Tok's First Mushroom Diary - Medical First/Recreation

Both are great Ecosphere, maybe next year for me.
Got to get a good handle on it before I go there, but I like the idea of containment.

Is your temps and RH pretty steady?
The temperature holds steady at 78-80 degrees. You have to remember to fill the heater tray with water every morning over the lava rocks.
The humidity unit took some tweaking for about a week as far as the timer on it. I'm now holding between 75 before the unit kicks on and gets up to 98% while it's on. This depends on how often I open the Ecosphere to check things.
I'm really quite happy with it, and I see it lasting a long time. Lots of space in there.
 
Lookin good! Do yourself a favor and make a still air box. Its a game changer at keeping contaminates at bay. I don't think I have had a bad jar of spawn since instituting the SAB.
Have you been successful using a spore syringe for pan cyans? Enquiring minds wanna know!!
I agree.... Still Air Box (SAB) really helped me 100% !! 😎✌️
 
Have you been successful using a spore syringe for pan cyans? Enquiring minds wanna know!!
I agree.... Still Air Box (SAB) really helped me 100% !! 😎✌️
I haven't used a spore syringe yet. Started with a spore print. Transferred spores to agar then to rye berries. Now I just do simple grain to grain transfers.
 
I haven't used a spore syringe yet. Started with a spore print. Transferred spores to agar then to rye berries. Now I just do simple grain to grain transfers.
Agar is definitely best way to go!! I've got several nice prints. A few swabs of good cubensis too. I hope to see you up to your ears in Mushies!! Happy Sunday!! 😎✌️
 
Thank you for stopping by @Scottay , @Slapalottapuss and @Ramblinrose1965

Have you been successful using a spore syringe for pan cyans? Enquiring minds wanna know!!
I agree.... Still Air Box (SAB) really helped me 100% !! 😎✌️
I can't say that I have tried growing Pan Cyan.
I have been looking into SAB and not sure if I should just make one or buy one

Looking awesome man. You’re doing a great job 💪💪
Thank you for your kind words @Slapalottapuss
How is your cultivation going?

I haven't used a spore syringe yet. Started with a spore print. Transferred spores to agar then to rye berries. Now I just do simple grain to grain transfers.
I eventually want to get where you are at @Ramblinrose1965 and start collecting spore prints and transferring them to agar. I have be looking for a good recipe to make a agar solution

Agar is definitely best way to go!! I've got several nice prints. A few swabs of good cubensis too. I hope to see you up to your ears in Mushies!! Happy Sunday!! 😎✌️
I hope your right about having Mushies up to my ears.
Thinks are slow right now, and I still have not seen any pinning; hopefully soon.

I am debating which one is slower to watch growing, shrooms or grass? :rofl:

That's all for now folks.

Be safe and grow well my friends,
Tok..
 
Agar is definitely best way to go!! I've got several nice prints. A few swabs of good cubensis too. I hope to see you up to your ears in Mushies!! Happy Sunday!! 😎✌️
Thanks Scottay! I'm already over my head with shrooomz. I'm on my third run.

Peace
 
Thank you for stopping by @Lerugged and @Ramblinrose1965

Well, my Uncle Ben's Tek fail to work for me. I checked my second bag and I spotted a green fungi growing, so into the trash it goes.

I still have the Golden Oyster going, but no sign of growth yet.

I also have two All-In-One bags going and still waiting for the Mycelial Growth Phase to start.
I have a few thinks going on, but nothing to take a image of yet.

Be safe and grow well my friends,
Tok..
 
Thanks Scottay! I'm already over my head with shrooomz. I'm on my third run.

Peace
Sounds like you're rockin and rollin!! If you haven't grown pan cyan yet maybe give em a shot! Very potent!! Happy Monday!! 😎✌️
 
Sooooo many spores.....so little time!!!! Especially if you're over 50 like me!! 🤣 Happy Tuesday!! 😎✌️
Im in the over 50 club too. Happy Tuesday!
 
Thank you for stopping by @Scottay @Ramblinrose1965 @Spore Genetics

Sooooo many spores.....so little time!!!! Especially if you're over 50 like me!! 🤣 Happy Tuesday!! 😎✌️
I will do what I can do.

Im in the over 50 club too. Happy Tuesday!
Like turning 21.
Sooo many spores!!! Have to research them all!! Happy Tuesday!!
The thrill of the hunt.

Good Morning 420 Magazine

Still to soon to report any mycelial growth in the Nameless and Amazonian spores in the All-In-One bags. Maybe around the end of this week I should have growth. Hopefully.

I will update more when I return this morning.

Be safe and grow well my friends,
Tok..
 
Since I am waiting for growth, I figure I would add some content from my research.

To make a spore syringe, you'll need:

Glass jars with lids (use small jars for small caps and large jars for larger caps).
Aluminum foil.
Elastic bands.
A pressure cooker (read about the best pressure cookers).
A still air box.
A mature mushroom cap (Preferably one with a cap which has an open veil)
A sterile syringe with a needle.
Butane torch (seriously get one of these they work perfectly).
Tap water

The mushroom can be any species you're interested in cultivating and the syringe can be a used liquid culture syringe you have lying around as I will show you how to sterilize it.

Step-by-step guide

Step 1 – Preparing the Water

Begin by pouring tap water into your jars until they're approximately 1 quarter full. Then, secure the lid on each jar and cover the top with a piece of aluminum foil, fastening it with an elastic band. This foil will serve as an extra barrier against potential contaminants when we remove the jar from the pressure cooker.

Note: There needs to be either a hole on the lid of the jar or the jar lid should be slightly loose to allow the pressure in the jar to stabilize during sterilization.

Step 2 – Sterilizing the Water

Place your prepared jars in a pressure cooker and sterilize at 12-15 psi for around 30 minutes. This step ensures that any competing contaminants in the water are eradicated, creating a sterile environment for the spores to drop.

If you don't know how to use a pressure cooker yet check out how to use a pressure cooker.

Step 3 – Preparing a Still Air Box

Once the sterilization cycle is completed, while the pressure cooker cools down, prepare your still air box. This could be as simple as a large clear plastic container with two holes cut into it for your hands or you can purchase a proper one on amazon.

The aim is to create an environment where the air is still and external contaminants are minimized from dropping into your sterile water.

Step 4 – Placing Jars in the Still Air Box

Once your jars have cooled to room temperature, transfer them into the still air box. It's crucial to ensure they have cooled down; otherwise, the heat might kill the spores.

Step 5 – Spore Collection

Carefully remove the lid from one of your jars and place a mature mushroom cap over the rim of the jar.
The cap should be gill-side down to allow the spores to fall into the jar.
If you have smaller mushrooms then use a smaller jar.
Mushroom dropping spores from rim

Step 6 – Waiting Period

Now comes the patience-testing part – waiting. Allow the cap to rest on the rim for 12 to 24 hours inside your still air box.
This period allows enough time for the spores to drop from the cap and into the water in your jar.

Step 7 – Sterilizing A Syringe.

Boil some water in a pot and repeatedly flush the syringe with the boiling water. I like to flush around 4-5 times with boiling water, so draw it up then eject it over and over.
Draw up a small amount of water into the syringe then allow it to cool, we will use this to cool the needle after flame sterilization.

Step 8 – Making A Spore Syringe.

Flame sterilizes the needle tip, remove the mushroom from the rim then eject the small amount of water into the spore jar (to cool down the needle tip).


Once you've allowed enough time for spore collection, take your sterile syringe into your still air box.

Finally, use the sterile syringe to suck up the spore-filled water, creating your spore syringe.

What liquid is in spore syringes?

Distilled water or sterilized tap water is fine for spore syringes, it doesn't matter too much.

For long term storage it is better to use distilled water as it does not contain minerals which could cause the spore to germinate but again this is unlikely.
 
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