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jour222
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Ready to birth
#14231851 - 04/03/11 04:16 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'm ready to birth my cakes. I've heard about misting and fanning but I'm not sure exactly when to do it and how often. And also I dont have perlite so what should I put at the bottom of the container?
Can somebody run me through the process?
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Re: Ready to birth [Re: jour222]
#14231915 - 04/03/11 04:27 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Buy perlite from Lowes. Dunk for 24 hours then roll in dry verm . Did you let the jars consolidate for a week after full colonization? Mist before fan/fan twice as much as misting. Fan for 60 sec about every hour or so. If you don't have the right lighting just use indirect sunlight.
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Were do ppl buy there Vermont can you also get it at Lowes?
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Re: Ready to birth [Re: skiddy]
#14231956 - 04/03/11 04:34 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Vermiculite? If so yes Lowes has it I found it right next to the perlite.
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biologys
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any gardening center should carry both perlite and vermiculite..
mist, then fan, 3-5 times per day.
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jour222
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Re: Ready to birth [Re: biologys]
#14232579 - 04/03/11 06:40 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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munchiegreen said: Buy perlite from Lowes. Dunk for 24 hours then roll in dry verm . Did you let the jars consolidate for a week after full colonization? Mist before fan/fan twice as much as misting. Fan for 60 sec about every hour or so. If you don't have the right lighting just use indirect sunlight.
What does dunk mean? And what does consolidate mean? One of my jar cakes already has 2 shrooms growing through the top of the dry verm layer and there are many pins forming.
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biologys said: any gardening center should carry both perlite and vermiculite..
mist, then fan, 3-5 times per day.
Does the water have to be sterilized or boiled beforehand or can I use filtered water and a nonsterilized mister? And also could I just use moist vermiculite or a wet paper towel at the bottom of the fruiting chamber (I think thats what the container is called).
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Re: Ready to birth [Re: jour222]
#14232599 - 04/03/11 06:43 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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you can, but i wouldn't do it, nor would i recommend it...perlite is cheap i'd use it.. and no the water deosn't have to be sterilized i use normal tap water.
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Re: Ready to birth [Re: jour222]
#14232607 - 04/03/11 06:45 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yes you can use a couple layers of moist paper towels, just make sure there always moist.
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Re: Ready to birth [Re: biologys]
#14232613 - 04/03/11 06:45 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Watch the video "Lets Grow Musshrooms" located on youtube and follow that to a T
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Don't use paper towels or vermiculite. Get perlite it's not expensive
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Do you have a Big R? They carry perlite and vermiculite.
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