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 SlowJoe
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 When to pick? (pic) 
#16193372 - 05/07/12 02:23 AM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hello everyone, Im getting curious about my second flush here. they are P. cubensis B+, and I'd like to know from some one who has grown them before if these mushrooms look like they are almost ready to pick or if they have a little growing left. they have been growning for about 4 days now and i cant wait for my first REAL harvest! 
Edited by SlowJoe (05/07/12 02:25 AM)
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 Re: When to pick? (pic) [Re: SlowJoe]
#16193378 - 05/07/12 02:24 AM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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No pictures its hard to tell.
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Re: When to pick? (pic) [Re: NumbPain]
#16193379 - 05/07/12 02:25 AM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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yeah i forgot to add the pick 
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Re: When to pick? (pic) [Re: SlowJoe]
#16193390 - 05/07/12 02:32 AM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'd give them another 18-24 hours, You wanna pick when or just before the veil breaks and exposes the gills on the underside of the cap.
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SlowJoe
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but do you think they will get much bigger?
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Re: When to pick? (pic) [Re: SlowJoe]
#16193396 - 05/07/12 02:36 AM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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Oh yeah, just make sure you keep humidity and air exchange up. Your container that they are growing in doesn't seem to be ideal for containing RH while allowing good air exchange, but the mushrooms do not look like they are suffering. What kinda fruiting chamber is that?
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SlowJoe
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its a mycodome 3.0, I just had the dome off of it to take the picture. the RH stays at about 95% and the temp is about 75. i fan them and mist them about 5-7 times a day.
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Re: When to pick? (pic) [Re: SlowJoe]
#16193407 - 05/07/12 02:42 AM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
SlowJoe said:
but do you think they will get much bigger?
Yeah, they will get much bigger
I like to pick them after the veil breaks and the cap starts to open fully.
That's likely another 24-48 hours away
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SlowJoe
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Sweet I cant wait. I'm going to try to pick them right before the veil breaks but we'll see what happens. anyone have any other thoughts or suggestions i just want to get this right.
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Re: When to pick? (pic) [Re: SlowJoe]
#16193430 - 05/07/12 02:52 AM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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You can pick them whenever you want. You are just losing out on the dry weight you will have.
The more patient you can be, the more you will get up until the point where the caps flatten and they get ready to drop their spores
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SlowJoe
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Ive read alot on the forums about how they are at their peak potency just before the veil breaks.
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Re: When to pick? (pic) [Re: SlowJoe]
#16193465 - 05/07/12 03:17 AM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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Its not so much potency level at a certain growth, as it is weight vs amount of actives contained. From what the pros say, they are done producing actives by the time the veil is getting stretched because they have already started to put energy into producing spores. Kinda similar to how cannabis stops producing THC in mass amounts once it has been pollinated, because after that happens it dedicates its energy into producing seeds.
So if you are just looking at personal use, and you're more interested in a good dose rather than weight, you're gonna get more actives than mushroom material in the shroom that hasn't fully developed.
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not like your strain, but this when i like to pick.
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 If I'm consuming them wet. I preffer to pick them right as or after the viel breaks. If I wanted some prints to futher my studies, I allow the cap to fully open and flatten out a bit. Takes some practice but you kinda get the feel for when the best time to harvest to print them. Those are looking good.
Although I can't believe you spent so much money on a MycoDome  There are much cheaper just as effective alternatives. But since you already have it oh well 
I don't ever dry them unless I plan on giving them to friends, but when I do I harvest after the viel tears and the cap forms a nice dome. Before it flattens out to drop spores. 
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yeah, i try to pick mine just few hours before veils break, not because of the potency (dont see much difference) but i find them more appetizing
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Re: When to pick? (pic) [Re: joyless]
#16193900 - 05/07/12 08:38 AM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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Yeah, anytime before the spores start to drop.... Spores IMO taste horrible, worse then the fruits themselves 
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Re: When to pick? (pic) [Re: DynGBreeD]
#16193924 - 05/07/12 08:52 AM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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Waiting for veilbreak seems to be a common activity around here.
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SlowJoe
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oh wow thanks that picture is just what i needed for a refferance!!! thats so fing cool 
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SlowJoe
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Re: When to pick? (pic) [Re: SlowJoe]
#16194862 - 05/07/12 01:21 PM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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yeah they got much bigger in the last 12 hours, they are just about ready. i figure ill pick the tomarrow morning ill post again with pics just b4 i do, but thankyou everyone you have all been really helpful!
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Re: When to pick? (pic) [Re: SlowJoe]
#16195310 - 05/07/12 03:10 PM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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Really tho bro? Your just gonna rip off my sig and try to crop out my name and use it as your avatar? And not even ask or anything?
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