How to Grow Mushrooms: PF TEK
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- Опубліковано 17 лют 2024
- The PF Tek is the method i used to grow my first mushrooms when i was a beginner in mushroom cultivation so i am happy to share the method with you all!
The ratio is 2 parts Vermiculite, 1 part Water and 1 part Brown rice flour(BRF). For 6 pint jars or 12 half pint jars i use 6 cups Vermiculite, 3 cups Water, and 3 cups BRF. I mix the Vermiliculite and Water first and then add in the BRF.
You can pressure cook the jars for 30 minutes at 15 psi or you can steam sterilize in a pot of water for 2 hours.
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PF Tek is great if you don't want to work with agar. The stuff is really resilient to contamination. I've gone spore prints straight to jars and it just works (P. Natals really do great). The downside is that fruiting to PF Tek cakes doesn't give great yields, so I like to start with PF and expand it to more sterilized grain.
Oh great to know! Can I also use it as spawn for bigger bags with sterilized coir?
@@botondrakasz5838yes
I'm starting with pf Tek since it's very beginner friendly. I'm going for the monotube after a couple yields
Nice music selection, Dynamic editing, The speaker speaks concisely and informatively. It would be great if all educational videos were like this.
Thank you! 🙏 🍄
Man, that brings back some serious memories. That is exactly what got me into the 'special' mushrooms many years ago. Thank you for making such a concise and straightforward video. I will be directing people here. LC and PF Tek. Perfect combination.
I also have great memories using this method! Thanks for watching! 🙏 🍄
@SporenSprout You got Edward's stamp of approval, that is awesome!
Please tell me, could the cakes be smashed gently and spread all over?
@@belghirudanielaelena7200 Yes I like to use a cheese shredder to shred the cakes and mix with other substrate or you can spread it in a mulch bed or something shaded outdoor.
hell yes. You can use PF cakes for inoculating other substrate, but it gets tricky because you might be introducing contams at every new step of the way.@@belghirudanielaelena7200
I don't use this method but thank you for sharing your knowledge with me and everyone.
I do believe that mushrooms are a medicine and much much more so I think that sharing the knowledge of how to cultivate is important for people who want to try them but don't know how. Thank you for that. I like your tat as well.
Currently growing for the first time from scratch using the PF TEK (all going well). My next challenge is something that has a greater yield, like monotub. Thanks for the videos!
looks like I'll have to invest in mason jars and a pressure cooker, nice one!
Your music is DOPE!
Nice tattoo bro
It gives me great pleasure seeing your innovation. Keep it up Bro.👍fantastic
Great video, the only one I've watched that made me want to try PF. I bet I could make up a multispore LC and go hunting for weirdoes. One fruiting chamber could yield so many different phenotypes in a small foot print. So many mushies.......so little time.
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I have used rye spawn bags and just took the cake out of the bag and put it into a humidity chamber and gotten some yield. I'm wondering if I did this with those cakes but instead of vermiculite use a website casing mix or maybe coir. Do you think that would increase the yield? Thnx
So you do spray it everyday? I keep having issues with mold but i dont fan my boxes enough that could be why but then other times ill leave the lid cracked and mold still forms even with fresh air. Ive had it where i dont open it at all and no mold grows its so random theres no pattern. I noticed the water likes to wick to the bottom and mold no matter what i do. Is that why you put perlite under your cakes? Just curious it could be a good prevention method
You definitely want to make sure you're using sterile water for all uses of this preferably distilled😅 in addition if you are having mold issues you may be too high in the moisture content
what can I substitute for brown rice flour?
Did you put the jars in the cooker with a slightly loosened cap?
I did but it’s not a big deal.
Umm 🤔 I just clone some Tidal Wave into Liquid Culture.
I might try this Tek so I can get some good genetics.
Might try this with APEs too.
If I sterilized 6 jars but only want to use 2 of them, would the silicone keep it sterile for when I eventually want to use it? Or should I just do 2 at a time.
Another question I have is, can I break these up and use them in a monotub if I mix it with something like coir?
Thanks in advance and thank you for your very helpful video! Can't wait to start growing
Yes you can save them after sterilization and they will last months on the shelf before inoculation. Yes you can definitely break up the cakes and mix with coco coir in a tub! I used to shred my cakes with a cheese shredder and make dub tubs like this video: How to Grow Mushrooms: Dub Tub Method
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@@SporenSprout Thank you so much for your reply and the video!! Appreciate you man 🙂
Missed it, injecting with spores or cultures?
I used culture but you can use spores too.
The funny mushrooms haha
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I have yet to try this and now look more forward to it. What a great way to make use of my messed drilled filter holes lids for LC's too. Do you find it useful to have that bubble in the middle RTV sealer? You know I'm still waiting on that Oster egg militaris grow @SporenSprout 🤣
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I have yet to try this and and with this to follow, it won't be far down that mycelium path before I do. What a good way to make use of the lids I messed up drilling for luer lock filters too. You know I'm still waiting for that ostrich egg militaris grow @SporenSprout 😂
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What about the chemicals in tap water?
Yeah, with all the "forever chemicals" and other contaminants in water systems these days, I'd go for something filtered every step of the way
Hello, they replied to my comment quote "Fully colonized cakes are resistant to contamination. A fruiting chamber is not sterile , It is a natural process for the cakes to become contaminated after harvesting a couple times as well." @@TheWowWowWest
what is the red stuff? Does it self heal ?
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Newbie here, why do you wash the cake in faucet water? I thought faucet water may have contaminates in them?
Fully colonized cakes are resistant to contamination. A fruiting chamber is not sterile , It is a natural process for the cakes to become contaminated after harvesting a couple times as well.
Mushrooms are amazing! wow@@SporenSprout
30 min p.c. time?
Yeah or 2 hours in a canning bath.
You know you can just boil them for a half an hour and then modify the lid
Steaming them for half hour is not sufficient. It needs to be 2 hours steam bath or 30 minutes pressure cooker.
I don't see anywhere that says what it even is. The stuff in the bowl . He is assuming we all know and I wouldn't be here if I already knew how it is done.
Yes I did mention what’s in the bowl and there are even links to the materials in the description. It’s just brown rice flour, vermiculite and water in the bowl.
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Hey Spore, quick question if you have time. I set up several mono tubs last night (CVG) and ran out of substrate to top the last tub. I had the perfect amount to mix with my last two jars of spawn but not enough to cover the top and there are some exposed grains. I can't get coir locally, should I leave it alone or try to top it with vermiculite tonight? Or did I just screw this tub? @@SporenSprout
@@pyrocircus129 I would just let it run how it is and it will be fine. Take note for next time and compare. There shouldn’t be a drastic difference.
Thank you! @@SporenSprout