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 flawed
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 misting casings 
#1089150 - 11/26/02 11:59 PM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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i'm just about ready to pick the first flush off my casing. it was a good flush.. but not a great flush. i was wondering how heavily i can mist it, after picking the shrooms and patching the casing. i just want the second flush to be bigger than the first one.
the casing is a loaf pan 9" long, 5" wide and 2 1/2" tall. the casing layer is vermiculite. can someone give me an idea how much water my casing might be able to absorb without over saturating it? i was also considering just dunking the whole thing for 12 hrs, but that sounds too risky. the casing might break apart or get contaminated. any suggestions are welcome regarding this.
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groingrinder
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 Re: misting casings [Re: flawed]
#1089188 - 11/27/02 12:09 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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You want to scrape off the old casing, check for aborts and contam, then recase with freshly sterilized casing material, don't just mist the old casing material.
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Re: misting casings [Re: flawed]
#1090224 - 11/27/02 07:17 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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Is your casing drying out?
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shirley knott
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Hmm, interesting - so can I just scrape and recase if I make a casing cock-up?
I put my first casing into a terrarium that was too humid, with the result that droplets formed on the mycelium that had been looking nice and cottony, and the whole thing stalled. I won't make the same mistake again, but I needed to learn the hard way.
Should I watch and wait, scrape and recase, or dump and cry (it was a 2-caker, the most aggressive 2 jars of the batch)?
Anyone got any good mushroom jokes?
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 Bilge
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i have no idea why you would go through the trouble of de-casing, re-casing and/or dunking. just patch the casing with sterile verm and mist so that it's not dry. i use the same casing from start to finish (now going on 2 months) and have great results. messing with all that extra stuff will likely slow your flushes and/or damage the mycelium and/or invite contamination. this has been my experience and is my opinion.
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Re: misting casings [Re: Bilge]
#1090624 - 11/27/02 11:40 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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I agree with you... A friend is on his 6th flush of Argentinas.. He has done nouthing other then harvest, patch, and mist.
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Bilge
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Re: misting casings [Re: happygrins]
#1090628 - 11/27/02 11:42 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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ditto. like 5 or 6 flushes here. i lost count. i thought they would be finished quicker but low and behold this morning there is another big flush coming. darn!
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