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  3. Posted

    *what kind of wood is best for sub relocating

    i would imagine the type of wood they were originally growing in would be best. eucalypt is good, pine...not so good.

    *Can they be relocated in a botanical garden bed if the right wood mulch is used

    yes, but...if you want good result, you got to make sure the spot you choose has the right conditions for fruiting. for example if you relocate to a spot that gets a good whack of direct sunlight during the middle of the day, your mulch will likely dry out and the mycelium will die.

    *Can I inoculate vermiculite/brown rice flour with sub spores, What would be better

    yes. but inoculating spores onto agar would be much better, that way you are able to isolate the best and most vigorous mycelium and use that to innoculate your grain jars.

    only take what you need to start a new patch. don't totally destroy a good patch by filling your bags with kilos of good mycelium. only take the mycelium if you are totally confident that you have found a good loction to transfer to and are confident of your methods. i'm all for spreading the fungi, as long as the intentions aren't selfish, ie. uprooting an entire patch and moving it to your back yard.

    good luck.

    [ 13. July 2004, 15:49: Message edited by: visualfx ]

  4. Posted

    t st tantra:

    i imagine it's variable but how long to dry with damprid?

    t s t .

    hugely variable, it all about the size of the fresh fruit. small mushrooms (pinky size) will take 24-48 hours with good dry damprid. big mushrooms (stems as thick as your thumb and caps as large as your palm) can take a week or more to totally dry. worth the time if you plan to hang on to them for a while.

    [ 12. July 2004, 11:15: Message edited by: visualfx ]

  5. Posted

    - dry mushrooms in a container with damprid (or other desiccant) at the base until cracker dry.

    - crush into powder (optional).

    - into ziplock bag, squeeze out all the air.

    - bag into glass jar with lid and seal. add a sachet of desiccant to soak up any moisture in the air.

    - keep in cool, dry, dark place.

    i've kept mushrooms like this for well over a year without any noticable loss in potency. any other method seems like wasted effort to me...

  7. Posted

    here is link to an indoor azurescens tek.

    subs require similar conditions to azures, but your best bet by a long way is doing a run of grain spawn -> woodchips and transfering the colonised wood to an outdoor bed.

    hope this helps...

  8. Posted

    have heard a few unconfirmed reports of isolated sightings of pantherina in centenial park in sydney. from a pretty reliable source to...

    [ 04. June 2004, 13:46: Message edited by: visualfx ]

  9. Posted

    edited due to irrational comments:

    but seriously, have you considered moving to Amsterdam??

    we're talking quality of life here! If your pain is as serious as you say (I don't doubt that it is, i have no reason to beleive otherwise) this has to be an option, yeah???

    all the best...i hope thing get better for you.

    [ 19. May 2004, 11:51: Message edited by: visualfx ]

  10. Posted

    apart from having a microwave safe container, moisture content is going to be your biggest problem. you will lose a lot more moisture from your substrate using a microwave than PCing. you want to start with more water, thus ending up with the right amount. how much more water to start with? you could test a few jars/containers with different amounts of water, and see what amounts work best...

  11. Posted

    cakes never NEED to be cased, but i will always case, without exception! the casing layer helps to stop the mycelium from drying out and to keep humidity high. when you birth a cake, be it BRF or rice grains, the outside layer is exposed to air and will likely dry out over time, and be extremely difficult to fruit from, similar to overlay. casing prevents this, and can give you a lager surface area to fruit from...

  14. Posted

    may 17th at about 5:30 in the afternoon.

    ...sorry, i couldn't help myself...

    but seriously, it all depends on the weather! if you get a few solid days of rain, could be within a week or so from that point.

    [ 16. April 2004, 20:58: Message edited by: visualfx ]

  17. Posted

    i heard, be it from a fairly dubious source, that the weekend of two tribes in Melb. was a slow weekend for GHB od's! Apparently the average weekend in Melbourne, they get around 20-30 ghb related hospital admissions, the weekend in question they only had 10 or so, it was just that they had party pics to go along with it... :rolleyes:

    I don't know how accurate this is but it is certainly interesting none the less.

    [ 12. March 2004, 10:35: Message edited by: visualfx ]

  18. Posted

    i don't think you can put this down to any one thing. every person experiences these things differently and have varying sensitivities to such substances.

    also,not every experience is immidiately positive. i would also guess that the 6 hours of continuous effects could be due to the trauma or shock of what was experienced.

    edit: by the way, is this the correct forum for this??

    [ 08. March 2004, 10:46: Message edited by: visualfx ]

  23. Posted

    yeah, works fine...takes longer! large cooking pot with lid, water half way up jars (never had to top up!?). The process is to boil your jars for an hour, 3 times consecutively at ~24 hour intervals.

    i wish i had a PC...

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