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deepninja


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Help with harvesting the fruits!
#14104228 - 03/11/11 02:19 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hey guys, this is my post ever. I've been successful thus far with my first grow, but i've run into a problem that requires a little help. Started to harvest a couple mushrooms today, but every time a mushroom is picked it takes a chunk out of the casing/substrate. How can I avoid this so that the substrate doesn't have craters after? I've tried twisting but it still takes a bunch of mycelium out with it... There's gotta be a way to preserve it for further flushes!
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deepninja


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Re: Help with harvesting the fruits! [Re: deepninja]
#14104233 - 03/11/11 02:20 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'll also add that the substrate is a 60/40 coir-verm mix
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Re: Help with harvesting the fruits! [Re: deepninja]
#14104243 - 03/11/11 02:21 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I've read that some use a sterile scalpel to cut them at the base.
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Re: Help with harvesting the fruits! [Re: deepninja]
#14104257 - 03/11/11 02:24 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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It's always going to happen unless you cut the mushroom at the base with a pair of scissors or somesuch, but then you'll leave behind rotting mushroom matter. Just make craters getting them out and patch the holes up with more clean casing layer.
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deepninja


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Re: Help with harvesting the fruits! [Re: HTD]
#14104266 - 03/11/11 02:26 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Ok, so i'm assuming it would make sense to patch it up after I dunk, just prior to the second flush, correct? And i were to use a scalpel to cut at the base, then no mushrooms would grow on that spot on subsequent flushes? Thanks guys
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Edited by deepninja (03/11/11 02:28 PM)
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Re: Help with harvesting the fruits! [Re: deepninja]
#14104326 - 03/11/11 02:38 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
deepninja said: Ok, so i'm assuming it would make sense to patch it up after I dunk, just prior to the second flush, correct? And i were to use a scalpel to cut at the base, then no mushrooms would grow on that spot on subsequent flushes? Thanks guys
IDK about the casing, I just leave the holes...
That spot may mold/contam or the mushrooms may eat it & use it as nutrients...
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