|
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
|
Shady Obscurity
Getting out of Sour Milk Sea
Registered: 09/10/09
Posts: 309
Loc: Bible Belt :(
Last seen: 13 years, 2 months
|
My first pins! - UPDATE- My first harvest!
#11301252 - 10/22/09 05:28 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
|
|
I woke up this morning and checked my cakes and it looked like there was no growth. I went to work and in the 9 hours I was gone 3 of my cakes started to pin! I almost missed them when I was misting but a tiny off color protrusion caught my eye. Upon farther examination I discovered pins! I almost couldn't believe they had sneaked up so quickly! Those elusive little buggers! I wanted to take some pictures but my camera wouldn't focus on the cake when I zoomed in. I'll definitely take some after they grow a little more so I can get a good shot to share with you guys. I'm very excited!
I want to thank the shoomery for all the information it provided me and all the wonderful people willing to give advice and share their experiences!
EDIT:
As promised, here are some childhood pictures of my kids. Sorry they are a little blurry. I just can't seem to get my camera to focus on the surface of the cake.
Overview of what I have in my FC. Five Cambodians and Five PESA. Two more PESEs are near full colonization and will be added to the FC in the coming week.
This is one of my Cambodian's. It looks like it has a decent pin set. I counted 17 so far and it looks like some more may be coming in!
Timmy wants to be a doctor when he grows up.
UPDATE:
Here are a couple of my cakes that are doing really well! They have some pretty bad bluing on the sides. I was away from the house for about 36 hours and I left a fan on in the room so they kind of dried out a little.
This one has a couple of fatties growing on top.
UPDATE-
I just harvested my first two cakes today! It came out to 102.7 grams wet. I can't wait to eat the very first batch of shrooms I've every grown with a couple of close friends. Here is a picture of my harvest, minus four caps that are being printed. I also took the two largest mushrooms on the largest cluster and cloned them using the cardboard cloning method.
Thanks to everyone that helped me along the way and a big thank you to the shroomery for hosting this wealth of knowledge.
Edited by Shady Obscurity (10/29/09 02:33 PM)
|
Breakfast Crew
Cheerios
Registered: 01/20/09
Posts: 1,985
Last seen: 12 years, 8 months
|
|
Sometimes if you stare at them, you can see them grow.
grow little mushys...you can do it
|
2Cents
Registered: 12/04/08
Posts: 4,392
Loc: PNW
Last seen: 25 days, 3 hours
|
|
pix or it didn't happen
-------------------- Long live the Shroomery!!!
|
botanisthype
P$ylocibe$ounDW@vE!
Registered: 07/31/03
Posts: 839
Loc: DECEPTICON MANOR
|
Re: My first pins! [Re: 2Cents]
#11301557 - 10/22/09 06:18 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
2Cents said: pix or it didn't happen
WTF? he just said he saw them pin...which he barely notice...lol...i just got pins 2 days ago and now their in armies of large numbers,,,,but still tiny i wont put up pics till their obviously visible..give the guy a break and .put your hands to together for the fella~~
-------------------- Please +REP if i've been of any help... thanks!!! Dinosaur of the Funny Family, though I have short arms, they fit in my GB... lol
|
whyblameus
on a mission
Registered: 06/02/09
Posts: 11,440
Loc: Ca,Ga,Id wanna trade LOL
|
|
-------------------- if you dont got no one to hate on feel free to hate on me!
|
Shady Obscurity
Getting out of Sour Milk Sea
Registered: 09/10/09
Posts: 309
Loc: Bible Belt :(
Last seen: 13 years, 2 months
|
|
Thanks botanisthype! That was exactly my piont. You wouldn't be able to tell anything from the pics. And what do I have to gain by lying to you 2cents? All I can do is wait til there is something the camera can focus on. But I can 100% assure you they are pins!:
Edited by Shady Obscurity (10/25/09 12:10 AM)
|
Shady Obscurity
Getting out of Sour Milk Sea
Registered: 09/10/09
Posts: 309
Loc: Bible Belt :(
Last seen: 13 years, 2 months
|
|
I updated my OP with some pictures. Kinda blurry but they'll have to work for now.
-------------------- The love you take is equal to the love you make.
|
Shady Obscurity
Getting out of Sour Milk Sea
Registered: 09/10/09
Posts: 309
Loc: Bible Belt :(
Last seen: 13 years, 2 months
|
|
Update in OP.
-------------------- The love you take is equal to the love you make.
|
feelfunny
I am you
Registered: 03/11/09
Posts: 8,747
Loc: South
|
|
not bad but they look a little wet did you just mist? if not you need to fan better
-------------------- IF A CAT AND DOG CAN GET ALONG WHY CANT EVERYONE ELSE? If the sky is falling, don't look up! Feel Family Founder. me if you are tired of hearing, "Use the search function".
|
Shady Obscurity
Getting out of Sour Milk Sea
Registered: 09/10/09
Posts: 309
Loc: Bible Belt :(
Last seen: 13 years, 2 months
|
|
Yeah, I just misted before I took the picture.
-------------------- The love you take is equal to the love you make.
|
TheShroomanizer
Stranger-Danger
Registered: 06/12/09
Posts: 1,571
Loc: The Swamp
Last seen: 10 months, 29 days
|
|
must be an exciting feeling to be able to grow something, my hands are cursed from growing anything, i seem to kill everything i touch, including that poor cat 2 days ago
-------------------- Trading Prints -Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could listen twice as much as we speak-
|
Polk_Audio3
Moon Cricket
Registered: 02/16/09
Posts: 7,163
Loc: Amsterdam
|
|
Good to see you're pins its always a good feeling..
--------------------
|
Ringo
Jupiter
Registered: 08/16/09
Posts: 182
Last seen: 3 years, 5 months
|
|
YAY FOR FIRST PINS
I got my first pins a couple days ago and my first harvest was today
--------------------
|
PilzeEssen
Registered: 12/24/07
Posts: 7,312
Loc: USA
Last seen: 12 years, 11 months
|
|
quick question, i didnt want to make a post or anything. hoping someone could answer here.
does the grade of vermiculite that you roll the cakes in after dunking matter? is one preferred over the other?
-------------------- "The soul has greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist, it is by the ideal that we live." If you want to get a hold of me, my email address is in my profile. Just click on my screen name. I got banned from using private messages cause I didn't follow the rules...
|
Shady Obscurity
Getting out of Sour Milk Sea
Registered: 09/10/09
Posts: 309
Loc: Bible Belt :(
Last seen: 13 years, 2 months
|
|
I'm sure finer verm is better but mine is medium and it worked just fine.
-------------------- The love you take is equal to the love you make.
|
Shady Obscurity
Getting out of Sour Milk Sea
Registered: 09/10/09
Posts: 309
Loc: Bible Belt :(
Last seen: 13 years, 2 months
|
|
I'm thinking of taking my last two PESA cakes and crumbling them into a bulk substrate. I have access to Black Kow composted manure. I think I'll give it a try!
-------------------- The love you take is equal to the love you make.
|
beto
Psiconauta
Registered: 09/04/09
Posts: 469
Loc: Paranoid City
Last seen: 4 months, 14 days
|
|
That's awesome bro!! U must be feeling what i'm feeling then!! In only 1 day a lot of new pins appeared!!! That's so good isn't?? I'm so proud and happy...
Take a look at my children!! Those are my first pins also!! Congrats by the way...
Edited by beto (10/28/09 12:07 PM)
|
2Cents
Registered: 12/04/08
Posts: 4,392
Loc: PNW
Last seen: 25 days, 3 hours
|
|
Quote:
botanisthype said:
Quote:
2Cents said: pix or it didn't happen
WTF? he just said he saw them pin...which he barely notice...lol...i just got pins 2 days ago and now their in armies of large numbers,,,,but still tiny i wont put up pics till their obviously visible..give the guy a break and .put your hands to together for the fella~~
awww I'm just horsing around fellas, looking great man! congratulations!
-------------------- Long live the Shroomery!!!
|
CJCollin37
Gentleman & Scholar
Registered: 08/10/09
Posts: 600
Last seen: 2 years, 5 months
|
Re: My first pins! [Re: 2Cents]
#11338453 - 10/28/09 01:13 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Nice man, thats exiting. Shotgun fc right? Did you drill holes on the bottom and elevate it? Just curious cause I didnt, and i just birthed my first cake...
|
Shady Obscurity
Getting out of Sour Milk Sea
Registered: 09/10/09
Posts: 309
Loc: Bible Belt :(
Last seen: 13 years, 2 months
|
|
Thanks guys! No harm done 2cents. And yeah CJCollin37 I used a shot gun FC and I used some of the now empty jars to elevate my FC off the table.
These two cakes are doing real good but the others aren't doing much at the moment.
This one has a couple of big ones on top....
and a nice little pin set on the bottom.
This was my first cake to pin.
Pretty strange looking looking mute!
You know, when I first got into this, all I wanted was the end product. But I really enjoyed the act of growing these things. It's almost like I don't really care to eat them. I mean I will eat them, but now it's secondary.
-------------------- The love you take is equal to the love you make.
|
|