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gerryboy
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Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps.
#14001546 - 02/21/11 01:45 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hi, this is my first grow so im a noob to growing, i bought a growbox and mushrooms began to grow after about 3-4 weeks, but today the caps seemed to have went black so i picked them, but im now not sure whether to dunk the box or leave it to see if the small pins which seem to have appeared yesterday will continue to grow? Any Help would be appreciated thanks.
P.S and will i be able to eat the mushrooms i have picked?




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biologys
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Re: Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps. [Re: gerryboy]
#14001564 - 02/21/11 01:47 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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let them continue to grow, once you harvest then dunk for 12-24 hours and put back in fruiting conditions to get another flush.
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DJYoshaBYD


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Re: Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps. [Re: biologys]
#14001566 - 02/21/11 01:48 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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biologys said: let them continue to grow, once you harvest then dunk for 12-24 hours and put back in fruiting conditions to get another flush.
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Re: Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps. [Re: gerryboy]
#14001571 - 02/21/11 01:48 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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If the substrate feels dry, dunk it, but it doesn't look like it from your picture.
You can definitely eat any mushrooms that grow off the substrate, mature, aborts, and anything in between.
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DJYoshaBYD


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Re: Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps. [Re: Masticore]
#14001612 - 02/21/11 01:55 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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yeah.. i ate 10 grams of lil tiny aborts and stuff.. those were actually more visually pleasing than the fully mature ones.. from what i understand, smaller mushies, or ones that arent fully mature are more potent, or something like that.. im sure someone here could elaborate on it..
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gerryboy
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Re: Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps. [Re: DJYoshaBYD]
#14001635 - 02/21/11 01:57 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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ive already picked the mushrooms in the pictures due to the caps going black, but ive noticed really small pins starting to pop up everywhere now so im not sure if i should dunk or leave it as it now is withing any of the above mushrooms.
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biologys
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Re: Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps. [Re: gerryboy]
#14001653 - 02/21/11 01:59 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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those pics look like healthy shrooms to me, i dont see why they would have aborted.
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gerryboy
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Re: Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps. [Re: biologys]
#14001672 - 02/21/11 02:01 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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the cap had practically broke off of one of the shrooms and another of them was starting to do the same, the pics were a couple of days old, they were closer to black today.
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gerryboy
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Re: Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps. [Re: gerryboy]
#14001682 - 02/21/11 02:03 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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the bottom pic was the most recent, that was taken yesterday.
also does anyone have any idea what strain of mushroom these are?
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DJYoshaBYD


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Re: Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps. [Re: gerryboy]
#14001719 - 02/21/11 02:08 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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some cube.. a cube is a cube.. for the most part
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gerryboy
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Re: Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps. [Re: DJYoshaBYD]
#14001732 - 02/21/11 02:10 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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ahh no problems, thanks for the replies, so do you reckon im ok to just let the little pins continue to grow and see how they get on even after removing the black caps?
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DJYoshaBYD


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Re: Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps. [Re: gerryboy]
#14001769 - 02/21/11 02:16 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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eh.. are you sure they are black, and not just bruised? after the first flush, pick everything off, then dunk, etc..
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gerryboy
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Re: Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps. [Re: DJYoshaBYD]
#14001781 - 02/21/11 02:17 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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yea they were pretty much totally black today, so you think now that ive picked them i should re dunk?
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DJYoshaBYD


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Re: Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps. [Re: gerryboy]
#14001812 - 02/21/11 02:20 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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yeah.. just pick it all, dunk, and let it go again.. do it to it
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gerryboy
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Re: Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps. [Re: DJYoshaBYD]
#14001818 - 02/21/11 02:21 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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no problems thanks for the assistance its hard working being a newbie, but id like to master the art of growing at some point so i need to start somewhere i suppose!
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DJYoshaBYD


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Re: Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps. [Re: gerryboy]
#14001842 - 02/21/11 02:23 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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you will.. its not hard.. just takes patience and understanding.. read as much as you can.. take advice from everyone.. feel free to ask questions if you dont understand what something means.. or if it just flat out doesnt make sense and sounds like BS.. haha.. thats what this place is here for
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gerryboy
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Re: Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps. [Re: DJYoshaBYD]
#14001855 - 02/21/11 02:24 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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ill be asking lots more questions for sure lol im going to give cakes a try next rather than a growbox
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DJYoshaBYD


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Re: Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps. [Re: gerryboy]
#14001869 - 02/21/11 02:26 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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for sure.. cakes are good to start for most.. some people actually go straight to bulk with great success..
but yeah... give it a shot..
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Re: Dunk or leave to Grow? Picked Black Caps. [Re: gerryboy]
#14001875 - 02/21/11 02:28 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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gerryboy said:

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