Birthing through Harvest

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• Can a PF cake become contaminated after birthing?
  • 5.00
  
  
  Yes, it can.
  
  
• How do I recognize an abort?
  • 4.83
  
  
  Aborts are fruitbodies that for some reason cease to grow and never reach maturity.
  
  
• How long does it take for a pin to grow into a fully grown fruitbody?
  • 3.00
  
  
  It takes anything from 2-5 days for a Psilocybe cubensis pin to mature.
  
  
• How much does 1 PF cake yield?
  • 4.60
  
  
  If you absolutely must have an answer, a PF tek fruited directly can yield anywhere from 3-7 gram dry per half pint cake, but...
  
  
• What are the optimum conditions for a cake to fruit in?
  • 5.00
  
  
  Cakes like and need a high humidity environment, however it is provided.
  
  
• What conditions are optimal for pin formation?
  • 3.33
  
  
  The relative humidity should be from 95%-100%, temperature between 70°F and 75°F, the fruiting chamber should be vented 2-3 times a day to displace the CO2, and they should receive a couple of hours of either indirect sunlight or fluorescent light.
  
  
• What do primordia/pins look like? I don't know...
  • 3.67
  
  
  The growing of the mushroom from the cake starts as a tiny accumulation of mycelium, called hyphal knot, which then develops to primordium, and this further develps to pinheads.
  
  
• What is "Dunk and Roll"?
  • 4.33
  
  
  Dunk and roll can help cakes put out a little more for those who don't want to case or are just starting out.
  
  
• What is an easy way of humidifying my fruiting chamber?
  • 4.50
  
  
  Probably the easiest way is using a layer of moist perlite at the bottom of the fruiting chamber along with manual fanning several times a day.
  
  
• What is the "dunk tek"?
  • 4.85
  
  
  The cake is dunked in water overnight to rehydrate and enable bigger and more flushes.
  
  
• When should I harvest?
  • 5.00
  
  
  Harvest can occur when the veil breaks, up until full maturity when the cap becomes almost convex and already drops its spores.
  
  
• Why do cakes and bulk substrates require different humidities?
  • 4.33
  
  
  Cakes have no casing to keep them from drying out!
  
  
• Why do my cakes get fluffy mycelium growth and delayed pinning after birthing?
  • 5.00
  
  
  Lack of fresh air exchange. Fan more.
  
  
• Why is there mycelium growing on the stems?
  • 5.00
  
  
  Lack of fresh air exchange. Fan more.
  
  

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