup every time.

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so i have ten of ten jars started. all show some sign of growth although some more than others.

been almost one full week. things look good. not sure why some have more than others. didnt bother to mark them as i made them. could be spore content, water content. some there hopefully it will catch up to others. good news is only 3 of ten are slow and minimal growth

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day 8

ten of ten running

all white

i know the pic sucks but you can see the white

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so here are the cambodians at day 10.5

all still white and consuming

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They're doing fantastic. Just wait, and don't bring them out into the light too much. Otherwise you get immature pinning. Some colonize faster than others... Like I said, just be patient.

~Ethno

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i actually have not been keeping them out of light per say.

i moved them to my attic because the wife likes to keep the house at 65 degrees. the attic is the warmest spot.

also

they were just "out" in the attic getting "indirect" sunlight. (whatever came in thru my eaves windows)

then i placed them in a 5gallon empty kitty litter bucket. the fresh step kinds. it is white, but with the minimal light coming in i did not think it mattered.

then i felt it was to cold still so, i have a grow setup going there as well and i took the exhaust and ran it to a pale containing the shrooms.

the exhaust is close to 85+degrees. i hope that ok.

should i be in complete darkness?
is it better for them?

i dont think they are doing bad but this is my first time and have no real base line to go on.

still only at 12 days. i figure i need another 7-10 days before i birth them, then another 1-2 weeks for fruiting.

sound right?

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