Spore-tacular Shenanigans

[terrancefartbubbler]

Have any of you guys ever attempted to make the medium without a pressure cooker ?

 

[Orb]

happy with almost 14g from flush #5

accidentally had dehydrator at 50c for a few hours so shroom appear a bit bumpy

 

[Orb]

then dunked it again for 12 hours in tap water and gave it a bit of a squeeze before emptying all water out this evening and back into darkness for 12 hours

 

[Aye Shroomer]

Have any of you guys ever attempted to make the medium without a pressure cooker ?

If you have a big pot with a lid you can sterilise jars. Pf tek

Brf( brown rice flower) and vermiculite. Just takes longer than a pressure cooker does.

 

[terrancefartbubbler]

Thanks for that I just finished reading pf Tek on shroomery will give it a go next weekend

 

[Orb]

taking next baby step on the shroom journey and bought a 32l tub and the drill bits to build me a fruiting chamber

 

[Orb]

piece of shit $8 drill bit, got two holes in before it broke



fuck u miter10 and ur advice on cheap shit that works (but in reality doesn’t), made a few holes on other the side easily enough without the new attachment

 

[Orb]

nothing against sporespec but decided to try a different (cheaper) grain and substrate from eBay - just over 3kg between 2 bags cost $55 incl delivery (versus $95)

 

[Goonie Goat]

Jesus that's a bit rough (the mitre 10 holesaw , not having a go at you if you read it that way ), I think I used those Diablo brand spade bits from Bunnings they were okay for it but i knew I'd fk up so bought extra tubs and surely enough broke a few being too heavy handed

 

[terrancefartbubbler]

nothing against sporespec but decided to try a different (cheaper) grain and substrate from eBay - just over 3kg between 2 bags cost $55 incl delivery (versus $95)

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Any chance you could send me the eBay link I need a few bags myself

 

[Orb]

Jesus that's a bit rough (the mitre 10 holesaw , not having a go at you if you read it that way ), I think I used those Diablo brand spade bits from Bunnings they were okay for it but i knew I'd fk up so bought extra tubs and surely enough broke a few being too heavy handed

all good Goonie mate, the tub held up well, put a fair few holes in with just ordinary drill bit and it was great, no cracking

will cover the holes up with some nicropore tape and I’ll inoculate one of the bags with a strain tomorrow

 

[Orb]

Any chance you could send me the eBay link I need a few bags myself

Sent ya PM

 

[Orb]

tub internal dimensions at the base are about 27cm x 37cm

wasn’t planning on buying substrate materials cause the grow bags are all in one, but now im wondering if I need to use both grow bags or will I get away with one for the monotub

anyone have ideas on the minimum volume of grain and substrate ya should use for my tub size?

 

[Goonie Goat]

tub internal dimensions at the base are about 27cm x 37cm

wasn’t planning on buying substrate materials cause the grow bags are all in one, but now im wondering if I need to use both grow bags or will I get away with one for the monotub

anyone have ideas on the minimum volume of grain and substrate ya should use for my tub size?

Pretty sure they say 2 or 3 inches of substrate for the tubs. Some put casing layers on but I reckon going by your success and humidity so far to try without a casing. If you plan on making substrate you can boil up some straw or Coco even a mixture and then get a good chunk of your bag mycelium and crumble it up into your monotub maybe? To keep thing less messy you can chuck your 'field capacity' Coco in oven / microwave bags and loosely tie up with some twist ties or a cable tie then boil for an hour or or so. Then when its done just clamp it down with the zip tie and use in your tub when ready.

No harm trying a bag first in your tub though

 

[Orb]

remembered that I’m away in a few weeks so I’ll wait to start so the bag is nearly finishing colonising when I’m back

like the idea of coco substrate, vermicelli mix - am I right that so as long as it’s sterilised in one of the micron bags, it’s good till u need to use it?

I don’t have a pressure cooker so was thinking oven/microwave might be easiest?

 

[Goonie Goat]

remembered that I’m away in a few weeks so I’ll wait to start so the bag is nearly finishing colonising when I’m back

like the idea of coco substrate, vermicelli mix - am I right that so as long as it’s sterilised in one of the micron bags, it’s good till u need to use it?

I don’t have a pressure cooker so was thinking oven/microwave might be easiest?

Should be fine to boil up without a pressure cooker, not sure about the microwave or oven but should work out I'd say. Doesn't really matter if you use a micron bag for boiling the substrate, oven bag will be fine or anything that won't melt

 

[Orb]

wasn’t sure it would happen but while things have definitely slowed down, looks like there will be a flush #6

 

[Orb]

it finished in a hurry, harvested last night, out of the dehydrator @ just over 11g - before and after pics

 

[terrancefartbubbler]

it finished in a hurry, harvested last night, out of the dehydrator @ just over 11g - before and after pics

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You gonna try for a 7?

 

[Orb]

You gonna try for a 7?

yeah I’m a bit of a tight fucker and hate waste so I dunked it for 12 hours yesterday

interested to see if anything happens from here cause the top of the cake is looking kinda rough