
grain spawn questions
#1
Posted 29 March 2005 - 11:34 AM
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#2
Posted 29 March 2005 - 11:40 AM
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Posted 29 March 2005 - 11:46 AM
#4
Posted 29 March 2005 - 11:51 AM
Yes the substrate should be broken up the smaller the better cause it'll give you more nocc points,but a few good chunks will be good also. Ive used a cheese grater to shred the sub when I use PF formula to spawn with.Th transfer is the most volitile part of the process,your cake should be able to fight of any airborn contam,its more the freshly Pc'd jar to worry about. The transfer should be done in a glovebox.the 1/2 pint should be broken up tho right? thinking bout just taking some kind of razor, slicing it up into a few pieces and throw it in, nothing too extreme, dont wanna risk more contam by puree'in the colonized 1/2 pints
#5
Posted 29 March 2005 - 12:00 PM
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Posted 29 March 2005 - 12:08 PM
#7
Posted 29 March 2005 - 12:41 PM
maybe sterilize a spoon and use it to cut up the cake as you scoop it out of the jar into the new jar. cut n scoop as fast as possible to lower the time that contams have to infiltrate. that would be my suggestion.
hope it works out for you
#8
Posted 29 March 2005 - 01:31 PM
Take a day and build a glovebox Tempest2003. It's not difficult, just time consuming, and you get a valuable tool. Get yourself a large styrofoam cooler, household rubber gloves, duct tape, and a specially cut piece of glass or clear plastic for the lid that fits a hole you'll make in the original lid, and you're set. I wouldn't spawn without, not with all the rugs in my place!
#9
Posted 29 March 2005 - 01:56 PM
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Posted 09 December 2005 - 04:22 PM
#12
Posted 09 December 2005 - 04:28 PM
depending on the type of hardwoods used in the mulch.
#13
Posted 09 December 2005 - 07:51 PM
as does ps. azurescens...Ganoderma, also a wood lover did not do that great though...
#14
Posted 11 January 2006 - 01:55 PM
I will be using a closet grow room with ultra sonic.
My Q is during the the spawn run 'colonized grain' to 'strawnet substrate' should i cover the tubs with plastic and if so should it be perferated, or do i just put them in the grow room uncovered?
#15
Guest_dial8_*
Posted 11 January 2006 - 02:19 PM
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Posted 11 January 2006 - 02:26 PM
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Posted 11 January 2006 - 03:22 PM
#18
Posted 11 January 2006 - 09:53 PM
I like to drill little holes in the tupperware lid then duct tape tyvek over them.
Thinking about it, I believe a "pure spawn" top layer would actually be more likely to contaminate. After you beat up the grain, it is succeptible to invaders for a few days until it recovers. I think exposed grain would be better contaminant food than poo/coir/verm substrate. That's pure speculation, however.
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Guest_dial8_*
Posted 12 January 2006 - 09:50 AM
Thinking about it, I believe a "pure spawn" top layer would actually be more likely to contaminate. After you beat up the grain, it is succeptible to invaders for a few days until it recovers. I think exposed grain would be better contaminant food than poo/coir/verm substrate. That's pure speculation, however.
#20
Posted 14 February 2006 - 06:19 AM
Anyway, a couple of the pan cans have started to turn yellow, so I know these probally can't be used, but I wonder if the ones that are white still could be used for a G2G. Also, the Mex A never produced any stones, and have grown out to the point where one is beginning to turn yellow, bummer.
The latter aren't in a very warm place.
I'm very tempted to do a G2G with some of these jars, except I don't want to waste the effort of putting the G2G jars together if the cultures are too old for transfer. Additionally, I have the above cultures growing in Karo, but these are growing out exceedingly slow. I'm open to suggestions. Use the old grown out cultures, or wait another month (the pace these karo cultures are going) to start another grow with each culture? Please advise.