The simmer gives me the best results, but without the soak I've had contamination pop up more often.

@ it unfortunately ended up getting dumped and I’m starting over with diff projects, but I had loads of agar in there for like 5 days and it didn’t spread at all, I was attempting a soak for the 2nd try and I had to restart, this next week I’m going to soak for 12-18 hours, then boil for like 5-10 (until I see a burst grain, then out and let steam dry for like 45 mins and then in jar and instant pot for like 2 hours, the grain with only simmer might have been working, but there was a lot of burst grains and it didn’t appear the grains actually retained enough water, but maybe this was just too long of air dry time, regardless, I’ll give it another go, for corn, I had no issue at all, 25 min PC in instant pot with gypsum, then dry, jar, hour 40 on high in IP then I had very rapid growth, I was only trying to get the rye down because I heard it’s one of the best, but specifically for growth of sclerotia, or truffles, so I’m going to keep trying, I think it’s a load of fun, I’m obsessed with trying more things and expanding my knowledge on the process. Thanks for your advice and reply.

It's not true laminar flow. But it does work and I haven't had problems with contam using it. It's a cheap way to stay out of a SAB.

You can eat those as well. I throw all the scraps together and make bacon flavored out of them

You can try breaking it up and shaking it but when it stalls out I haven't seen them come back to life. I noticed mine stalling when the grain didn't absorb enough water before sterilization.

@mushlovebewellfarms oh no I have notice more growth only a little bit more

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This is a good point. I use star san which is specifically meant for surface sanitizing using phosphoric acid. When you spray, it doesn't just bead up but clings and spreads on the surface. It is even food safe and good to use in kitchen

@@TheMad106 Thanks for reminding me what that stuff is called. I used to use it back in my brewing days. Good stuff. Doesn't even require rinsing.

Well that explains why I feel like I have pneumonia my lungs are shot from cleaning with both bleach and alcohol I didn’t know it created chloroform, thanks for the info!

@@TheMad106 Star San is great. I used it regularly when I was homebrewing. The best part is not having to rinse all those bottles out afterwards!

@@huntintrailmetals9343 Glad I could help.

The rockers rock at specific pressures if this was a 15 psi rocker you can gage internal pressure by the wobble

This is the yeast I use... amzn.to/44uL6pZ The yeast is the nutrition the myc eats so you would need to substitute with another nutrition for the myc.

Mine come off really easy and I've never had a very hard time with it. Was the tape flexible or did it tear? Maybe it was scotch tape?

Likely you were sold some very old agar plates, the cohesive material can become “glued” if left on waaaay too long, if this is the case the agar is likely dry and unsuitable for cultures anyhow. Did you ever fix this problem? Or did you just purchase new agar? If you have not seen Philly Golden Teachers Ez as “123” agar recipe give that a view and a shot, agar is not as difficult as people make it out to be and learning it early on is the key to success with this hobby. Mush luck! Edit- If you do PGT 123 Tek DO NOT use Oven Tek for the agar pour, you might get lucky if your in a new house but you will likely have a much higher contamination rate than with SAB.

Agreed! I get a little stressed out working in the SAB because the opportunity for contam seems so much higher than if you're using the flow.

Nah. Calling bullshit on that.

@billprice6458 that's fine. As a son of a microbiologist I know how to keep a sterile environment.

​@@jamesstrength5405Hello, what would you recommend to clean walls and surfaces?

Most of us aren’t living in sterile environments.

I definitely used a pressure cooker.

This is the fan, amzn.to/3B87mJI its adjustable speed. I put a flame to the front and power it up and adjust the fan speed until the flame is bending but stays lit across the entire surface. Personally, I prefer more space. It works great as long as you don't leave the clean air. With the size being as small as it is, it's easy to let your hand get out of the clean air. I never had any contam show up on the plates I tested. I left the plates uncovered for 2 minutes sitting directly on the table (not up in the air like is recommended for the cleanest air) and I kept them for over 4 months.

Thank you for your risponse, i will probably build one like this, very cool design! I just don't know if i have to let more space between the fan and the Hepa filter or not. I see that lots of flowdood have like 30cm of space beetween the back and the front (filter). I dont know it will maybe creat à more laminar homogenous flow than puting the fan just directly the filter? And also if it's better to put the fan on the top or on the side or on the back? I just don't know... maybe you know? But very Nice design! Looks great!😊 and very cool to hear that it's effective!

@@thefloooo95 My 2 cents, don't over think it too much. I put the fan directly behind and filter works as intended.

Yeah, it works as intended but you're right about the laminar part. I'm going to make another video and make that a little more clear. Appreciate the feedback.

@@mushlovebewellfarms nice to hear it works well, all the more reason to spread the love. Mush love bro

@@WhiteBeardHashtag1205 shoot me an email, I'm down to connect. I've got a few questions since you've got a cultivating channel as well. [email protected]

I keep seeing people everywhere saying this about lots of flowhoods not being laminar flow,but so far I haven't seen what actually makes it laminar flow that these hoods don't meet?

@@mushlovebewellfarms hell yeah bro, Ill shoot you an email. Even though you tagged me, I didnt see this message till now when I saw Relic Boxing responded to me. That happens a lot for some reason. Weird, right?

You can contact me directly at [email protected] to discuss.

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Yes, it'll work the same

Thank you, I appreciate it!

I bought "rye berries" and took them to the feed store, the guy showed by whole wheat oats and they looked the same to me. Perhaps I was given bad info?

@MushLoveBeWellFarms Yeah there are a few grains out there, My guess is they got it wrong as a one-off. There are Whole Oats, Millet, Milo, Popcorn Kernels(Food grade), Rye berries, WBS (Wild Bird Seed), and Brown Rice. There's more but those are the main ones used as grain spawn