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  2. Posted

    On 7/17/2017 at 3:50 AM, Domnall said:

    Other effects also include the various other regions in the brain to be activated,

    That must be why I'm so damn smart.

    I wonder if that is why I'm so damn good looking as well.

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  4. Posted

    On 6/13/2017 at 7:21 AM, Skellum said:

    If anyone is reading this thread and considering using my fucked up recipe right here - avoid at all costs...

    I may have had some random success in the beginning - but the last couple of months have been filled with NOTHING but failed contaminated runs...  

     

    Keep it simple, this gourmet fairy shit was just a pipe dream I'm thinking...

    Your nitrogen levels may have been too high.

     

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  5. Posted

    I threw away my copy of The Mushroom Cultivator a while ago. IMO there is plenty of free information available on mushroom sites. Just about the only thing I used TMC for was diagnosis, causes and control of diseases.

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  6. Posted

    On 7/11/2017 at 11:14 AM, Skellum said:

    I think I've heard on the shroomery any selling of spores is prohibited, only trading? This might be wrong though.

    Shroomery is probably like most sites in that you can't sell spores unless you pay for that right by being a sponsor. Which IMO does make sense. Why would a vendor pay for a right that others get for free.  And it does cost money to keep sites up, so sponsors do generate much needed revenue.

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  8. Posted

    18 hours ago, 2XB said:

    too wet

    ^this^ Would be my next guess. I also started making my subs drier. Coir does a great job of retaining moisture, so it only has to be damp. IMO if when you squeeze your sub and any water comes out of it then its too wet.

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    I once went 9 months straight with contams. If it wasn't for the fast that I was able to get fruits outside from contaminate subs I wouldn't have had shit.

     

    I tested the tap water that I was using and found out that it was 6.0pH. So I not only quit using it, but I also started raising the pH to 7.5.

    Another thing I did is that I started pasteurizing my substrate for a minimum of 12 hours.

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  11. Posted

    This is an old thread, but I'll bite.

    I try not to use my tap water to hydrate substrate, because my tap water has a 6.0pH. Instead I try to use rainwater. When it hasn't rained for a while I use catch the condensation from the A/C or buy spring water.

     

    I don't worry so much about steeping grains, because I always add pickling lime.

     

    For LCs and spore solution I use distilled water. Distilled helps keep the carmelization down when PCing LCs. And I use it for spore solution, because its already sterilized (did I mention that I'm lazy?).

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    Sweet, so I am probably wasting my time on the spawn run, but may be gaining some benefits on the bulk colonization stage? Cheers Cue

     

    Eggsactly. The PC will kill the beneficial microbes as well as the bad ones. But, user proper pasteurisation temps will only kill the bad ones.

     

    Do you aerate your soup prior to using applying it?

    I read that aerating guano with an air stone for 24 hours prior to using it really kicked off the aerobic microbes.

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    Ah, sweet. I used one of these units a coupla years ago at a mate's and was surprised how effective it was.

     

    Am used to a full flow hood setup, but you probably don't want a full flow hood if you're short on space or moving house ever. They're heavy and take up massive amounts of room

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    Big Bertha is like my wife, she's heavy and takes up a lot of room. But, atleast Big Bertha has a job and works. Just kidding Miss Cue.

     

    Just so some people don't think that this person is trying to get rich from this sell let me say that they aren't cheap to build. My filter has the same width and length, with a blower. The filter (H-14 rating) was $250.00 USD with shipping, and the blower (8") was $150.00 USD. Plus, I have another $100.00 USD in misc expenses.

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  21. Posted

    On 10/31/2016 at 8:12 PM, Skellum said:

    I need to find a place that sells 25cc syringe caps as the 12cc syringes don't come with a 'thread' to screw a needle or cap onto. Alternatively I could maybe suck up some silicone into the needle then cut the needle off with pliers and i might be left with a water tight clandestine syringe cap type thing...

    An epoxy may be better. Doesn't really matter how you clog the needle, since the needle can easily be replaced.

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  23. Posted · Edited by Cue
    I wanted to add something

    4 hours ago, Hex_OMEGA said:

    Spores last for at least several years

    Up to 30 years actually.

    SG-30 is a strain that was derived from a 30 year old print of Cubensis Star Gazer. Although, in that case they used activated charcoal to aide in germination.

    I have grown SG-30, and it did very well.

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  24. Posted · Edited by Cue

    10 hours ago, theuserformallyknownasd00d said:

    Whoops I just noticed this is in myco and not plants - ignore me !!! 

    I'm not going to put you on my ignore list just yet.

     

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  25. Posted

    On 9/30/2016 at 8:09 PM, Hex_OMEGA said:

    yeah mate, I have access to it..just feeling a bit lazy as I usually leach it the sun for a few days. So was just seeing if anyone has had any success with the bunnings stuff?

    I am also too lazy to work work with anything other than bagged manure. I live in the USA, so I can't comment on specific brands in your area. But, I have used bagged composted cow manure for years. It really needs to mixed with something to fluff it up. I usually go equal parts cpoo/coir/composted straw, but when I don't have any straw I just go equal parts cpoo/coir.

     

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