Nothing but spores and coir....

[hungryjim]

........Is there any way to start a spore syringe on nothing but coir? I have my pc and jars and such, 6 syringes, but no cash (literally penniless!) and maybe only ONE cup of brown rice left over! My coffee grinder blew up, too!!!( so I guess that if I was to supplement the coir with this meager amount of brown rice, it would have to be UnGround). Oh, I also might have a few cups of birdseed, too. What can I do now? Please, help!.......(very)hungryjim

[Om shanti]

Why not use 9er tek for the brown rice, and prepare the wbs too. And then just inoculate the number of jars you can prepare with what you have. Maybe you'll have money for some more brown rice or WBS by the time they're colonized, and then you can easily multiply the spawn by grain-to-grain transfer.

[Soliver]

Originally Posted by hungryjim

........Is there any way to start a spore syringe on nothing but coir? I have my pc and jars and such, 6 syringes, but no cash (literally penniless!) and maybe only ONE cup of brown rice left over! My coffee grinder blew up, too!!!( so I guess that if I was to supplement the coir with this meager amount of brown rice, it would have to be UnGround). Oh, I also might have a few cups of birdseed, too. What can I do now? Please, help!.......(very)hungryjim

Well, when you have the $ for a bag of rice, take it to the the coffee isle of your local super, and dump it into the grinder they (usually) have available for coffee grinding. Set the grinder on "espresso" and let 'er rip. soliver

[weiliicoyote]

Originally Posted by Soliver

Well, when you have the $ for a bag of rice, take it to the the coffee isle of your local super, and dump it into the grinder they (usually) have available for coffee grinding. Set the grinder on "espresso" and let 'er rip. soliver

haha what a great tip!

[boots420]

hungaryjim: i say go with that birdseed you have there.

Originally Posted by Soliver

Well, when you have the $ for a bag of rice, take it to the the coffee isle of your local super, and dump it into the grinder they (usually) have available for coffee grinding. Set the grinder on "espresso" and let 'er rip. soliver

genious. pure genious. i have killed many a coffee grinder. i wonder if your the only one who does this.

btw what do you tell the store manager/customer when they inquire as to what yer doing?

[trips6928]

Originally Posted by boots420

hungaryjim: i say go with that birdseed you have there.



genious. pure genious. i have killed many a coffee grinder. i wonder if your the only one who does this.

btw what do you tell the store manager/customer when they inquire as to what yer doing?

I use a blender and it works great, had to because i also burnt a few coffee grinders up.

As for what to tell the manager, rice is a good source for making bread as long as it is in flour form.

[Leftover Salmon]

Experiment! In another thread on here some cat spawned to some hemp roots... So me thinks there are many possibilities. Hell you may come up with something killer that nobody has ever tried before.

[hungryjim]

Thanks to everyone for the valuable suggestions!---Sol, that coffee-aisle supermarket grinder bit almost made me lose it!!! THAT is hysterical!! As fate would have it, a long-lost highschool buddy came over with a case of malt liquor, tobacco, and a $2.00 contribution for a bag of rice...life can be amazing sometimes!!!peace...I'm outhj

[MLBjammer]

Good for you. Things work out sometimes thankfully.

For grinding rice, I have a KitchenAid coffee grinder--paid about $30 for it, I guess. I have used it A LOT for around 3 years, and it seems unphased by the rice grinding. I burned up a cheaper grinder before that, but it was more plastic than metal. Just pick up something heavy duty when you are ready to invest.

I don't think I would have the cajoles to grind rice on the coffee aisle of the local grocery, but I can almost see Soliver doing it. He is classic.

[whatchamacallit]

SWIM uses a cheap blender to grind brown rice, and it works fine.

[rags724]

I use a coffeemate brand grinder. I've been useing it a year and a half. It gets real warm, almost hot, when I am useing it. But it keeps on working. I grind five pounds of rice everytime i use it so it seems to be a good grinder.

[BuckarooBanzai]

I have a Braun coffee grinder that I've had for at least 4 years.

I blend in pulses. It never runs for more than 6-9 seconds. I've never noticed it getting hot.

But all I ever grind in it is BRF and mushrooms (Psillys and Amis)

[Soliver]

Originally Posted by boots420

hungaryjim: i say go with that birdseed you have there.



genious. pure genious. i have killed many a coffee grinder. i wonder if your the only one who does this.

btw what do you tell the store manager/customer when they inquire as to what yer doing?

I had A guy ask me once what I was doing. I told him I was grinding rice,
which was pretty obvious already. He said "why?" I responded, "because
you don't sell ground rice." He left me alone then... no more problems

I got the idea from a kratom vendor who sent me once 3 kilos of crushed
leaf instead of powdered.... apparently in Indonesia, the local grinder is
expected to do just that, for anything. I thought it was a great idea.

The trick is not to look furtive or guilty.... if they SOLD ground rice, it'd be
different (maybe), but they don't... so...



soliver