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Mirai_10
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Mirai's First Grow (Grow Log)
#21752201 - 06/02/15 11:00 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hey Shroomery!
So this is my first time growing and went with the usual PF-TEK.
Here's my current set up:

I unfortunately only got 2 cakes to fully colonize out of the 5 I had inoculated 
Here's the size and spacing of my holes:

I punched the holes through with my soldering iron, and I believe they are probably just slightly larger than 1/4 but pretty close IMO.
I have to go out and buy a hygrometer ASAP, as I seemed to have misplaced the one I have. I'm worried that my rH is too low, because I put too many holes in the tub. I added some more perlite and it is now covering the second row of holes:

Any suggestions? Thanks, more soon
Edited by Mirai_10 (06/02/15 06:11 PM)
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Re: Mirai's First Grow (Grow Log) [Re: Mirai_10]
#21752214 - 06/02/15 11:03 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I would recommend cutting the extra foil to be closer to the cakes.
I have only grown bulk, but have read you want the evaporation off the perlite to be as close to the cakes as possible, without touching eachother
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Re: Mirai's First Grow (Grow Log) [Re: Mirai_10]
#21752224 - 06/02/15 11:06 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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If a shroom grows from the top of the cake, what then? Fruiting chambers is far too small =0
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Re: Mirai's First Grow (Grow Log) [Re: YaMoonSun]
#21752260 - 06/02/15 11:13 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah, I put way too much foil... lol Definitely will fix that.
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YaMoonSun said: If a shroom grows from the top of the cake, what then? Fruiting chambers is far too small =0
Very true. This is just going to be a temporary Fruiting Chamber, I didn't expect the cakes to start pinning while in the jar so early. So I just whipped this up real quick for the mean time.
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Re: Mirai's First Grow (Grow Log) [Re: Mirai_10]
#21754115 - 06/02/15 06:22 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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So I got a new hygrometer, and the temperature is perfect. Between 70-75F throughout the day. However the rH is around 80%ish and isn't hitting 90% even after I plugged up more holes than I would have liked to... This time my new fruiting chamber will have to be bigger all around, so I can put more perlite in to increase the humidity. I have about 3 or so inches at the moment, so I guess I'll bump it up to 5 inches this time.
More Updates Soon!
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Re: Mirai's First Grow (Grow Log) [Re: Mirai_10]
#21754948 - 06/02/15 09:23 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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You're at a good humidity. Don't trust cheap hydrometers, especially pet store ones. Just look at your condensation. A cheap hydrometer will very often not read properly above 80-85% ime. Humidity is just fine. How long until you get a good sized SGFC?
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Edited by Myconin (06/02/15 09:24 PM)
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Re: Mirai's First Grow (Grow Log) [Re: Myconin]
#21756854 - 06/03/15 10:37 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Thanks Myconin. Yeah this hygrometer is crap... But I got quite a bit of condensation going on inside, so all is well I assume.
I should be able to make the new SGFC later today.
But while I wait for these two cakes to fruit, I want to start getting some spawn ready to do a bulk. Was thinking of just using either organic rye or corn. Not too sure yet. I still have to go out and buy quart sized jars and either the rye or corn. I read on here somewhere that corn is more prone to contamination compared to rye? Can anyone back this up?
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Re: Mirai's First Grow (Grow Log) [Re: Mirai_10]
#21766177 - 06/05/15 02:41 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Little update:
One of my cakes is showing good signs of fruiting, and has quite a few pins growing on it. However the other has absolutely none, and has some fluffy mycelium growth on it now... I really thought my FAE was really good. I would fan it 5-6 times a day and I also had a HEPA filter running in the room. The room the FC is in is on my third floor so the room gets quite hot actually. So I moved it down to my basement today to see if that will help.
Another update on my bulk. I got 12 quart sized jars and could only find organic oat groats, but I read that they should still be just fine. Majority of the jars will be Thai Lipa mushrooms, and I have a bit of B+ to finish and I think one more, just don't remember the name ATM.
More updates soon!
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Re: Mirai's First Grow (Grow Log) [Re: Mirai_10]
#21766195 - 06/05/15 02:47 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Mirai_10 said: Thanks Myconin. Yeah this hygrometer is crap... But I got quite a bit of condensation going on inside, so all is well I assume.
I should be able to make the new SGFC later today.
But while I wait for these two cakes to fruit, I want to start getting some spawn ready to do a bulk. Was thinking of just using either organic rye or corn. Not too sure yet. I still have to go out and buy quart sized jars and either the rye or corn. I read on here somewhere that corn is more prone to contamination compared to rye? Can anyone back this up?
Is it a cigar hydrometer, if so you will need to calibrate it
If so take the back off and put a damp paper towel in it, after a hour set it to 100%
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Re: Mirai's First Grow (Grow Log) [Re: mush madness]
#21766317 - 06/05/15 03:21 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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mush madness said:
Is it a cigar hydrometer, if so you will need to calibrate it
If so take the back off and put a damp paper towel in it, after a hour set it to 100%
It was just a cheap one from walmart. I actually am going to go out and get one from the cigar shop near me tomorrow.
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Re: Mirai's First Grow (Grow Log) [Re: Mirai_10]
#21769996 - 06/06/15 11:06 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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So I'm hoping this new setup will help to get more FAE:

The filter is sucking air out of the FC, and I moved everything down to my basement. I had a little bit of tape left covering the top as well. About 25 holes maybe. (Little less than 1/4) so that should probably help to stop this fluffy mycelium growth and induce pinning.
EDIT: Mini Update:
I put the FC in my backyard just now. It's getting loads of FAE, plus the water is evaporating off the perlite much quicker now, as the cakes have been drying out much quicker. so that's a good pinning trigger. I'll leave it out only during the day, but is my new set-up mentioned above using a filter okay? Or is a filter running right next to it a big no?
Edited by Mirai_10 (06/06/15 12:51 PM)
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Re: Mirai's First Grow (Grow Log) [Re: Mirai_10]
#21774051 - 06/07/15 01:20 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Little update:
The fluffy mycelium has stopped growing completely! It even got kinda hard and wasn't a marshmallowy consistency. There are definitely a number of pins popping out now, hopefully I get a decent yield, despite the fluffy mycelium growth.
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Re: Mirai's First Grow (Grow Log) [Re: Mirai_10]
#21774572 - 06/07/15 03:11 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Upgrade to a full sized SGFC - Shot Gun Fruiting Chamber
It will have a vast effect on your fruits, if you plan to keep using BRF/CAKES I highly recommend it.
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Re: Mirai's First Grow (Grow Log) [Re: TNK]
#21774835 - 06/07/15 04:07 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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There is absolutely no need for a hygrometer...
You do not want a constant humidity. It needs to fluctuate.
Save the money for other necessary supplies or materials...
PS - yes, you want to trim up the foil closer to your cakes.
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Quote:
TheNatureKid said: Upgrade to a full sized SGFC - Shot Gun Fruiting Chamber
It will have a vast effect on your fruits, if you plan to keep using BRF/CAKES I highly recommend it.
Hmm, I plan on doing a couple more BRF/CAKES so I guess I will make one later today. Thanks, I didn't realize it made a big difference.
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FreeWorldOrder said: There is absolutely no need for a hygrometer...
You do not want a constant humidity. It needs to fluctuate.
Save the money for other necessary supplies or materials...
PS - yes, you want to trim up the foil closer to your cakes.
Yeah I realize this now, everything is pinning nicely in my little FC once I put it outside, the humidity is never constant.
and yeah, I trimmed the foil as close as I could. Thank you both for your help!
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Re: Mirai's First Grow (Grow Log) [Re: Mirai_10]
#21779652 - 06/08/15 05:03 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Here's my new setup:

It's got 5 inches or more of perlite, and 1/4 inch holes on all six sides. These cakes are showing lots of nice healthy pins! This should hopefully maximize my yield. I also injected about 6cc's of sterile water into both cakes a number of days ago, and will probably do the same in a couple days.
More soon!
Edited by Mirai_10 (06/08/15 07:27 PM)
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Re: Mirai's First Grow (Grow Log) [Re: Mirai_10]
#21779658 - 06/08/15 05:06 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hmm, I plan on doing a couple more BRF/CAKES so I guess I will make one later today. Thanks, I didn't realize it made a big difference.
It should make a huge difference, the larger with more perlite, the better. You want a greater size of surface for the perlite to vapor off water to trigger pins
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Re: Mirai's First Grow (Grow Log) [Re: TNK]
#21794370 - 06/11/15 06:37 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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So little update:
Lots of new pin growth on both cakes, however there was a mishap yesterday. Long story short, the cakes have went under some minor bruising and seem to have recovered now. However the biggest mushroom and a good number of pins had to be taken off due to them being damaged and opened up. On the good side, I weighed out the ones I picked and it was about 6 grams wet. I ate them all and after about an hour and half or so I started to trip pretty hardddd, I downed them with some lemon juice and a vitamin C. It didn't last very long, but I was having my doubts on whether or not these shrooms would be potent. Glad that's all cleared up!
I inoculated 5 1/2 pint jars today. Two of them with Wolly, and other three with Z. Hope to see some growth out of these soon:

These two jars are almost finished:

The one on the right is B+ and is 100% colonized as of yesterday. The one on the left is more Thai Lipa Yai. (Same type as the two fruiting in the SGFC atm)
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