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do crumbled cakes take longer to colonize than seeds
    #19115327 - 11/10/13 02:58 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

hi guys i was wondering if anyone has had experience with both crumbling cakes and  seeds to spawn to substrate and the time it takes to fully colonize the substrate. I'm wondering because i doing my first bulk grow following damion5050 tek, i cut the recipe into a forth and used crumbled brf cakes with a 1:2 ratio. the tek said it should take around 10 days to fully colonize. it been around 15 days and i can see mycelium growth but no where near fully colonized just wondering if it takes longer with crumbled cakes than seeds.


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Re: do crumbled cakes take longer to colonize than seeds [Re: karp]
    #19115373 - 11/10/13 03:06 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Don't use a top layer and grains are faster


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Re: do crumbled cakes take longer to colonize than seeds [Re: cronicr]
    #19115406 - 11/10/13 03:12 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)



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Re: do crumbled cakes take longer to colonize than seeds [Re: rumfor69]
    #19115446 - 11/10/13 03:21 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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RR says use a top layer of coir

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/10410862#10410862



i know rr does but lots of people are finding it more problematic then anything, the theory is that exposed grains will dry out and lie dormant, in things lke gh's trays in a sgfc i can see this but as long as you keep your rh right you won't run into poblems, beads of moisture right across the surface!


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Re: do crumbled cakes take longer to colonize than seeds [Re: cronicr]
    #19115564 - 11/10/13 03:43 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Many of us agree with not using a top layer. RR hasn't grown cubes in a while and never in a monotub. Just saying


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Re: do crumbled cakes take longer to colonize than seeds [Re: Stromrider]
    #19116404 - 11/10/13 06:19 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

so should i just move to fruiting conditions? I used the top layer and there is a number of spots where the mycelium is coming through.


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Re: do crumbled cakes take longer to colonize than seeds [Re: karp]
    #19116671 - 11/10/13 07:08 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

post a pic of it


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Re: do crumbled cakes take longer to colonize than seeds [Re: cronicr]
    #19116842 - 11/10/13 07:36 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Top layer of what?  What are you guys talking about?  The question wasn't about leaving grains exposed on the surface.

I've long recommended fruiting bulk substrates uncased.
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Re: do crumbled cakes take longer to colonize than seeds [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #19116893 - 11/10/13 07:46 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

We're talking about when you spawn grains to coir. Mix all the grains and coir evenly and not put a top layer coir to cover exposed grains. We've all found that we get much faster colonization times and better results. We know people used to always say use a top but many of us has found it to be problematic in a monotub


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Re: do crumbled cakes take longer to colonize than seeds [Re: Stromrider]
    #19116929 - 11/10/13 07:53 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Btw I know he was talking about casing cakes.
Idk how the hell we got off track talking about spawning grains to coir :shrug: :lol:
We are pretty bad about that sometimes


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Re: do crumbled cakes take longer to colonize than seeds [Re: Stromrider]
    #19117207 - 11/10/13 08:48 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

would it be ok to put 1lb bags of rye berry spawn into 1lb bags of 50/50 poo, staw. or would there be to much mycelium and to little substrate? can't find a good answer for this


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Re: do crumbled cakes take longer to colonize than seeds [Re: TeaSippinHippie]
    #19117303 - 11/10/13 09:08 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Jeesh...

Talk about thread jacking...


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Re: do crumbled cakes take longer to colonize than seeds [Re: blojo02184]
    #19117314 - 11/10/13 09:11 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

didn't mean too, wasn't trying too.


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Re: do crumbled cakes take longer to colonize than seeds [Re: TeaSippinHippie]
    #19118283 - 11/11/13 12:26 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

i'm doing it in a shoe box size dubtub with a sgfc style top if that makes a difference. i have it wrapped in a trash bag to keep co2 levels high. in a incubator chamber that stays around 76-78 degrees F.


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