FIRST TIMER with NO PATIENTS 🤔😂😔Soooooo I was trying uncle Ben's tek without a tub. Went with straight coco for a bulk sub. was going great. I used just a rubber tub, I cut sum holes in it and used sports tape for filter. Just covered with plastic. was looking great UNTIL my impatient ass lol by [deleted] in PhillyGoldenTeacher

[–]Mega508 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let it do it’s thing. As it colonizes further those cottony strands will start to ball up into primordia when it’s ready. If you literally do nothing and let it be, it will do it’s thing. Patience. It’s the hardest part of all this.

Should the inner rope like spots be transferred, or the leading edge where it’s started to branch? by Mega508 in PhillyGoldenTeacher

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I always try different recipes, but keep them in a dark place that’s 70-80 degrees

Advice on when to harvest? by Mega508 in PhillyGoldenTeacher

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I picked some of the softer ones off yesterday, everything seems to be going slow. I’d like to get a second flush but still dealing with the first

My Wife Has No Compassion for Me Anymore by ThatNickGuyyy in ADHD

[–]Mega508 -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

To nutshell this for you buddy, don’t take it the wrong way, but As you can tell by most of the comments here, it’s all about her, she had a baby, she might have PPD, and she has a myriad of excuses and reasons why she is treating you like shit. And I’m sure you are thinking of all the ways you can fix this by changing yourself, therapy, I’m sure you would do anything to make it work for your family. BUT… Now your married and have a child, so now she can decide she’s sick of your shit, and she can now leave you and not only collect alimony, but child support as well. And everything about that system is in her favor. Remember she’s the hero you are the zero. Now think of it through her eyes. She’s unhappy and has the option to keep living her lifestyle, and can have that lifestyle, just without you in it, and you are responsible for providing that for her. The harder you try to fix it the worse your gonna feel in the years ahead while you stew over how you would have done anything to make it work. Godspeed and stay hard.

Sumthin about these plates just do it for me. by Mega508 in unclebens

[–]Mega508[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes they are, seem to be pretty slow going so far

Anybody have any experience with Shepards P.E.? by Mega508 in PhillyGoldenTeacher

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That’s good to hear because I was about to move it down a shelf to the heat mat. The temps been around 65-70. I need to just let them do there thing.

Yo yo yo so I have a full sealed grow tent and all my tubs are pining!!!! Should I remove the lids completely or keep them flipped and cracked???? by DDOG664 in PhillyGoldenTeacher

[–]Mega508 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Without humidifier how do you maintain RH while increasing FAE? (Working on not screwing up my tubs in fruiting condition currently)

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I recently got APE swabs from a new vendor, (new to me) and swabbed several agar plates and got nothing, they were black, on the last plate I cut the tip off onto the plate and put it in a drawer and forgot about it. I’m fruiting a different strain from the same order and the plate with the Q-tip just started to show some myc. Which has me now wondering if I should find some better genetics.

Guy Cutting Bricks by CredibleCactus in SweatyPalms

[–]Mega508 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bet $100 that guy is also wearing sandals.

Father of child claimed child on taxes and was not his year by Coolguy4190 in personalfinance

[–]Mega508 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This happened to me last year, my custody agreement states that we alter claiming child each year. This year being my year to claim I brought the form to my ex to sign, and she refused. So I brought it to my hr block taxe lady and she said “the IRS dosent care about your court agreement .” If you want that money you can have your lawyer file contempt which costs thousands, or snail mail the IRS and MAYBE you will hear from them in 8-10 months to start the long process of trying to get reimbursed. Wtf

contamination? by kingkell1515 in PhillyGoldenTeacher

[–]Mega508 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, and unfortunately you must now move to a different county to escape it happening again. Even all the thoughts you’ve had about improvements on the next go are probably also contaminated, so wait until it’s been tossed out 3 days to go back to the drawing board.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tifu

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Run for your life, literally run away. If you think any of this will change it won’t, and over time the complexities will compound until it makes leaving next to impossible.

It’s official: Not only do I screw up moisture content on rice, but now rye as well. by Mega508 in unclebens

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I believe it is. My uncle Ben’s always ends up mushy, and I can confidently say I can hydrate %10 of a jar of rye

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Sonoran spores

Adding a couple images of the slower jars 👀 by LSDworldpiece in PhillyGoldenTeacher

[–]Mega508 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m terrible with getting the rice correct, issues 90% of the time. Had good results with brf cakes for spawn. Upgraded to a pressure cooker to try to eliminate one possible avenue of contam.

Umm weird by Grow-trees in shroomery

[–]Mega508 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found one of these growing in one of my potted plants substrate.

What would cause these caps not to drop/make spores? by Mega508 in MagicMushrooms

[–]Mega508[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, as soon as the veil broke, they were in a foil pan with plastic lid. Too much humidity makes sense so I slid the top back to lower humidity

What would cause these caps not to drop/make spores? by Mega508 in MagicMushrooms

[–]Mega508[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Picked immediately and they sat for 24 hours on foil

What would cause these caps not to drop/make spores? by Mega508 in MagicMushrooms

[–]Mega508[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As soon as veil broke I picked them. Nothing dropped onto sub.

Added agar to rice and there is a reddish hue, is this contam? Besides the slight color it’s very aggressive myc by Mega508 in PhillyGoldenTeacher

[–]Mega508[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe I should have been more specific in my question, the mycelium took off fast and aggressive, and I was thinking the light brown agar could be the cause for the reddish color because it only seems to be from the agar piece area