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#1
PF - Tek / weird blending reaction
July 03, 2005, 01:51:33 PM
I blended some dried cubes with orange juice in a blender.  The first batch turned out ok, oragish brown in color.  The second batch started to to green almost immediately. I don't know what to make of this. This seems to fast for trichoderma to form.  The shrooms were good and dry...from the same btch as that that did not turn green, and the reaction was within minutes, so fast in fact that i was able to freeze the botttle that I poured the mixture into, and the bottom half is still ornagish brown, while the top is green.  Is this safe stuff?  I don't know what to make of it.

Thanks,  Fungi
#2
Cultivation / Fruting Azurescens Indoors
May 27, 2005, 01:38:29 PM
OK:  So, I have a fully colonized jar of Azurescens using hardwood substrate, (with a bit of BRF) added to speed the colonization process.  Anyway, now that the jar is fully colonized, is it possible to fruit it directly from the substrate, since it is a wood based substrate, or is it absolutely necessary go go through the casing, and/or spawing process?  Also, can Azurescens be fruited in a regular fruiting chamber (like the ones used for Cubensis)..with lower temps & different moisture content, obviously?...If so, does anyone know the rights temps, and humidity?

Thanks,

Fungi
#3
Cultivation / Moisture requirements
May 01, 2005, 10:56:02 AM
I've been noticing that some different strains of cubies seem to have different moisture requirements.  Is this usual, or just me?
#4
Cultivation / preventing contamination
May 01, 2005, 10:53:46 AM
I've been getting green mold growing on my cakes...not right away...usually after afout 2 flushes.  The cakes are usually (always) still full of moisture & nutrietns, but I can't seem to get past about 2 flushes without getting green mold, even if I spray the area with lyso... even if I use a hepa filter in the room...even if If put Peroxide into the growing chamber..and into the mist.  Does anyone have any ideas on preventing green mold?
#5
Cultivation / New Strain ???
April 09, 2005, 09:21:41 AM
Does anyone know anything about this new strain called "Thai Tak Mountain" that some venders are now marketing? Is it basically the same as any other Thai strain..., and/or more marketing "magic" by the venders?
#6
PF - Tek / Trouble with Brazil
April 04, 2005, 04:58:19 PM
Hi:

I've recently...well not too recently, like within the past month, birthed some Brazil strain cakes.  They fruit, but I have been getting a ton of aborts...a ton!!!, In fact I think that maybe 1, or 2, have grown into full shrooms, out of maybe 30 aborts. Some of the aborts get fairly large, but they always abort in the end, and do not drop spores.  Does anyone know if this is characteristic of this strain?  I've never had this problem before...at least not on this scale...not even close. I've heard that Brazil was a good strain, but now I'm a bit dissapointed....assuming that the strain has anything to do with this.
#7
PF - Tek / types of substrate
February 18, 2005, 07:23:19 AM
Is Whole wheat flour just as good ans Brown Rice Flour? Is there a reason that BRF is the standard?...or can any organic whole grain flour be used just as effectively?
#8
PF - Tek / mycobag
December 13, 2004, 11:01:31 AM
I have a fully colonized mycobag that has been sitting out in the light (indoors) for about a month, and does not show a single pin. Do I need to open the bag in  order to induce pinning. I wanted to fruit these in the bag so that I could get a viable print out of it, but so far no luck.

Any advice?
#9
Cultivation / to dunk or not to dunk
November 22, 2004, 08:49:14 AM
I was wondering if it might be possible to rehydrate cakes by injecting them with sterile water instead of dunking them. This would seem to be a much more contam resistant solution if it worked.

Any thoughts/experiences???
#10
PF - Tek / KSSS, truth or hype
October 15, 2004, 10:49:27 AM
Browsing the various strains offered by the vendors, and one raves that the Thai Koh Samui Super Strain (KSSS) "....is the absolute best cubensis we have ever seen" Is it true that this strain is the fastest, most contam resistant and "To top it off, they yielded 40-50% more mushrooms compared to the highest yielding strains"?

If this is true, why would anyone even consider any other strain? I would love to hear about any ones experiences with KSSS.
#11
General topics / Drying & potency
October 15, 2004, 10:47:06 AM
Does anyone know if cubies lose potency during drying? if so, how much?
I've just left them out in the open air to dry, and it seems to work fairly well, but I am concerned that they may lose potency, as I have read that is a possibility.
#12
General topics / cooked shrooms
September 30, 2004, 12:25:28 PM
Does anyone know if cooking shrooms affects potency?
#13
Cultivation / cooked shrooms
September 30, 2004, 09:59:17 AM
Does anyone know if cooking shrooms affects potency.
#14
PF - Tek / fuzz balls
September 23, 2004, 10:42:41 AM
Well I birthed my 100% colonized cakes about two weeks ago, and put them in the fruiting chamber. However they stubbornly refuse to fruit. The mycelium keeps growing producing large white fluffy fuzz balls, but no fruit.

Any suggestions?
#15
General topics / sugar water
September 19, 2004, 12:43:21 PM
I recently heard of a technigue for getting more...much more out of a single spore syringe, and I wanted to know if anyone has heard of this, and tried it.

it involves squirting about .25 cc into some sugared water to grow out the mycellia for use as inoculant. it's not only faster, with growth visible in 2-3 days, but it tremendously multiplies the number of jars a single syringe can start, from around 10 'as is ' to a few hundred easily.

Has anyone tried this,...sucessfully?

Thanks, Fungi
#16
General topics / additives
September 18, 2004, 01:50:54 PM
Has anyone heard of adding tyramine to the substrate for greater potency?
If so, has anyone tried it, and what have your results been?

What about other additives? are there additives that can be added to the substrate to increase potency?
#17
General topics / venders
September 14, 2004, 07:47:35 AM
In the opinion of the legions at fungifun, who is the best (most viable, most reliable, well stocked,  most resonably priced) spore vender out there?


Also I wondered what is the easiest strain of cubensis to grow, and/or is there a strain that is as easy or easier to grow than cubensis?

Thanks to all.,

fungi
#18
PF - Tek / the realm of light
September 13, 2004, 09:42:52 AM
Just of question for the final phase of the incubation process.
How long (how many days) do jars need to be placed in indirect light in order for pinheads to start forming? I have some fully colonized Equador strain cakes(still in the jars) that were recently transfered from complete darkness, and now have been sitting in a well lit room for a week, and still no pin heads. In fact the mycelial growth appears to have slowed. Is there a reason for this?

Should I try cold shocking to get pinheads to form? What is the best way to do this?  24 hrs in the fridge?, in a cooler with an ice pack..Etc?

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks,

Fungi