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bank151
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some growing questions
#10398263 - 05/25/09 08:08 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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Alright, so i have my PF cake, sitting on the pearlite in the terrarium. I just started getting my first fruits this week, and i have about 40 or so small (pen tip sized) caps and shrooms poking out of the substrate. I need to know approx. how long should it take until they are the prime size to harvest? And when exactly this should be? THis is my first harvest and i have a bunch of jars to lay down, but until i get the techniques down packed I am only doing a jar at a time (and some are not fully colonized yet.) I would have pictures up, but my camera is down so I am going to have to wait until i get that fixed.
Also, Im going to spore print one of the shrooms to refill my original B+ syringe, I got everything down packed for that, the question is should i continue to do more PF cakes, or should i switch to a casing? And what are the ways about doing so?
Any help/tips greatly appreciated!!
**also for anyone wondering why my questions are so abundant, and "not at the right moment" it is because I just got my 'net back today, so I scrambled to get on here to make sure I have everything going right.
Edited by bank151 (05/25/09 08:35 PM)
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bank151
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Re: some growing questions [Re: bank151]
#10398287 - 05/25/09 08:11 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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also, I dunked after i took the cake out of the jar, but when should i dunk again? I havent done one since they fruited (wasnt sure if i should or not). Any info on that, and ways to go about doing it the best way, and moving the cakes to the dunking chamber with out damaging the mycelium
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billycorgan55
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Re: some growing questions [Re: bank151]
#10398294 - 05/25/09 08:12 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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They should be ready in 3-5 days...Remember to harvest just as the veil under the cap breaks. As for the casing question...i would try a few more cakes if i where you
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FoxFire
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Re: some growing questions [Re: bank151]
#10398301 - 05/25/09 08:13 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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-------------------- Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not.
Edited by FoxFire (11/05/13 10:34 AM)
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Yog70
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Re: some growing questions [Re: FoxFire]
#10398349 - 05/25/09 08:20 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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Put the cake on some foil or a jar lid to get it off the perlite.
I have been wondering about this need. Perlite is not know to be toxic to humans when the shrooms have made contact with it. Does contact cause susceptibility to contamination?
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bank151
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Re: some growing questions [Re: FoxFire]
#10398351 - 05/25/09 08:20 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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Well i picked the cake up carefully today to check it, and where my fingers hit the cake it lightly turned blue (obviously bruising), I was extra gentle with the cake, but is that safe? Im not trying to ruin a whole cake, ya know? Thanks for the tips so far, its helped.
Also what is the importance on rolling the cake in verm. once its been dunked? And do I have to do it every time I dunk the cake?
And yes, Im going to finish off the jars I have before I start anything new up so I dont have too much on my hands that I cannot handle.
**just went to check on my other jars, and noticed 2 are fully colonized, added to cakes to dunk for 24 hours. Once done, how much verm. do I cover them in? On the first one I lightly "sprinkled" it on to give it a coating because my internet was down, so I was pretty much screwed from access to this site, any info on that asap would be awesome!**
Edited by bank151 (05/25/09 09:02 PM)
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FoxFire
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Re: some growing questions [Re: bank151]
#10398451 - 05/25/09 08:36 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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Edited by FoxFire (11/05/13 10:34 AM)
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bank151
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Re: some growing questions [Re: bank151]
#10398572 - 05/25/09 08:58 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yup, all the jars that are out I let sit for the extra week so the myc. could get the hold on the substrate, Thanks for all the info so far, ill have pictures up in a couple days or so, just gotta snag some batteries.
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