My first class with the golden teacher

RetiredMatthebrute

RetiredMatthebrute

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heres some pics...take note to the jars with foil on the top and the ones without...

i would say this is pretty conclusive evidence that holes in the lids of the jars and tinfoil on top does accelerate the growth of the mycelium since every jar was prepared and G2G at the same time from the same jar


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Impman

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even on large doses of LSD it is possible to drive (don't do it kids!).....but the car feels like it is in a river of mud on shrooms....
 
RetiredMatthebrute

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Impman said:
even on large doses of LSD it is possible to drive (don't do it kids!).....but the car feels like it is in a river of mud on shrooms....
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i drove on a 1/8th of mushies the other night. i find that as long as you dont let your mind wander your good.....sometimes easier said than done lol
 
Impman

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I can get super focused and be all bad ass...then I realize Im being serious and focus and that cracks me up back to hysterics
 
Budzilla420

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New to the thread, pretty experienced in diy mycology projects. Havent gone far through the thread, but the pics on this last page have me wanting to ask some questions and give some advice.

First off i notice you have foil on top of your grain jars and the ones not foiled have no ventilation for gas exchange. Gas exchange for growing mycelium is important. Not having ventilation will slow growth and can cause the mycelium to stall growth, giving any contaminates a chance to take hold. Look into making breathable lids with inoculation ports. You can do it cheap by using tyvek and RTV silicone, or you can get wheel filters and inoculation ports online to make it more professional looking. Both work well. Keep foil off so they can breathe.

Another thing is it looks like youre keeping them in a mini fridge. In my experience light is very beneficial to growing mycelium, some people will argue this point, but ive found it to be true. I leave my jars sitting near a window so they can catch some light.

In the pic of the tubs, is the big one your SGFC? Or is it your bulk tub? If its a SGFC, holes should be on all 6 sides, spaced 1 inch apart. If its a bulk tub (monotub), you should use holes 1 1/2" in diameter. 1 on each side a little under the handles, and 2 on each large side just a hair over your expected substrate level. Look up monotubs for more info.

Sorry if anything I said was already stated on another page, i havent read that far into this thread. Best of luck!
 
canndo

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RetiredMatthebrute said:
heres some pics...take note to the jars with foil on the top and the ones without...

i would say this is pretty conclusive evidence that holes in the lids of the jars and tinfoil on top does accelerate the growth of the mycelium since every jar was prepared and G2G at the same time from the same jar


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Why on earth are you not shaking those? You would be done by now.
 
RetiredMatthebrute

RetiredMatthebrute

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Budzilla420 said:
New to the thread, pretty experienced in diy mycology projects. Havent gone far through the thread, but the pics on this last page have me wanting to ask some questions and give some advice.

First off i notice you have foil on top of your grain jars and the ones not foiled have no ventilation for gas exchange. Gas exchange for growing mycelium is important. Not having ventilation will slow growth and can cause the mycelium to stall growth, giving any contaminates a chance to take hold. Look into making breathable lids with inoculation ports. You can do it cheap by using tyvek and RTV silicone, or you can get wheel filters and inoculation ports online to make it more professional looking. Both work well. Keep foil off so they can breathe.

Another thing is it looks like youre keeping them in a mini fridge. In my experience light is very beneficial to growing mycelium, some people will argue this point, but ive found it to be true. I leave my jars sitting near a window so they can catch some light.

In the pic of the tubs, is the big one your SGFC? Or is it your bulk tub? If its a SGFC, holes should be on all 6 sides, spaced 1 inch apart. If its a bulk tub (monotub), you should use holes 1 1/2" in diameter. 1 on each side a little under the handles, and 2 on each large side just a hair over your expected substrate level. Look up monotubs for more info.

Sorry if anything I said was already stated on another page, i havent read that far into this thread. Best of luck!
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yeah i stated that the jars with no holes were growing much slower...i will be correcting in future but right now i fear making holes will only aid in adding contams. as far as ditching the foil....it seems to be working well so far and every time i have had a jar with even the smallest hole in the foil it has got a contam. my sucess rate is over 90%

as far as leaving them in the sun...not really as option. i keep my house at 65 and even cooler in basement. the mini fridge is a temp controlled incubator set at around 78-82
 
VTMi'kmaq

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canndo said:
I have posted this before. Acid, even in large amounts lack that frantic quality that mushrooms can impart. I once had a little sport's car, I don't remember the name - bug eye'd. The engine had been modified but nothing else. I was crazy fast, but the breaks were weak and the steering sloppy, I was exposed to the elements, it was very low to the ground - fun to drive but frightenting as well. THat is mushrooms.

I also had a brand new sun yellow cadillac, power everything, leather interior, plush, powerful and comfortable - that is LSD.

You can crash either one but the first is downright nuts from the start.

Mushrooms are in many ways far more powerful than LSD because they have that manic, disorienting, unpredictable quality to them that no other hallucinogen I've ever taken has - with the possible exception of DMT.
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Ha HA what a fucken analogy canndo lmao, precise too imvho. When there's fungus amongus the symbiotic cycle is complete!:joint:
 
Budzilla420

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What i meant by the jar lids is to make breathable, injectable lids. Or even just breathable if you do g2g. Just get some tyvek (either tyvek painters suit or a tyvek mailing envelope) and some high temp RTV silicone. Punch a decent sized hole (1/4" will do), put a thin bead of the silicone around it and slap a square of tyvek on top. The tyvek allows air exchange in the jar and is tight enough to keep contams out.
 
Budzilla420

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Heres a pic of one of my sets where you can see what im talking about. Little white squares are the tyvek and the little red dots are self healing injection ports.
 

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canndo

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RetiredMatthebrute said:
cant have them growing too fast now :) they seems to be coming along just in the time i need them too. these pics are only 5 days after g2g...
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Growing mushrooms is a race, you try to encourage the mycelium you are interested in, to grow as quickly as possible, that makes contamination less likely - at least for a time anyway.
 
Impman

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I have never grown mushrooms before ...but wouldn't it be a good idea to combine all those jars into one big container? that seems time consuming and not a good use of space....
 
Thundercat

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You gotta start out with smaller containers that you can easily preasure cook. Also I'd rather loose one or two jars to to contaminations then a whole big tub.
 
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