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Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are!
#19408221 - 01/12/14 12:47 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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Hi dear shroomerites!
Below are two pics of trays. Each is of an identical isolate of P. cubensis spp. McKennaii. Both were spawned to a pasteurized 50/50 substrate mix of Rooibos mulch and vermiculite (and never forget the 10% of weight Gypsum added! ) at a ratio of 1:2.
About 7 days ago both were fully colonized at about the same time. It took them only 7 days to fully colonize from the moment of spawning. Thereafter I abandoned it for a whole week of consolidation (it was the ultimate practice of patience ).
My question to all the old hands out there is: "Shall I open'em up now let them go crazy?"



I truly hope it is time.
Peace!
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: ravenfeeder]
#19408245 - 01/12/14 12:53 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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My hand isn't all that old,, but i'd definitely say "Open em up and go crazy!!" I would have 4 days ago, but i'm not known form my patience..
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: ravenfeeder]
#19408251 - 01/12/14 12:54 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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Sounds and looks like they're ready to commence fruiting
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: ravenfeeder]
#19408286 - 01/12/14 01:05 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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ravenfeeder said: Hi dear shroomerites!
Below are two pics of trays. Each is of an identical isolate of P. cubensis spp. McKennaii. Both were spawned to a pasteurized 50/50 substrate mix of Rooibos mulch and vermiculite (and never forget the 10% of weight Gypsum added! ) at a ratio of 1:2.
About 7 days ago both were fully colonized at about the same time. It took them only 7 days to fully colonize from the moment of spawning. Thereafter I abandoned it for a whole week of consolidation (it was the ultimate practice of patience ).
My question to all the old hands out there is: "Shall I open'em up now let them go crazy?"



I truly hope it is time.
Peace!

Definitely bro you got some nice crystalized rocks just waiting to start putting out pins there, I bet your gonna get nice pins popping out of those in less than a week at most, looks more like a few days thinking of some things Doc has going on right now. Take that wrapping off the top and let them breathe asap
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: Doc Seta]
#19408322 - 01/12/14 01:15 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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Yea man, your more than ready to go... Put em in fruiting!
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: VE3HPC]
#19408337 - 01/12/14 01:20 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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Let ER Riiip!!
Lookin really nice! Can't wait to see it pin..
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: Matty_Rulez]
#19408391 - 01/12/14 01:33 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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yes, fruit is now a verb.
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: dodgem]
#19408448 - 01/12/14 01:49 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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It's time to fruit it, but I doubt it'll go crazy. Mulch isn't good for Cubensis.
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: 36fuckin5]
#19408543 - 01/12/14 02:12 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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Oh yeah the tray looks ready!
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ravenfeeder
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: 36fuckin5]
#19408589 - 01/12/14 02:25 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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36fuckin5 said: It's time to fruit it, but I doubt it'll go crazy. Mulch isn't good for Cubensis.
Perhaps, but Rooibos is unique. A shrubby tea bush that grows indigenous to where I am. So it is basically woody, but full of beneficial elements, but absent of Magnesium and caffeine fortunately. How can peat moss be better or not equal?
So it gets mulched down to a fine woody substance. But let's see!
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: ravenfeeder]
#19408825 - 01/12/14 03:28 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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ravenfeeder said:
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36fuckin5 said: It's time to fruit it, but I doubt it'll go crazy. Mulch isn't good for Cubensis.
Perhaps, but Rooibos is unique. A shrubby tea bush that grows indigenous to where I am. So it is basically woody, but full of beneficial elements, but absent of Magnesium and caffeine fortunately. How can peat moss be better or not equal?
So it gets mulched down to a fine woody substance. But let's see! 
Yea Id like to see how they turn out so post up some pix if ya can before they get picked. Cubes grow good on all kinds of stuff but the usual around here is Peat/Verm or spawning with Ccco/Verm type deals so its nice to see some new formula used.
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: Doc Seta]
#19409198 - 01/12/14 05:05 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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Peat moss is only used as a casing layer, not a bulk substrate.
Wood doesn't work well because Cubensis won't eat lignin, and can't break down the hard texture of wood very well. It will work, but your results will likely be piss poor.
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: 36fuckin5]
#19410333 - 01/12/14 09:54 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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36fuckin5 said: Peat moss is only used as a casing layer, not a bulk substrate.
Wood doesn't work well because Cubensis won't eat lignin, and can't break down the hard texture of wood very well. It will work, but your results will likely be piss poor.
I see your point, but then what will serve as "the ideal" substrate for cubies? (Please don't say 'hpoo' as I don't want to go looking for shit in the wrong places... lol).
So I suppose straw is also out then? Just curious as I saw someone else pimpin' their substrate out with it. And wood chips
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: mushmagic]
#19410339 - 01/12/14 09:56 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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mushmagic said: Sounds and looks like they're ready to commence fruiting
Thanks man your words are like ambrosia to my ears
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: Doc Seta]
#19410353 - 01/12/14 09:59 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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Doc Seta said:
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ravenfeeder said: Hi dear shroomerites!
Below are two pics of trays. Each is of an identical isolate of P. cubensis spp. McKennaii. Both were spawned to a pasteurized 50/50 substrate mix of Rooibos mulch and vermiculite (and never forget the 10% of weight Gypsum added! ) at a ratio of 1:2.
About 7 days ago both were fully colonized at about the same time. It took them only 7 days to fully colonize from the moment of spawning. Thereafter I abandoned it for a whole week of consolidation (it was the ultimate practice of patience ).
My question to all the old hands out there is: "Shall I open'em up now let them go crazy?"



I truly hope it is time.
Peace!

Definitely bro you got some nice crystalized rocks just waiting to start putting out pins there, I bet your gonna get nice pins popping out of those in less than a week at most, looks more like a few days thinking of some things Doc has going on right now. Take that wrapping off the top and let them breathe asap
Thanks Doc! They are opened up and breathing away right now!
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: dodgem]
#19410370 - 01/12/14 10:03 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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I FEEL YOU! That pic of the fruit is the cutest shit I've seen for some time - waha!
yes, fruit is now a verb.
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: ravenfeeder]
#19410435 - 01/12/14 10:26 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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Yea heres from a thread I just made of a few picked just now and like another 50 to go haha, these 8 weighed in at 80+ grams or something. Good to see your casing bro, get so much more fruit then cakes
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: Doc Seta]
#19411639 - 01/13/14 08:49 AM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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36fuckin5 said: It's time to fruit it, but I doubt it'll go crazy. Mulch isn't good for Cubensis.
Perhaps, but Rooibos is unique. A shrubby tea bush that grows indigenous to where I am. So it is basically woody, but full of beneficial elements, but absent of Magnesium and caffeine fortunately. How can peat moss be better or not equal?
So it gets mulched down to a fine woody substance. But let's see! 
Yea Id like to see how they turn out so post up some pix if ya can before they get picked. Cubes grow good on all kinds of stuff but the usual around here is Peat/Verm or spawning with Ccco/Verm type deals so its nice to see some new formula used.
I will definitely keep you all posted on any changes that occur with pics of course. We also have the bricks of peat coir/coco peat/coco coir here, as well as peat moss, in bags, at the nurseries, but I don't want to go with the obvious just yet. I have had fair results with Rooibos+Verm as substrate before, with trays that took longer to colonize, wasn't consolidated, and sometimes had green mold right from the start. So that is why I have a good feeling about these two... And I am all for new formulas/substrates and experimenting, and thus eventually contributing to mycology what I can. And the Rooibos mulch is cheap and abundant here. And unique to our terra firma, making it really interesting...
I suppose with time I will be visiting local equine farms for some horse poo, but I am not too keen on working with it, except if the results are exceptional/worth it.
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Doc Seta said: Yea heres from a thread I just made of a few picked just now and like another 50 to go haha, these 8 weighed in at 80+ grams or something. Good to see your casing bro, get so much more fruit then cakes
Nice going Doc! That looks kinda like Amazonian! What strain is it?
And btw, I didn't "case" my trays... You must've meant going bulk trays instead of cakes. Which I enjoy, although it is more risky, putting more of your eggs in one basket...
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: ravenfeeder]
#19412491 - 01/13/14 01:37 PM (10 years, 17 days ago) |
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ravenfeeder said: I see your point, but then what will serve as "the ideal" substrate for cubies? (Please don't say 'hpoo' as I don't want to go looking for shit in the wrong places... lol). [/quote[
Hpoo. They're dung lovers. Give them dung.
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So I suppose straw is also out then? Just curious as I saw someone else pimpin' their substrate out with it. And wood chips
No, they do well on straw actually. Wheat straw is best IME.
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: 36fuckin5]
#19414819 - 01/13/14 10:19 PM (10 years, 17 days ago) |
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ravenfeeder said: I see your point, but then what will serve as "the ideal" substrate for cubies? (Please don't say 'hpoo' as I don't want to go looking for shit in the wrong places... lol). [/quote[
Hpoo. They're dung lovers. Give them dung.
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So I suppose straw is also out then? Just curious as I saw someone else pimpin' their substrate out with it. And wood chips
No, they do well on straw actually. Wheat straw is best IME.
Really? Cool! A colleague gave me some substrate comprised of wheat straw, poplar wood chip and bran, which he sterilised, so I added spawn to it in front of the flow hood. I am glad to know now that that tray will kick ass. I will also be visiting horse farms for aged horse poo in the field... thorough research has shown that it is best apparently.
So I will be mixing up the horse poo and some straw next time, as well as adding a hint of Rooibos, for extra luuuuuvvv...
Below are two pics of what the Rooibos bush and processed Rooibos looks like

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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: ravenfeeder]
#19417044 - 01/14/14 12:01 PM (10 years, 17 days ago) |
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You don't want to use wood. Find substrates without wood, or grow woodlovers.
Why does everything you use have wood in it?
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: 36fuckin5]
#19417660 - 01/14/14 02:43 PM (10 years, 16 days ago) |
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36fuckin5 said: You don't want to use wood. Find substrates without wood, or grow woodlovers.
Why does everything you use have wood in it?
I am actually busy with an azurescence spawn at the moment - slow colonizer though... but back to the point: You will see the results when I post them man, and don't worry, I've arranged for some aged horse poo at a nearby small farm. The weekend I will spawn two of the same isolate of McKennaii jars to horse poo, as per RR's great videos. 
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: ravenfeeder]
#19433052 - 01/17/14 12:24 PM (10 years, 13 days ago) |
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Well, it is almost Day 5 since introducing to fruiting conditions, and here are two recent pictures of the substrate surface. It looks like it is near pinning...
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: ravenfeeder]
#19438958 - 01/18/14 05:43 PM (10 years, 12 days ago) |
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ravenfeeder said:
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Doc Seta said:
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ravenfeeder said:
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36fuckin5 said: It's time to fruit it, but I doubt it'll go crazy. Mulch isn't good for Cubensis.
Perhaps, but Rooibos is unique. A shrubby tea bush that grows indigenous to where I am. So it is basically woody, but full of beneficial elements, but absent of Magnesium and caffeine fortunately. How can peat moss be better or not equal?
So it gets mulched down to a fine woody substance. But let's see! 
Yea Id like to see how they turn out so post up some pix if ya can before they get picked. Cubes grow good on all kinds of stuff but the usual around here is Peat/Verm or spawning with Ccco/Verm type deals so its nice to see some new formula used.
I will definitely keep you all posted on any changes that occur with pics of course. We also have the bricks of peat coir/coco peat/coco coir here, as well as peat moss, in bags, at the nurseries, but I don't want to go with the obvious just yet. I have had fair results with Rooibos+Verm as substrate before, with trays that took longer to colonize, wasn't consolidated, and sometimes had green mold right from the start. So that is why I have a good feeling about these two... And I am all for new formulas/substrates and experimenting, and thus eventually contributing to mycology what I can. And the Rooibos mulch is cheap and abundant here. And unique to our terra firma, making it really interesting...
I suppose with time I will be visiting local equine farms for some horse poo, but I am not too keen on working with it, except if the results are exceptional/worth it.
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Doc Seta said: Yea heres from a thread I just made of a few picked just now and like another 50 to go haha, these 8 weighed in at 80+ grams or something. Good to see your casing bro, get so much more fruit then cakes
Nice going Doc! That looks kinda like Amazonian! What strain is it?
And btw, I didn't "case" my trays... You must've meant going bulk trays instead of cakes. Which I enjoy, although it is more risky, putting more of your eggs in one basket...

Sorry for late reply buddy, think it was a few GT's from a casing idk they were from a neglected side thing that was going, I'll post up a few of some buddies Maz's, Koh Super's, Texas Yellow Caps, Orissa Indias, Pink Buff's, Lizard Kings, + PES Hawaiins soon but damn tho they were strong tho holy shit visuals were like being Lucy & I couldn't even function or see straight for hours. I haven't messed with GT's for years must've got the environment % substrate up to par, I like my asian strains but def gonna add GT to next time.
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: 36fuckin5]
#19439783 - 01/18/14 09:04 PM (10 years, 12 days ago) |
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36fuckin5 said: Peat moss is only used as a casing layer, not a bulk substrate.
Wood doesn't work well because Cubensis won't eat lignin, and can't break down the hard texture of wood very well. It will work, but your results will likely be piss poor.
I said peat/verm for casing btw bruddah........
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: Doc Seta]
#19445432 - 01/19/14 11:49 PM (10 years, 11 days ago) |
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36fuckin5 said: Peat moss is only used as a casing layer, not a bulk substrate.
Wood doesn't work well because Cubensis won't eat lignin, and can't break down the hard texture of wood very well. It will work, but your results will likely be piss poor.
I said peat/verm for casing btw bruddah........
Allrighdy brodah 
So it is day 7 since introduced to fruiting conditions, and I am seeing pins everywhere - little brown spots almost resembling a bad case of pimples
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: ravenfeeder]
#19456246 - 01/22/14 05:31 AM (10 years, 9 days ago) |
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Here is an updated pic on the McKennaii tray with Rooibos-Verm substrate, Day 9 after introducing to fruiting conditions.

To 36fuckin5: How you like me now? Never judge a substrate by its cover...
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: ravenfeeder]
#19456294 - 01/22/14 06:26 AM (10 years, 9 days ago) |
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36fuckin5 said: Peat moss is only used as a casing layer, not a bulk substrate.
Wood doesn't work well because Cubensis won't eat lignin, and can't break down the hard texture of wood very well. It will work, but your results will likely be piss poor.
I said peat/verm for casing btw bruddah........
Allrighdy brodah 
So it is day 7 since introduced to fruiting conditions, and I am seeing pins everywhere - little brown spots almost resembling a bad case of pimples

Haha yea one day u awake & see all these brown spots like your casing turned colors. Good going bro BTW since u got so much overlay if on flush #2 if the pins come out weak, skinny and then blue up or something run a fork over the top to re-break up the top layer after picking the bad pins. After a week or so it will re-consolidate and grow like usual. Sometimes with thick stroma on top it will be to thick for new pins to grow threw so keep that in mind & try the 60/40 Coco/Verm for spawning next time or 50/50 Peat/Vermiculite casing. Any questions feel free to message me & enjoy those bro.
Edited by Doc Seta (01/22/14 06:37 AM)
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: Doc Seta]
#19456345 - 01/22/14 06:54 AM (10 years, 9 days ago) |
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awesome man! glad its working!
if u do use straw next time, please post and lemme know. i use it for oysters, but never have for cubes. i have hard time getting moisture right with soak, pasteurize, air drip/dry, even for oysters. they always fruit, but not necessarily quickly compared to drier subs

i know there is a million teks for straw, i know there are half a million success stories and half a million failures with straw (for cubes). wanna get it right. will probably just bit the bullet, but its always nice to have real time comparison on the boards
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: Doc Seta]
#19456489 - 01/22/14 08:02 AM (10 years, 9 days ago) |
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Doc Seta said: BTW since u got so much overlay if on flush #2 if the pins come out weak, skinny and then blue up or something run a fork over the top to re-break up the top layer after picking the bad pins.
NEVER EVER use a fork to damage colonized substrate. Yes, I am 100% serious.
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RogerRabbit said: Overlay is bullshit and most of it relates to a picture of a normal casing layer in TMC that is incorrectly labeled as overlay.
I can guarantee you don't have it, since I've only seen it a handful of times, and I've been known to have grown a few projects in my day.
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: blindingleaf]
#19457174 - 01/22/14 11:32 AM (10 years, 9 days ago) |
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Thanks blindingleaf 
I have used straw recently, as in my other recent topic post regarding a bag of shredded straw, bran and poplar wood chip that I have sterilized and knocked up with wedges of Bermuda cubensis, and it is in fruiting and near pinning Or so I sense
Now I am onto the legendary horse poo, as the gurus recommended, but I can imagine getting straw's moisture content just right should be quite an art. In RR's videos he shows how to do straw, but I can't remember him showing how to drain off the excess water. My straw substrate's moisture content was just perfect, but I will ask my colleague who made up the substrate for me how he did it
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: HypnotoadCroaked]
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Doc Seta said: BTW since u got so much overlay if on flush #2 if the pins come out weak, skinny and then blue up or something run a fork over the top to re-break up the top layer after picking the bad pins.
NEVER EVER use a fork to damage colonized substrate. Yes, I am 100% serious.
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RogerRabbit said: Overlay is bullshit and most of it relates to a picture of a normal casing layer in TMC that is incorrectly labeled as overlay.
I can guarantee you don't have it, since I've only seen it a handful of times, and I've been known to have grown a few projects in my day.
Lol... I will never unnecessarily damage my substrate, plus it is uncased, as we all know it is counterproductive for cubensis. So there is really no overlay, simply a really aggressively colonized substrate surface
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: blindingleaf]
#19460594 - 01/23/14 12:38 AM (10 years, 8 days ago) |
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Soak the straw for an hour in water, then put it in a material shopping bag, or something similar, like a pillow casing, and put it in a tumble dryer for 1 minute to spin out all excess water
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: ravenfeeder]
#19460699 - 01/23/14 01:34 AM (10 years, 8 days ago) |
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Time to harvest - Day 10 after introducing to fruiting conditions.

Therefore I am not departing with Rooibos. It will now be used as an additive instead, adding 10% of it plus 10% Vermiculite to my new horse poo substrate
Like RR said, the more additives that they like, to the bulk substrate, the better.
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: ravenfeeder]
#19460715 - 01/23/14 01:45 AM (10 years, 8 days ago) |
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Congrats!!
Looks like your stylin! Mad props for experimenting with some different substrates. 
Keep up the good work, and enjoy those babies.
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: Hashbuble]
#19460770 - 01/23/14 02:25 AM (10 years, 8 days ago) |
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i guess cubes also think "variety is the spice of life" awesome idea!
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Re: Two trays going into fruiting soon - How ready they are! [Re: blindingleaf]
#19461080 - 01/23/14 06:17 AM (10 years, 8 days ago) |
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Yes, indeed!  Flush has been picked. Now the tray will be forgotten of in my cupboard for 7 days - for it to 'rest' and dry out slightly - dunked for 1 hour, and return to the sgfc. I don't plan on patching the divots, except if I can somewhere near the end of the 7-day recovery period, but it is uncased so might be counterproductive.
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