
spore printing [merged]
#1
Posted 04 July 2006 - 03:28 AM
#2
Posted 04 July 2006 - 03:46 AM
speaking of prints... foaf wanted to let you know that paper has just enough nutrients to germinate spores and when you print on paper and make syringes its possible for them to not work properly or have a short shelf life. Id recommend using foil or tyvek if you want to avoid that hassle. Peace and good luck.
#3
Posted 04 July 2006 - 07:48 AM
when taking the print up i wipe foil top with alchohol and with a sterile
syringe shoot sterile water and scrape (if needed) threw the foil.
#4
Posted 04 July 2006 - 08:49 AM
peace
siam
#5
Posted 04 July 2006 - 11:50 AM
if you are making the print for the sole purpouse of syringes, you can just cut out the foil/paper all together. its only needed if you will be storing the print. just throw the cap right into the baggie to dry, or directly on the bottom of a canning jar. squirt in water, swish around, suck up.
#6
Posted 04 July 2006 - 12:25 PM
#7
Posted 04 July 2006 - 04:41 PM
#8
Posted 05 July 2006 - 08:25 PM
Yet the top of a mushroom cap fruited in a chamber cannot possibly be sterile, am I correct? So putting the cap in a ziplock bag should result in contamination the minute the bag makes contact with the top of the mushroom cap. This germ or competitor spore should be sucked into the syringe along with the mushroom spores. Can someone please explain?
#9
Posted 05 July 2006 - 09:20 PM
The spores won't just fall off the foil, they have to be scraped off with a sterile knife.
A foaf has used Reynolds Non-stick aluminum foil and the spores tend to fall off when they dry. You have to be careful not to lose the spores before you get the foil sealed up. When you rehydrate the spore "flakes" in a baggy you will need to rub them a while to get them to break up in the water.
#10
Posted 05 July 2006 - 10:04 PM
A foaf has used Reynolds Non-stick aluminum foil and the spores tend to fall off when they dry. You have to be careful not to lose the spores before you get the foil sealed up. When you rehydrate the spore "flakes" in a baggy you will need to rub them a while to get them to break up in the water.
this works !
#11
Posted 13 August 2006 - 03:07 PM
I got another question whats the wet to dry conversion on weight if theres a link can someone post it
#12
Posted 13 August 2006 - 03:18 PM
whats the wet to dry conversion on weight
If youre talking bout cubensis the dry weight is app. 10% of wet weight
#13
Posted 13 August 2006 - 04:10 PM
But if you don't need that many ,then just use half a print !
#14
Posted 13 August 2006 - 05:07 PM
would the amount of water be 1/2 cup or so per print
And wouldnt it make sense the more spores taht are suspended in water the faster the colonization would be
#15
Posted 13 August 2006 - 05:09 PM
#16
Posted 13 August 2006 - 05:34 PM
#17
Posted 13 August 2006 - 05:34 PM
wouldnt it make sense the more spores taht are suspended in water the faster the colonization would be
nope
more than enough is just a waste
#18
Posted 13 August 2006 - 05:37 PM
would the amount of water be 1/2 cup or so per print
a nice dark print about an inch, inch-and-a-half across
can be diluted into about 150-200 cc of water
yielding about 15-20 ten cc syringes
#19
Posted 13 August 2006 - 05:48 PM
isnt it logical that more seeds means more plants so in retrosepct more spores means more myclieum how does this not apply ro mushrooms?
#20
Posted 13 August 2006 - 06:04 PM
does not make the corn grow faster
does it ?