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About Shrooman
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Australia
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Gardening, Beekeeping, Mycology, Brewing, Self Sufficiency
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Anyone in WA have spore prints for sale or giveaway for microscopy purposes? Looking to get back into mycology and start a collection after moving back to WA (everything's gone due to quarantine). Thanks.
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Shrooman started following oyster basket, west aussie's trade and sell thread, All prints are for Microscopy ONLY! and and 1 other
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I had bees over east, but nothing yet in WA, Id love to get back into it though in the future. Nothing better than fresh burr comb Good luck with it - it's addictive!
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Looking to get back into mycology after moving interstate to WA. Anyone have any prints for sale or giveaway, got nothing to trade yet :/ Looking at starting a print collection for microscopy purposes. I'll search and post elsewhere but also looking to get a decent microscope for microscopy and gardening (checking soil, compost etc). Thanks
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Metho (alcohol) is perfect for your alcohol lamp, and exactly what you want to use A spirit lamp is different, hence it uses spirits and not alcohol.
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Now that's a sweet setup!
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I have done the popcorn tec for growing out SRA myc a few years back and it grew REALLY REALLY well, however purely from a price point of view wheat and rye would probably work out cheaper, plus since wheat and rye grains are smaller they have a much larger surface area, therefore more points of contact with the substrate so you should get faster colonisation. That's the way I do it and works for both rye and wheat.
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So did your blocks pin before you put them in the FC? I have 2 x 100% colonised blocks but no sign of pinning yet.....
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So for your 100% straw Reishi you just heat pasteurised with hot water? I've been very successful using the lime soak tek for white oysters into plastic bags with holes poked in. Takes about 2 weeks from inoc. to pinning for a 2.5kg bag. Trying some Golden oysters using the same method now. Currently I just soak mine in a drum with a large weighted saucer form a garden pot on top, then a few bricks to keep it submerged. I might look at going the shower method with a small pump in the future - would also work well for heat pasteurisation with an inline heater element to keep the temp up. Kind of like a RIMS beer brewing system, but instead of being a "Recirculating Infusion Mash System" it will be my "Recirculating Infusion Mycological System"
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Are you using the Lime Soak Tek for the Reishi as well??? I'll be stoked if you got those results using lime soaked straw!!!
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Lookin good! Is that 100% straw? Pasteurised or steralised?
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My FC at the moment loaded with POW with the new blue LED lights on the top level, and my old white LED bars on the 2nd and 3rd level:
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You can even go to Harvey Norman/Good Guys and get them from free if you can pick them up - they have to pay to get rid of them.
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That's dam cheap heat shrink, care to share your source?
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Looks great, I like the mesh basket! How do you get enough FAE in your fridge incubator?