Grow Checklist.. What am I missing? Need Bulk Substrate Suggestion

WHODAT@THADOR

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First i wouldn't use popcorn. I don't know why everyone here uses it. I would use hard red wheat. Myc loves it. Don't open your jars to shake em. Fill them about 2/3 full and when they are about 25% colonized then just shake them once. Do not shake them 2X per day. You will kill the myc by the second time you shake them and your project will fail before it barely starts. Do not flush cow manure compost to sterilize it. Just put it in an oven bag, seal it, and make 2 holes and cover with micropore tape and pc it for 90 minutes at 15 psi. Why not try a tek that is tried and true instead of trying to put one together yourself? Here is a dubtub tek that works great:
http://www.shroomology.org/topic/8670-6-quart-dub-tub-mist-and-fan-bulk-tek/
I have been growing for a little while now and i still use this tek sometimes. If you follow the directions to the T I guarantee you will have more boomers than you know what to do with. Just please try it before wasting time and money on a failed attempt. Because to be honest it sounds like you are going to fail with the plan you have now. I'm not trying to sound like a dick. I'm just being honest for your own sake. I like to see people grow shrooms. Not make a thread that is 25 pages long with a bunch of "What am i doing wrong?" questions.
I gave the dude other teks and what works for me ...KISS method goes along way,,,,So since you know it all tell me why he would PC the manure verse pastuerize and kill all the beneficial bacteria? Next, maybe he can take himself to shoomtalk.com and read somemore to and educate himself with just as much as shroomology......hell what would I kno bad bad advice I guess:wall:
 

BeastGrow

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I'm going to try the Popcorn Tek for colonizing jars. I will use Rez tek for bulk. I will use composted cow manure and gypsum with the colonized popcorn for 50% and vermiculite for the other 50%. Fruiting in 6 quart dubtubs. Have 3 dubtubs and will make 1 quart of spawn for each. Thinking I ought to get 3 more dubtubs so i can do use a full syringe to inoculate 6 jars rather than risk contaminating half syringe or using too much.

Is it feasable to use 1/2 a syringe? or is it a one time use thing if you want to minimize contamination?
 

WHODAT@THADOR

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As long as you sterilize tip gas flame dont let air in cap bag and stick in dark room temp drawer........But that may be bad advice :clap:
BTW I like it ....good plan
 

WHODAT@THADOR

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I'm going to try the Popcorn Tek for colonizing jars. I will use Rez tek for bulk. I will use composted cow manure and gypsum with the colonized popcorn for 50% and vermiculite for the other 50%. Fruiting in 6 quart dubtubs. Have 3 dubtubs and will make 1 quart of spawn for each. Thinking I ought to get 3 more dubtubs so i can do use a full syringe to inoculate 6 jars rather than risk contaminating half syringe or using too much.

Is it feasable to use 1/2 a syringe? or is it a one time use thing if you want to minimize contamination?
Meant to tell you your substrate mix good but thats NOT the REZ TEK...Rez tek spawns to 100% vermiculite Its ratio is 1:1(however much seed/popcorn is how much verm) ...its pinned with pics ...and theory of how it works on shroomtalk.com type it into search....
 

BeastGrow

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I'm going to exchange this clear giant tote i have for some wild bird seed. What is the tek that uses WBS for the jars? That way i can just use the Rez Tek. Keep things simple..
 
Here is a site with all the mushie teks you can think of
http://shroomotopia.net/index.php?showforum=12
That is a link straight to the teks section a lot of older people on there not great with computers but a few have been growing mushies for 30+ years you might have to make an account but you won't have to look fer to get a SOLID answer to any question you have IF YOU LISTEN TO THESE GUYS YOU WILL NOT FAIL
 

MadDog607

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Please explain? The rez tek? pf tek? 50/50 mix?

The live cultures ? staying out of the bathroom?
I am not going to go through this thread and quote every piece of bad advise. It would take too much time. What BeastGrow is getting is a bunch of pieces of advice that he has to put together like a puzzle. A lot of the pieces to the puzzle are not good. I gave him a tek that works. It is good for a beginner to learn with and it works every time if you follow the directions period. I have used it so many times i can do it in my sleep. I see a lot of over thinking on here when it comes to shroom growing. Like the spring water thing. Why spring water? Do you think the microbes in it will benefit the grow. It will not. I would only use distilled water when misting your tub because the chlorine in tap water can bruise the shrooms bad. I have experienced that before. Don't try to reinvent the wheel. Like someone on here said earlier; emulate someone who has succeeded before you. Use the dubtub tek. Don't add anything to it and don't take away anything either. Just follow the directions and you will have shrooms.
 

iconoclast

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Thanks for reminding me I forgot to add that part... So after inoculated i store in a completely dark place like a drawer. Then with lights out I open jar and shake jars 2x per day until the jar is completely white.
Don't open the jars mate. I shake once after inoculation and that's it. I don't like mono tubs because there is almost no air circulation and the moisture is pulled from the casing. Placing a tray, on a rack, inside of a larger tub will allow air to circulate all around the tray. Moistened geolite in the bottom of the tub will keep humidity up and keep your casing from drying out as fast.
 

WHODAT@THADOR

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First, Im going to pretend for one minute you didnt insult me ...Two, I would say read back ya kno to part were I said i been doing this off and on for about 10 -11 years....(emulate suucess shit..ha)...Three, I do agree with all he has to do is copy people who have succeeded before him and LIKE FARMER has said there about 30 DIFFERENT ways to get the same RESULTS. You my frien as JOHN ALLEN would put it are a PURISTS who thinks your way is the only right way...and you should check that...WHAT BEAST NEEDS TO DO is go to several different mushroom forums not a weed forum to get MUSHROOM advice....I myself am here because of several of homebrewers articles and joined to better my cultivating skills and saw the mushroom section and thought "HUH, I CAN GIVE BACK A LITTLE" But I can tell you this I was member on another mushroom site when JOHN ALLEN was on it daily and he stopped HELPING people because UNDEREDUCATED people where telling him he was wrong all the time....Heres a tek tell him to by some malt...build a clean room...isolalate to malt agar...inspect the rhizomorphic structure...further isolate to another...agar .....then jar...blah blah blah do I sound like I have NEVER done this before??? SO WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO IS FORM HIS OWN OPINION IN A EDUCATED MATTER. And BTW im so tired of hearing about your DUBTEK I have fruited shrooms in nothing more then a regular tub (always clear) with nothing more then holes drilled in the side and the lid taken off and manually faned for 30 seconds with said lid for YEARS.
SO JUST REMEMBER IF YOU GO AROUND INSULTING PEOPLE YOU MIGHT JUST BE WONDERING THE NEXT TIME THE DOOR KNOCKS............WHODAT@DADOR
 

WHODAT@THADOR

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Okay here.... Soak your wbs 24 hours.....I pick out sunflowerseeds when they float to top...you dont have to ..up to you....after good soaking rinse off in strainner...lay out on paper towl to dry.....rotate and shift them for about an hour ...when you can place your hand on them and barely any stick to it they are ready to jar.....The theory is the water softens the shell and the shell absorbs water which it will hold in your SEALED jar like ICONO said...TO DRY the jar STALLS.....TO MOIST it contams ..... its like goldielox and the three bears it has to be just right....WBS can be use in conjuction with almost every casing tek I am aware of....Except the Pan species I have only had luck doing them LC(liquid culture) to poo/straw jars....poo/straw casings
 

MadDog607

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I gave the dude other teks and what works for me ...KISS method goes along way,,,,So since you know it all tell me why he would PC the manure verse pastuerize and kill all the beneficial bacteria? Next, maybe he can take himself to shoomtalk.com and read somemore to and educate himself with just as much as shroomology......hell what would I kno bad bad advice I guess:wall:
I gave the dude other teks and what works for me ...KISS method goes along way,,,,So since you know it all tell me why he would PC the manure verse pastuerize and kill all the beneficial bacteria? Next, maybe he can take himself to shoomtalk.com and read somemore to and educate himself with just as much as shroomology......hell what would I kno bad bad advice I guess:wall:
PCing will kill all the bacteria that can contam the sub. I'm not really sure if there is any beneficial bacteria you want in there. I know you don't need any type of bacteria in there for myc to colonize. I pc cmc/verm/coco coir in an oven bag for substrate. It kills everything living in the bag. You don't want anything competing for nutrients. I believe he was talking about flushing his cmc which doesn't sound good. I have never done that and it sounds as if you would flush a lot of the compost away. If I am thinking of what he means by flushing to be correct. Either way. I just put the cmc right in a tote and mix it all up with the verm and coco coir/water and some pickling lime to balance the ph and that is it. PC that for 90 minutes at 15 psi and you have perfect sub for a spawn run.
 

WHODAT@THADOR

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Ok so plain and simple POO has severla strains of beneficial bacteria that consume mold mildew spores other bacteria but not the MYCELIUM which as we kno is like the root structure and is what we introduce to the poo ...so it makes it harder for example green mold to take hold .....And we i talk about fc thats not flushing thats FEILD CAPACITY......you add moisture back to the poo at FEILD CAPACITY

Ex....POO/verm whatever else into pillow case oven fill with water and twist......strains out excess moisture while maintaining a proper moisture content ....then into the oven...yummy
 
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MadDog607

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First, Im going to pretend for one minute you didnt insult me ...Two, I would say read back ya kno to part were I said i been doing this off and on for about 10 -11 years....(emulate suucess shit..ha)...Three, I do agree with all he has to do is copy people who have succeeded before him and LIKE FARMER has said there about 30 DIFFERENT ways to get the same RESULTS. You my frien as JOHN ALLEN would put it are a PURISTS who thinks your way is the only right way...and you should check that...WHAT BEAST NEEDS TO DO is go to several different mushroom forums not a weed forum to get MUSHROOM advice....I myself am here because of several of homebrewers articles and joined to better my cultivating skills and saw the mushroom section and thought "HUH, I CAN GIVE BACK A LITTLE" But I can tell you this I was member on another mushroom site when JOHN ALLEN was on it daily and he stopped HELPING people because UNDEREDUCATED people where telling him he was wrong all the time....Heres a tek tell him to by some malt...build a clean room...isolalate to malt agar...inspect the rhizomorphic structure...further isolate to another...agar .....then jar...blah blah blah do I sound like I have NEVER done this before??? SO WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO IS FORM HIS OWN OPINION IN A EDUCATED MATTER. And BTW im so tired of hearing about your DUBTEK I have fruited shrooms in nothing more then a regular tub (always clear) with nothing more then holes drilled in the side and the lid taken off and manually faned for 30 seconds with said lid for YEARS.
SO JUST REMEMBER IF YOU GO AROUND INSULTING PEOPLE YOU MIGHT JUST BE WONDERING THE NEXT TIME THE DOOR KNOCKS............WHODAT@DADOR
I know there are a lot of different ways to grow mush. I'm just stating that he is getting a lot of bits and pieces of different things that work for people. I wouldn't advise someone to pick and choose parts of teks that work for people and combine them into one. I recommend dubtubs because it is straight forward and complete and proven. It is a great foundation as to where to start from. I don't mean to sound as if i am insulting people. If someone is giving bad advise and i say something and that person is insulted too bad. I'm just looking out for the person seeking the right knowledge. To be honest I don't know if you were the one giving the bad advise or not. I really do not feel like combing through this thread again. If you were then yeah it sounds as if you have not done this before. If you were one of the ones who was giving some good input then yeah it does sound like you have done this before. Take your pick. And you wouldn't make it past my driveway let alone my door.
 

WHODAT@THADOR

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I know there are a lot of different ways to grow mush. I'm just stating that he is getting a lot of bits and pieces of different things that work for people. I wouldn't advise someone to pick and choose parts of teks that work for people and combine them into one. I recommend dubtubs because it is straight forward and complete and proven. It is a great foundation as to where to start from. I don't mean to sound as if i am insulting people. If someone is giving bad advise and i say something and that person is insulted too bad. I'm just looking out for the person seeking the right knowledge. To be honest I don't know if you were the one giving the bad advise or not. I really do not feel like combing through this thread again. If you were then yeah it sounds as if you have not done this before. If you were one of the ones who was giving some good input then yeah it does sound like you have done this before. Take your pick. And you wouldn't make it past my driveway let alone my door.
ugh...I give up dude Im done computer battling ...If that is the case then I KNO you are not TALKING ABOUT ME.....But you would be surprised the places I can get into LMFAO:hump:
 

MadDog607

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I have a pack of wild hyenas in my yard and a moat filled with sharks.

Thanks for the head up guys.. I still have a lot to learn only a few hours into research so bear with me.

First I will see if I can find some of the wild bird seed... is Pennington the only brand that works good or is there a certain blend I am looking for? Then if you would be kind enough to link those pans you use I would try to find those too. Then if I find those I will return the plastic tote and the popcorn.

Like you said I will try to PC the substrate first.


I still need

Pans
Wild BIrd Seed
Oven Bags
Lysol

I have:
face masks
91% rubbing alchohol
pressure cooker (only 6 quart digital).
I already have some half pint, pint, and quarter jars.. I will do quarter jars if they fit.
Drill bit for making holes if necessary
Nitrile Gloves
Coco Coir (CocoTek) 5kg pressed bale
Composted Cow manure (just about as much as i want)
Spore Syringe of Golden teacher


Where would i get red hard wheat? Never seen it.
WBS works great. Yes i use the pennington wbs: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Pennington-Seed-Wild-Bird-Ration-20lb/17256228
It has a good ratio of milo and millets. It doesn't have cracked corn which is in a lot of wbs. It turns to cream corn when you hydrate it and will fuck up your grain. You also should remove the sunflower seeds too. It shows you how to do that easily on the vid in the tek.

This is the wheat i use: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Augason-Farms-Emergency-Food-Hard-Red-Wheat-26-lb/22985145
It cost a little over $20 shipped. It is a little more pricy,but it works well.

People swear by wheat. I use to also. However to be honest i just did a side by side of WBS vs wheat and my WBS colonized about 1/3 faster than the wheat.
 

WHODAT@THADOR

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I have a pack of wild hyenas in my yard and a moat filled with sharks.


WBS works great. Yes i use the pennington wbs: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Pennington-Seed-Wild-Bird-Ration-20lb/17256228
It has a good ratio of milo and millets. It doesn't have cracked corn which is in a lot of wbs. It turns to cream corn when you hydrate it and will fuck up your grain. You also should remove the sunflower seeds too. It shows you how to do that easily on the vid in the tek.

This is the wheat i use: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Augason-Farms-Emergency-Food-Hard-Red-Wheat-26-lb/22985145
It cost a little over $20 shipped. It is a little more pricy,but it works well.

People swear by wheat. I use to also. However to be honest i just did a side by side of WBS vs wheat and my WBS colonized about 1/3 faster than the wheat.
I like pennington myself ....Are you doing jars or bags with the red wheat? I've never tried it before?
 
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