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shroomanic
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First (successful-ish) grow
#12022778 - 02/13/10 05:01 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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So my first grow, I got trich during incubation. This time I got 6 jars nocced up, 1 puerto rican, 5 mazatapec. Birthed them into a shotgun fc a little over a week ago.
Maybe there's not enough FAE, or my hygrometer is a piece of shit. All I have is 1 mushroom growing about the size of a chap stick lid. All the other cakes are just chilling. I think I see a fat knot forming up on one of the other cakes, but I'm not sure.
So, should I give it more time? Drill more holes?
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: shroomanic]
#12022875 - 02/13/10 05:25 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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How often are you misting and fanning?
Any pictures?
Did you dunk and roll, or just birth and stick it into the FC?
More info would help, although it took a week for me to see any pins on mine as well after birth/dunk/rolling.
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: potgrrl]
#12022922 - 02/13/10 05:35 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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I mist a few times a day with some fanning. Although, with a shotgun you shouldn't need to be fanning, amirite.
I can take pictures, but only with my blackberry. So quality is a major issue.
I dunked and rolled like a fucking champ.
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: shroomanic]
#12022951 - 02/13/10 05:42 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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when i did cakes i fanned every 45-60 min and misted every other time, once you get more pins stop misting and more FAE
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: xxxem3ryxxx]
#12023034 - 02/13/10 05:57 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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xxxem3ryxxx said: when i did cakes i fanned every 45-60 min and misted every other time, once you get more pins stop misting and more FAE
I think that may be overdoing it, though if your keeping your humidity up I suppose its not an issue. FAE is actually a bigger trigger for pins then humidity is, but as the fruits are growing you want a high humidity so they have a nice environment for growth (they are 90% water).
To the OP, how long have your cakes been in the FC? And did you give them a week to consolidate?
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: xxxem3ryxxx]
#12023035 - 02/13/10 05:57 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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working 40+ hours a week sucks 
And yeah, they sat fully colonized for about a week and have been in the fc for a bit over a week.
Edited by shroomanic (02/13/10 06:12 PM)
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: shroomanic]
#12023124 - 02/13/10 06:14 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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shroom, mist and then fan 3-5 times a day even with a shotgun...when you mist, then fan afterwards that is one of the best pinning triggers there is...
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: shroomanic]
#12023128 - 02/13/10 06:14 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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shroomanic said: working 40+ hours a week sucks 
And yeah, they sat fully colonized for about a week and have been in the fc for a bit over a week.
You should be fine for 10+ hours with a shotgun. Hell, ive had to let me cakes go without attention for 24 hours and my FC has no holes in it.
Give em a bit more time. See what happens.
Like the previous poster said, when you do mist/fan, make sure you mist and then fan, this will be a good pinning trigger for your cakes.
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: Kysmoker]
#12023148 - 02/13/10 06:18 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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shroomanic said: working 40+ hours a week sucks for fanning 
oo wow, i guess you will have to rely on the holes. Quote:
Kysmoker said:
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xxxem3ryxxx said: when i did cakes i fanned every 45-60 min and misted every other time, once you get more pins stop misting and more FAE
I think that may be overdoing it, though if your keeping your humidity up I suppose its not an issue. FAE is actually a bigger trigger for pins then humidity is, but as the fruits are growing you want a high humidity so they have a nice environment for growth (they are 90% water).
To the OP, how long have your cakes been in the FC? And did you give them a week to consolidate?
haha nah thats not over doing it, n yea i kept the humidity up but i just thought of it as the more fae the better and that really showed when that first flush came. if i remember right i avg 10 dry grams a cake every flush..except last of course
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: xxxem3ryxxx]
#12023167 - 02/13/10 06:24 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hmm. Alright.
5/6 days a week I won't be able to do it that much, but it's better than nothing.
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: shroomanic]
#12023190 - 02/13/10 06:28 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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shroomanic said: Hmm. Alright.
5/6 days a week I won't be able to do it that much, but it's better than nothing.
6 days in a week now?? haha nah i know wat ya mean, but yea they should be fine. im guessing you have a timer for your light? or do you just use a window? and you said you think you see a knot, youll know when its a knot, you wont have to second guess it. imo it looks nothing like the myc on the cake, kind of just a little white pen tip coming off the cake
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Edited by xxxem3ryxxx (02/13/10 06:31 PM)
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: xxxem3ryxxx]
#12023331 - 02/13/10 06:46 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah sometimes I get called into work for a 6th day.
I HAD a timer, lost it, too lazy to go buy a new one. But I wake up at 11am, turn the light on, get home from work around 10pm, turn the light off a bit later. So it's pretty pointless for me because I never go out or anything.
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: shroomanic]
#12023357 - 02/13/10 06:49 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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well then do the best you can, mist then fan before and after work! and if you happen to wake up in the middle of the night / early morning to take a piss or something just run and give a quick mist n fan it..
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: shroomanic]
#12023358 - 02/13/10 06:50 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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shroomanic said: So my first grow, I got trich during incubation. This time I got 6 jars nocced up, 1 puerto rican, 5 mazatapec. Birthed them into a shotgun fc a little over a week ago.
Maybe there's not enough FAE, or my hygrometer is a piece of shit. All I have is 1 mushroom growing about the size of a chap stick lid. All the other cakes are just chilling. I think I see a fat knot forming up on one of the other cakes, but I'm not sure.
So, should I give it more time? Drill more holes?
You need to drill holes into the FC turn it into a SG. Also mist 3-4 times a day and always fan after. Fan 5-6 times a day. Water evaporating off your cakes is the biggest pinning trigger. Also a 12/12 light schedule using a 6500K florescent bulb works realllly well.
If you have a bust schedule just try to mist and fan as much as you can
Edited by Shea25 (02/13/10 06:51 PM)
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: Shea25]
#12023377 - 02/13/10 06:53 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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Shea25 said:
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shroomanic said: So my first grow, I got trich during incubation. This time I got 6 jars nocced up, 1 puerto rican, 5 mazatapec. Birthed them into a shotgun fc a little over a week ago.
Maybe there's not enough FAE, or my hygrometer is a piece of shit. All I have is 1 mushroom growing about the size of a chap stick lid. All the other cakes are just chilling. I think I see a fat knot forming up on one of the other cakes, but I'm not sure.
So, should I give it more time? Drill more holes?
You need to drill holes into the FC turn it into a SG. Also mist 3-4 times a day and always fan after. Fan 5-6 times a day. Water evaporating off your cakes is the biggest pinning trigger. Also a 12/12 light schedule using a 6500K florescent bulb works realllly well
1/4" holes about every 2 inches. check 6500K florescent. check
I just wasn't aware misting and fanning was still played a big role while using the shotgun. Thanks.
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: shroomanic]
#12023424 - 02/13/10 07:01 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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Misting and fanning is what gives you great pin sets and fruits
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: shroomanic]
#12023426 - 02/13/10 07:01 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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just start doing huge tubs with rye and coir/coffee then you wont have to work as much
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: antimatt3r]
#12023457 - 02/13/10 07:05 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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antimatt3r said: just start doing huge tubs with rye and coir/coffee then you wont have to work as much 
I think I like this idea. :P
After these cakes I think I'm going to WBS
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: shroomanic]
#12023495 - 02/13/10 07:12 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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shroomanic said:
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antimatt3r said: just start doing huge tubs with rye and coir/coffee then you wont have to work as much 
I think I like this idea. :P
After these cakes I think I'm going to WBS
you can crumble the cakes if you want (maybe too late now that you have stared fruiting conditions or just wait till after your first flush) and mix with coir/coffee. but yea bulk growing is much easier. i hate cakes, i have tried them a few other times n they always contam. grains ftw
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Re: First (successful-ish) grow [Re: xxxem3ryxxx]
#12023513 - 02/13/10 07:16 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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xxxem3ryxxx said:
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shroomanic said:
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antimatt3r said: just start doing huge tubs with rye and coir/coffee then you wont have to work as much 
I think I like this idea. :P
After these cakes I think I'm going to WBS
you can crumble the cakes if you want (maybe too late now that you have stared fruiting conditions or just wait till after your first flush) and mix with coir/coffee. but yea bulk growing is much easier. i hate cakes, i have tried them a few other times n they always contam. grains ftw
I would only use cakes as spawn right from birth, not after flushing once.
Cakes are great if you can get them down pat.


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