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Doc_T
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: Doc_T]
#14262641 - 04/09/11 11:08 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Morning update
      
And the rest are starting to pin out as well....
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: Ozzy]
#14263292 - 04/09/11 02:29 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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More FAE perhaps.
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They are choking; get them air a bit more regularly.
This is where I ran into problems. I couldn't keep the humidity up while also providing FAE while indoors; going to give it another go with a huge basement and set up my conditions ahead of time.
Still, it's kinda hard to tell what's perfect for them until they get in there and start growing to let you know.
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: Humility]
#14264075 - 04/09/11 07:25 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Humility said: They are choking; get them air a bit more regularly.
This is where I ran into problems. I couldn't keep the humidity up while also providing FAE while indoors; going to give it another go with a huge basement and set up my conditions ahead of time.
Still, it's kinda hard to tell what's perfect for them until they get in there and start growing to let you know.
Will do! I thought that may be the case, but as this is my first round I was unsure. I can cut a window out of the plastic, there is a window behind it with a vent. I can open it and draw fresh air in right from there with a small fan constantly on I thinkthat might improve conditions slightly..  Thanks for the advice humility and fernando!
Doing this in stages has worked out well to get this room dialed in.
It is already 100% better than my pink oyster run. the bags coming up behind will be better off for it.
Either way the past few days have been exciting.
Do you mind dropping some insight as to how you came to the conclusion that they need more fae so I might know in the future what to look for? Is it the length of the stems? Or the size of the caps?
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: Humility]
#14264077 - 04/09/11 07:26 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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"to get it down to say 75% humidity and then shoot it back up?"
Getting the humidity up to saturation is good for getting a nice pin set. Once that's achieved you can back the humidity off and increase air. Mold and midlew favor high humidity and dislike air circulation too.
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: fungus_tao]
#14264091 - 04/09/11 07:34 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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fungus_tao said: "to get it down to say 75% humidity and then shoot it back up?"
Getting the humidity up to saturation is good for getting a nice pin set. Once that's achieved you can back the humidity off and increase air. Mold and midlew favor high humidity and dislike air circulation too.
What humidity range would you say works for you fungus? I am guessing that maybe I should be around 80-85% but that is just a guess at this point.
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: Ozzy]
#14264275 - 04/09/11 08:24 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Do you mind dropping some insight as to how you came to the conclusion that they need more fae so I might know in the future what to look for? Is it the length of the stems? Or the size of the caps?
Both; it's something you wouldn't know unless you've seen lots of pictures of what blues (or any pleurotus spp.) looks like under various conditions.
Oysters should almost look like polypores; you should at least have to crane your neck and look underneath of them to see pretty much any stem at all.
Looking down on them you shouldn't see any stem, just a big fat juicy cap about the size of a woman's palm when small or a large man's palm if especially large.
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: Ozzy]
#14264277 - 04/09/11 08:26 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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  Expand the images to read the hygrometer. IME mid to high 70's.
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: Humility]
#14264281 - 04/09/11 08:27 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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IN OTHER FUCKING NEWS:
DUDE your setup with 4 PCs on the stove at once has me more excited than a motherfucker. I'm gonna spend this entire spring trying to find PCs that are being sold via craigslist and snatch up 3 more of them son bitches.
That'd definitely alter the amount of rye I could sterilize per day. Muhahahahahahah!!!!
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: Humility]
#14264364 - 04/09/11 08:51 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Awesome guys! I am very appreciative of the advice and will be making the necessary adjustments to the room in the morning. there are 8 more logs in there just starting to pin so we will be able to tell if the adjustments are working.
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: Ozzy]
#14265943 - 04/10/11 08:17 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Well I harvested the first log this morning! 3lbs of product, yum. I am making the adjustments to the room here after the post, hopefully it will be enough to correct the Fae problem. Enjoy the pics!!!
 
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: Ozzy]
#14266070 - 04/10/11 09:12 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Congrats on the harvest Ozzy, bet it feels good to have all that hard work pay off brother!
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EvilMushroom666 said: Congrats on the harvest Ozzy, bet it feels good to have all that hard work pay off brother!

Thanks Evil, It sure does feel good. Hopefully the corrections I made to the room this morning will make them even better, but for now I will be making a special dinner for me and some friends! I'll post the recipe that I decide to use later tonight.
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: Ozzy]
#14266414 - 04/10/11 10:41 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Nice job ozzy, ........ 
Bon Appetite!
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Job well done Ozzy! Enjoy the fruits of your labor.
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: fungus_tao]
#14270991 - 04/11/11 07:46 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Thanks prof and fungus!
A new question has arisen this morning. I just went and checked on them this morning and encountered some discoloration on a couple of the pins.
Anyone have any ideas about what this might be?

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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: Ozzy]
#14274511 - 04/11/11 07:51 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Soooooo....omfg... My partner came over tonight and is somewhat of a cook. He whipped up some risotto with blue oyster mushroom cream..
He cooked the mushrooms in bacon fat, butter, and heavy cream and some white wine..
Here are some pics of the festivities..
  
Oh and I know my stove needs to be cleaned sorry to gross you all out, but cleaning hasn't been a priority this week....
The grow room is now having the 90 cfm run all the time for fae and the window has been opened. The humidity is now holding steady at 78%
I forgot to take pics before we picked some, but the stems have shortened up, the caps are meatier and larger. They look better.
Thanks everyone for steering me in the right direction.
p.s. still curious as to the discoloration on some of the pins upthread.
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: Ozzy]
#14274566 - 04/11/11 08:05 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I wish I could help you with the discolored pins, but I have never seen anything like that personally.
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EvilMushroom666 said:

I wish I could help you with the discolored pins, but I have never seen anything like that personally.
I think that I just found what the problem is.
It is called Fungal Brown blotch disease found in the mushroom growers handbook chapter 8

pretty easy to correct apparently. It is from the room parameters changing abruptly.
Edited by Ozzy (04/11/11 10:06 PM)
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