Thundercat's Groooooooow

Well these pics aren't much, but I got more of my supplies today! Just thought I would start putting up some pics. I might be PCing tomorrow, still havn't heard from the company about my syringes. I'm gonna call them tomorrow. Hopefully I'll have my syringes by monday at this point and I can inoculate my jars. I'll have pics of my incubator up and running tomorrow. I just gotta get my tubs for it, I got my heater today. I'm gonna inocutlate 5 jars of each strain I have I think, and That wil be 20 jars total. Then I'll have an extra 4 jars to prepare for LC or for mycilium transfer. This should be fun! I'm getting more excited each day!

Ok here they are lol......

The food....

The Cooker....

The jars ( 24, 1 pint)....

I'll get more up of the process as I go through it tomorrow!!

Right on...on your way to success! If that is a 10PSI, PC for 90 min. instead of an hr for 15PSI. Good job on the WBS, like I said...you might have to pick out a few sfs that dont float to the top. Other than that, you are good to go!

In the future if I were able to find a WBS that perhaps didn't have any sunflower seeds, Might that be a good thing to try. I saw some today that was mostly millet seeds, thought it might be a possability. That is a 10 psi, I remembered you said 90 minutes. I didn't get an air pump for my incubator, where its at is under some stairs, and I couldn't have the noise. But I got a heater, with an adjustment on it to turn it up or down. Was that a digital thermometer in your incubator? Work well?

Thundercat said:

In the future if I were able to find a WBS that perhaps didn't have any sunflower seeds, Might that be a good thing to try. I saw some today that was mostly millet seeds, thought it might be a possability. That is a 10 psi, I remembered you said 90 minutes. I didn't get an air pump for my incubator, where its at is under some stairs, and I couldn't have the noise. But I got a heater, with an adjustment on it to turn it up or down. Was that a digital thermometer in your incubator? Work well?

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You will be fine without a pump, it just helps out. that is a digital thermometer, and humidity guage. I think I only paid $5 bucks for it at walmart. I just like to monitor the temps in the inc, if they get too hot, it will kill all the spores and myc. Just make sure it never gets over 87(84 is ideal) in the incubator!

sweet..im ready for you to get this shit going TC
what strains did you order? you just got prints?
and i have that same PC and cook for 90min but i usually do 2 hrs just for a little extra time


almost forgot..will this be your journal or will you put on up in the other section?

He got Ereal, Island of Fiji, Burma, and Koh Samui prints. He said he ordered syringes so he could make his own.

I think I might just journal it in here, I'll change the tags for it. It will be thundercat's grooooowS! Ya I just got prints, Burmas, South Americans, Koh Samoi, and Ereal(russian strain). Over the next month I plan to start all 4 strains. Tomorrow is gonna be a long day, I gotta stop and get my tubs and a strainer first thing in the morning( lol like 9) get home, and start simmering Birdseed. I'm also gonna look for a skimmer spoon that will filter the sunflower seeds but let the smaller stuff pass. We'll see what I can find. I'm going to simmer, and PC about 10 pints of WBS tomorrow. Then maybe another 10-14 on saturday. I'm praying my syringes get here by monday, and I can inoculate monday afternoon. We'll see what he says tomorrow.

cool..im guessing those are all çubensis.

any reason to make your own syringes as opposed to just buying them?
ive never bought either, thats why i ask

Well I wanted to be able to do the whole process from start to finish my self.

Ya they are all cubensis. I really mant to look into the Cyans some day in the future though. When I have someplace I can grow some outside.

yeah i was looking at some cyans yesterday
they seem fun

Ya they have fascinated my as well. But they are tiny!! Wood and shit loving I believe. Which from what I've read makes them hard to grow indoors, but they can be grown outdoors it seems.

they are most definately tiny
but will fuck you up from what i hear

TC you mad fuckin scientist you....I feel like im learnin how to grow bud all over again, watchin you all talk jibberish while i sit here twiddlin my thumbs, lol. I wanna learn how to do this shit man, it looks fun, and since the end result is some fuckin P.Cubensis action, im peeled to the fuckin screen. Cant wait to see you grow a batch of these, n then put up with my bullshit as i pester you with questions about how to do this shit, n fuckin whats this, n whats that -- basically from A-Z questions about growin out shroomies, lol. This shit seems like its gonna be just as fun as growin grass, only the end result comes hella fuckin quicker. Im with ya all the way bro

O, n if you need an airpump, holler. i got a few of them i wont be using for a while, n since theyre cheap man, i got no grief with givin up one to a friend in need

O-- n wherd you get bulk mason jars from?? im gonna need to pick up somethin like 20 of those for my harvest in a month or so, so i may as well pick them bitches up like now anyways, lol. N how much did they run for the bulkness??

King-I got my 1 pint mason jars at wally world! They also have 1 quart which i'm guessing is what you will want for the buds. I'm not sure what the 1qt jars cost, but my 1pt jars were only like 8 bucks for 12 jars. I opted against the air pump cus the spot I'm gonna have my incubator is right under some stairs for the upstairs apartment, and I'd rather not have them wondering what the hell that droneing sound is coming from under the steps lol. I appreciate the offer though!

Ok so I went today and got a differant 8 qt PC, this one will actually hold 7 pints instead of 5 and it was the same price. So this will help cut down on the amount of runs I have to do in the PC( like 3 instead of 5) I also got 2, 30 gallon tubs for the incubator. The 30 gallon were a bit bigger then I planned, but thats ok, it just gives me room to expand in the future. They will also be big enough I think I'll be able to put the whole FC into it once I get those. I'm about to start simmering, and drying my seeds so I can PC them. I'll be around most of the day, so if you guys have any ??? or suggesttions hit me up!!

Well here is this afternoons first update! I still havn't started simmering , lol, but I did just get off the phone with the guy from the place I ordered my syringes from, and they were shipped wednesday he says. He said that someone must have forgot to send the email for the shipping comfirmation. He is supposed to be emailing a tracking number to me shortly. He also told me that my orderwas doubled because it took them a couple days to get it out. If that turns out to be the case, I'm gonna have a shit ton of brand new syringes, lol. That least I'll be getting my moneys worth. I did just set up my incubator so I'll get some pics of that. I don't have water in it yet, just situating it in the closet.

And now I'm off to simmer!!!

I knew he would hook you up!!! He is a good guy, known him for a while. Btw, after you simmer, inspect the seed and make sure none ruptured! (important step) if they did, start over and simmer another batch.

So when I'm simmering them, should I just try to keep the heat low, just to sort of warm them up, not really heat or cook them? I still havn't gotten to it yet, I had to take my gf some lunch. lol I've got one more stop then back home to really get going. Also will it hurt anything for my to simmer and jar up all my jars today, even the ones I'm not gonna PC till tomorrow?

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So when I'm simmering them, should I just try to keep the heat low, just to sort of warm them up, not really heat or cook them? I still havn't gotten to it yet, I had to take my gf some lunch. lol I've got one more stop then back home to really get going. Also will it hurt anything for my to simmer and jar up all my jars today, even the ones I'm not gonna PC till tomorrow?

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When I simmer, I do it on Med heat. I like to use a wooden spoon(easy on the seeds) and constantly stir until it starts to slightly boil...then take off the burner(let sit for about 5 min) then strain (I got my screen strainer at walmart....verry fine mesh)and lay out on paper towels to dry. Here is what happens when you simmer. When the water starts to get hot hot, thats when the seed absorbs the water. Thats why its important to let it almost come to a boil. Then let sit for 5 min...when done. There should be steam rolling off the pot when you take it off the burner. Also, I wouldnt simmer until you are ready to PC, the seeds might spoil on you.