Spores on the way

well i tried and the last jars i got had gray mold so im going to try again , so i hope my buddy cleans his place out real good this time. and how long does spore syringes last ? because i have mine and the company packaged them up on 09/08 and i tried using them and im getting clumps in my syringes from the sprores as well. any idea?

nellyatcha said:

well i tried and the last jars i got had gray mold so im going to try again , so i hope my buddy cleans his place out real good this time. and how long does spore syringes last ? because i have mine and the company packaged them up on 09/08 and i tried using them and im getting clumps in my syringes from the sprores as well. any idea?

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You should ask someone more knowledgeable than myself.

So I finally pressured my jars last night and am going to be inoculating them later today.

Sgt. Floyd said:

You should ask someone more knowledgeable than myself.

So I finally pressured my jars last night and am going to be inoculating them later today.

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I got my pc in the mail yesterday and my jars are scheduled to be here today. I am waiting on Ralph for the rest. I sent my money order Monday.

Look, as long as you presure cook your jars long enough they should not contaminate because of environmental factors... dirty house etc... this only starts biteing you when you actualy birth the jars...
So, if jars are well sterilised but still contaminate, you are introducing the contaminants by way of the spore syringe. If you properly flamed the needle red hot between doing each jar, only a few should get contaminated from a bad syringe. This is also why I advise people to use as little spore solution as they can, and give it a few days to see if it takes. The less stuff you inject into a sterile jar, the less chance for contamination.
Try to inject it so that the spore water runs down the side of the glass, if it starts growing in the centre of the grain mass you won't see anything until its grown to the side...If you get the spores on the outside close to the glass you can see when it takes off.

I'm waiting on some jars to cool down now, got 4 diffirent strains of cloned liquid mycelium cultre ready in syringes. Remember to write the date of your innoculation on the jar, its easy to loose track of time. Oh, yeah and plan to start your second batch 3 weeks from the first, or you are gonna live with people presuring you to provide more... and haveing to wait 6 weeks again. What you could do is when you birth you jars, keep one back and use for grain to grain transfer into the second set of jars at week 3.

ANC said:

I'm waiting on some jars to cool down now, got 4 diffirent strains of cloned liquid mycelium cultre ready in syringes. Remember to write the date of your innoculation on the jar, its easy to loose track of time. Oh, yeah and plan to start your second batch 3 weeks from the first, or you are gonna live with people presuring you to provide more... and haveing to wait 6 weeks again. What you could do is when you birth you jars, keep one back and use for grain to grain transfer into the second set of jars at week 3.

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Can you do the transfer if you're doing the BRF cakes or is that just for a WBS type tek?

I'd say you can give it a shot, but yes its aimed at grains. As they break apart easy.
Remember the transfers need to be made in a glovebox, which you can make for like $5.

ANC said:

I'd say you can give it a shot, but yes its aimed at grains. As they break apart easy.
Remember the transfers need to be made in a glovebox, which you can make for like $5.

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anybody ever deal with earths tongue and also the new moon syringe?
anyways i went to my buddys house and checked on the jars and they have took off the one with the least is the oldest jar inoc on the 1st which is pic 3 but 1 and 2 are 7 days from inoc

Just knocked up 5 jars. Now the hard part for noobs begins. The wait.

elfweed said:

+ rep, i laughed my ass off. lol

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First came light, then came internet

Just birthed the first 2 jars. Another 2 will be ready tomorrow and the last one never did anything. Got my poor mans pod going. The air pump is keeping a slow but steady flow of fresh air into the chamber and keeping the humidity high.

My cakes have started fruiting. One has 3 or 4 fruits about 3/4 of an inch. The rest are starting to show some pinning. Its so exciting to watch em grow. I can't wait to eat and trip on something I grew. I think thats gonna add to the experience.

nice got any pics?
good luck on the fruiting

I got a camera but I can't get a good pis with them in the chamber. What's the rule on taking a fruiting cake out of the chamber for a minute?

Hey guys, I put my order with Ralph last wk .... emailed them today to confirm.
I mailed him cash .... just to be safer .... lol .... and he acknowledged my order.
So things are on the way and I am happy as FOK.

Will be watching this thread for tips and pics and what not.
Hey, I went to get some WBS .... had a look on the shelf and there is so many different types.
Is there one particular type that is better than other ??

Cheers

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I got a camera but I can't get a good pis with them in the chamber. What's the rule on taking a fruiting cake out of the chamber for a minute?

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Bump for the experienced folks.

aww sgt. let this one die with no pics when's your next or are you in the middle of one right now? Come on back by mine I got second cake fruiting will update it again in the morning.