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Post Number: 21089
Registered: 02-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2004 - 02:19 pm: | 
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from http://www.mushmush.nl
Cultivation on riceflour cakes
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This document gives instructions on the cultivation of Psilocybe cubensis on a sterilised substrate of riceflour, vermiculite and water.
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These polypropylene jars are used. They can withstand the heat of a pressure cooker. Of course glass jars can be used just as well.
Four holes are poked into the lid with a sharp pointy object (a syringe needle for instance) . If you are using glass jars with metal lids you can use a nail and a hammer to punch four holes into the lid.
The two main ingredients: vermiculite and brown riceflour.
First the dry ingredients are mixed: 4 cups of vermiculite, 1.5 cups of riceflour.
Two cups of water are added and everything is thoroughly mixed:
The resulting mixture will look like this:
The jars are loosely filled with this mixture. The part of the jar above the substrate is cleaned with a paper towel.
A layer of dry vermiculite is put on top of the mixture. This acts as an extra barrier for contaminants
The lids are put on.
And a double layer of tinfoil is crumpled over the jars.
The jars are put in the pressure cooker...
and sterilised for 1 hour.
The jars have cooled down:
The needle of the syringe is flamed and the tinfoil is removed.
The jar is inoculated through the four holes that were made in the lid. 1 cc should be enough for one jar. More sporewater can result in faster colonisation.
The tinfoil is replaced and the jars are put in a clean warm environment. The jars will colonise completely in 15-30 days (depending on strain, substrate, temperature and volume of sporewater used.
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When the substrate is completely colonised the cake is taken out of the jar and put in the terrarium. We found that a plastic tray with wetted vermiculite inside an filter patch bag works perfectly for single cakes. Depending on temperature and strain mushrooms will appear in 5-20 days.
Harvest time!
archive material to containers
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Nilla (Nilla)
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Post Number: 723
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2004 - 04:17 pm: |
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Ive always wondered if there is a jar that is a little bigger then the 1/2 pint and smaller then a pint?
So bassicly a jar that will fully colonize nicely but hold a little more substrate.} |
Hippie3 (Admin)
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Post Number: 21099
Registered: 02-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2004 - 06:50 pm: |
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check out the microwave safe gladware at the supermarket,
a wide variety of shapes and sizes available.
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Hippie3 (Admin)
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Post Number: 21115
Registered: 02-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2004 - 11:23 pm: |
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looks like a fruit cup to me,
could be for any variety of uses.
i've used square ones too b4.
(Message edited by admin on July 07, 2004)
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Hippie3 (Admin)
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Post Number: 21116
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| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2004 - 11:28 pm: |
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here's one source-
http://shop.essentialsupplies.com/cgi/search.cgi?t erms=Plastic::Clear::Jars&category=Clear_Plastic_J ars
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Admin (Admin)
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Post Number: 22639
Registered: 02-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 07, 2004 - 01:58 am: |
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btw,
the holes can be punched
AFTER sterilization,
e.g. right when one innoculates,
just slide sharp needle thru
plastic lid.
Namaste
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Admin (Admin)
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Post Number: 22640
Registered: 02-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 07, 2004 - 02:00 am: |
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here's another source-
http://www.containerandpackaging.com/
look under plastic tubs.
Namaste
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