Home | Community | Message Board

Cannabis Seeds - Original Sensible Seeds
This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: North Spore Bulk Substrate   Original Sensible Seeds Bulk Cannabis Seeds   PhytoExtractum Maeng Da Thai Kratom Leaf Powder   Mushroom-Hut Liquid Cultures   Left Coast Kratom Buy Kratom Extract

Jump to first unread post Pages: < First | < Back | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Next > | Last >
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
OfflineChlawre
Amateur
Male User Gallery


Registered: 04/08/10
Posts: 112
Loc: Flag
Last seen: 9 years, 10 months
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: Shea25]
    #12720124 - 06/10/10 11:23 AM (13 years, 7 months ago)

Alright, well since it seems like we're using this thread for some general questions regarding the tek I have one of my own.

My cakes always seem to pin after 100% colonization, but before a 1 week consolidation period. I birth them early and the pins grow quickly and look healthy. Is premature pinning like this ever a good thing?


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleShea25
Just some guy
Male


Registered: 01/27/09
Posts: 7,772
Loc: Westcoast Canada Flag
Trusted Cultivator
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: Chlawre]
    #12720134 - 06/10/10 11:26 AM (13 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

Chlawre said:
Alright, well since it seems like we're using this thread for some general questions regarding the tek I have one of my own.

My cakes always seem to pin after 100% colonization, but before a 1 week consolidation period. I birth them early and the pins grow quickly and look healthy. Is premature pinning like this ever a good thing?




its not a bad thing as long as the cake is 100% colonized. If they pin during the 1 week consolidation period that just means they are ready to be birthed


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinespyrelx
Stranger
Registered: 05/09/10
Posts: 51
Last seen: 1 year, 2 months
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: Shea25]
    #12720714 - 06/10/10 01:44 PM (13 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

Shea25 said:

Picture 1) Metabolites:shrug: I'm not sure, keep an eye on it
picture 2) Bruising




I have 12 cakes overall and only 3 with some yellow (oddly, these three are PE whereas all the others are PR). 

Can I put the ones that might have metabolites in the same FC as the others?

Should I try to scrap off the yellow?

Thanks.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleShea25
Just some guy
Male


Registered: 01/27/09
Posts: 7,772
Loc: Westcoast Canada Flag
Trusted Cultivator
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: spyrelx]
    #12720720 - 06/10/10 01:45 PM (13 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

spyrelx said:
Quote:

Shea25 said:

Picture 1) Metabolites:shrug: I'm not sure, keep an eye on it
picture 2) Bruising




I have 12 cakes overall and only 3 with some yellow (oddly, these three are PE whereas all the others are PR). 

Can I put the ones that might have metabolites in the same FC as the others?

Should I try to scrap off the yellow?

Thanks.




Metabolites are fine and should not be a concern to other cakes. Do not try to scrape off metabolites.

If its only the PE cakes that have that weird yellow spots then it could be a contam from the syringe


Edited by Shea25 (06/10/10 01:46 PM)


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinesantaclausmush
Stranger


Registered: 02/25/08
Posts: 263
Last seen: 10 years, 11 months
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: Shea25]
    #12722049 - 06/10/10 06:04 PM (13 years, 7 months ago)

beautiful job shea. this post ended up being a huge hit. good job. and thanks for the help.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinespyrelx
Stranger
Registered: 05/09/10
Posts: 51
Last seen: 1 year, 2 months
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: Shea25]
    #12723822 - 06/10/10 11:09 PM (13 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

Shea25 said:

Metabolites are fine and should not be a concern to other cakes. Do not try to scrape off metabolites.

If its only the PE cakes that have that weird yellow spots then it could be a contam from the syringe




Thanks much.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinephototropin

Registered: 08/28/09
Posts: 62
Last seen: 12 years, 2 months
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: santaclausmush]
    #12730308 - 06/12/10 07:32 AM (13 years, 7 months ago)

deleted


Edited by phototropin (07/07/11 12:32 PM)


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineThe.Hatter
Mycologist/Shroomer
Male User Gallery


Registered: 05/18/10
Posts: 208
Loc: Where Aren't I? U.K.
Last seen: 1 year, 10 months
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: Shea25]
    #12730334 - 06/12/10 07:48 AM (13 years, 7 months ago)

Shea. I Need Some Help with my grow if you don't mind. PM me. It won't let me PM you. Said you can't accept them. Sorry Off-Topic kinda :hippie:


--------------------

There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of Wonder, Mystery, and Danger
Some say to Survive it, You need to be as Mad as a Hatter...
Which Luckily I Am! ٩(-̮̮̃)۶
 


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinespyrelx
Stranger
Registered: 05/09/10
Posts: 51
Last seen: 1 year, 2 months
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: The.Hatter]
    #12790025 - 06/23/10 12:01 PM (13 years, 7 months ago)



My very first mushroom has come in!  Check that little guy out!  I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the rest of the crop.  Thanks for all your help.

Speaking of keeping my fingers crossed, a number of my cakes look like they are starting to fruit, but also look like they have some sort of bluish mold/gunk on them.  Should I be concerned?





Thanks again.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleShea25
Just some guy
Male


Registered: 01/27/09
Posts: 7,772
Loc: Westcoast Canada Flag
Trusted Cultivator
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: spyrelx]
    #12790066 - 06/23/10 12:07 PM (13 years, 7 months ago)

Take a zoomed in picture of the top of the cakes. Could be bruising, which is fine


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinespyrelx
Stranger
Registered: 05/09/10
Posts: 51
Last seen: 1 year, 2 months
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: Shea25]
    #12790536 - 06/23/10 01:39 PM (13 years, 7 months ago)

I'm not sure if bruising is a technical term.  I haven't handled them roughly, etc.  Also, some of the blue seems to be on the white growth. 

Here are the tops of two cakes, can you tell from this?





Thanks.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleShea25
Just some guy
Male


Registered: 01/27/09
Posts: 7,772
Loc: Westcoast Canada Flag
Trusted Cultivator
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: spyrelx]
    #12790543 - 06/23/10 01:40 PM (13 years, 7 months ago)

Looks like bruising


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinespyrelx
Stranger
Registered: 05/09/10
Posts: 51
Last seen: 1 year, 2 months
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: Shea25]
    #12790626 - 06/23/10 01:51 PM (13 years, 7 months ago)

Does that mean I've handled them bad?  Also, will it inhibit growth?  Should I be doing anything different?

Thanks.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleShea25
Just some guy
Male


Registered: 01/27/09
Posts: 7,772
Loc: Westcoast Canada Flag
Trusted Cultivator
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: spyrelx]
    #12790647 - 06/23/10 01:56 PM (13 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

spyrelx said:
Does that mean I've handled them bad?  Also, will it inhibit growth?  Should I be doing anything different?

Thanks.




Not always sometimes they bruise do to dehydration or at times they just bruise, it will not inhibit growth your fine


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinespyrelx
Stranger
Registered: 05/09/10
Posts: 51
Last seen: 1 year, 2 months
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: Shea25]
    #12790660 - 06/23/10 01:58 PM (13 years, 7 months ago)

Thanks Shea, I really appreciate it.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinenewbie_shroomer
Stranger
Registered: 02/20/07
Posts: 185
Last seen: 10 years, 4 months
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: spyrelx]
    #12806419 - 06/26/10 05:04 AM (13 years, 7 months ago)

I have an issue I only have access to fine vermiculite at the moment normally i use medium grade. The issues I can see is the substrate becoming too compact leading to very slow growth.

Am i right? or will fine verm be ok?


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineMad_Hatter2004
Surfista Amigo
Male User Gallery


Registered: 06/19/04
Posts: 2,298
Loc: Somewhere in teh Northern... Flag
Last seen: 12 years, 7 months
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: newbie_shroomer]
    #12806427 - 06/26/10 05:11 AM (13 years, 7 months ago)

Medium and coarse grade vermiculite are best,but fine will work if it's all you can get.

You are right in your assumption that using fine grade vermiculite can cause the substrate to become compact and slow down colonization...just be extra careful on how you pack/load your jars.


--------------------
7 days without waves makes one weak!


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinespyrelx
Stranger
Registered: 05/09/10
Posts: 51
Last seen: 1 year, 2 months
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: Mad_Hatter2004]
    #12845196 - 07/03/10 03:01 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

Help!

As has been obvious from my previous posts on this topic, I’m a newbie doing my first grow and using this tek.  I birthed 12 cakes and put them in a shotgun FC on June 10 (approximately 3 weeks ago).  I’ve got a perlite base and have been misting/fanning but am not using any additional humidifier, etc.


To date, I’ve had only one mushroom grow on me on one cake which I picked and is now otherwise dormant.  I’ve also got another cake that looks like this:





But ALL the others are not really fruiting and look pretty much like this:






Some have that weird stringy growth coming off of them, some don’t.  I’ve also seen one or two tiny gnats fly up from the cakes when I mist.  The perlite is not bone dry but it is pretty dry (you have to put your finger pretty far down to feel slight dampness).  I never see condensation on the walls of the FC like I’ve seen in pictures on this website. 

So my newbie conclusion is the FC is too dry and maybe the cakes are too dry and they either can’t fruit and/or are dying.

Any ideas how to save this?  Is there something I should be doing?  Dunking the cakes again?  Breaking them up?  Dousing the perlite?  I  wasn't expecting 100% success but this is pretty depressing.

All ideas welcome.  Thanks.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleShea25
Just some guy
Male


Registered: 01/27/09
Posts: 7,772
Loc: Westcoast Canada Flag
Trusted Cultivator
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: spyrelx]
    #12845680 - 07/03/10 05:36 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

Quote:

spyrelx said:
Help!

As has been obvious from my previous posts on this topic, I’m a newbie doing my first grow and using this tek.  I birthed 12 cakes and put them in a shotgun FC on June 10 (approximately 3 weeks ago).  I’ve got a perlite base and have been misting/fanning but am not using any additional humidifier, etc.


To date, I’ve had only one mushroom grow on me on one cake which I picked and is now otherwise dormant.  I’ve also got another cake that looks like this:





But ALL the others are not really fruiting and look pretty much like this:






Some have that weird stringy growth coming off of them, some don’t.  I’ve also seen one or two tiny gnats fly up from the cakes when I mist.  The perlite is not bone dry but it is pretty dry (you have to put your finger pretty far down to feel slight dampness).  I never see condensation on the walls of the FC like I’ve seen in pictures on this website. 

So my newbie conclusion is the FC is too dry and maybe the cakes are too dry and they either can’t fruit and/or are dying.

Any ideas how to save this?  Is there something I should be doing?  Dunking the cakes again?  Breaking them up?  Dousing the perlite?  I  wasn't expecting 100% success but this is pretty depressing.

All ideas welcome.  Thanks.





Build a proper shotgun terrarium, don't have your cakes sitting directly on perlite put a layer of foil under each cake or a jar lid.

Your mushrooms look like they lack FAE 

Watch this and build one

http://www.mushroomvideos.com/Terrarium-Tek


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinespyrelx
Stranger
Registered: 05/09/10
Posts: 51
Last seen: 1 year, 2 months
Re: Pf tek done right [Re: Shea25]
    #12845847 - 07/03/10 06:30 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

Thanks but to be clear, I watched that video and built a FC to specifications.  And my cakes ARE sitting on foil, just like the videos and all the teks advise.  I just took them out and put them on a windowsill to take the picture. 

I can fan more but I really think the FAE is fine.  You don't see any indication of dehydration?


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: < First | < Back | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Next > | Last >

Shop: North Spore Bulk Substrate   Original Sensible Seeds Bulk Cannabis Seeds   PhytoExtractum Maeng Da Thai Kratom Leaf Powder   Mushroom-Hut Liquid Cultures   Left Coast Kratom Buy Kratom Extract


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* PF-TEK-TOPPING: A Workaround For Slow LC Recovery
( 1 2 all )
Baba Yaga 2,279 30 12/22/23 10:59 AM
by fuktardles
* First grow GT PF Tek
( 1 2 3 4 all )
LyleChipperson 1,794 67 12/15/23 11:05 AM
by LyleChipperson
* PF-Tek or Rye grain DrD525 10,996 17 06/03/16 01:57 PM
by openmindedcanvas
* Why is the PF tek recommended for newbies? GaryW 9,930 8 07/27/02 07:08 AM
by SwondPooping
* PF tek or MMGG? shroomizzy 3,773 8 11/03/02 03:37 PM
by telefunkenU47
* PF Tek, results of 100% replacing BRF with Millet flour Shroomanton 6,670 6 12/15/03 01:35 AM
by Hanky
* B+ from PF tek contaminated Buddha 3,951 3 04/11/14 06:37 PM
by Wraith88
* PF Tek = waste of time
( 1 2 all )
Anonymous 17,588 26 03/18/03 11:41 PM
by Anno

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Shroomism, george castanza, RogerRabbit, veggie, mushboy, fahtster, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a
477,030 topic views. 38 members, 215 guests and 63 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2024 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.029 seconds spending 0.008 seconds on 13 queries.