In bkk, just received some GT spores, first grow, it's mid-rainy season here, and I'm living in a single room place, the air-con leaves me two options of fruiting them on the balcony or in the bathroom. I was going to buy 4-6 level clear plastic drawers to use as separate fruiting chambers, the temp is good outside, can anyone advise whether this would work or not, or is there too much of a chance with contam's keeping them outside? Thanks.
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Growing in Thai - advice please
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Ancotar
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Plastic drawers would give an added advantage for organization as well as extra space. Should work just fine, may have to mist once or twice a day to keep humidity in key ranges.
If you do decide to fruit outside, I would suggest making sure that you have a very good colonization-to-substrate ratio to help avoid contams, though I can't guarantee contam activity in your warm, humid area will be a small problem.
Keeping them in the tubs while outside so they can benefit from the heat, but not necessarily be susceptible to contams, would probably be the best bet.
I hope this advice helps as I am not sure how you will be growing these and what substrate you will be using (Brown Rice Flour, rye grain, ect).
Good luck and let us know how it goes!
If you do decide to fruit outside, I would suggest making sure that you have a very good colonization-to-substrate ratio to help avoid contams, though I can't guarantee contam activity in your warm, humid area will be a small problem.
Keeping them in the tubs while outside so they can benefit from the heat, but not necessarily be susceptible to contams, would probably be the best bet.
I hope this advice helps as I am not sure how you will be growing these and what substrate you will be using (Brown Rice Flour, rye grain, ect).
Good luck and let us know how it goes!
Thanks very much. I'm still debating which tek to use, I was going to do either PF (BRF) or mono-tubs. Can buy coir and pre-packed manure easily, and I can get Vermiculite and perulite easily as well. Question I am wondering is if a mono-tub will have much higher yields than a PF tek, will be worth the extra effort? I'm guessing that contams will be higher in this year round tropical climate, so will be starting with a liquid culture soon to give the jars a bit of a head start when inoculated.
Ancotar
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A mono-tub setup will help you to get better yields.
What I would suggest is to do the first go-around with the PF Tek method, get some healthy fruits and collect samples from the most promising growths, and then petri those samples up or make a liquid culture with them.
From there, you have a good 'blueprint' for your future fruits and with the mono-tub setup, that will substantially help to increase your yields. One thing about manure though, be careful. I had nothing but problems with it myself, which could be due in part to my sterile technique, but it just seemed like it gave me nothing but contam problems.
What I would suggest is to do the first go-around with the PF Tek method, get some healthy fruits and collect samples from the most promising growths, and then petri those samples up or make a liquid culture with them.
From there, you have a good 'blueprint' for your future fruits and with the mono-tub setup, that will substantially help to increase your yields. One thing about manure though, be careful. I had nothing but problems with it myself, which could be due in part to my sterile technique, but it just seemed like it gave me nothing but contam problems.