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bigtrippy
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Are these pins that show promising mushroom growth?
#21516178 - 04/07/15 06:01 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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These little needle like pieces of mycelium are growing out of the one cake I have in my fruiting chamber. Also there are what seems to be lumps with little pins growing on them too. I know there are posts about pinning and such but many pictures are unclear and not similar to what my cake shows. These are growing in the spot where the dry verm layer fell off after dunk and roll. I keep my shotgun fruiting chamber at 99% humidity day in and day out. Temp ranges from 65 at night to 77 during the day. I spray whenever humidity starts to drop (about 4 times a day) and fan after spraying for 30 seconds plus an added 2 fannings without a spray each day. I have it sitting about a foot off the ground in direct view of two windows (on corresponding walls) and give it the light of the day and the dark of the night. I'm a newbie so I'm really looking for any more good quality information that people can give me. I love to try new methods while I do have a couple jars set aside going under strict pf tek guidelines.
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Re: Are these pins that show promising mushroom growth? [Re: bigtrippy]
#21516184 - 04/07/15 06:02 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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pics?
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bigtrippy
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Re: Are these pins that show promising mushroom growth? [Re: cronicr]
#21516265 - 04/07/15 06:25 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'm working on getting pictures on but to describe better imagine the needle of a thumb tack but white. These are poking out all over. And in some spots the mycelium seems to bulge out of the regular shape of the cake making a small elliptical "bump". These bumps have the little needles poking off too.
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Re: Are these pins that show promising mushroom growth? [Re: bigtrippy]
#21516592 - 04/07/15 07:53 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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I would check the cultivation guide, could be ariel mycelium from a lack of FAE
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Re: Are these pins that show promising mushroom growth? [Re: newrook]
#21516603 - 04/07/15 07:56 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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mushpunx
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Re: Are these pins that show promising mushroom growth? [Re: newrook]
#21516612 - 04/07/15 07:58 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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newrook said: I would check the cultivation guide, could be ariel mycelium from a lack of FAE
This is what I was thinking from the description too
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bigtrippy
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Re: Are these pins that show promising mushroom growth? [Re: mushpunx]
#21516684 - 04/07/15 08:12 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yep those are it. Of course my verm layer isnt near as thorough as that and the pins are all only the size of the little ones in that picture.
But the bumps look like clumpy mycelium. Ive read a few posts saying when it clumps up it means that spot will be prime for fruiting. Is this true?
Also thanks so damn much im a super impatient person and although I'm really coming to love mycology and its wonders, this is really helping my patience. And these good quality and educated responses make it that much easier for me. Thanks!
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Re: Are these pins that show promising mushroom growth? [Re: bigtrippy]
#21516698 - 04/07/15 08:16 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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Did you give them a full week to consolidate and how long have they been in fruiting?
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bigtrippy
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Re: Are these pins that show promising mushroom growth? [Re: mushpunx]
#21516753 - 04/07/15 08:31 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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I did not I birthed this one at 85%. I inoculated 10 jars of Alacabenzi strain. 3 are consolidating right now. The rest are on their way. But this one I did an impatient experiment with and read on here that if you birth a cake that isn't fully colonized you should scrape off the remaining uncolonized brf+verm dunk and roll. So I scraped off the remaining uncolonized substrate and dunked for 12 hours in the fridge and then rolled in dry verm. Then set it in the fc.
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bigtrippy
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Re: Are these pins that show promising mushroom growth? [Re: bigtrippy]
#21516766 - 04/07/15 08:33 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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They've been in the fc for a week today
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Re: Are these pins that show promising mushroom growth? [Re: bigtrippy]
#21516847 - 04/07/15 08:47 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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bigtrippy said: I did not I birthed this one at 85%. I inoculated 10 jars of Alacabenzi strain. 3 are consolidating right now. The rest are on their way. But this one I did an impatient experiment with and read on here that if you birth a cake that isn't fully colonized you should scrape off the remaining uncolonized brf+verm dunk and roll. So I scraped off the remaining uncolonized substrate and dunked for 12 hours in the fridge and then rolled in dry verm. Then set it in the fc.
I always wait until I see as close to 100% then I wait a few more days. 24hr cold shock dunk then roll and into the FC until harvest. I haven't had issues thus far. Post up picks they'll help a lot and are easy to post.
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Re: Are these pins that show promising mushroom growth? [Re: 2shoes]
#21516896 - 04/07/15 08:56 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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Oh yea dude you never wanna birth before 100%, uncolonized substrate very likely to contaminate
Good luck man hope they all fruit well!!
Oh just FYI cubes domt need cold shock man you can dunk in room temp!
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Re: Are these pins that show promising mushroom growth? [Re: mushpunx]
#21517035 - 04/07/15 09:29 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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Mushpunx
I totally agree with you after this also I used a site to get spores that after later searches had very questionable reviews. Being new to this I kinda want to see if this first one would pop out at least a little mushrooms so I know I'm not getting screwed. But just after birthing it I got that strong mushroom smell everyone talks about. I'm very very excited. I've spent hours every day researching.
But about the cold shock thing... I actually just read about that about 2 hours ago that cold shock is unnecessary. Thanks again. And I'll get pictures up soon I have to clear memory on my device first supposedly.
After this I have some golden teacher spores to use. But with those I was thinking of spawning a bulk sub with brf cakes. Either that or wheat berries (just need to get ahold of a PC) but has anyone had any particular luck with a certain bulk tek? I'm getting interested in using coir but I don't know where to buy it. Do you have to sterilize coir or soak it or anything?
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Re: Are these pins that show promising mushroom growth? [Re: bigtrippy]
#21517075 - 04/07/15 09:40 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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Coir is the way to go IMO for starting out with bulk substrate. Its my substrate of choice actually. Coir verm gypsum {CVG}.
Most bulk substrates need to be pasturized, CVG can be proper pasturized, bucket tek or sterilized, it only needs heat treatment
So take your brick of coir, a couple quarts of verm and a handfull of gypsum, put in a 5 gallon bucket and pour 4 qts boiling water in and cap. Give a stir once in a while, its ready to use after it cools.
Then you just mix with your spawn in your tray or monotub, let colonize and fruit at 100 percent! Easy!
Get yourself a PC and learn agar and grains next
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Re: Are these pins that show promising mushroom growth? [Re: bigtrippy]
#21517107 - 04/07/15 09:48 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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While it is possible to spawn BRF cakes to bulk I don't suggest it. Get a PC and use WBS is my $.02.
As for the coir as a bulk substrate... use bricks and add the ammount of water the package suggest. Bring the water to a rolling boil and dump over coir brick (s) and some gypsum.
There are TEKs for coco coir prep and WBS all over the search engine and coir bricks can be bought at any pet store with a reptile/amphibian area.
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