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[fahtster]

These ms tubs are definitely going to be larger fruits with less of them.. they look like how my PE tubs usually start out





Theres 3 more of that last culture about 3 days behind these MS tubs but those are rye instead if spelt so that’ll be interesting to see how they compare.. I have a theory that the spelt grow differently due to the extra amount of exposed starch. I do have 6 more qts of spelt about 90% colonized with that heavy pinning culture.. so we’ll see if those act the same. There’s also the 3 pea+ f1 tubs I made this last weekend, so lots of tubs coming at ya. :)

Faht

Edited by fahtster, 01 December 2020 - 10:51 PM.

[fahtster]

Ms PE tubs (2) update

This guys looking pretty good


Already pulled 4 larger fruits from this one for clones


Got 3 rye tubs right behind these of the sexy culture.. they’re staring to pin hard :). I’ll throw some pics up of those when they look a little better

Faht

Edited by fahtster, 03 December 2020 - 10:19 PM.

[Auhron]

So many beautiful Mushrooms!

[fahtster]

Spawning 6 more spelt qts tomorrow



Theres 6 more rye about to catch fire.. here’s a sample



Really interested to see if there’s a noticeable difference between the flush averages in the two grains with the same culture

Faht

[fahtster]

Today’s tubs update...

2 ms tubs.. if I get 2oz from each, I’ll be happy.. got my clones and they are ms (can’t expect too much). Already pulled 6.3gm from this one


This one is looking better


Three pec2 rye tubs... I tried casing thinner with these to see if I could get away with using less casing material.. I used about 2/3 of what I would’ve used and didn’t continue to keep patching as it became colonized. At least now I know to follow my own advice lol. I’m sure what they don’t have in numbers, they’ll make up for it in size
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Could be worse haha

Faht

[fahtster]

Another day, another update

MS tubs.. it’s crazy how much these things fill in at the end



3 pec2 clone tubs.. I put a little CV on the areas where there’s not much pinning happening to see if it helps


3 pea+ ms f1 tubs.. probably a few days out from knots but here’s a teaser.. first two are laymixed

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Faht

[fahtster]

That sparse looking first MS tub dried down to 64gm



Faht

[fahtster]

‘Nother day, ‘nother dong

Last shot of the 2nd MS tub.. pretty happy with this one.. expecting close to 3oz from it



3 clone tubs.. think I’m going to take a hit on these a bit because of the thinner casing.. good thing about PE is that there’s almost zero aborts.. if you see a pin, it’ll mature.. might not get very big but it’ll still mature. If I average out 2oz from each, it’ll be worth the lesson to keep the casing around or a bit over an inch



Faht

[Stencill86]

Here’s another handful of happiness.

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[fahtster]

Those are beauts!

[Stencill86]

Damn dude, I didn’t mean to post this here lol, it must have backed up 2 pages after I was looking at your pic of the day, if a MOD sees this, can they kindly move it to where it belongs lol, sorry for the thread jacking

[fahtster]

No probs bobs. Keep em here if ya want lol I don’t mind

Faht

[fahtster]

Guess what time it is? It’s tub time.. Gettin there



The second MS tub dried down to 75.2gm.. thinking it was gonna be a lil more but I’ll take it.

Second set of spelt bins are already fully colonized and getting their first casing layer tomorrow... more knots in the pea+ laymixed tub

Faht

Edited by fahtster, 08 December 2020 - 12:02 AM.

[fahtster]

First of 3 clone tubs final shots



Tub dried down to 65.8gm

Second of 3 clone tubs final shots.. just put into dehydrator



2nd round of spelt tubs fully colonized in 3 days and got their first 1/2” casing today



Pea+ f1 laymixed tub knots.. tub is 10 days old



Faht

[fahtster]

Last of the Mohicans... 16qt tub 3 of 3 clone tubs.. left the lid off the tub 1/2 way for the last 8 hours and Really helped them not get as soggy and let the caps open up more.. gonna b be a nice method for when I want to swab



2nd tub dried down to 59gm.. definitely gonna hit the 2oz per tub goal

Some blue goo.. amount of GLC I use to inoculate 6 qts.. this is pea+.. that gets shot into a jar of 25ml sterile water and 30mls are pulled so that each jar gets 5ml



Faht

Edited by fahtster, 09 December 2020 - 02:51 AM.

[YoshiTrainer]

Beautiful grows Faht! What size jar and what ingredients do you starti your GLC with?

Are you still dumping grains on agar?

Edited by YoshiTrainer, 09 December 2020 - 03:04 AM.

[fahtster]

Thanks pal! Just little 4oz jelly jars with rye in it. I’ve never used agar before.. well.. in college lol

I get vendor syringes and grow out some cakes and then I clone straight to the grain jar



The secret is with my lids, I can dry the culture out.. I think that also helps with bacteria... bacteria needs water to live and reproduce.. if you dry out a culture, you can effectively clean it up.. maybe not completely but enough to keep the culture thriving. That ^^^^^ PE culture was dried out out all summer and is over a year old

Faht

Edited by fahtster, 09 December 2020 - 09:49 AM.

[kcmoxtractor]

Drying substrate out causes bacteria to make endospores. Anytime a bacteria is subjected to non-optimal conditions, like exhaustion of nutrients or low WC, they make endospores.

[fahtster]

Most types of bacteria cannot change to the endospore form. Examples of bacterial species that can form endospores include Bacillus cereus, Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus thuringiensis, Clostridium botulinum, and Clostridium tetani.[6]

From Wikipedia

And sorry.. definitely not trying to say all you have to do is dry out a culture and boom, no bacteria.. just saying it’s possible to clean up a slightly bacterial culture by drying. I’ve seen it personally.

Faht

Edited by fahtster, 09 December 2020 - 12:07 PM.

[bezevo]

OK I just wanna see if i understand . you have/use a 4oz grain jar . you let the sterile grain jar dry out a bit Then you add a bit of tissue to jar start a clone then ..later make mycilum water or grain to grain to expand clone ?
correct me if i missunderstand
thanks
BEZ

Edited by bezevo, 09 December 2020 - 01:05 PM.