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why is my cake blue?
    #10974339 - 08/31/09 06:00 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

i birthed a cake of big mex last week... tuesday to be exact... and i only started seeing pins this morning, monday. it's been really hot where i live for the past couple of weeks and temperatures where the cake's fruiting haven't been optimal. anyway, i've noticed that the cake is slightly tinting blue in a couple of places on its side but most notably at the top where i placed a small amount of moist verm to help retain moisture. i'm just wondering how come this is happening and whether its a bad sign or just a sign that my cake isn't so healthy...i really worry about him. seriously though, any ideas? maybe it's normal..? thanks.
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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: megaman]
    #10974348 - 08/31/09 06:01 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

its drying out


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: gotfungus]
    #10974356 - 08/31/09 06:02 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

oh yeah and its kinda normal, keep the humidity up


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: gotfungus]
    #10974386 - 08/31/09 06:07 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

dunk it. roll it.


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: nastos]
    #10974433 - 08/31/09 06:14 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

you can keep the humidity up and allow those pins to mature,
should only be 3-5 days,  then dunk and roll, or you can just pluck those pins and do the dunk and roll now, it's up to you. thems is your
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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: megaman]
    #10974452 - 08/31/09 06:16 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

perhaps it is just sad.


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: prismism]
    #10974492 - 08/31/09 06:22 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

or u can dunk and roll with pins just be gentle chances are if its dry enough to be turning blue most of the pins will abort anyways


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: prismism]
    #10974497 - 08/31/09 06:23 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

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perhaps it is just sad.



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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: nastos]
    #10974515 - 08/31/09 06:25 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

thank you. ill be here all night.





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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: prismism]
    #10974528 - 08/31/09 06:28 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

im here all night every night lol


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: nastos]
    #10978967 - 09/01/09 11:46 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

i dunked and rolled at birth. can't i just mist? i have been misting daily. i guess i'll just let the pins mature and dunk and roll again. this sure sucks.


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: megaman]
    #10979014 - 09/01/09 11:52 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

Quick qestion what is your fruiting chamber set up? What substrate are you using to keep humidity up?

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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: whiteknights]
    #10979265 - 09/01/09 12:27 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

i have a 56 qt sterlite container with 2 inches of moist perlite at the bottome. cakes are your standard brf. humidity is fine i think.
p.s. it's a shotgun.


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: megaman]
    #10981640 - 09/01/09 06:31 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

You should add another 2 inches to that.


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: nastos]
    #10981723 - 09/01/09 06:45 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

I agree add another 2 inches. In all my shotgun FC's I have nothing less then 4 inches of perlite. Do you have a hygrometer?

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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: whiteknights]
    #10983713 - 09/02/09 12:12 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

i have a digital hygrometer which i hear aren't that great. on the plus side, it doubles as a thermometer so....it's not so bad. aboot the extra 4inches, i have heard from between 1-3 inches, now 4. anyway, i mist the sides a couple of times a day. i think humidity is ok since i have a pretty nice looking pinset right now. it just seems to me like my cake starting to dry before its first flush seems kind of weird. then again, i'm not an expert. i think its the heat in this damn place.


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: megaman]
    #10984376 - 09/02/09 03:36 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

i have the same problem, my cakes are starting to go blueish on some spots. Dont have pins yet and lower part of the cake is fluffy, is it okay to dunk & roll?


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: prismism]
    #10984712 - 09/02/09 06:12 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

shit you beat me to it, I was gunna say it's depressed and needs some paxil or welbutrin.

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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: madis503]
    #10986040 - 09/02/09 11:44 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

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i have the same problem, my cakes are starting to go blueish on some spots. Dont have pins yet and lower part of the cake is fluffy, is it okay to dunk & roll?



yes, dunk and roll that cake


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: chillywilly419]
    #10986067 - 09/02/09 11:50 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

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chillywilly419 said:
you can keep the humidity up and allow those pins to mature,
should only be 3-5 days,  then dunk and roll, or you can just pluck those pins and do the dunk and roll now, it's up to you. thems is your
options.




Don't pick pins.  You can pick aborts, but those pins will mature during the next flush.  Pins will even swell up a little after a dunk.

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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: Project]
    #10989049 - 09/02/09 08:36 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

IME pins will abort if you dunk them.


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: chillywilly419]
    #10990107 - 09/02/09 11:53 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

yeah, it seems strange that you can dunk pins for 12-24 hours but at the same time you aren't supposed to mist them directly as it can cause them to abort. ???  :stoned2:


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: megaman]
    #10990524 - 09/03/09 01:31 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

pins will abort if your cakes blue.. lose/lose


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: nastos]
    #10991538 - 09/03/09 09:32 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

people it dose rain out side and there are still mushrooms right?


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: megaman]
    #10991565 - 09/03/09 09:36 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

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yeah, it seems strange that you can dunk pins for 12-24 hours but at the same time you aren't supposed to mist them directly as it can cause them to abort. ???  :stoned2:




:justdontknow: I mist the heck out of my tubs. May lead to aborts, may not. IME, not so much.


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: Doc_T]
    #10991576 - 09/03/09 09:39 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

finally someone who agrees


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: feelfunny]
    #10991584 - 09/03/09 09:42 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

Don't shoot a stream of water directly onto pins, or onto the substrate. Of course. That's enough force to damage the mycelium.
But 'aggressive misting' seems to be fine.


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: Doc_T]
    #10991608 - 09/03/09 09:48 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

Mist the crap out of them it's fine(cakes, tub, perlite, etc..)
The bluing could be from birthing the cakes,  it's normal and if you have a nice pin set then don't stress.
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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: feelfunny]
    #10991649 - 09/03/09 10:02 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

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people it dose rain out side and there are still mushrooms right?



Very true, moreso when it rains it seems.


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: Project]
    #10991719 - 09/03/09 10:18 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

some people inject water with a needle... or at least they used to... roadkill I think
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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: UFOz8MyGoat]
    #10991780 - 09/03/09 10:31 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

Another good thing to do is a small pile of verm atop the cake, then moisten it as you see fit.


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: UFOz8MyGoat]
    #10991837 - 09/03/09 10:42 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

I don't think you can always assume bluing is due to dryness.

And I also think there's big differences in this regard by strain. This view is supported by the strain info in Cervantes journal where it is written about some strains that they don't like to be misted directly, i.e. turn blue, stall.

My cat had costa rica and pe cakes in the same shotgun fc recently. The costa's had no problem with the mistings. The pe cakes blued severely. The cakes were not rolled in verm, so this problem was probably exacerbated. However the blue cakes are finally pinning, so it's not a crisis. The costa's fruited b4 the pe even pinned. They were soaked too long and pinned under-water. However, these pins did not even abort and are doing fine.

If you think about how different the climates are in various locations around the world, it makes perfect sense that mushrooms would react differently to rain. In some areas where you get very frequent rain, you would expect the mushrooms to tolerate it. In areas where rain comes intermittently, but in torrents, you would expect the mushrooms to abort their pins in expectation of the downpour, but then pin again when the soil starts to dry out. It's called natural selection.


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: anonjon]
    #10991849 - 09/03/09 10:43 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

PE is touchy at times i agree


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Re: why is my cake blue? [Re: anonjon]
    #10992237 - 09/03/09 12:11 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

well, i have been misting regularly and i did place some moist verm on top to help retain moisture. thanks anonjon for your input. i guess i'll stop worrying so much about the blueness... when i heard that it was due to drying out i got a little worried but thanks to you i'm not anymore. the strain is big mex, if that makes a difference. still a cube, right?
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