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    Ok so I decided I wanted to rewire my brain to be more present, and decided microdosing would be a great help. I bought some MSS some grain bags and inoculated them no luck (i think temps were too low) so started with agar which is working ok I guess and made some LC'S. There is pics in questions forum "agar help with pics" or something close to that, so now I have some LC's should I put that on agar? Should I put it to grain? Should I wait till I have a fully colonized agar plate to put to grain? Do the LC colonize agar quicker? I know I have a ton of questions I guess I'm just trying to get some mushies in a timely manner. Any advice is appreciated.
     
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    I would keep it going on agar and transfer to grain at the same time. You can also test the viability of your LC by putting it to grain also (depending on how much grain spawn you have). Either way if any of those fail... hopefully you have a clean plate to start over with.
     
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    Welp finally got some nice clean agar, hydrated and sterilized some grains and innoculated... grains are about 90% colonized but when cleaning everything in SAB wiped off the names so got 9 colonized grain jars but don't know whats what, should I just spawn to bulk each jar separate in small 6qt boxes? Wwjd
     
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    Made some transfers to agar all also doing great got like 12 condiment cups fully colonized and ready for grain transfer but no id's all cubes, GT, PE UNCUT, PE#6, SSKS
     
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    That’s no fun. Sorry, best thing I would say is to spawn to bulk like you said, I would keep each strain separate anyway if you are trying to compare and contrast strains.
     
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    I done that once with cannabis clones, took ten clones each from 4 different strain mothers, my marking system was comical and half them lost their tag before they were even rooted, still got plenty nice smoke but what a saga
     
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    Contam or maybe I shook to hard, what do you think?
     
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    @GGTBod i have done the same with cannabis many times i hardly ever tag anymore cause once trim time comes it all ends up mixed anyway
     
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    looks alright
     
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    Is this ever going to pin!?!? Colonized 10 days been about 10 more since introduced light and fae 20201209_202221.jpg 20201209_202221.jpg
     
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    id start the fresh air regime triggering fruiting conditions

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    just seen your text above the picture, looks like dense colonisation for sure, what temps you in right now with it?
     
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    It is kinda cool at night the myc gets down to 69-70F during day like 73F I just ordered a space heater to heat the room, it just got cold last 2-3 days b-4 it was 72-73F when I would check the mycelium with ir thermometer
     
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    You have overlay. Dense growth that wont fruit. You should "scratch" the top layer. I do this this with a dinner fork whenever it happens. Scratching is essentially breaking up the top layer of dense overgrowth. The mycelium will recover and should throw some fruits. Scratch it good and deep too about a half inch . Its ok to have broken up small chunks . Good luck !
     
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    Scratched the top where it was real thick, got a small space heater to manage the cold nights, thank you for help will keep posted!
     
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    I think I may have the same problem on on of my grows, I cased it and increased fae, still nothin except now it's colonizing the casing layer. Keep us posted
     
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    I usually scratch the entire top surface. Whats your low temp in your grow area ? 69-73 F is fine. I dont think you need a space heater.
     
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    20201214_174449.jpg 20201214_174454.jpg why are mushies growing down along sub instead of up? And pins mostly on edges, not enough humidity?
     
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    The one I scratched still no pins, but no sign of contam so just gonna keep fanning and misting and hope for best
     
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    I ended up getting a 300watt heater just used it at night when temp in 50s but warmed back up so not using it now
     
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