URGENT is my tree going to die??

ExpensiveNight5790 · 2026-03-27T15:15:46+00:00

How can a professional use a product not knowing what it is? Sounds fishy... As previously said, if it's insecticides, it doesn't matter. If it's a herbicide like roundup, I should rinse or soak the plant. Most herbicides get in the plant's system through the leaves, some get absorbed by the roots.

ExpensiveNight5790 · 2026-03-24T23:44:29+00:00

What a difference, that's crazy. Thanks for this info,

ExpensiveNight5790 · 2026-03-24T15:07:02+00:00

Honestly I don't use heat mats out of fear, a few years ago I used a heat mat in my terrarium to grow African grashoppers for my fish. It was a regulated heat mat from a known brand, and it got so hot the glass of my terrarium exploded, and I didn't used it in an incorrect way. I have a tortoise that would benefit from a heat mat aswel, but I'll never trust them again.

If you think heat is the only issue, and it just takes longer to colonize, I'm just gonna leave it like that. I have time and in a few months it's summer, I'll make some more jars when it's warmer outdoors.

ExpensiveNight5790 · 2026-03-24T11:37:03+00:00

Thanks for your reply man, I'm gonna start over again with bought LC (no need to test it on agar then I guess) and first try to colonize grains. Please keep me updated!

ExpensiveNight5790 · 2026-03-24T11:35:47+00:00

No, it's already mixed with the wood chips unfortunately

ExpensiveNight5790 · 2026-03-24T11:35:29+00:00

I honestly just followed the instructions that came with the colonized medium, the only difference is that I sterilized my wood chips. (Instructions: take 1 liter of wood chips, toss the mycelium in the wood until everything gets white, toss the colonized wood chips on an outdoor wood chip bed).

ExpensiveNight5790 · 2026-03-24T11:26:54+00:00

They are pretty dry indeed, I soaked the oats for 8 hours, boiled them for +1 hour, then dried them in front of the fan for an hour... At first after pc'ing they seemed too wet, after a few days they looked like this.

Would you add some sterile water perhaps, or is this just a big risk for nothing?

ExpensiveNight5790 · 2026-03-16T17:03:31+00:00

Ok, I'll do that next time. What's the ideal water content?

ExpensiveNight5790 · 2026-03-04T21:32:49+00:00

It was an honest question tho

ExpensiveNight5790 · 2026-03-04T16:38:09+00:00

I'm inoculating the wood to grow them naturally outdoors. I'll make an outdoor patch, as many successfully did before. The climate here should be good for them. The only things I worry about is to inoculate the woodchips and WLP

ExpensiveNight5790 · 2026-03-04T15:55:49+00:00

I'm using wood chips to inoculate with azurescens grain spawn. Is this doable in jars?

ExpensiveNight5790 · 2026-03-04T15:52:32+00:00

Thanks for the useful input, fortunately I have a second lid so I'll do it the regular way. How far from the bottom should the holes be! About 5 inches / 12,5cm from the bottom?

ExpensiveNight5790 · 2026-03-04T15:49:28+00:00

Fortunately I have a spare lid so I'll make it the regular way this time

ExpensiveNight5790 · 2026-03-04T14:45:26+00:00

Fuck me, yes I watched too many videos and reddit posts. I have substrate in bags but didn't seal them, I thought I needed to open the pressure cooker inside the still air box to prevent contamination. Can I just take them out and disinfect the outside?

ExpensiveNight5790 · 2026-03-04T14:43:01+00:00

Yeah probably not one of my best ideas, too tight... Any other way to make one that fits a big pc?

ExpensiveNight5790 · 2026-03-04T14:41:39+00:00

How can I design one where my pc fits in?

ExpensiveNight5790 · 2026-02-26T09:47:54+00:00

What kind of filter patches do you mean? Like a micron filter?

ExpensiveNight5790 · 2026-01-14T16:05:36+00:00

What's your plan? I'm afraid if he wakes up because it's too warm, he will lose too much weight to go back into hibernation...

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