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crabbier cannabis
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did many searches, couldnt find picture of cracked caps, is this cracked?
#17831606 - 02/19/13 05:27 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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B+ strain, been in the fc for 4 days or so. it grew pretty quick its about 4.5 inches, just waiting for the veil to separate. its been a little cracked since about 2 days in but since this morning it the split got bigger.
so rapid growth or low humidity?
more pics, all different shrooms.
Edited by crabbier cannabis (02/19/13 05:38 PM)
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Re: did many searches, couldnt find picture of cracked caps, is this cracked? [Re: crabbier cannabis]
#17831658 - 02/19/13 05:35 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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Low humidity, it looks like your holes are too close together. They should be 1/4" holes, spaced 2" apart.
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Re: did many searches, couldnt find picture of cracked caps, is this cracked? [Re: JoeMama1992]
#17831673 - 02/19/13 05:39 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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the fact that you only got 3 mushrooms says low rh
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Re: did many searches, couldnt find picture of cracked caps, is this cracked? [Re: JoeMama1992]
#17831693 - 02/19/13 05:42 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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yeah i was thinking it was the humidity, but the holes are 2 inches apart. didnt have a drill so i used a screw driver. how does the humidity affect the shrooms potency? or the cracked cap, is it a big deal?
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Re: did many searches, couldnt find picture of cracked caps, is this cracked? [Re: cronicr]
#17831700 - 02/19/13 05:44 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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cronicr said: the fact that you only got 3 mushrooms says low rh
the cake that those three mushrooms are growing on is on a very small piece of a broken cake, i didnt expect anything to grow, and that grew first. there's a cluster of pins on the other side of the big cake
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Re: did many searches, couldnt find picture of cracked caps, is this cracked? [Re: crabbier cannabis]
#17831704 - 02/19/13 05:45 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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Humidity has no effect on potency, but with higher humidity you'd have healthier mushrooms so technically, if you want them to spend time and energy creating psilocybin, you should make sure they are as happy and healthy as possible.
Most of those holes' spacing looks right, but there are a few of them that are clearly too close to each other. Because you obviously have enough humidity to fruit, just not the optimal amount, you could probably get away with taping/plugging up a couple of the clustered-together holes.
Edited by JoeMama1992 (02/19/13 05:48 PM)
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Re: did many searches, couldnt find picture of cracked caps, is this cracked? [Re: JoeMama1992]
#17831731 - 02/19/13 05:50 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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JoeMama1992 said: Humidity has no effect on potency, but with higher humidity you'd have healthier mushrooms so technically, if you want them to spend time and energy creating psilocybin, you should make sure they are as happy and healthy as possible.
so just the bigger and better they'll look? yeah im saving up money so i can get a humidifier and build a better fc. but this is what i first saw and went with, i didnt think it was that bad for a first grow, i think a lot of the pins are going to grow to a nice size.
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Re: did many searches, couldnt find picture of cracked caps, is this cracked? [Re: JoeMama1992] 1
#17831751 - 02/19/13 05:56 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
JoeMama1992 said: Most of those holes' spacing looks right, but there are a few of them that are clearly too close to each other. Because you obviously have enough humidity to fruit, just not the optimal amount, you could probably get away with taping/plugging up a couple of the clustered-together holes.
yeah i made the mistake of letting my friend help me with some of the holes and we had just smoked
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Re: did many searches, couldnt find picture of cracked caps, is this cracked? [Re: crabbier cannabis]
#17831764 - 02/19/13 05:57 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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either way my man congrats on your grow!
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Re: did many searches, couldnt find picture of cracked caps, is this cracked? [Re: crabbier cannabis]
#17831777 - 02/19/13 06:01 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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Basically, yes. If they're struggling in the environment though, they may not be as ready to produce chemicals that aren't necessary for survival. It's better than my first grow, I drilled WAY too many holes and couldn't even get the cakes to pin!
If you want to start fresh, there's no need for a humidifier. Just go out and buy a drill, a ruler, and a new tub. Using the ruler, make dots on your tub with a marker spaced out in 2"x2" squares, then drill the dots with a 1/4" drill bit. Be sure to put holes in all 6 sides.
And like cronicr said, congrats! Weigh, eat, trip.
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Re: did many searches, couldnt find picture of cracked caps, is this cracked? [Re: cronicr]
#17831813 - 02/19/13 06:05 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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cronicr said: either way my man congrats on your grow!
thanks, i inoculated the jars around mid december and finally got to fruiting them, i didnt think they were going to work. i originally had 8 and tossed 4. then when i raised the heat from 70 to about 80, they colonized in about 3 weeks. i got another round of 6 jars i inoculated jan. 23rd and they got a week left of complete colonization then ready to birth
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Re: did many searches, couldnt find picture of cracked caps, is this cracked? [Re: JoeMama1992]
#17831846 - 02/19/13 06:10 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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JoeMama1992 said: If you want to start fresh, there's no need for a humidifier. Just go out and buy a drill, a ruler, and a new tub. Using the ruler, make dots on your tub with a marker spaced out in 2"x2" squares, then drill the dots with a 1/4" drill bit. Be sure to put holes in all 6 sides.
And like cronicr said, congrats! Weigh, eat, trip.
alright i'll do that thanks, how often do you mist your fc? and for how long each mist? i just try to keep the cakes moist, or a little moist looking and keep the perlite pretty wet but not sloppy wet. i spray every 3 or 4 hours, 5-10 seconds each time.
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Re: did many searches, couldnt find picture of cracked caps, is this cracked? [Re: crabbier cannabis]
#17831858 - 02/19/13 06:13 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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spray until they glisten then fan and when you can no longer see moisture on your cake spray again,and if you do still see moisture you can skip the spray and just fan
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Re: did many searches, couldnt find picture of cracked caps, is this cracked? [Re: crabbier cannabis]
#17831894 - 02/19/13 06:18 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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After a few months with cakes, I found that you can't really hold yourself to a misting/fanning schedule. The absolute best way (for me) to gauge misting is to: -Fan first thing when the lights come on, then mist until the vermiculite is glistening. -Check on it from time to time. When the vermiculite on the cakes looks dry, fan then mist again until vermiculite glistens, then fan before closing the lid. -Repeat as necessary.
I'd do that about 3 or 4 times a day, really depends on how quick the vermiculite starts to look dry, and it always resulted in fantastic pinsets and flushes. (I deleted all the pics, sorry.)
Remember that evaporation of moisture from the surface of the substrate is a major pinning trigger, so you want that moisture in the vermiculite to evaporate before you soak it again. Always wet = Aborts and contams. Always dry = Little to no pinning, dry/dying substrate, contams.
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Re: did many searches, couldnt find picture of cracked caps, is this cracked? [Re: JoeMama1992]
#17832144 - 02/19/13 06:56 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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alright, thanks.
i just noticed the veil on the cracked cap is starting to break but that edge of the cap is black in a little spot, that bad to eat? and also the lid fell and damaged one of the little shrooms and bruised it, its a transparent-looking, blue color. stems supposed to look like that inside?
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Re: did many searches, couldnt find picture of cracked caps, is this cracked? [Re: crabbier cannabis]
#17832190 - 02/19/13 07:03 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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The black is probably just spores, but some pics would help clear that up. Yeah, after a little time that blue will get even darker.
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