What's in my closet?

[Absolut]

Some tubs!!

Didn't take any pics of making the cakes but I used the PF tek.

The tub below have cakes birthed right from the jars:

This tub has cakes that were dunked for 12 hrs in the fridge. Then I used the double ended casing tek. This tub was birthed 1 day after the first one:

 

[Absolut]

It's been 7-8 days from birth.

Since then I removed the bags b/c I found out 'too much' light is not an issue as long as it doesn't increase the temp.

Anyway I got some PINNAGE!

 

[Absolut]

Here are some pics of day 12ish

 

[Absolut]

Fast forward to day 14-15

Had to harvest some of the early birds. About 40g wet.

Attempting to clone the biggest/fastest grower using the cardboard tek.

 

[lordbudly]

no pics

 

[mellomel]

There's no pics on my screen either???

 

[Absolut]

hmm let me try to fix that

 

[danny karey]

Ive always wanted to try and grow mushrooms, can't wait to see your pics man!!!!

Danny

 

[Absolut]

Can you see the pics now??

 

[79towncar]

I see them know.. What;s the cardboard TEK?? Do you actually use cardboard in the substrate or is it just places ontop for other reasons... Cuz get familiar with momotubs.. You could be yeilding pounds and pounds with that space...

 

[Absolut]

I see them know.. What;s the cardboard TEK?? Do you actually use cardboard in the substrate or is it just places ontop for other reasons... Cuz get familiar with momotubs.. You could be yeilding pounds and pounds with that space...

It's basically a tek for cloning if you don't have agar.

From mycotopia.net:

Here is a simple method for cloning without agar . It is also particularly useful when cloning a single specimen, and when contamination is a factor (you can use cardboard for isolation from contaminants in a similar fashion). Cardboard is semi-selective towards Mycelium growth, and not favorable for the growth of most contaminants. This method can be used on many species, and works especially well for wood-lovers. Ps. Cubensis is illustrated here:
Cut a 1x1” piece of ordinary corrugated cardboard. Peel off one of the smooth sides, exposing the internal ribbed surface. Discard the flat piece. Try to avoid cardboard with large amounts of ink or glue.
Quote:
I also see that on "you have to soak cardboards in water and then try to cook all glue out" was something right, glue is the problem I have it on my fingers on petri dishes, anywhere.
So for future use I must remember "soak carboards in hot water, pour all liquid off, and then do it once again and better"

Clean off all remnants of cardboard fibers that were left over from removing the other piece. You want all the small fibers clear to prevent them from sticking up and drying out. You should also remove any glue residue if present as best you can before cooking.
Take a canning jar and fill ¼ full with water. Screw a plastic lid prepared with a poly-fill wad on the top to filter incoming air drawn in while cooling. Place the trimmed cardboard wedge in the microwave and cook at boiling for 10-15 minutes. I achieve this by microwaving at full power until it boils, then turn the heat setting down. I find a low enough setting to allow cycles of boiling, then cooling without boiling over. You may need to experiment to find the ideal. This cooking is done to not only hydrate and sterilize the cardboard, but to cook the glue out as well. Upon cooling the jar is capped with an alcohol soaked coffee filter for transport back to the lab. Pressure cooking is not necessary with cardboard in my experience.
Now find your mushroom to clone . Prime sites for tissue extraction are the thick tissue at the base of the stem, and the fleshy tissue inside the cap above the gills. Here the cap and stem are torn in half (not cutting, the blade can be a vector for contamination) and a small piece of inner tissue is carefully extracted (with a flame sterilized blade). Make sure you touch and extract nothing but clean tissue inside the mushroom, and do not get any gill tissue (or spores). If you use the base of a stem, be sure to extract tissue at least a half inch above the base to avoid contaminated tissue that is in contact with the substrate.
The excised tissue is then dunked in a 10% peroxide dilution (10ml 3% diluted with 90ml sterile water), and transferred to a petri with the cardboard. You can use any container you like provided it can seal in moisture and not dry the cardboard out. It is also important to note that the cardboard should be moist, not saturated. Too wet will cause slow, weak growth and will encourage contaminants. Place the dunked tissue deep into one of the ribs in the cardboard piece, to maximize contact area. Cover and incubate at the temperature required for your species.
After incubation for 1-2 weeks, the cardboard will be colonized inside and out (and on the back). You can then transfer pieces of this to agar or strait to grain for spawn production. This method works very well, and should not be overlooked. It is especially useful when you don’t want to cook up an entire batch of agar to clone one mushroom.

 

[Absolut]

Hey guys, back from a busy weekend.

Got my MMJ card!! Also went to a music festival.

Ate an 8th of booms and had a BLAST!

Here are some updates. I think I figured out how to do thumbnails.

Updated the room with 2 more tubs.


This is fruiting cakes made using the Flatcake Tek:


Other cake pics:






Just before harvesting:


Crazy cake close up:



Some of the harvest:

 

[79towncar]

Good job. Do you plan on doing any monotubs?? You could yeild soo much in that small space.. You could also buld a greenhouse.. Glad to see your success with cakes.. You should move on from them tho.. They really are inferrior to monotubs or a mini greenhouse..

 

[Absolut]

Yea the my lease is over at the end of Oct.

I plan on using monotubs with the clone I made a week ago.

Still have some cakes left which I plan on using the Flatcake tek.

Regardless, I'm still very satisfied with this grow for it being my first.

Plan on setting up most of my medical grow first then starting the boom grow after.

 

[79towncar]

Cool, wish you luck with it all..

 

[AbbieDoobie]

Now this grow is an inspiration. Nice!

~Abbie

 

[Absolut]

Thanks AbbieDoobie!

For my very first grow I am more than satisfied with my results.

The flatcakes I fruited are starting to pin
Will put some pics up of that later.

Here's a monster that I cloned this morning. I have pretty big hands.

 

[Bababooey]

Looks great! A+!

 

[Absolut]

Set up another tub full of flat cakes yesterday. 1 cake I used old cakes that were not dunked.



Here's a closeup of the a cake that I fruited 7-8 days ago.



Gonna be a good one!! Can't wait to see the cakes in 3 days. Hopefully I get mini forests.

 

[79towncar]

Hey cuz have you ever thought of using clear lids and stacking the bins?? Those hooks don't look too stable.. Also if a bin does fall it will damage the one underneath it.. You will still have plenty of light getting into them.. Plus you can easily have 8 bins in there.. And when you switch to monotubs that could be agigantic yeild... You can easily get 6 ounces per monotub.. That's pounds of mshrooms in the same amount of space you are using now.. Do you plan on giving them a try?? I know I keep bothering you with this but it just get's to me how much space is being wasted and how much yeild is being lost..

I know maybe you don't want that much yeild.. I also know your are building valuable experience this way.. But if you already have the bins like you then it's only natural that you would try a monotub... They are very similar to your current flat cakes.. All that perlite is just wasting soo much space.. But I know ou like this method.. I'm just trying to help not trying to knock your methods by any means..

Sry I forgot you addressed my questions earlier.. Your lease and all.. Wish you luck on your future grows!!