How does your garden grow?

[burt]

I have just tried to grow some spores. I didn't put the spore syringe in the fridge until about a week after receiving it in the mail and then kept it in the fridge for about 4-5 weeks. Would the spores have still been ok?

In any case I was very careful to work in sterile conditions when preparing the substrate, wearing gloves and mask and spraying the surroundings with alcohol. I also have an air purifier next to the box where i keep the jars.
However, after 7 days there is still no sign of growth in the jars.

is it possible that the humidity was too low? it doesn't mention anything in the instructions about humidity for setting up the substrate, but i have a feeling it's important.

What should i do now? will the spores still have a chance to get growing if i increase the humidity now, or is it best to start over?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Brett

 

[pradosav]

Hi...

Be patient... if nothing happens after 10-15 days...start to worry /forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif

You can read about this on www.shroomery.com or www.mushmush.nl
Hope it will help...

Take care,

 

[burt]

Thanks! i will wait a bit longer then, and read up on those sites. do you recommend increasing humidity?

 

[Guest]

Sounds like you did everything okay. The syringes can be kept outside of the fridge for a couple of months and in the fridge for at least a year. The humidity should be around 98%, but for more details please ask [email:2lf43s8j][email protected][/email:2lf43s8j] he is the expert.

Lennart - Azarius

 

[Guest]

Lennart, if I may correct you... a syringe can be kept out of the fridge only 4-6 weeks. After that syringes will get less.. In the fridge they can be kept for about 6 months. Prints can be stored for a few years in a dark and clean place. Fridge not necesarry.

 

[puRe]

hmm...normally 5 weeks is still ok. there is only a problem when using old sporeprints.

and anything happenend till now?

 

[burt]

I'm happy to say I saw the first fruit appearing from the mycelium last night Yay! thanks for your advice guys.
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