canndo
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two inches is a bit much. It should still be grawing through. Moisture might be light or you could have a hidden contamination. Tha pack is not critical, don't panic yet. Might be a ph problem tho.
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JustADudeMan
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What kind of ph range do want? Is misting with ph adjusted water a good idea? Or just distilled serialized? Do you keep the box of jars exposed to much light?
canndo
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a little on the basic side. No, you are too late to alter the ph with water. I've seen the mycelium fail to run if hydrated lime was used in excess, if there was a hidden contamination at the casing boundary layer, if the casing was very wet or dry or if it was packed too loosely. Also, I have never gotten it to run through pure vermiculite.
tylerrr claims there is some benifit to a little light early on. I have always exposed them to ambient untill I cased, then total darkness till trigger.
JustADudeMan
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Sorry in a newb with Mushies, what are you referring to by trigger?
Is there any benefit to adding a little coffee grinds to the casing mix along with Verm coir and gypsum ,to boost nitrogen?
Is there any benefit to adding a little coffee grinds to the casing mix along with Verm coir and gypsum ,to boost nitrogen?
canndo
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coffe grounds are a bit acidic. I wouldn't unless you up your gypsum. Dont forget these are not plants.
while you can just wait, it is usually better with some mushrooms if you cause them to fruit with cold, or a change in co2 levels or light.
JustADudeMan
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Ok, thanks for the great source of info.
Do you have any other reliable informative sources? Websites, books etc.. I've been browsing shroomery and shroom talk..
Just ordered my golden teacher print...gunna give er a go and see what happens..
Do you have any other reliable informative sources? Websites, books etc.. I've been browsing shroomery and shroom talk..
Just ordered my golden teacher print...gunna give er a go and see what happens..
~Dankster~420
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Hey. IDK if you have had a chance to check out my grow, here it is https://www.rollitup.org/hallucinatory-substances/800333-dark-side-moon.html#post10219091 I will be doing an update here in a few if you'd like to checks them out.. 
thanks.
thanks.
JustADudeMan
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Hey, I have checked out that thread, looks good man! It was what gave me the final push to try my brown thumb : DHey. IDK if you have had a chance to check out my grow, here it is https://www.rollitup.org/hallucinatory-substances/800333-dark-side-moon.html#post10219091 I will be doing an update here in a few if you'd like to checks them out..
~Dankster~420
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JustADudeMan
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Yea it looks like it's going to be a great learning experience, planning on doing canndo's "easy" method, and eventually work into bulk mono tubs,HAHA.
I'll have to start a thread once I get everything lined up, till then, I'm jut soaking in as much info as I can,
JustADudeMan
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10-4 I'll be hitting the library tomorrow, thanks
bsol
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Ok, so its been nine days since I added the dirt. On half of my six jars, the mycellium has reached up about 1/4" into the dirt. I've been spraying with water about once a day. The temperature is ~74˚F. I guess I should just wait it out?
One thing is I might have no sterilized the verm/coir properly. I had it in the oven for ~2 hours, but I never measured the inner temperature. The outer temperature at some point got to 180˚F (though not for the entire time). I hear the verm has trich in it - could that be preventing my myc from growing? If there is trich though, shouldn't that have colonized by rye berries?
canndo
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I think it is coir and or peat moss that is innoculated with trich. It will not inhibit your growth, if you have any, and the conditions are right it will s imply begin to grow green mold. You should just wait it out. When the mycelium just reaches the surface, you can spray several times a day, both to knock down the mycelium and to give you something to do. Patience, if you see those little fingers in the soil you are good. start looking for tiny little knots in the "fingers", once you see them, you know you are on your way.
klozetgrow
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Was just asked by an investor in my closet grow to look up on how to grow mushys got to say this method sounds pretty awesome only thing that is "intimidating" is finding spores of course have yet to try but great thread it is much appreciated
FuzzyCheeseburger
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This is the one I used to do my jars 
Can I take the stuff out of the jar and put it in a bigger container to make a bigger yield?
Mine only came out to be only one jar so I'm trying to get as much as I can out of it :3
Can I take the stuff out of the jar and put it in a bigger container to make a bigger yield?
Mine only came out to be only one jar so I'm trying to get as much as I can out of it :3
JustADudeMan
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I'm going out on a limb here to say if you lost the other jars, contamination is definitely your biggest issue, trying to go pro will still playing highschool don't work, to go big at this point would probably open you last jar up to the same issue the others had,..
Again, just a guess, I've never grown em, however I've been reading lots to get ready for my first run,
Hope all the works out for ya, keep us posted
Cheers!
Again, just a guess, I've never grown em, however I've been reading lots to get ready for my first run,
Hope all the works out for ya, keep us posted
Cheers!
canndo
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if you get nothing then it is your syringes
Thanks for breaking the news on my sterility. Easy to say I should have bought seeds instead. But dang, I should have bought seeds instead.