I make my own spore syringes when growing mushrooms. I know that you can create your own hydroguard from hydroguard but I'm curious on anyone's thoughts regarding the creation of beneficials from something like orca. The only issue I can see is that the bacteria would possibly be out of balance with one another. I'm currently making some using a liquid culture tek. Another thing I think might be interesting is the myco's in the mix. They are in spore form in orca but would be in active culture form in my mix, which would let them be useful immediatly rather than needing to inoculate. Does anyone have thoughts on this? I'm also using a scaled up tek with 10ml in a 5gal sugar solution running filtered air through it. I plan on mixing this solution 1 gal per week in flower in my 27 gal containers. As you might imagine, the activity in that solution will probably be very high. Does anyone have thoughts on this either? Anyone ever had issues from adding too many beneficials? I know they are a source of nitrogen, but other than that?
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Greenhouse redone and ready for this season since you asked.
Thanks for sharing!
Not sure if anyone is still interested but here is a video at 400x microscope. I have heavily altered the coloration so things are easier to see. The larger chunks are mycelium and the little zooming orbs are bacteria. Cool stuff if you're into that kind of thing.
With regard to breeding Myco like orca, sugars (especially simple sugars) will insure food for bacteria. You need complex sugars/foods to propagate fungi.
Wondering what your background is regarding feeding/propagating bacteria or fungi.
Also, natural inoculants like IMOs can be even more benefical because there is more diversity of organisms.
One other question is: Why do you need to make a large quantity? Are you growing all scorched earth or do you have a huge area??
Once it's in the soil it should be there for good if you keep the soil from going anaerobic or drying down too much.
There can be negatives to adding too many of anything to a system.
The major question is how do you know you are breeding benies? What are you basing your conclusions on?
You certainly can breed myco like Orca just bearing in mind that it may only contain one to three strains of any type of Mycorrhizae. Obviously, there are far more than that. Depending on the medium in which you grow, there are far more effective methods for introducing beneficial micro-organisms into your environment.
There are also ways to actually Prove you are accomplishing the very same life propagating goals to which you espouse.
(you can prove you're doing what you say you are)
I will say this though.
If you can't prove you're growing what you say you are then learning how to accomplish that alone will be worth the effort needed. There are a very small/elite group of ppl that can say they know what they are growing.
They are among the most disliked and respected ppl in the growing community.
When ppl say they have the next best and brightest, these ppl usually prove them to be snake oil salesman. Hence the dislike. But they also can produce fool-proof composts and extractions that can change soil life to levels we/I have never known . . . This season I will.
Learn how to grow naturally. Learn how to use a microscope to confirm/prove you have the guys you want. If you possess that knowledge, you can help infinite amounts of ppl feed themselves and raise their own life saving medicine.
That pursuit alone is worth the effort.
Good Growing.