My Little Greenhouse
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BatCave
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300w LED veg/mom tent. Critical SSH with 3 of her clones waiting to flower on the right. On the left is the Swiss Cheese at day 30(biggest plant), Critical Kush runt at day 30 on the back right, and in the back left corner is the Pure AK at day 15 just upped to a 2gal pot.
PlantMatter
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What size bags were these ? 8 Ounce bags? or Pound bags?
How long did the Penis Envy take to Pin after colonization?
How long did the Penis Envy take to Pin after colonization?
BatCave
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Sorry for the year long fungus hiatus but I have some more PE and B+ currently fruiting.
I now use plain popcorn from wallyworld for my spawn and have found it works as good as rye berries or wbs if you prepare it properly. I get the popcorn for $1.88 for a 2 pound bag. The jars were innoculated with 2 year old liquid culture. A 2 pound bag of popcorn fills 5 of my 1.5 pint wide-mouth jars. The bags that are almost ready to fruit are 4 pounds of my substrate mix and 1 pound popcorn spawn, boxes are 3 pound substrate to 1 pound spawn.
I now use plain popcorn from wallyworld for my spawn and have found it works as good as rye berries or wbs if you prepare it properly. I get the popcorn for $1.88 for a 2 pound bag. The jars were innoculated with 2 year old liquid culture. A 2 pound bag of popcorn fills 5 of my 1.5 pint wide-mouth jars. The bags that are almost ready to fruit are 4 pounds of my substrate mix and 1 pound popcorn spawn, boxes are 3 pound substrate to 1 pound spawn.
Bluegrassgrower
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Looks amazing, do you know a spore site that carries PE?
dank smoker420
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hey batcave! awesome grows!
i am wondering how you get the boxes to work? do you just all boiling water to it or do you sterilize it a different way and do you ever run into any contamination when you spawn the popcorn to the substrate?
i am wondering how you get the boxes to work? do you just all boiling water to it or do you sterilize it a different way and do you ever run into any contamination when you spawn the popcorn to the substrate?
BatCave
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Contaminantions chances are lowered once the Myc takes good hold, but having a good area and clean habits help.
My basic way I have done things, but YMMV.
I now use the 2 pound bag of plain popcorn from Walmart.
1. Put popcorn in a big pot and add enough water to easily cover all the kernels
2. Bring to a boil and let boil for 10 minutes
3. After boiling for 10 minutes turn the heat down to a simmer and simmer for 30 minutes.
4. After letting it simmer just turn the heat off and let sit for 2 hours.
5. Repeat #2, #3 once more.
6. Drain overnight in a collander. They retain lots of moisture so you must drain them well.
Kernels should be softer at this point and are good to go if you can easily smush them with your fingernail
#7. Once drained i fill my 1.5 pint straight sided jars with the prepared popcorn.
#8. I place my jars in my 22qt Presto pressure cooker for 1.5hrs.
Once they are done I let them cool inside the PC. I then place the jars in my still box and do a grain to grain or use a syringe if changing strains.
As far as spawning to my substrate I wait until my spawn jars are 100% ready before adding them to my substrate to lessen contam chances.
Substrate is simple coco coir mixed with a generic seed starter that has pete moss, turkey litter, and lime. All mixed 50/50 to field moist. I use the same 1.5 pint jars to pressure cook my substrate in and the substrate is PC'ed for 1.5hrs as well.
Just did a G2G 2 days ago with these
The greenhouse
One of my PE's
Just spawned this box 2 days ago
2 QP bags
Mr.Marijuana420
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I dig this greenhouse setup, in fact I was looking for this very thread to link to someone weeks ago.Contaminantions chances are lowered once the Myc takes good hold, but having a good area and clean habits help.
My basic way I have done things, but YMMV.
I now use the 2 pound bag of plain popcorn from Walmart.
1. Put popcorn in a big pot and add enough water to easily cover all the kernels
2. Bring to a boil and let boil for 10 minutes
3. After boiling for 10 minutes turn the heat down to a simmer and simmer for 30 minutes.
4. After letting it simmer just turn the heat off and let sit for 2 hours.
5. Repeat #2, #3 once more.
6. Drain overnight in a collander. They retain lots of moisture so you must drain them well.
Kernels should be softer at this point and are good to go if you can easily smush them with your fingernail
#7. Once drained i fill my 1.5 pint straight sided jars with the prepared popcorn.
#8. I place my jars in my 22qt Presto pressure cooker for 1.5hrs.
Once they are done I let them cool inside the PC. I then place the jars in my still box and do a grain to grain or use a syringe if changing strains.
As far as spawning to my substrate I wait until my spawn jars are 100% ready before adding them to my substrate to lessen contam chances.
Substrate is simple coco coir mixed with a generic seed starter that has pete moss, turkey litter, and lime. All mixed 50/50 to field moist. I use the same 1.5 pint jars to pressure cook my substrate in and the substrate is PC'ed for 1.5hrs as well.
Just did a G2G 2 days ago with these
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The greenhouse
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One of my PE's
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Just spawned this box 2 days ago
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2 QP bags
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also if you don't want to wait overnight to strain, what I like to do is
simmer corn until it is soft(I can easily bite though them) and I can see kernels starting to split
rinse with cold water. shake to let water run down, let it drain fro a 1/2 hr or so. then lay out a clean bath towel, dump the grains evenly, fold it over(hotdog syle,not hamburger, if that makes sense)hold the corners and lean the towel back and forth, letting the grains roll/slide around in the towel, toss em around a bit until dry to the touch, and load up the jars. may have to get a different towel If you doing more than one batch of grain as itll get too damp to dry your next batch of grain
That last picture is nuts man! What strain is that? Glad to see your still around.
bushwickbill
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mighty purdy! good job.
