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09-11-09, 08:21
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| Mycotopiate  Join Date: Jul 1972
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 | LC vs Grain LC, and cutting off caps?
Hey everyone a couple quick questions 1. Does a grain LC from multispore make a superior innoculant to a standard multispore LC? 2. Can you remove the caps of growing mushrooms without ill effect? Do they continue to grow without their cap? Do they start rotting and invite contams? stay free
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09-11-09, 08:55
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2. I did removed caps last flush and nothing bad happened, but I just let the stems there for 2 days (if the stem is plugged on the substrate, they´ll not contamine or rot too fast). I hope I did help you | |
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09-11-09, 13:28
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2. Yes you can remove them and no they don't start rotting immediately.
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09-11-09, 15:12
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A grain LC is a colonized grain jar injected with sterile water, swirled and then sucked back up. It turns a jar into 100mls of LC or however much water you put in
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09-11-09, 15:24
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Sounds like you are simply giving yourself another step with the grain. Unless you intend on using then grains for a bulk grow afterwords it makes no real sense. Just go with Karo or dextrose and save the time.
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09-11-09, 16:08
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Thanks for the replies everyone, I already made my LCs yesterday, just a few things I was wondering about, the mind is always moving
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09-11-09, 21:42
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Actually, injecting the sterile water and shaking produces what is called a slurry syringe. As an inoculant, LC and slurry are roughly equivalent - both will grow very quickly. I prefer slurry syringes to LC. You can't see contams in an LC, you can see them growing on grain.
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