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Mushroom cultivation => Cultivation => Topic started by: Swanksandra on January 08, 2009, 08:04:56 AM

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Question: Mushy looking rye grain substrate and too few spores?
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Title: Mushy looking rye grain substrate and too few spores?
Post by: Swanksandra on January 08, 2009, 08:04:56 AM
I am starting a rye grain substrate for the first time and when I sterilized my 1 pint kerr jars in the pressure cooker for 90 minutes I looked at the bottom and it looks kind of mushy.  Anyway I inoculated the jars with a very small part of a spore print that I put in water and inoculated the jars with that. My question is can you use too few spores and the jars not colonize? :huh:
Title: Re: Mushy looking rye grain substrate and too few spores?
Post by: Baphom3t on January 09, 2009, 06:30:57 AM
" I looked at the bottom and it looks kind of mushy."

I'd start over with a new batch.
Grains are not to be mushy after PCing them.

Baph
Title: Re: Mushy looking rye grain substrate and too few spores?
Post by: Swanksandra on January 09, 2009, 10:59:57 AM
Yeah thats what I thought I would have to do. Its okay though.  Thanks Baph!!!!   :mellow:
Title: Re: Mushy looking rye grain substrate and too few spores?
Post by: redeye on January 29, 2009, 11:59:49 PM
try putting the jars in the cooker for 60 minutes at 15 psi. that should keep the seeds from cooking
Title: Re: Mushy looking rye grain substrate and too few spores?
Post by: sin2win on January 30, 2009, 12:51:42 AM
i cook mine for 90 with good results.  60, i think could work but IMO ure pushing ure success rate
Title: Re: Mushy looking rye grain substrate and too few spores?
Post by: psilocybin warrior on January 30, 2009, 01:03:23 PM
I always pressure cook 60min. The mushyness sounds like they got too wet.

PW
Title: Re: Mushy looking rye grain substrate and too few spores?
Post by: sin2win on January 30, 2009, 07:46:54 PM
really, just 60 min.  shit id rather do that i thought 90 was recomended
Title: Re: Mushy looking rye grain substrate and too few spores?
Post by: psilocybin warrior on January 30, 2009, 11:26:26 PM
Its wbs tho.

PW
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