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[hyphaenation]

Hi MN

Merry Christmas to you to ! I'm wondering if its your camera that makes the PF jar contents look "orangey". Are you using ground brown rice & verm?

[Miss Nomer]

hello hyphaenation

Yes, I'm using ground brown rice and verm. They look more orangey because they're so wet, I think. I do a little post processing in photoshop, too, so I may have taken the levels too low to give more color to the image where there isn't so much. I up'd the contrast so you can see the details more clearly.

[hyphaenation]

It can be tricky to get PF tek moisture right. It seems good but then its not fluffy , but heavy and over-damp. One good thing to do is take note of how much water you use each time. Use a set amount of cupage for BRF and verm and when you get the recipe just right you'll know forever on know how much water to add.

[Miss Nomer]

This is the first time I ever had a problem with the moisture level in my brf jars. I think what happened was, I did it while I was high. *rme* :rasta: The tek I always used was only brf and water but with no verm mixed in. The one I followed this time wasn't the one I normally used and it mixed verm in with the brf and water. I had already dumped the water and brf in before I realized I was supposed to mix in the verm with it. I didn't and this is what I came out with. Do you usually mix verm in with the brf and water?

I'm hoping to graduate to some grain teks now, anyway... I bought plenty of popcorn and wbs... so it's onward and upward from here! :headbang:

[gsmith1981]

nice work:eusa_clap

i need to go get some more jars.

spores love wbs i havent tried popcorn yet. now that im moved into my new place and finally settled in im sure i'll get my first fruits soon. i been really busy my last time around and i dropped my cake "duhp" now im trying to bring it back to life. owell live and learn.

congrats on ur flush

[hyphaenation]

I bought so much popcorn at one point that I just found a 1/2 bag (25 lbs) that was tucked away ... and I was thinking dang i'm out of grains :rasta:

WBS is great. Hopefully santa brings a bag. I have found though , almost every time that the bigger the jar the higher the chance of wetspot later. With WBS there is a shaking regime to help stop clumping and wetpots but with larger jars I keep getting it.

Best advice with either popcorn or WBS is to wash it well , soak it, rinse well and most importantly drain it very well. This means drained until no drips at all. By doing this and also adding a verm layer to the bottom of all jars you can avoid getting to much moisture.

I hope you find a nice BRF recipe that works for you !

Best of luck MN

[gsmith1981]

good advice. i just learned that one myself. just cooked up new jars and done that.

adding a verm layer to the bottom of all jars you can avoid getting to much moisture.

[Miss Nomer]

I've been playing around with birdseed quite a lot and this jar accidentally got a bit too much :mistrust: ... I did several like this, but none others with this much in them... I just tossed some seed in there, then some water and PC'd. This one has this bizarre fuzzy mycelium growing on the top of the tyvek lid of the jar. I used GT LQ and the other jars are taking off as well, but none of them had this outer growth. I didn't know it could grow through the tyvek. Never seen anything like it, just wanted to share.


btw... who won the Christmas avatar contest?

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