Ok guys/gals. In case you may be new to the thread here. I went ahead and made up 3 new cakes day before yesterday. Out of the 6 total jars/cakes I started with, 3 out of the 6 look to be contaminated. The other 3 are working on colonization now. Slowly but surely
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The 3 new strains I decided to go with was as follows: Golf Coast, more Golden Teachers being the 2 jars that had GT ended up being contaminated. Also last but not least Pes Hawaiian. I went with the BRF + V I made up for 2 out of the 3 jars, and the last jar#3 I used more of the WBS as the mediums. I am really liking how fast the growth has come on the jars/cakes made up of the WBS & popcorn! Colonization sure started a hell of allot quicker in the jars I made vs the "pre - sterile" jars that came with the kit.
Anyways, here's the pictures where I prepared the last 3 jars/cakes and inoculated them. Spores: Golf Coast,Golden Teacher, & Pes Hawaiian.
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After sterilization of the 3 new jars
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worked on stove door
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made sure to sterilize w/heat after and between each inoculation
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Popcorn/ 24K spores.
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previous pre -sterile cake from kit/Mexican spore
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Wild bird seed cake/24K spores
Again guys, thanks 4 following, and all the help is much appreciated. Couldn't/ didn't have time last night to get to work on the new fruiting chamber. I will be hopefully getting that going this evening. Should still have plenty of time by the looks of the 1st jars/cakes before its ( fruiting chamber) is needed.
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