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Offlinewerddrew
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B+ Pins!! Blue Cakes?
    #18977013 - 10/14/13 03:04 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

My cakes finally started producing pins about 8-9 days in the terrarium. I have three 1/2 pints and one 1/4 pint cake. For some reason the 1/4 pint is the only cake without pins, and only one cake has more than a couple pins, but i'm not complaining. My only real concern is the blueing of the cakes, are the cakes begging me for more water. I have been misting them at least twice a day for almost two weeks now. I was actually becoming concerned that I was overmisting which was preventing pins. There was one 3 day period where I maybe only misted them one or two times, which is when they started pinning. What do you guys think? More misting?



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Re: B+ Pins!! Blue Cakes? [Re: werddrew]
    #18977107 - 10/14/13 03:22 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Do you most them from a few feet above the cakes? One time I accidentally misted too closely and about an hour later they were blue like that. They bruise easily. . .


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Re: B+ Pins!! Blue Cakes? [Re: tybojengles]
    #18977158 - 10/14/13 03:31 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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tybojengles said:
Do you most them from a few feet above the cakes? One time I accidentally misted too closely and about an hour later they were blue like that. They bruise easily. . .




Yes I try and mist well above them pointing upward, allowing gravity to disperse the mist into the terrarium.


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Re: B+ Pins!! Blue Cakes? [Re: werddrew]
    #18977171 - 10/14/13 03:34 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

You can and should mist the cakes directly


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Re: B+ Pins!! Blue Cakes? [Re: bodhisatta]
    #18977217 - 10/14/13 03:42 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

:whathesaid:

If you are misting up into the air, all you're doing is giving contams more of a chance to grab onto those water droplets before they finally land on your cakes.  I would rather have some bruising than bacterial contamination.

Still, if your spray bottle is bruising your cakes, you need a new spray bottle.


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Re: B+ Pins!! Blue Cakes? [Re: Schmendrick]
    #18977235 - 10/14/13 03:46 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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:whathesaid:

If you are misting up into the air, all you're doing is giving contams in the air more of a chance to grab onto those water droplets before they finally land on your cakes.  I would rather have some bruising than bacterial contamination.





Good point. I guess I don't get carried away with it, I just don't directly spray at the cakes a few inches away. Is the blue just bruising or an indication of low hydration?


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Re: B+ Pins!! Blue Cakes? [Re: Schmendrick]
    #18977243 - 10/14/13 03:48 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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Schmendrick said:
:whathesaid:

If you are misting up into the air, all you're doing is giving contams more of a chance to grab onto those water droplets before they finally land on your cakes.  I would rather have some bruising than bacterial contamination.

Still, if your spray bottle is bruising your cakes, you need a new spray bottle.




Cakes are very contam resistant once colonized.


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Re: B+ Pins!! Blue Cakes? [Re: werddrew]
    #18977251 - 10/14/13 03:49 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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Good point. I guess I don't get carried away with it, I just don't directly spray at the cakes a few inches away. Is the blue just bruising or an indication of low hydration?




It can be either/both.

Also do you handle them at all? Because that can cause bruising.


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Re: B+ Pins!! Blue Cakes? [Re: TrentBoyett]
    #18977279 - 10/14/13 03:56 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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werddrew said:

Good point. I guess I don't get carried away with it, I just don't directly spray at the cakes a few inches away. Is the blue just bruising or an indication of low hydration?




It can be either/both.

Also do you handle them at all? Because that can cause bruising.





Have barely touched them after rolling. I did however have to transfer the entire terrarium 40 miles or so in a car. They started pinning shortly after the move, which I give at least partial credit to the sound waves beethoven's music was providing them. Hey you never know, I actually fruited my first grow behind a piano while playing them music and they turned out great.


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New Pics [Re: werddrew]
    #18983250 - 10/15/13 08:31 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)




I took some updated pics. The fruits are fairly small but it looks like the veils have already broken on many. Should I just go ahead and pick these?


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Re: New Pics [Re: werddrew]
    #18983292 - 10/15/13 08:38 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Yup those are ready. If your cake starts to look dehydrated mid flush, I believe that you can just set it in a saucer of water and it will bottom hydrate.


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Re: New Pics [Re: Pastywhyte]
    #18983315 - 10/15/13 08:42 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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Yup those are ready. If your cake starts to look dehydrated mid flush, I believe that you can just set it in a saucer of water and it will bottom hydrate.



You could also put a pile of wet vermiculite on the top of the cake. :cheers:


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Re: New Pics [Re: werddrew]
    #18983332 - 10/15/13 08:43 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Yes, it's harvest time!  I've been told that they're at their peak potency right before the veils break... unless you're looking to make a spore print


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Re: New Pics [Re: werddrew]
    #18983550 - 10/15/13 09:38 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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I took some updated pics. The fruits are fairly small but it looks like the veils have already broken on many. Should I just go ahead and pick these?




Yep them look ready, harvest them and redunk the cake for 24hrs, if it turns blue set it in a saucer of water overnight, it can help dramatically. I did it once with a dry cake and it got hydrated and allowed the mushrooms to grow bigger.


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Re: New Pics [Re: TrentBoyett]
    #18983604 - 10/15/13 09:49 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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mjmihalov said:
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werddrew said:



I took some updated pics. The fruits are fairly small but it looks like the veils have already broken on many. Should I just go ahead and pick these?




Yep them look ready, harvest them and redunk the cake for 24hrs, if it turns blue set it in a saucer of water overnight, it can help dramatically. I did it once with a dry cake and it got hydrated and allowed the mushrooms to grow bigger.





Cool Thanks!


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Re: New Pics [Re: werddrew]
    #18984385 - 10/16/13 12:50 AM (10 years, 3 months ago)

When I grew B+ it also bruised this way.
I was lead to believe that it could be
from mycelium trying to support/hold
such large fruits.

..or possibly caused by the mushroom
using a lot of stored water too rapidly,
stressing the mycelium.:shrug:

( small b+ grow I did.. forth flush.)



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Re: New Pics [Re: TheStormsEye]
    #18984405 - 10/16/13 12:55 AM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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TheStormsEye said:
When I grew B+ it also bruised this way.
I was lead to believe that it could be
from mycelium trying to support/hold
such large fruits.

..or possibly caused by the mushroom
using a lot of stored water too rapidly,
stressing the mycelium.:shrug:

( small b+ grow I did.. forth flush.)






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Re: New Pics [Re: TheStormsEye]
    #18984907 - 10/16/13 05:48 AM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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TheStormsEye said:
When I grew B+ it also bruised this way.
I was lead to believe that it could be
from mycelium trying to support/hold
such large fruits.

..or possibly caused by the mushroom
using a lot of stored water too rapidly,
stressing the mycelium.:shrug:

( small b+ grow I did.. forth flush.)







Wow nice looking mushies, would love to see something half that size on later flushes.


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Re: New Pics [Re: werddrew]
    #18986406 - 10/16/13 02:18 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

I would enjoy viewing such success.
I'm sure you will get there.
Maybe not with pf cakes but dont stress, you are well on your way.


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