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#21
Cultivation / Re: WBS ??
May 07, 2010, 07:51:59 AM
the urine thing was a joke i think, im sure endospores exist but a soak isnt required to help kill them, if i can get a pic up here i have a blue oyster jar full of rizo myc and nothin else, no soak, no rinse, no problems. as long as you pc your seed for a sufficient amount of time the pressure will crack the endos. its a proven tek, it isnt my own but DrJugglz from shroomotopia so thats who the credit goes to but it works, next time you do jars do one of them the DrJugglz way and see for yourself, you may never go back to rinse and soak, i didnt.
#22
Cultivation / Re: Mythbusting Thread
May 07, 2010, 07:47:11 AM
ive always heard it was best to dry in the low hundreds, like one o five or so, but then ive also heard no heat is best. temp will definitely destroy actives but i think its in the 200's before it starts to degrade it, id be interested to know this one myself, maybe someone will find out and post it here.
#23
shiitake can be grown on sawdust, quite well actually, from grain to sawdust substrate, and will fruit way faster than nocced logs, although if im not mistaken once the logs take hold they will produce for years and look beautiful on logs, substrate id like to see your log grow shiitakes are wonderful little fungi.
#24
Cultivation / Mythbusting Thread
May 05, 2010, 09:27:28 PM
ill start this off with a couple myths that are taken as fact by alot of cultivators, anyone feel free to add to the thread any you may have encountered.

poo is hard to work with, smells bad - dried poo smells like dirt, in fact when its pasteurized in an oven it takes on an earthy sweet smell. cow or horse patties found dry in the field need no special leaching or rinsing to use, just shred it and go.

sunflower seeds must be removed first, and wbs must be rinsed and soaked - not true, you can use wbs without any preparation by just adding a measured amount to a mason jar and then adding half the volume of water, then pc'ing  for ninety mins at fifteen psi. you dont even have to remove the dirt and grits.

sterilizing poo renders it useless - false, while some species require the microbes present in pasteurized poo, cubensis do not. pc'ing poo will work great for p. cubensis and reduces the chances of contamination.

incubators are a must - not true, cubes will colonize at room temp, and most strains will also fruit at room temp, seventy two to seventy five.

a casing layer is required to get a good pinset - false, a casing doesnt guarantee a good pinset, nor is it necessary for fruiting cubes in a bulk grow. some species however do need or benefit from a nutritious casing layer but cubes arent one of them.

miracle gro perlite wont work - it works just fine, perlite is one of the best ways to create and maintain the proper humidity in an FC. perlite has tons of little nooks and crannies that slowly release moisture into the air. however you should wash MG perlite well as algae will thrive on the fertilizer its treated with.

bulk growing is difficult and shouldnt be the starting point for a newbie - false, bulk is just as easy as pf tek when you break it down to its simple elements. you nocc up birdseed or rye or whatever, wait for it to colonize, add the spawn to sterilized poo, coir, straw, what have you and let that colonize. then you introduce to fruiting conditions. in a month you can have a bulk grow done from spore to harvest.

layering spawn and substrate is the best way to spawn bulk - false, while layering obviously works it is by no means the best way to go. Evenly and thoroughly mixing your spawn with your sub will cut colonization time in half, ive had subs fully colonized in three days using this method, sometimes two. this also keeps contams from getting a foot hold early on.

you shouldnt mist after pins form or they will abort - not true, while direct misting of the sub is not recommended mushrooms love the mist even after pinning has initiated, just mist around and in the air above the sub.

thats all i can think of now, please add any you have found in your travels with the humble fungus. hope this helps answer some folks q's and dispel some of the myths that are taken as fact.
#25
Cultivation / Re: PERLITE WITH MIRACLE GROW
May 04, 2010, 10:53:24 PM
wash it off or it will grow algae, it works tho thats all i used to use.
#26
Cultivation / Re: Using rye as substrate?
May 04, 2010, 10:48:12 PM
the trade off is that you only get one good flush, maybe two, because the myc will use up the food in the grain faster, most of the time and trich will set up quick if your not real careful. you can add field cap verm to the rye by mixing it well in a ziplock bag, get it EVENLY mixed and it colonizes in three days, it will pin ten days after that. but the booms are mostly water and dry out lighter, theres always a trade off. the extra three or four days to colonize poo or straw is worth it.
#27
Cultivation / Re: WBS ??
May 04, 2010, 10:40:09 PM
the sunflower thing is a myth, i quit takin em out a long time ago. all you have to do with wbs is add three hundred fifty ml of dry seed to a qt jar straight outta the bag and add 175ml of water, put the lid on and pc for ninety at fifteen psi. works everytime, no hassle, no rinse, no drying the seed. it really is that easy to use wbs.
#28
you can use the rye to do a rez effect, add it to field cap verm, colonizes in three days, pins ten days after that, you can get fat canopies with a rez, however the mushies dry lighter than a straw or other sub.
#29
thats awesome man i got you covered, ill send you some of the emix to try out as well. im glad your liking the stuff, i love yalls little corner of cyber space here, great atmosphere. im too tired to do any photobucketing tonight but ill get some pics up soon. i have several other grows of oysters to post on a couple different things im learning edibles these are my first attempts. thanks for the warm welcome here!
#30
cool i cant get the pics to load for anything, i had to make them tiny to fit the upload max file size and then after i resized it said the file path was wrong, so i dont know what to do about it, is there anyone on here that could help? you should get it in by wednesday.
#31
These are blue oysters on sawdust spawned on the second, i pc'd the dust for an hour with three grams of fb per bag, two bags. they look nice and healthy, ill be posting updates as i go. this grow is MS>wbs>sawdust+fb