Did the solid jar lid with holes punched and aluminum foil with autoclave tape to sterilize. Left jars in the pots til ready to inoculate with spores next day. Inoculation in sterile open air studio bathroom
This is where we go south and north. I chose “open air†sterilized environment: SMALL (studio bathroom just freshly painted ). I removed all “artifacts (again from first try) , left 2 cabinets\, bleached (the fuck ) of all surfaces tops, bottom fronts & floors and backed out with bleach mix into the air, closed door and put a towel under door so NO CONTAMINANTS could get in. NO PICS as I was a bit busy. Had my jars, my syringes, alchohole wipes, paper towels, flame thrower ready to go ,sterile gloves and a mask, clean clothes and clean SOCKS.
My first try to inject spores/ sterilize needles frequently left me short handed-plus I did freak on needles...so this time-after preparing the sterile 8 x5’ poddy -I asked Hubbie for help. To hand off alcohol wipes, pitch the flame for needles (to turn red) as I was peeling the aluminum off 8 jars to inject the syringes into the prepunched holes 5 holes time 8 jars and retapped with autoclave tape.
Three issues in inoculating; open air.
must be as sterile as you can be if not using glove box. If NOT you get serious icky shit in your jars
no air flow during process-still air-tiny bathroom
enter doorway without making wind-means change your socks at the doorway before entering in with contaminants and once into the 8x5 follow directions and NO FARTING or accusing me of being a control freak as a person that has issues with directions.
2 “strong personalities†masked, socked, gloved in a tiny bathroom and I’m in charge...what a total (goatfuck) but it happened. Nothing icky in my mycelium thus far.
IT IS ALL ABOUT STERILE in inoculating. However you do it.
So the next day I did pay the price of frying my lungs with Clorox water mix , coughed all day, BUT..so far so good..
hubbie supported but still i am still paying the price for making him change socks at doorway..and no farting.
Been kept in “ air cupboard†over fridge-what is a fucking air cubbotd? Images will show my CA idea. Moved the jars into a box taped to increase heat today-increase temp-which along with steril is parimu
jars are looking good. In the 4th week, not all filled, 2 strains look different-no ickey shit thus far...hope to “birth the cakes next weekend-allowing a 5th week. Terrarium ready, perlite ready...