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Ghostrider55
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Newly birthed cakes question!
#21825134 - 06/18/15 07:21 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hello everyone! This is my first post! Lol. Anyway I just birthed my cakes and put them in the FC.. The cakes seem to be stagnant for the first 5 days of putting the cakes in the chamber. The temp is between 72 and 80 degrees with RH of 99%. I have been misting once a day. I built a fan with a filter on the side of the chamber to draw in fresh clean air on a timer( it is a small computer fan). My question is: Do they look too dry. Am I not being patient? Lol Can you guys look at the pic and tell me what you think? Thank you in advance!!
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bodhisatta 
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Re: Newly birthed cakes question! [Re: Ghostrider55]
#21825163 - 06/18/15 07:29 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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like how you followed the directions to make the cakes, next time also follow the most important directions, the fruiting chamber part. it's nuts to do all that work and then improvise on a fruiting chamber. Next time build the one that is recommended by the TEK to fruit cakes it's tried and true for a reason, because it's the design that works time and time again. you don't see very many computer fan grow chambers around, for a reason.
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Ghostrider55
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Re: Newly birthed cakes question! [Re: bodhisatta]
#21825217 - 06/18/15 07:46 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Thanks for the reply and no offense but I didn't ask about my chamber.. I asked about the status of the cakes!
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blazedup
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Re: Newly birthed cakes question! [Re: Ghostrider55]
#21825236 - 06/18/15 07:51 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Doesn't look like dunked and rolled. The verm layer after you have rolled will do you justice. You also will want to mist a few times a day. You should post pics of your Chamber
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Re: Newly birthed cakes question! [Re: Ghostrider55]
#21825239 - 06/18/15 07:52 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Oooooooo burn!
-------------------- In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. All mushrooms are edible, but some only once..... Easier than cakes I do science and shit.
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Ghostrider55
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Re: Newly birthed cakes question! [Re: blazedup]
#21825244 - 06/18/15 07:53 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I will post a pic of the chamber asap!
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Re: Newly birthed cakes question! [Re: maddchef]
#21825254 - 06/18/15 07:57 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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maddchef said: Oooooooo burn!
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Re: Newly birthed cakes question! [Re: Ghostrider55]
#21825262 - 06/18/15 07:59 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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AMU Q&A If you don't have a plan of your own, you'll become a part of somebody else's.
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Re: Newly birthed cakes question! [Re: blazedup]
#21825266 - 06/18/15 08:01 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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yes the dunk and roll is skipped and 99% RH isn't what you want. you want 99% RH in the few millimeters from the surface of your cake. if the RH is less than 99% in your chamber and you have adequate air exchange the evaporation off the surface from the moist vermiculiute will create 99% humidity only where the pins form. the mushrooms themselves once formed want fluctuations in humidity and lots and lots of air.
check out the links in my signature and other peoples signature. we're here to help.
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Ghostrider55
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Re: Newly birthed cakes question! [Re: bodhisatta]
#21825324 - 06/18/15 08:14 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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My RH is being monitored from the bottom. The temp and humidity deal is sitting on the bottom. Should it be higher and off the layer of verm to get the actual humidity of the chamber I assume?
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Re: Newly birthed cakes question! [Re: Ghostrider55]
#21825344 - 06/18/15 08:20 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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they do look dry. why are they laying on their side?
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Re: Newly birthed cakes question! [Re: Phishies]
#21825962 - 06/18/15 10:44 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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The misting an fanning causes high humidity at the surface of the cakes. The evaporation from doing this is what also helps trigger pins.
The only place where it matters it has 99% humidity is at the surface of the brf cake. And this is caused from misting and fanning.
Proper fresh air exchange is from a properly built fruiting chamber.
These guys are only here to help and would be wise to get rid of the fan and go sgfc
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Re: Newly birthed cakes question! [Re: Phishies]
#21826394 - 06/19/15 12:54 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Phishies said: they do look dry. why are they laying on their side?
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Re: Newly birthed cakes question! [Re: Ghostrider55]
#21829449 - 06/19/15 06:51 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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The status of the cakes is they are dead on the outside from poor humidity conditions. Observe the myc closely so you know what dehydrated mycelium looks like and can avoid it in the future.
Fastest way to fruits from where you are at now is fix your SGFC and crumble and case those cakes.
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Re: Newly birthed cakes question! [Re: Srirachi]
#21830183 - 06/19/15 09:31 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I am a cranky old fuck. I just wanted to get that out of the way at the beginning.
Digital hygrometers do a half-decent job of measuring the relative humidity inside your garbage can. That's because they only do a half-decent job of measuring the RH anywhere, and it only gets worse as the humidity goes up. Toss your hygrometer and use a real precision instrument: your eyes.
What you really want is droplets of moisture at the surface of your substrate, which will provide a high-RH zone with the aid of the vermiculite layer that you skipped. Look very closely (you won't contaminate your cakes with your bad breath--I've tried to do so many times and failed) for glistening moisture, and if it isn't there, spray with a mister. Let it evaporate until it isn't there anymore, and then mist again. You can use this process to monitor any substrate and get your fruiting chamber dialed in. In fact, it's the only process you should use.
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Re: Newly birthed cakes question! [Re: Psilicon]
#21830199 - 06/19/15 09:34 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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van der griegen said: I am a cranky old fuck. I just wanted to get that out of the way at the beginning.
Digital hygrometers do a half-decent job of measuring the relative humidity inside your garbage can. That's because they only do a half-decent job of measuring the RH anywhere, and it only gets worse as the humidity goes up. Toss your hygrometer and use a real precision instrument: your eyes.
What you really want is droplets of moisture at the surface of your substrate, which will provide a high-RH zone with the aid of the vermiculite layer that you skipped. Look very closely (you won't contaminate your cakes with your bad breath--I've tried to do so many times and failed) for glistening moisture, and if it isn't there, spray with a mister. Let it evaporate until it isn't there anymore, and then mist again. You can use this process to monitor any substrate and get your fruiting chamber dialed in. In fact, it's the only process you should use. 
Ring a ding!
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