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vatman
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Re: Oyster and Lions mane project/grow log [Re: vatman]
#21979984 - 07/22/15 11:27 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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My RH went up to 99% last night while temp went down to 66F 18.88C
First two days RH was at 30-50% I was misting heavily. I'm since its gotten to 60-99% I've stopped misting. I'm trying to keep it at 80%. I'm still not seeing any fruit bodies. It's been about 3 days since I've put them in my little tent and I'm still not seeing any pinning. Is it just too soon or is it that my conditions are less than optimal?
--------------Edit 7/22/2015 10pm (2200)---------------
Just knocked up 16 pint jars with LI from my blender. Hopefully will see growth within 2-4 days and colonized within 7-12. Ill be posting pictures once they start to fail or work. To be honest I didn't practice the best sterile tech for them.
Edited by vatman (07/22/15 10:27 PM)
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Re: Oyster and Lions mane project/grow log [Re: vatman]
#21986157 - 07/23/15 04:59 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Should I be worried about my kings? They still havenb't started to pin and the temps I have been keeping them at have been 63-75F They did start off rather dry... First few days they are 35%RH to 50 now they at 70-80% and have been getting up to 90-99% at night
Edited by vatman (07/23/15 05:16 PM)
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Gr0wer
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Re: Oyster and Lions mane project/grow log [Re: vatman]
#21986426 - 07/23/15 05:55 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Patience. Im sure pins will start soon.
I have this chipper at my house in MD. It works great for 1/4 chips but you need to feed it straight branches with leaves removed. It takes branches up to 2".
Edited by Gr0wer (07/23/15 05:56 PM)
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vatman
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Re: Oyster and Lions mane project/grow log [Re: Gr0wer]
#21986605 - 07/23/15 06:35 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Nice man, think I'm just going to wait till I move. It will be a more populated area and I'd be able to get an used one cheaper there. Thank you for the link though.
I also cut away more at the plastic for the logs. Hopefully to allow more air on the logs itself. This would probably require me to mist more despite the RH.
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Re: Oyster and Lions mane project/grow log [Re: vatman]
#21987333 - 07/23/15 09:10 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Hopefully when you move you can source free or cheap local mulch, sawdust or straw. Ive made my own mulch before and it takes a lot of wood to make a few buckets of mulch. If you had a commercial chipper taking 8" logs its one thing but 2" branches don't have much to em. Where do you plan to move to?
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Re: Oyster and Lions mane project/grow log [Re: Gr0wer]
#22027774 - 08/01/15 10:45 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I think my oysters that are leaving the plastic are drying out. I ended up covering everything from before and just cutting slits into the substrate. You can see a few aborts above. The RH is 70-80% I'm still misting about 2-5 times a day. I also have a swamp cooler in the room that brings in air from the outside. The house RH is around 15-20%
The aborts can be seen on the first picture.
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Re: Oyster and Lions mane project/grow log [Re: vatman]
#22029374 - 08/01/15 04:31 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thinking about tearing off the fabric and replacing it with painting tarp atm.
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Re: Oyster and Lions mane project/grow log [Re: vatman]
#22031575 - 08/02/15 12:38 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I turned my fan off tonight. There is going to be water pooling on the bottom of the of closest.

This is some proof of dryness despite the RH reading 70-80% I'm not sure if changing to painters tarps would fix the issue. My place is mostly carpet I don't want to ruin the floor as I'm renting.
without a fan the coolmist should be top fed into the grow area correct?
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Re: Oyster and Lions mane project/grow log [Re: vatman]
#22036402 - 08/03/15 05:26 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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As you asked I will chime in however you should note that I suck at growing kings (which is what you have, not blue oyster) and I am not the best person to advise on small scale grows.
However, your pins show variation in humidity, called scale.
Keep your fan on in the tent circulating air all the time, not blowing directly on the mushrooms. With kings the air being pumped in with the cool mist will be enough FAE. You want high humidity when pinning and lower when growing 70ish. Stick to plastic.
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Edited by solarity (08/03/15 05:33 AM)
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Re: Oyster and Lions mane project/grow log [Re: solarity]
#22051307 - 08/06/15 12:39 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I tired a more bulk pasteurizing method. I used hydrated lime, gyp. Took 4 hours to get to temperature. Pasteurized them for 1 hour than went to bed while I let it cool.
I put the bulk mixed into 5 gallon buckets. I didn't have holes drilled into till today. It has been 2 days. They smell like bacteria and the top of the lid was covered in water when I poped it open. I assume them sitting in the bucket for 2 days with too much water in the substrate caused them to become infected with bacteria or do you guys think it was the long pasteurizing process? I think it was too much water in the substrate and not having holes.
I love how finky and exact you have to be for all of this. Small messups screw up everything
Edited by vatman (08/06/15 01:31 AM)
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