mrdub said:
Was a kit, had a small plastic tub and a plastic fruiting tub. Put small tub in big tub and fan. But last time I grew mushrooms was probably 15-18 years ago, so most of what I remember is oldmantek
Got an order I need to pay for of a aquarium heater, air pump and bubbler stone. Am planning on having a tub with water, have the heat in that to raise the temp and the air pump through the bubble stone to get some movement and create humidity, then have a fan blowing in and some pipes coming out and to the monotubs. So can get good FAE and keep humidity.
this a bad idea from what you are saying?
Same with me. Last grow was around 2004 and when I picked up the hobby again I started with a heater, air pump, etc. Then I read all the recent articles and found that the complicated active setups we previously used are old skool and relatively ineffective.
No ideas are bad, just not as useful as other ideas. 8)
What has been discovered over the years is that cubensis don't need much help to fruit. Shoebox tek is very simple. There is enough FAE in a small box from the gap in the lid that you don't need active air exchange (this is important when choosing what plastic box to buy). Fan once in a while if you feel like it. Mist if the top appears dry. Otherwise the boxes will be fine if you just leave them alone.
FAE is the number one pinning trigger. Higher humidity is necessary at the surface but not the whole FC in general. Meaning as long as there are tiny moisture droplets visible on the surface (not pools of water), the humidity is enough to initiative pinning. We don't need active setups that humidify the whole FC, like we used to believe.
Pan cyans might require a bit more attention and dialing in, but not much. Like you probably need a casing layer whereas with cubensis it is optional. Maybe fan more often. But if you're like me, you check on them often anyhow so that's the opportunity to give them more FAE than the gap in the lid is already providing.
One thing I don't understand about trying to grow more fussy species because they are purportedly stronger. Why not just eat more cubensis instead?
>> But got the syringe solution onto 8 plates, although, getting drops out was hard, most the time a squirt of far too much solution came out, so I just rolled it around the top of the agar and sealed it up.
I use individually wrapped sterile cotton swabs:
You can probably sterilize your own in the pressure cooker. Saturate the swab from the syringe, with a bowl underneath to catch the excess drops. Then dab a drop from the swab onto the center of the plate, or lightly run in an "S" to get more spores onto the plate. The idea with the "S" being there are more chances for spores to germinate away from contaminants. You will probably have to transfer clean mycelium away from this initial innoculation plate, as most spore syringes have some contaminants.
I have a couple African Transkei plates innoculated from a syringe. There is a blob of bacteria growing in the centers where I dabbed the swab, but the mycelium runs faster so I was able to get a bit of clean mycelium at the edge to transfer to new plates. The original plates I put in the frig until I see the new plates growing. Then the original (contaminated) innoculation plates can be tossed.
>> Also had a mushroom in the FC come ready, so I tried taking a sample from inside the stem (terminology?) at the base, that was hard as was using a razer rather than a skapel in the too small SAB with slippery gloves whilst pouring with sweat as had windows and doors closed and fan off.
Scalpel is definitely easier. :thumb_up: As with mycelium germinating from spores, you may have to transfer clean mycelium onto a new plate after you see some new growth away from the cloned tissue (typically once you see a nickel or quarter sized circle of mycelium). Assume your tissue sample picked up some contaminants from the bulk substrate, even though it is relatively clean being inside the stem.
>> That's quite a lot of mushroom eating! I'm probably going to be able to eat about 10grams a year based on how often the wife takes the kids to see her family (although I may start suggesting she visits more once I have some good supplies lol.
I have a daily meditation practice, and every two weeks I do a medicine journey where I meditate 2 hours beforehand, take the shrooms, then meditate 2 hours on the shrooms. Maybe you can start meditating and ask your family to leave you alone for 4 hours every other weekend while you do an intensive "meditation session".
