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Trouble with 2nd Grow attempt
    #9283792 - 11/21/08 08:04 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

So I have only once successfully cultivated mushrooms. I used the Brown Rice Flour / Verm cake method and used soaked perlite to line the bottom of the terrarium for added moisture. I did not coat the cakes with verm for the first flush and had a decent turn out (more than I expected anyway) and rinsed and covered them in verm for the 2nd and 3rd flushes for moderate results.

Anyway this time Im using a different strain (Penis Envy, compared to Golden Teacher for the 1st time) but I made the cakes the same way as before. I birthed 3 cakes a little early, they had just fully colonized the jars, and I coated two of them in verm. This time my terrarium didnt have perlite at the bottom of it but I did mist it three times a day and removed excess water (though it does still seem less humid than my previous one). They have been in there for 10 days now, 12 hours light, 12 hours dark. The only result is a tiny bit of some other white mold to sprout at the bottom of the cakes (doesnt look contaminated, no cob webs).

So Im wondering what Ive done wrong so far or am still doing wrong. I have 5 more cakes that are still in jars, and its been at least a week since full colonization. Should I just scrap what I got going on now, clean the terrarium, and do it with the perlite like the first time? Any help is appreciated, thank you.


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Re: Trouble with 2nd Grow attempt [Re: Mrbook7]
    #9283808 - 11/21/08 08:10 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

Why are you skipping out on the perlite? That is an essential step for humidity.


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Re: Trouble with 2nd Grow attempt [Re: j.guit.err]
    #9283839 - 11/21/08 08:23 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

lol. i removed perlite what im i doing wrong.

dont improvise untill you have a good understanding of how it works. myc needs neeer saturation at the surface to pin. without perlite you wont have enough moisture in the air. put the perlite back in. you may neerd to dunk youtr ake again as they would have dried out.

also, wait 1 week onvce it looks fully colinised. to allow mycelium to consolidate its hold on the substrate. birthing early will just result in them sitting drying ouut.


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Re: Trouble with 2nd Grow attempt [Re: j.guit.err]
    #9283841 - 11/21/08 08:24 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

yeah dude you need the perlite.  You're humidity should be betweenn 95 and 99 percent.


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Re: Trouble with 2nd Grow attempt [Re: iMtRiPpIn]
    #9283883 - 11/21/08 08:39 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

95% R.H. + FAE and a healthy cake = success

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