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westthebest

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first time with cakes.... all turning blue?
#19136680 - 11/14/13 03:28 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I have 5 cakes in a properly constructed (1/4" holes every 2") SGFC, 2 of which were birthed 6 days ago and the other 3 being birthed 5 days ago. They seemed to be doing pretty well, however, yesterday I noticed that all the cakes (well, mostly the first 2 but the other 3 are following) were turning blue, starting at the around the edge at the top. I don't think it is from handling, I have handled them a bit but the blue doesn't seem to be only confined to those areas... They don't smell funny either. I know that this commonly comes from lack of moisture, but I have been misting rather heavily, and I have them in a walk-in closet (with the door wide open most of the time, but still) so I assumed my only problem would be FAE... Did dunk for 24 hours.... What should I do? Only have 4 or so inches of perlite so I was thinking of adding some more, bring up to 5 inches maybe? Any thoughts appreciated.
oh, and I forgot, the few pins that there are on one of the cakes also seem to be turning a little blue, if that means anything...
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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: westthebest]
#19136692 - 11/14/13 03:30 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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You might be misting the cakes with too much pressure.
You want to mist them gently with a fine mist until they glisten, then fan out the chamber.
If you hit them with any kind of pressure, there will be bruiting.
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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: PussyFart]
#19136798 - 11/14/13 03:54 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Notahacker420 said: You might be misting the cakes with too much pressure.
You want to mist them gently with a fine mist until they glisten, then fan out the chamber.
If you hit them with any kind of pressure, there will be bruiting.
Thought about this... I am misting from a good foot away, as far as I can get and still have the majority of the mist land in the chamber... It is fine mist, although my spray bottle is pretty shitty I imagine it gets the job done just fine. Could it be anything else? Not saying that isn't it but I've been trying to mist as gently as possible
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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: westthebest]
#19136891 - 11/14/13 04:12 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Heavy water perhaps?
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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: Toad83]
#19136961 - 11/14/13 04:30 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Well some call it hard water, but maybe that on top of direct misting or whatever the case may be. You may want to start misting with distilled water, filtered etc.
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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: Toad83]
#19137016 - 11/14/13 04:42 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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no just get a mister that gives a fine mist, do you a a fan running in the room?
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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: cronicr]
#19137041 - 11/14/13 04:46 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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pics
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westthebest

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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: twistedty]
#19137075 - 11/14/13 04:52 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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My spray bottle gives a fine mist... Does distilled water really make that much of difference? It couldn't be over misting could it? Will work on pics but computer is done currently so it might be a bit
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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: Toad83]
#19137079 - 11/14/13 04:52 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Toad83 said: You may want to start misting with distilled water
No, this is very bad info.
Only use distilled water for spore syringes.
Distilled water is a solvent....you do not want it touching anything but spores.
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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: PussyFart]
#19137234 - 11/14/13 05:23 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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 Attempt at a shitty pic from my phone... Can't see it very well, ill try for a better one if needed
Oh, and notahacker, thank you for clearing that up. And you can see the blue if you look vey closely on the top and upper left
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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: westthebest]
#19137264 - 11/14/13 05:28 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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it looks dry
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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: cronicr]
#19137361 - 11/14/13 05:54 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: cronicr]
#19137375 - 11/14/13 05:58 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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cronicr said: it looks dry
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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: westthebest]
#19137379 - 11/14/13 05:59 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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dunk those cakes if theey feeel light, check your perlite and make sure theres no fan running
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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: cronicr]
#19137413 - 11/14/13 06:09 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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cronicr said: dunk those cakes if theey feeel light, check your perlite and make sure theres no fan running
Even if I've already dunked last week? I don't know exactly how heavy they are supposed to be as this is my first time... Seem a lil light but heavier than when they first were birthed from the jars... No fan in the room/walk in, just typical heating although I'm sure that's been running since its winter and I'm in the mountains... Perlite has some moisture content, how wet should it feel? I will add an inch or two and spray it down well
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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: westthebest]
#19137772 - 11/14/13 07:19 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Dunking one now to see if it helps... Do I roll in verm after this second dunk?
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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: westthebest]
#19141842 - 11/15/13 05:37 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Well the cake that got dunked ended up even more blue than the rest... Any ideas?
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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: westthebest]
#19141905 - 11/15/13 05:51 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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the main thing is that it gets moisture, if it's wet enough toss it in the fruiting chamber
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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: cronicr]
#19142163 - 11/15/13 06:50 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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cronicr said: the main thing is that it gets moisture, if it's wet enough toss it in the fruiting chamber
Done... Just a bit curious as to why the one I dunked came out far worse than the others... As far as the others go, one is pinning but many of the pins are very blue, and despite increasing misting the other 3 are continuing to get more blue. It is very, very dry where I live, what else can I do (now or in the future) to work with this lack of humidity/prevent my cakes and perlite from drying out in a week? Will monotubs work better in this environment than an SGFC?
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Re: first time with cakes.... all turning blue? [Re: westthebest]
#19142170 - 11/15/13 06:52 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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mist more it may have been a little damaged during the dunk
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