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EjBekot
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dry fruit in SGFC
#22422585 - 10/23/15 11:45 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hello everyone,
This is my first grow with a MS syringe of GT. I was really hoping my first post would be of a successful grow based off of all the information here. But I've run into a problem that I can't seem to find the answer for searching.
Background: SGFC was originally built when I had borrowed a friends drill for another project. I had an unused 66qt sterlite and decided to make it into a SGFC. Based off the videos and no other research I just drilled a bunch of 5/64" holes on all sides (video doesn't specify the 1/4" every 2" spec.). While my jars were colonizing, I read up about the proper spec for a SGFC. Having given back the drill to my friend I decided to take my soldering iron and punch a bunch more holes. Knowing my soldering iron makes 1/8 holes I melted out the holes larger along the sides where the perlite was going to be, the bottom and the lid. The holes ended up being slightly larger than 1/4".
Misting: The first few days were going well. I was misting three times a day and pins were growing. Lighting is on 12/12 cycle so I misted when the lights came on, halfway through the day, and once when the lights turned off; fanning after each misting. The only thing I noticed was that the fruits were drying out between mistings and I was hesitant to mist more since the cakes themselves looked wet. I didn't want to overmist.
Two days ago I misted at night, went to sleep and woke up to several severely dry mushrooms. One with a cracked cap and a few others that looked like the cap and stipe had separated. I immediately thought the holes I had melted out with my soldering iron (knowing they were bigger than 1/4") were causing too much evaporation. I immediately went and bought myself a drill and another 66qt Sterlite and made a proper SGFC to spec. They have been in the proper SGFC now for 24 hrs. This is how they looked this morning.
The top mushroom's cap cracked. The lower mushroom you can see the cap is separate from the stipe and there are these layers that have formed. However both continue to grow.

Here's another one that dried out overnight. But it still continues to grow. Notice the area right below the cap has this separation.
My question is. Should these be picked? Or let them grow? I've seen plenty of pictures of mature fruit with veils about to break. I'm not sure if this has happened to my fruit. They look...odd. I also changed my misting. If I see the fruit dry out a bit I give them a light mist, even if the cake itself looks hydrated.
Here's another cluster. I think these look OK.

I also noticed the fruits themselves are fat but their bases come from a single, thin, point from the cake. From what I've read this is mostly genetic, correct? Or is that due to humidity issues?
Thank you all for you help.
Here they are in the proper SGFC to spec.
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wowimflabbergasted
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Re: dry fruit in SGFC [Re: EjBekot] 1
#22422613 - 10/23/15 11:58 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I don't see any dry mushrooms if anything I see a few that look too wet. Just worry about how wet the cakes look not the mushrooms. They are still growing don't pick them yet.
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EjBekot
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Thanks wowimflabbergasted, glad to hear they are ok. Sorry, I should've clarified that they were just misted prior to taking these pictures. My main concern was about the first picture, bottom fruit. I've never seen such an odd separation or those "layers" right under the cap.
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Re: dry fruit in SGFC [Re: EjBekot]
#22422750 - 10/23/15 12:37 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Looks totally fine to me.
The "layers" u see is the veils breaking off from the cap. Totally normal, dont worry.
Looks good, make sure to mist the perlite as well
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Re: dry fruit in SGFC [Re: EjBekot]
#22422787 - 10/23/15 12:46 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Small fruits that mature early are due to moisture content more than anything.
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EjBekot
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Thanks LogicaL. Follow up question. Since that's the veil that has dropped how will I know when the proper time is to harvest? I'd prefer the spores not to drop. That perticular cake in the first picture has been in the SGFC for a week. The rest of the cakes were put into SGFC a day or two later.
I'll go back to misting 3 times a day and observing the cakes themselves, not the fruit.
Edited by EjBekot (10/23/15 01:03 PM)
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Re: dry fruit in SGFC [Re: EjBekot]
#22422980 - 10/23/15 01:26 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Those look SOAKING wet. WAY too much of a "misting" friend.
Another way to tell if they are ready is by the cap, the cap will lighten up and start to expand outwards. You might still have a bit of room for them to grow even if the veil broke prematurely.
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