realcarlos
newbie
I DO NOT take any credit for this article it has been obtained from Shroomery
Credit goes to: Shea25
Original Thread: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/11585613/fpart/1/vc/1
PF tek
Things needed
1/2 pint wide mouth canning jars
Pot/Pressure cooker
Vermiculite
Perlite
Brown rice/Brow Rice Flour
Tin foil
70% Iso alcohol
Plastic Tote
6500K florescent bulb
1/4 inch drill bit/Drill
Hammer/Nail
Mixing bowl and spoon
Gypsum
Spore syringe
Latex gloves
Dust mask
Lighter
Preparing the jar
Take the lids and using a nail and hammer or a 1/8 drill bit, drill 4 holes near the rim of the lids nicely spaced out. Depending what way you use you lids i use mine rubber side down just punch the holes so they don’t leave burrs pointing towards you.
The basic recipe for 5 PF jars is this 2 parts vermiculite 1 part water and 1 part BRF (additionally you can add 1 tablespoon of gypsum for 5 jars)
In a bowl add the 2 cups of vermiculite (and gypsum if you use it) now add the 1 cup of water, mix really well. Now add the 1 cup of Brown rice flour (you can make your own by grinding brow rice in a coffee grinder) Mix this really really well. Now load this into the 5 canning jar equally, making sure not to compress the mixture in the jars you want it nice and airy. You will be leaving a 1/2 inch space at the tops of the jars for the dry vermiculite layer.
Take a paper towel and wipe the 1/2inch space you left at the tops of the jars making sure to wipe away any BRF mixture or moisture away. Now top off the jars with dry vermiculite, screw on the lids and cover the tops the lids with tin foil. The tin foil is there to keep any moisture from entering the jars while there sterilizing.
Preparing the jar
Take the lids and using a nail and hammer or a 1/8 drill bit, drill 4 holes near the rim of the lids nicely spaced out. Depending what way you use you lids i use mine rubber side down just punch the holes so they don’t leave burrs pointing towards you.
The basic recipe for 5 PF jars is this 2 parts vermiculite 1 part water and 1 part BRF (additionally you can add 1 tablespoon of gypsum for 5 jars)
In a bowl add the 2 cups of vermiculite (and gypsum if you use it) now add the 1 cup of water, mix really well. Now add the 1 cup of Brown rice flour (you can make your own by grinding brow rice in a coffee grinder) Mix this really really well. Now load this into the 5 canning jar equally, making sure not to compress the mixture in the jars you want it nice and airy. You will be leaving a 1/2 inch space at the tops of the jars for the dry vermiculite layer.
Take a paper towel and wipe the 1/2inch space you left at the tops of the jars making sure to wipe away any BRF mixture or moisture away. Now top off the jars with dry vermiculite, screw on the lids and cover the tops the lids with tin foil. The tin foil is there to keep any moisture from entering the jars while there sterilizing.
Inoculation
Once the jars are cooled down put them in a draft free room along with the 70% Iso,Lighter,spore syringe . Make sure the rooms windows are shut and AC or heater turned off. Wash your hands and arms really good. Now put of the gloves and mask Take the foil lids off the jars you won’t need them anymore. Now rub your hand down with the 70% ISO wait a few seconds for it to evaporate. Now shake the syringe really well, using the lighter heat the needle of the syringe till its red hot now proceed to inoculate the jars using a 1/4 cc of solution per hole inoculating towards the glass. That’s 1 cc per jar. After every jar heat the needle back till its red hot and repeat.
Incubation
Now put the jars away in a closet of shelf at room temp they will start to colonize in a few days. Keep an eye on them every 4 days or so. Once they appear to be 100% colonized let them sit for another week to consolidate.
Birthing and dunk
Once the jars are finished their 1 week consolidation it’s ready to get them out of the jars. Open the jars get rid of the dry vermiculite layer now slap the jars (upside down) onto a wood cutting board or counter top, trying to coax the cakes out of the jars. Once out rinse them off and submerge in cool water for 24 hours making sure they stay submerged. After 24 hours rinse them again and now roll the cake in dry vermiculite making sure to cover the cake well tops and bottoms.
I find busting up some of the verm for the dry roll up alittle finer helps.
Fruiting
Build one of these http://www.mushroomvideos.com/Terrarium-Tek
Start from part 3
I personally use a PMP
Mist your cakes 3-4 times a day and fan right after, fan 5-6 times a day. Water evaporating off your cakes is a major pinning trigger. Give them a 12/12 light schedule using a 6500K Florescent bulb (daylight or cool blue). Once they have pinned and grown and all picked, dunk them for 24 hours again this time no dry roll in vermiculite and put back in the Shotgun Fruiting Chamber.
Good Luck
Tips
Gypsum really helps the development of the fruit bodies I recommend using it
Room temp 70-75 is perfect for incubation and fruiting.
There’s no need to keep the dunking cakes in the fridge
Mist and Fan Mist and Fan
Use short wide mouth 1/2 pint jars
Dont cover the lids after inoculation with anything example, Foil/tape
Give them love
Credit goes to: Shea25
Original Thread: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/11585613/fpart/1/vc/1
PF tek
Things needed
1/2 pint wide mouth canning jars
Pot/Pressure cooker
Vermiculite
Perlite
Brown rice/Brow Rice Flour
Tin foil
70% Iso alcohol
Plastic Tote
6500K florescent bulb
1/4 inch drill bit/Drill
Hammer/Nail
Mixing bowl and spoon
Gypsum
Spore syringe
Latex gloves
Dust mask
Lighter
Preparing the jar
Take the lids and using a nail and hammer or a 1/8 drill bit, drill 4 holes near the rim of the lids nicely spaced out. Depending what way you use you lids i use mine rubber side down just punch the holes so they don’t leave burrs pointing towards you.
The basic recipe for 5 PF jars is this 2 parts vermiculite 1 part water and 1 part BRF (additionally you can add 1 tablespoon of gypsum for 5 jars)
In a bowl add the 2 cups of vermiculite (and gypsum if you use it) now add the 1 cup of water, mix really well. Now add the 1 cup of Brown rice flour (you can make your own by grinding brow rice in a coffee grinder) Mix this really really well. Now load this into the 5 canning jar equally, making sure not to compress the mixture in the jars you want it nice and airy. You will be leaving a 1/2 inch space at the tops of the jars for the dry vermiculite layer.
Take a paper towel and wipe the 1/2inch space you left at the tops of the jars making sure to wipe away any BRF mixture or moisture away. Now top off the jars with dry vermiculite, screw on the lids and cover the tops the lids with tin foil. The tin foil is there to keep any moisture from entering the jars while there sterilizing.
Preparing the jar
Take the lids and using a nail and hammer or a 1/8 drill bit, drill 4 holes near the rim of the lids nicely spaced out. Depending what way you use you lids i use mine rubber side down just punch the holes so they don’t leave burrs pointing towards you.
The basic recipe for 5 PF jars is this 2 parts vermiculite 1 part water and 1 part BRF (additionally you can add 1 tablespoon of gypsum for 5 jars)
In a bowl add the 2 cups of vermiculite (and gypsum if you use it) now add the 1 cup of water, mix really well. Now add the 1 cup of Brown rice flour (you can make your own by grinding brow rice in a coffee grinder) Mix this really really well. Now load this into the 5 canning jar equally, making sure not to compress the mixture in the jars you want it nice and airy. You will be leaving a 1/2 inch space at the tops of the jars for the dry vermiculite layer.
Take a paper towel and wipe the 1/2inch space you left at the tops of the jars making sure to wipe away any BRF mixture or moisture away. Now top off the jars with dry vermiculite, screw on the lids and cover the tops the lids with tin foil. The tin foil is there to keep any moisture from entering the jars while there sterilizing.
Inoculation
Once the jars are cooled down put them in a draft free room along with the 70% Iso,Lighter,spore syringe . Make sure the rooms windows are shut and AC or heater turned off. Wash your hands and arms really good. Now put of the gloves and mask Take the foil lids off the jars you won’t need them anymore. Now rub your hand down with the 70% ISO wait a few seconds for it to evaporate. Now shake the syringe really well, using the lighter heat the needle of the syringe till its red hot now proceed to inoculate the jars using a 1/4 cc of solution per hole inoculating towards the glass. That’s 1 cc per jar. After every jar heat the needle back till its red hot and repeat.
Incubation
Now put the jars away in a closet of shelf at room temp they will start to colonize in a few days. Keep an eye on them every 4 days or so. Once they appear to be 100% colonized let them sit for another week to consolidate.
Birthing and dunk
Once the jars are finished their 1 week consolidation it’s ready to get them out of the jars. Open the jars get rid of the dry vermiculite layer now slap the jars (upside down) onto a wood cutting board or counter top, trying to coax the cakes out of the jars. Once out rinse them off and submerge in cool water for 24 hours making sure they stay submerged. After 24 hours rinse them again and now roll the cake in dry vermiculite making sure to cover the cake well tops and bottoms.
I find busting up some of the verm for the dry roll up alittle finer helps.
Fruiting
Build one of these http://www.mushroomvideos.com/Terrarium-Tek
Start from part 3
I personally use a PMP
Mist your cakes 3-4 times a day and fan right after, fan 5-6 times a day. Water evaporating off your cakes is a major pinning trigger. Give them a 12/12 light schedule using a 6500K Florescent bulb (daylight or cool blue). Once they have pinned and grown and all picked, dunk them for 24 hours again this time no dry roll in vermiculite and put back in the Shotgun Fruiting Chamber.
Good Luck
Tips
Gypsum really helps the development of the fruit bodies I recommend using it
Room temp 70-75 is perfect for incubation and fruiting.
There’s no need to keep the dunking cakes in the fridge
Mist and Fan Mist and Fan
Use short wide mouth 1/2 pint jars
Dont cover the lids after inoculation with anything example, Foil/tape
Give them love
