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Sanguine
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Should I re-dunk and roll cake?
#11716048 - 12/25/09 08:44 AM (15 years, 26 days ago) |
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Good morning everyone!
I built a shotgun fc and right now I have 2 poo trays and a little 4oz brf cake sitting in there. At first it was just the brf cake, and it was in there about a week longer than the poo trays. The problem is, I had a hell of a time keeping the humidity up, especially with the one small cake. The addition of the poo trays kept it up at 100% for a while yesterday, but it went right back down again. It goes down to the low 90s/ high 80s.The cake has been in there for a week as of today, and in the first 2 days it had a bunch of knots forming, then they all stopped and the cake has looked the same for about 4 or 5 days. I'm thinking this is due to the humidity not being optimal. I felt the top of the cake and the verm I rolled it in felt pretty dry so I misted it lightly, then put wax paper over it to create a microclimate around it just like I did with the poo trays. I read you're not supposed to get water directly on the cake, or if you do it will stall pinning/fruiting. I'm kinda worried that by trying to rehydrate it I messed it up...
Should I let the cake go longer and see what happens, or should I dunk and roll again and keep under wax paper? I hope I'm not simply being impatient, but it seemed weird that the cake would just stop showing any activity when it started with some, and I know I've been having humidity problems. I've been misting/fanning about 3-5 times a day, and whenever I see that humidity is getting low. I also read that it can take up to 2 weeks for a cake to start pinning.
Thanks for your help, and Merry Christmas!
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Re: Should I re-dunk and roll cake? [Re: Sanguine]
#11716055 - 12/25/09 08:48 AM (15 years, 26 days ago) |
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Can we get a pic or two of the FC?
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Re: Should I re-dunk and roll cake? [Re: Doc_T]
#11716062 - 12/25/09 08:49 AM (15 years, 26 days ago) |
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Doc_T said: Can we get a pic or two of the FC?
i agree. pics are always better. lookin good
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Sanguine
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Re: Should I re-dunk and roll cake? [Re: Doc_T]
#11716147 - 12/25/09 09:23 AM (15 years, 26 days ago) |
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As you can see i taped up some of the holes. Also, I fruited the poo trays as cakes (took them out of the tray), so that's why all you can see is wax paper and no trays.
I was thinking about moving the whole thing to my bedroom today, since there the heater vent is closed, it's a little cooler, and I have a fan going for white noise which would still provide fae. Let me know if you need better pics.
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