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Torgo2212
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Re: First Grow... So far so good. [Re: Peachette]
#19100352 - 11/07/13 12:41 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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That is 5" of perlite, which did seem like a lot but its what the tek called for. It is pretty compacted.
I am a gardening noob so not sure if there is fine and course perlite.
Here is what I got.


I'll try taking half it out and "fluffing" it up best I can.
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Peachette
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Re: First Grow... So far so good. [Re: Torgo2212]
#19100368 - 11/07/13 12:45 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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It will keep compacting regardless of how much you fluff it.
You'll have to keep battling this issue as your grow proceeds. No need to add extra work or things that can potentially cause terrible results.
Get larger perlite. You've made it this far, don't F up over perlite.
Keep up the good work! It's all about asking questions and trial and error but at this point you're looking more at "egregious error" IMO.
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Re: First Grow... So far so good. [Re: Peachette]
#19100487 - 11/07/13 01:11 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Removed a third of it and fluffed it up (it was really compacted). That takes me down to 4" of perlite.

Here is where I think I went wrong. I used the shotgun FC to strain my perlite (put it right in the shower). Then I didn't mix it or anything, which left it very compact. It is less dense now that I mixed it up real good.
Did a little googleing about perlite and there are fine, medium, and coarse varieties. My particular brand does not specify which it is.
Going to take a run to the store to see if I can find a coarse type.
thanks fellas.
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Peachette
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Re: First Grow... So far so good. [Re: Torgo2212]
#19100507 - 11/07/13 01:15 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Fellas?

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Re: First Grow... So far so good. [Re: Peachette]
#19100599 - 11/07/13 01:34 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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yes that where you went wrong, whgen you strained it in here you probly clogged the bottom of your holes with fine pperlite, those holes are very important so i like to use the perlite off the top first toavoid this problem for as long as possible
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Torgo2212
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Re: First Grow... So far so good. [Re: cronicr]
#19101203 - 11/07/13 03:13 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Well no dice on coarse perlite. Checked lows, home depot, agway, and 2 local garden centers. They either had the kind I got or the miriclegrow brand that has plant food added to it.
Going to go with what I have. Its much fluffier now that I mixed it up good.
I see how it goes and maybe check some spots for the coarse stuff while working this week.
Thanks fellas and feministas.
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Re: First Grow... So far so good. [Re: Torgo2212]
#19101420 - 11/07/13 03:51 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Torgo2212
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Re: First Grow... So far so good. [Re: Peachette]
#19140916 - 11/15/13 01:07 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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So I have 5 cakes in the FC.
2 have been in there a week (show no signs of pins).
2 have been in 3 days (1 shows some signs of knotting (lower left)).
And the one away from the others just went in now.
I mist and fan 3 times a day though it ends up being like 5:30am, 5:30 pm 9:00 pm because of work.

When I opened that jar up 2 large shrooms were growing up into the dry verm layer and some small pins were up there too. It had no discoloration and smelled of fresh mushrooms.

Yeah I know about the hygrometer but it was all I could find and I was very curious about my RH.
1 of the shrooms fell off when I took it out of the dunk. I assume its still good to consume?
You think the others will end up being aborts?
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Re: First Grow... So far so good. [Re: Torgo2212]
#19149051 - 11/17/13 10:26 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Well two cakes have been in there for 2 weeks and another 2 for one week. The one with fruits for only a couple days (it had fruits in the jar).
Some fuzzy white stuff is starting to appear at the base of the fruits.

I believe that means I need more FAE.
Everything seems good. No discolorations and fresh mushroom smell.
My cheap hygrometer reads around 90% most the time.
My other jars have started pinning in the jars. Just dunked them today.
 Is it weird that the fasting colonizing jars are the slowest fruiting?
And anyone see any problems with my set up?
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Re: First Grow... So far so good. [Re: Torgo2212]
#19178049 - 11/23/13 08:32 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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So 3 of my cakes, they were the last ones to colonize and all 3 had in-vitro pins, have produced a good first flush.
My 5 other cakes, the first ones to colonize and had no in-vitro pins, look like this:


They all produced very small (except for those 2 that knocked their cake over), very dark pins (aborts?) they are growing but very slow and new pins have started to appear on one of the cakes.
I think my RH was low so I re-wetted my perlite and mixed it up a bit. This really seemed to help some of the shrooms from the good cakes (they were turning blue, this perked them right back up).
I re-dunked the cakes pictured. They felt light and looked dry. After the re-dunk the pins grew a little but not much.
Any advise?
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Re: First Grow... So far so good. [Re: Torgo2212]
#19187668 - 11/25/13 03:59 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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All the shrooms are growing, just very slow with the exception of those 2 monsters in the back.
I thought the dark ones were aborts but they are growing.
I am keeping a much closer eye on my RH. Humidity is low in the house and my perlite dries out every couple days. I think that was my problem before.
Here are some pics.

 this one has a ton of small dark pins that are growing real slow.
The cakes that are on their second flush are not showing any signs of life yet.
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