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Dunking
    #6474400 - 01/18/07 06:55 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

anyone seen a post about how to dunk or can anyone please tell me how its done in detail? is it necessery to dunk them? i have no idea what this does what do i need to do this? whats it do?

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Re: Dunking [Re: Spooky6075]
    #6474414 - 01/18/07 07:01 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

I prefer the established term of 'soaking'. It means to soak the substrate under water for 12 to 24 hours to fully hydrate it for fruiting.
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Re: Dunking [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #6474420 - 01/18/07 07:04 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

ok so get a big pot of sterilized water and take the cakes out of the jars and soak them?

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Re: Dunking [Re: Spooky6075]
    #6474455 - 01/18/07 07:13 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

No, just use tap water unless you live in an area with contaminated drinking water. It's best to refrigerate or otherwise keep the water cool during the soak period to prevent the growth of unwanted organisms in the anaerobic conditions underwater.

Put the cakes in a pot of water, then use a heavy glass dinner plate or something similar to hold them submerged as they'll try to float.

Rinse well under the faucet both before and after the soak period. It's a good idea to roll the cakes in dry vermiculite after the soak. Read up on 'dunk and roll'.
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Re: Dunking [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #6474478 - 01/18/07 07:22 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

the cakes wont break apart if i do this? is it ok to touch the white colinized cakes ? lol thanks

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Re: Dunking [Re: Spooky6075]
    #6474485 - 01/18/07 07:26 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

As long as the cakes are fully colonized you shouldn't have a problem. Try to touch the cakes ass little as possible, this will prevent the bruising from occuring.

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Re: Dunking [Re: MyPhilosophy]
    #6474498 - 01/18/07 07:31 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

thanks alot i plan to dunk them in a plastic bin like my tarium and keep them in the fridge while there underwater. then ill put the cakes in the grow chamber right after i was just alittle confuzed couse i read somewhere not to get the cakes wet while fruiting so this seemed odd to me but thanks alot guys im gonna give it a try

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Re: Dunking [Re: Spooky6075]
    #6474639 - 01/18/07 08:07 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

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thanks alot i plan to dunk them in a plastic bin like my tarium and keep them in the fridge while there underwater. then ill put the cakes in the grow chamber right after i was just alittle confuzed couse i read somewhere not to get the cakes wet while fruiting so this seemed odd to me but thanks alot guys im gonna give it a try




I think you may be confusing this with when people say getting pins wet increases aborts,dunking should be dune between flushes to replace the moisture used up by the mushrooms that your picked

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Re: Dunking [Re: Blutjager]
    #6474652 - 01/18/07 08:10 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

ok so what r u saying dont dunk the first flush? or ?? lol sorry

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Re: Dunking [Re: Spooky6075]
    #6474698 - 01/18/07 08:20 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

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ok so what r u saying dont dunk the first flush? or ?? lol sorry




I don't imagine it would do any harm but I bet it just isn't necessary,You may want to wait for answers from others besides me because I don't do cakes and don't really have experience on this,I never dunk a casing before a flush because I have a casing layer to hold moisture close to my substrate

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Re: Dunking [Re: Blutjager]
    #6474707 - 01/18/07 08:23 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

thanks alot

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Re: Dunking [Re: Spooky6075]
    #6474721 - 01/18/07 08:28 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

Hey no problem,I wish I knew a concrete answer for you so I could be of more help

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Re: Dunking [Re: Blutjager]
    #6474728 - 01/18/07 08:30 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

You can dunk the cakes right after you birth them, although this is not necessary but it has shown to increase size of the first flush. Usually I don't go threw that much trouble. Personally I dunk between flushes because the cakes do not loose that much moisture while colonizing. They only loose a considerable amount of water after the first flush. The mushies are very thirsty:cool:


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Re: Dunking [Re: Willsk8t4shrooms]
    #6474749 - 01/18/07 08:36 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

I have seen casings shrink to nearly half their size after a flush or two if I don't dunk

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Re: Dunking [Re: Willsk8t4shrooms]
    #6474762 - 01/18/07 08:40 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

ok so i guess i will dunk them before i put them in the grow chamber for fruiting as long as there is not much risk involved in it? i dont wanna mess up my crop for something that is unecessary but if its gonna help me get big phat caps im down to dunk them thanks for ur help guys i really apriciate it

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