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Mike12000
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First time fruiting with pics
#18387559 - 06/08/13 12:16 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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As the title says this is my first attempt at fruiting. I have a sgfc built with 1/4" holes on all six sides. I filled it about 4" with perlite and monitored the rh for a week before I put something inside.
So 3 days ago I put 2 trays of colonized rye inside the sgfc that I cased with vermiculite. The reason I cased is because the rye is pretty old; about 5-6 weeks old. The following day after I put them in the sgfc I saw the vermiculite being colonized by mycelium so I misted. I've only misted a few times because the mycelium is taking over the vermiculite so fast. I don't know if that's correct, should I mist more??
Also when I mist do I mist the mycelium direct, won't water hurt it?? I've got a solution of hydrogen peroxide and water that I use to mist and its one part hydrogen peroxide to water.
I just want to make sure I'm doing things correctly. You can see the gauge I've been using to measure rh and it states 99% so I think I'm on the right path!!
Thanks in advance for feedback!!!!
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Re: First time fruiting with pics [Re: Mike12000]
#18387588 - 06/08/13 12:23 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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as far as i've read lately you shouldn't mist with peroxide water unless fighting cobweb, and as long as you got moisture on the surface of your sub thats the humidity that matters, but don't take my word for it
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Re: First time fruiting with pics [Re: newera]
#18387636 - 06/08/13 12:38 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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don't listen to your hygrometer
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newera said: as far as i've read lately you shouldn't mist with peroxide water unless fighting cobweb, and as long as you got moisture on the surface of your sub thats the humidity that matters, but don't take my word for it
listen to him
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Re: First time fruiting with pics [Re: cronicr]
#18387691 - 06/08/13 12:53 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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Ok I'll change the water, thanks for the input. I was just trying to be safe. I'll just use dustilled.
From the pics, do you think everything is ok? As I said its my first fruiting so I don't even know what cobweb is aside from pics on this board.
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Re: First time fruiting with pics [Re: Mike12000]
#18387698 - 06/08/13 12:54 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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tap water is fine, they look great bro! nice little set up
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Re: First time fruiting with pics [Re: cronicr]
#18387704 - 06/08/13 12:56 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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Thanks Cronicr, this is some of the batch you advised me on a few weeks back. I've still got some that's spawning to coir pretty slowly but still moving!!! I really hope these fruit so I'll at least be somewhat successful on my first attempt.
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Re: First time fruiting with pics [Re: Mike12000]
#18409346 - 06/12/13 04:08 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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Help!!! The mycelium has stopped growing on the vermiculite, what do I do????
I've been misting lightly and have held back in last few days. The mycelium started colonizing the vermiculite casing layer almost immediately. The pics in the beginning of this post were only after a day. Now it's been about a week and these were misted the first 4 days until I realized that I might be hurting things as the pic below shows. There's less mycelium now than there was a week ago. In the last 2-3 days I have misted the perlite only to keep things moist. Can someone please advise.
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Re: First time fruiting with pics [Re: Mike12000]
#18409415 - 06/12/13 04:25 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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you don't want your casing layer to colonize fully anyway
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Re: First time fruiting with pics [Re: Mike12000]
#18409443 - 06/12/13 04:30 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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Do you have the terrarium in an enclosed space? Depending on the species you may need more fresh air exchange or a different casing.
What's your substrate and ambient temperatures? Double check to make sure you are within fruiting range.
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Mike12000
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Re: First time fruiting with pics [Re: Chris893]
#18409553 - 06/12/13 04:54 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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It's not in an enclosed space, it's on a shelf that is the exact dims of the tote so it's kinda like a pillar. The pillar is about 3 feet from a window that has blinds, but i only moved it here about 2 days ago thinking they might need more light. They're B+ strain, with rye as a substrate. Ambiant temp is 77-78F
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Re: First time fruiting with pics [Re: Mike12000]
#18420503 - 06/14/13 08:00 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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Sorry to bump my own thread, but I still don't see mycelium growth. It seems stunted. I've lowered my temp to 71-73F but don't see a change yet.
Should I be misting directly on the casing layer that's partially colonized??
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Re: First time fruiting with pics [Re: Mike12000]
#18420782 - 06/14/13 09:19 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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Give her time. It can take a while to start fruiting but it will. No funky smells, no funky colors and you followed the sgfc tek, you shouldn't have issues. When you mist always point the nozzle up away from the sub. You want a gentle mist as fine as you can get it. As said above you don't want the casing layer fully colonized, its just a microclimate
Other than that it looks like you're soon to be reaping the fruits of your labor
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