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wowimflabbergasted
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Tawksin
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Handslikehouses said: Good fuckin job dude. Once you experience how terrible fanning/misting is, you'll definitely be experienced enough and ready to move on to bulk. Can't wait to see those fruits!
I'm about to pick a bunch of these right now. Got home late from work unfortunately so I let these go a lot further than I usually do but whatever. Look into monotubs man, I think you'll do very well at it.

Already doing my research for them. If you wanna point me in the direction for the best tek for it I wouldn't complain but I think I've got the just of it already. You think rye berries is the best grain to use?
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
#22420989 - 10/22/15 11:46 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Mad Season]
#22420996 - 10/22/15 11:48 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I second oats! Easy prep. WBS was pretty easy too.
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Kalistis]
#22422413 - 10/23/15 10:45 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Mad Season said: Any grain is fine. I love oats for the ease of prep and moisture content. I like millet for the inoculation points.
Some great tek links: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/17897163 http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/19140341 http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/20541405
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Kalistis said: I second oats! Easy prep. WBS was pretty easy too.
Thanks for the advice. I was going to go ahead and order my spores. Syringes should be fine to knock these up right? I wanted to go ahead and get my order on the way though while I do all my research.
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Tawksin
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Mad Season]
#22441487 - 10/27/15 06:43 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Mad Season said: Any grain is fine. I love oats for the ease of prep and moisture content. I like millet for the inoculation points.
Some great tek links: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/17897163 http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/19140341 http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/20541405
My dunk and roll is going to start Thursday so I took the time to set up my chamber with perlite to test the parameters. And here is what it looks like. I also have a couple questions if someone doesn't mind answering them. First the pictures.

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Now the questions.
I have a cold mist humidifier. Its set up underneath the chamber. I know its not needed but could it hurt to have it on low to maintain a higher humidity and possibly having to mist less?

I moved my light temporarily to the socket in the closest. Could I leave the light here for the duration of the fruiting? Or should I move it back to where it was?
Where it is currently. Its a lot brighter than it looks due to the focus.

Where it was.

I was checking my jars today. It was the first time I've seen them since the beginning of their consolidation. And they mycelium is starting to look fuzzy why is this?@
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
#22442318 - 10/27/15 09:31 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Tawksin said: My dunk and roll is going to start Thursday so I took the time to set up my chamber with perlite to test the parameters. And here is what it looks like. I also have a couple questions if someone doesn't mind answering them. First the pictures.

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ok I'm no expert so my advice should be taken with a grain of salt. I'm sure someone will be around to correct me if I'm wrong. Personally I would take that sgfc out of the closet, if that's not an option, at least move it more towards the middle of the closet for better air circulation.
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Tawksin said: Now the questions.
I have a cold mist humidifier. Its set up underneath the chamber. I know its not needed but could it hurt to have it on low to maintain a higher humidity and possibly having to mist less?

Humidity is not nearly as important as fae and proper misting. The main trigger for pinning is evaporation off of the cakes, that being said I've never seen or heard of anyone using one so I don't know. Probably not needed but hey do what you want, probably won't hurt anything, might not help, but I don't think it'll hurt.
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Tawksin said: I moved my light temporarily to the socket in the closest. Could I leave the light here for the duration of the fruiting? Or should I move it back to where it was?
Where it is currently. Its a lot brighter than it looks due to the focus.

Where it was.

Light is only a secondary pinning trigger, so as long as they're getting some exposure they should be fine. Put it wherever works best for you, looks fine to me.
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Tawksin said: I was checking my jars today. It was the first time I've seen them since the beginning of their consolidation. And they mycelium is starting to look fuzzy why is this?@
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If I'm not mistaken that's a result of the cake shrinking inside the jar, which is normal during consolidation. During colonization the mycelium is pressed up against the glass, as the cake shrinks and pulls away from the sides it creates a little space where the mycelium can grow out a little bit. This is also where in vitro pins can form.
Hope I helped, anyone feel free to jump in and correct me or add something I might've missed.
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: MrSturgill]
#22442369 - 10/27/15 09:42 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Mr.sturgill...
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Tawksin
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: MrSturgill]
#22448177 - 10/29/15 07:50 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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MrSturgill said:
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Tawksin said: My dunk and roll is going to start Thursday so I took the time to set up my chamber with perlite to test the parameters. And here is what it looks like. I also have a couple questions if someone doesn't mind answering them. First the pictures.

l]
ok I'm no expert so my advice should be taken with a grain of salt. I'm sure someone will be around to correct me if I'm wrong. Personally I would take that sgfc out of the closet, if that's not an option, at least move it more towards the middle of the closet for better air circulation.
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Tawksin said: Now the questions.
I have a cold mist humidifier. Its set up underneath the chamber. I know its not needed but could it hurt to have it on low to maintain a higher humidity and possibly having to mist less?

Humidity is not nearly as important as fae and proper misting. The main trigger for pinning is evaporation off of the cakes, that being said I've never seen or heard of anyone using one so I don't know. Probably not needed but hey do what you want, probably won't hurt anything, might not help, but I don't think it'll hurt.
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Tawksin said: I moved my light temporarily to the socket in the closest. Could I leave the light here for the duration of the fruiting? Or should I move it back to where it was?
Where it is currently. Its a lot brighter than it looks due to the focus.

Where it was.

Light is only a secondary pinning trigger, so as long as they're getting some exposure they should be fine. Put it wherever works best for you, looks fine to me.
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Tawksin said: I was checking my jars today. It was the first time I've seen them since the beginning of their consolidation. And they mycelium is starting to look fuzzy why is this?@
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If I'm not mistaken that's a result of the cake shrinking inside the jar, which is normal during consolidation. During colonization the mycelium is pressed up against the glass, as the cake shrinks and pulls away from the sides it creates a little space where the mycelium can grow out a little bit. This is also where in vitro pins can form.
Hope I helped, anyone feel free to jump in and correct me or add something I might've missed.
Sadly taking the chamber out of a closet is not an option. However, we are in the process of clearing the closet out(completely) and the chamber will be moved to the center of the room and the closet will be used for nothing but strictly fruiting purposes.
As far as the humidifier goes, it doesn't seem to affect the humidity in the chamber at all, so I've chosen not to continue using it.
For my decision on the light placement, the light is going to stay to the center of the room, however after I center the chamber I will be lowering it slightly closer to the top of it.
Thanks for your answers and you were of great help.
Today marks the end of the consolidation period and the birth of the cakes. I'll be doing so later today before I go into work. Stay tuned for pictures.
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
#22448693 - 10/29/15 10:47 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Tawksin said: Today marks the end of the consolidation period and the birth of the cakes. I'll be doing so later today before I go into work. Stay tuned for pictures.
Awesome! I birthed one of my cakes last night, I'll have 4-5 more birthed next week. Very exciting right?
Lookin forward to the pics.
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Tawksin
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: MrSturgill]
#22448817 - 10/29/15 11:33 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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MrSturgill said:
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Tawksin said: Today marks the end of the consolidation period and the birth of the cakes. I'll be doing so later today before I go into work. Stay tuned for pictures.
Awesome! I birthed one of my cakes last night, I'll have 4-5 more birthed next week. Very exciting right?
Lookin forward to the pics.
More than exciting, I've been anticipating this day since I started this venture, lol.
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Tawksin
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
#22455928 - 10/30/15 10:37 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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I went ahead and skipped taking pictures of the dunk and roll process. I mean, come on, who wants to see giant marahmellow like objects floating in a pot?
Fruiting
The cakes were dunked and rolled and placed in the chamber that has been maintained at 99% humidity and 72 degrees for the last two days. The cakes were allowed to sit in the chamber for an hour before being misted. Then being misted every thirty minutes for the next two hours. The timer on the light has been set to 12 hours on and 12 hours off. The on hours being from noon until midnight. Here are the cakes in their new home.



This is the cakes after they were misted the first time.

The closet I had the chamber in is now clear of any other objects on the ground floor and the chamber was centered away from the walls as suggested.

My question for this entry.(It seems I have at least one with every entry lol)
I feel like I reasonably placed my cakes but do you think I should put them even closer together?
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
#22455950 - 10/30/15 10:43 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Naw you're good
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: cronicr]
#22455954 - 10/30/15 10:45 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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a proper sgfc... it's like a unicorn.
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
#22455960 - 10/30/15 10:46 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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You may need to add more perlite so keep an eye on it. hHumidity may be the only issue if you have any. Don't mist more thinking it helps raise humidity it just waterlogs the cakes.
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Tawksin
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LocN9ne said:
a proper sgfc... it's like a unicorn.
Thank you very much.
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wowimflabbergasted said:
You may need to add more perlite so keep an eye on it. hHumidity may be the only issue if you have any. Don't mist more thinking it helps raise humidity it just waterlogs the cakes.
I was actually thinking the same thing. The humidity has been at 99% the last three days. But I was considering adding more just to be safe.
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
#22461990 - 11/01/15 12:17 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Its normal for my cakes to be colonizing the verm it was rolled in now that they are in my fruiting chamber?
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
#22462096 - 11/01/15 12:38 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Should be fine
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Tawksin
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wowimflabbergasted said: Should be fine
Do they look like they are being misted properly? Sorry just being overly cautious. I feel like I've done pretty good up til here and I don't want to mess anything up.
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Re: First Time: Golden Teacher PF-TEK [Re: Tawksin]
#22463763 - 11/01/15 06:55 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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No I don't think so. Mist 3-4 times a day or whenever they aren't glistening..but don't do it more that.
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