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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: 1down5up]
    #19308842 - 12/21/13 05:18 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

You have it propped up on something so air can come in those bottom holes?


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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: vikingsc]
    #19309138 - 12/21/13 07:11 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Yes it's about 4 inches or so off the table.  I just re-soaked the perlite cuz it was really dry on top.  It was a lot lighter than when I first wet it.  Maybe that had something to do with it....


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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: 1down5up]
    #19309154 - 12/21/13 07:15 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

yeah those are looking pretty rough


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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: 1down5up]
    #19309162 - 12/21/13 07:17 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I have been trying to wet my perlite pretty regularly.  It is harder to do now that my FC is full but when it was empty I was misting/turning/misting/turning every 5-7 days.  It seemed to keep the humidity much more constant.

I also seem to remember reading in certain places that you want it higher up than that.  Then again some teks say to set it on jars to elevate it which would be about that height (4".)  Mine sits around 3 feet off the ground. 

Just some food for thought since we are both kind of new at this. Glad you are feeling a little better :thumbup:


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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: cronicr]
    #19310582 - 12/22/13 05:05 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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yeah those are looking pretty rough





If ya think they looked rough then, check'm out now :eek:



Does the discoloration on the last one mean it's fucked?  They still smell great, just like mushies, but the way they're growing has got me wondering...

One more question, is this what LC mycelium starts out looking like?


I plan on using a syringe full of it to knock up some WBS and do a few bulk trays with it....if it works out.  I didn't put any contam barrier on the lid though, and there's just tinfoil covering it now, so i dont think it will make it very far.  Lesson learned.

I re-soaked my perlite last night cuz it was pretty dry, put all the cakes in one and soaked the other....seemed to bring the humidity back up, i'm hoping it helps with the FAE as well.

thanks for any help folks!!


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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: 1down5up]
    #19310613 - 12/22/13 05:28 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

i think the discoloration is from being saturated, you should have a more normal second flush, always test your lc:thumbup:


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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: cronicr]
    #19310619 - 12/22/13 05:31 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

will do man...i'm going to use the BRF agar substitute you turned me onto...Thanks again!


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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: 1down5up]
    #19310627 - 12/22/13 05:37 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

no worries thats a great place to test it


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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: cronicr]
    #19311924 - 12/22/13 01:30 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

So when i got home they opened right up.  Gonna harvest them tonight.  Let the rest go for another day or two.



...and while i was out today, stopped by a friends house and got me one of these!!!

It's almost grain/bulk time baby!!
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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: 1down5up]
    #19311960 - 12/22/13 01:39 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

:headbang3:


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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: cronicr]
    #19311982 - 12/22/13 01:47 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

what do ya make of those mutants....safe to eat?  I'll be sharing these with my friends, so I would love some advice...


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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: 1down5up]
    #19312005 - 12/22/13 01:57 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

yeah there safe to eat, munch away:thumbup:


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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: cronicr]
    #19312890 - 12/22/13 05:53 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

The perlite in my sgfc is too small, restricting the airflow and reducing my fae.  Thats why i got fuzzy bottoms and a less than average pinset i think.  Gonna have to filter it I guess cuz there's nothing else around here.

17 more jars on the way, around 50-90% done...plus a week or two consolidating, then on to the larger FC.  Gotta get this perlite thing worked out before I do.  Got some mexi cub, and Orissa India I'm going to clone, then I'm on to some bulk with the best performers.  I'd really like to get away from MS, especially with bulk, too random.
  I hope the second round of cakes performs better than this one.  I think if I get the fae worked out I'll be golden.  I'll post some more pics when something interesting happens...till then, merry Christmas all, and thanks for all your help!  I wouldn't have even 1 dried gram of cube if it weren't for you all.


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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: 1down5up]
    #19336848 - 12/28/13 12:21 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

So i sifted my Perlite, what a fuckin' PITA!!!  Had to be done though, to increase the FAE in my SGFC.  I'm still getting a little fuzzy, but nothing too serious, i just stepped up my fanning schedule to help compensate.  I've got one more round of cakes left to fruit in a SGFC, then i'm going to go bulk in a monotub..after i do some more reading.

So here they are, two cakes on top are on flush 2, and the two at the bottom on on first flush


Few more pics of'em...


the LC i made seems to be doing ok, but i have no idea how i'm gonna get it out of there lol.  Nothing in it to mix it up with, and the hole at the top has no injection port, just a hole :tongue2:  fucked that one up! lol



This is the second round of cakes, Mexi cub and orissa india that will be coming up for my second attempt.  I will be replacing the perlite with coarse stuff for the next round...if i can find it, if not, i'll have to sift the rest i have to get the biggest pieces.
I found the shorter jars colonized faster, even though they were knocked up 2 days later...could be genetics, but they're all MS, so take it for what it's worth.  I'll be using the shorter ones from now on....if and when i go back to the cakes.  I plan on cloning the best performers and using what i get for WBS grows.  I think after my second grow is over, i should have a decent enough handle on it to move to grains and bulk....esp. cuz i've got a PC now.

any comments or suggestions are welcome!


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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: 1down5up]
    #19336940 - 12/28/13 12:44 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

looking good man! don't ever count geneitics out for fuzzy feet either, i had a patch of pan fimicola outside in my yard which a whole whack of them always had it and you can't say they needed more fae lol, if it's that bad with cakes you will normally see signs of it on the cake as well as the base of your fruits, and if you decie to have another run with cakes try use a little less water for your pints:cool:


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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: cronicr]
    #19337026 - 12/28/13 01:08 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

:thumbup:  Thanks bro, i will give them another hook some time in the future if i get some spores, or different type of mushrooms to clone or print.  I find the compactness of the cakes easy to work with.  I can pick'em up and rotate them to check them out.  I'd like to stock up on some cubes first, enough for my friends and I to not have to pick libs for a few years so the fields can recover.

As for the fuzzy feet, i think you've got a valid point there...the same cake has the fuzzy feet, moreso than the others.  One cake barely has any.  I changes the perlite out because i thought that might be causing it...it was so compacted because of the little bits...and the fact that i would move it from time to time to let it get some ambient light from the window i think didn't help with the compacting.

Thanks again for poppin in man, your wisdom is always welcome:thumbup:


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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: 1down5up]
    #19341765 - 12/29/13 02:16 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

just a quick pic update.  I'm disappointed in the second flush for the top two.  Only one big shroom on one cake, and the other has about a half dozen pins.  Other than that though, i'm really happy that i haven't lost anything to contams yet...fingers crossed.



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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: 1down5up]
    #19346339 - 12/30/13 01:37 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Harvest time

The cake on the left was harvested with the exception of a few smaller ones with veils still intact. The one on the right still hasn't broken it's veil yet, and is getting pretty big!
The few mushies i took off the cake weighed 27g wet.


bit closer




This is the fat one....biggest one i had grow yet.  This cake is on the second flush now.  I did dunk it for 24hr, and though there's only one other pin on this cake, this one mush will prob weigh more than the rest of the other cakes...i hope:grin:


These jars were knocked up on Dec. 6th, and were completely colonized around 4 or 5 days ago, and are showing pins already.  Roughly 20 days from knock up to full colonization...pretty quick!  I'll be printing and cloning some fruits from these few.  They're Orissa India if anyone would like to trade prints when they're ready.


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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: 1down5up]
    #19346349 - 12/30/13 01:41 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

:thumbup:  looking good there. nice job for a first grow .:mushroom2:


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Re: My First Grow PF tek BRF [Re: 1down5up]
    #19346359 - 12/30/13 01:44 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

great stuff!


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