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  2. Posted

    *Bump*

    Also, anyone whos been over, got any recommendations for other topics you'd like to see on there?
    Chats just starting to catch on i think, at least during aussie daylight hours

    Also i want to mention, the server currently does not require discord registration/signup to access for the time being, so, if you havent signed up at all, youll be allowed to use the chat immediately anyway on a temporary account that dissapears as soon as you close the browser tab.

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    I had a 110% success rate adding 2ml during the open air boil (in a flask tho) then 3ml (both instances 6%) right before pouring.

    By 110% i mean that it was so effective that a couple cultures didnt even grow, they got killed by the shock, though i later discovered my oyster was actually fast growing mold. My cubensis however grew really slow. but a couple covered the plate which was neat. I tried again without using a SAB for the pour, half contaminated by germinating and expanding from the sides of the lid. it wont germinate off the agar but it can still colonize it

  7. Posted · Edited by drpotato

    i was referring to the chemical method, using hydrated lime and detergent, im not sure anyone actually uses pascalication for mycology.
      hydrated lime is only usable for substrates your going to spawn to heavily or colonize with very fast growing mushrooms like oyster because it causes a PH shock which only temporarily inhibits many microorganisms which arent outright killed.

  15. Posted · Edited by drpotato

    Discussion is mostly cultivation of mushrooms, so basically cubes, pan cyans, and talks about wild psilocybes, but most are knowledgeable about a great many non actives, and it usually comes up once a week or so.
    https://discord.gg/Qh2V2rK
    Its called fungus amongus

     

    Shaman Australis Botanicals discord
    https://discord.gg/UYaH6QT

    discussion of mushrooms, plants, etc, any kind, active or non active, edible, etc
    Also has a picture gallery like tripteam


    There is also a sister server called tripteam
    https://discord.gg/PUvEpH6

    Despite the name its serious discussions almost entirely about cubensis and nothing else as most of the users there are just starting out, fungus amongus has more educated or serious members, they do however share about 50% of their users, but no more than that because tripteam is quite tolerant of innovation, improvisation, creativity and in general deviating from the teks. In other words its a less serious otherwise identical server.

    Both are active all the time with at least 2-3 users actively talking somewhere, and tripteams gallery is full of grow pics entirely by the members, nobody really chats on voice chat in either.
    Also users are from all corners of the world so, theres generally no sleep periods.
    In perticular theres a good handful of australian members (including myself) who came over from shaman australis forums, if anyone wants to ask about locating resources in australia.

    So far ive found nearly everyone in either server who is growing from grain is willing to give anyone else a free print now and again to help them get started, though trades are more common (for prints or anything except money) everyone is really helpful.

    since the start of the year both servers have only been getting more members.
    Theres no signup requirements and no nsfw stuff outside the nsfw channels, actually everyone is pretty well mannered, i dont think the mods have ever had to kick anyone.

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  18. Posted

    Anyone have some even dirty prints or cultures to sell/swap for/give away?
    im trying to expand my range of edibles.
    Im especially interested in pioppino and lionsmane, but some non-white or weird oysters would be great too.
    Im handy enough with agar ill eventually pull something clean off it, if its dirty, just needs to be viable

  19. Posted

    I have some cubensis spore prints (for microscopy use only), strain "creeper" which i would like to trade for any edibles anyone has, make an offer. Doesnt have to be a clean print or culture, just viable/cleanable on agar.
    The mushrooms im mainly after is;

    pioppiono , aka black poplar (Agrocybe Aegerita)

    any oyster variety aside from white/tree oyster, pearl is acceptable.

    lionsmane

    nameko

    and really anything that is interesting/collectable, healthy, unique/good taste and doesnt only have to be grown out of the ground outside like morels.

     

    mushrooms im not interested in are white button and shiitake, but pretty much anything else ill probably want, especially if its fast colonizing/ easy to grow.

    cultures, spores, even a little baggie or dish with a little bit of grain spawn, im after anything like that, and again, doesnt have to be perfectly clean.

     

     

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  20. Posted

    1 hour ago, 87_botanist said:

    drpotato

    That s a great link for the filters mate good spotto on that! I don't think that a car blower would be ideal for bigger filters but it looks perfect of the one your building.

     

    Heres the thing.
    Car blower fans almost always use shaft couplings with a wide tolerance, because they never rely on the actual shaft insert, as the shaft has a flat side. It uses that + a special clip that keeps it in place. What this means is you can easily substitute the motor for something like an RC outrunner like this https://hobbyking.com/en_us/hobbyking-donkey-st4010-820kv-brushless-motor.html

    Something nice and slow, and worst case requires minimal machining. A car RC blower costs about $10-30 ive found today at the wreckers.

    Car blowers are actually rather slow, it seems. Theres probably other more suitable motors however. Otherwise you can always double up too, its cheap as hell.

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  21. Posted · Edited by drpotato
    FA requested link be removed

    Here are 2 discord channels

     

    Shaman Australis unofficial discord server

    https://discord.gg/UYaH6QT
     

     

    TripTeam

    https://discord.gg/PUvEpH6

    Despite the name is all mushroom discussion, again, edibles and actives, supposedly created by willymyco, theres a lot of users but most are beginners unlike in fungus amongus. the servers share about 60% of the same users. This server though features a fairly stocked "show and tell" channel with now thousands of grow pictures. In tripteam, experimental methods are more tolerated than on shroomery and fungus amongus, deviation from the teks and such, but accuracy of information is still very much moderated.

     

     

     

    For those unaware, discord is like IRC but you can upload photos like in Facebook or skype, and also everything is saved up to a point i think, so you can always check back on stuff.
    In my opinion its way better than IRC.
    It also features voice channels, and soon will apparently have features for live streaming or screen sharing (it was originally built for gaming).

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  22. Posted · Edited by drpotato

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    You can get a nice cheap blower from the wreckers, from a car AC unit, just saw it off and clean it up, maybe spray paint some white enamel or something.
    Construct a "fluid manometer " basically a clear hose with water in it, to tune the pressure, or test the fan blows your desired pressure.

    as for a hepa source

    https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Air-Filter-Good-Quality-laminar-air_60179232439.html

     

    Shipping is about $20 for a single HEPA, and price is pretty constant per area, a 12x12" (30.5cm) x 9cm hepa costs about $30 or so, and one twice as wide in H14 will cost about twice as much.
    each grade you go up the cost seems to be minor. Also they take paypal.

     

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  23. Posted · Edited by drpotato

    when i say bad luck i mean sometimes it works flawlessly, other times, horrible. Also i hate working in the SAB anyway

    Its little things that can spoil everything, like a little slip or wrong movement and bam, everything is doomed.
    I just really, really dont like the SAB. In a flowhood, im guaranteed a sterile environment, so as long as i follow common sense, like asuming anything certain things are potentially dirty, which are the only sources of contamination, then i should get by fairly contaminant free.

    Still though, im moreso interested in hearing if anyone else has had much success?

     

    -edit

     

    I discovered that the filter recommended has 2 flaws.
    1. Low surface area; its a shallow filter so will clog quickly

    2. its H13 at best, according to the efficiency ratings, probably less, this is barely, but still is, considered acceptable.

    So, a decent pre-filter is a MUST, but otherwise, theres no issue here, however i found i could get a 12x12" H14 hepa 9cm deep, for about the same price incl shipping.
    As for a fan, im going with a cars aircon fan, cheaper and way more powerful. And tunable too since its DC

  25. Posted

    6 minutes ago, waterboy 2.0 said:

     

    I'll predict that seed from the hybrid will give a much wider range of phenotypes.

     

     

     

     

    What do you mean by that? the seeds will produce random ratios or something between the two crossed plants?

     

    In any case i didnt realize until just now but that bush grew super fast, i literally thought it was just a new branch i was thinking of cutting it back until that day i saw it was a new plant.

    I might give cloning a try, no particular reason, its a nice chilli, really hot, but also rather big, which is good given all i have are habanero, fatali, ghost which are basically inedible, then there is tabasco (too small), and jalapeno (not hot enough) and the cayenne pepper (sometimes bitter aftertaste), which all have their own specific weaknesses, for general use cooking. But these new ones are pretty fleshy and dont end up bitter where the cayenne peppers are bitter so it looks like a perfect upper range chilli for general use, plus its growing in a bad location

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