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ElectricNoodle
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Advise on whether to proceed to casing or not?
#23509677 - 08/04/16 01:48 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Hey,
Haven't posted here yet as I was keeping quiet to see how my first grow would go first! I injected a 6kg grow bag with 5ml of spores about 3 weeks ago, it seemed to take a good 6-7 days to start showing signs, but then seemed to get faster and faster as it spread more.
Once it was at about 30% I gave it a good mix up, it then spread rapidly through the rest of the bag, but left one corner completely bear. My first thought was that it might be contaminated, so after reading up a bit, I gave the whole bag another proper mix up. Its been around 4-5 days since then and it seems like growth in general is slower but the bag looks nice and white. I can't help but think it might be ready for casing and moving to the humidity tent? Just worried what might happen if I do it too early? Have also attached a few pictures to help!
Also, the guide with my grow bag says to mix the bag again before applying the casing layer, is this correct? Just worried the mycelium might grow even slower if I mix it up again!
Thanks for any help!

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spore-ty



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Re: Advise on whether to proceed to casing or not? [Re: ElectricNoodle]
#23510136 - 08/04/16 04:39 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Looks good let consolidate a few days.
But now my question to you is are you spawning to Bulk or are you going to just let it sit in a greenhouse
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Invertigo
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Re: Advise on whether to proceed to casing or not? [Re: spore-ty]
#23510333 - 08/04/16 05:53 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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No harm in letting it set longer to be sure it's fully colonized. When you break up the mycelium, there will always be a period where the myc recovers, before it begins to recolonize.
If you plan on fruiting in the bag with no substrate, I don't see why you need to break it up again. Just case it, and continue on with your tek.
If you're going to spawn to a substrate, I believe it's preferred to let the mixed spawn/substrate fully colonize prior to casing and finally fruiting.
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ElectricNoodle
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Re: Advise on whether to proceed to casing or not? [Re: Invertigo]
#23512285 - 08/05/16 10:26 AM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
spore-ty said: Looks good let consolidate a few days.
But now my question to you is are you spawning to Bulk or are you going to just let it sit in a greenhouse
Awesome cheers! I was thinking about bulk.. as I've read alot about it, but for my first grow I think I'll stick to a green house like set up, the kit I bought came with a much larger humidity tent and perlite, so will be removing the top and casing it, then moving it to the humidity tent for fruiting!
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Invertigo said: No harm in letting it set longer to be sure it's fully colonized. When you break up the mycelium, there will always be a period where the myc recovers, before it begins to recolonize.
If you plan on fruiting in the bag with no substrate, I don't see why you need to break it up again. Just case it, and continue on with your tek.
If you're going to spawn to a substrate, I believe it's preferred to let the mixed spawn/substrate fully colonize prior to casing and finally fruiting.
Ahh perfect thanks! I did find it strange that my guide said to break it up before casing, so will skip that step out, as I reckon it would just extend the time till fruiting anyway! I think I'll try building a SGFC and spawning to bulk trays next time, as I wanted to keep it as simple and as sterile as I could for a first attempt! haha
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spore-ty



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Re: Advise on whether to proceed to casing or not? [Re: ElectricNoodle]
#23512656 - 08/05/16 12:37 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Well from my understanding and experience I've never used perlite as a traditional casing such as peat moss, but instead as a humidity reservoir...might want to get a final game plan together before you mess up even though trial and error is a way to go but your choice
If your set on a humidity tent with perlite get the tent sealed completely hopefully at least .5mm thick plastic and get your perlite in a bowl and damp it and make sure there's some way of allowing airflow either maually or if you want to leave a flap of plastic up the variables are up to you and your environment and what you can do
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Re: Advise on whether to proceed to casing or not? [Re: spore-ty]
#23512659 - 08/05/16 12:38 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ok wow didn't see the sgfc disregard most of my.post haha goodluck and keep us updated with a grow log or journal
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ElectricNoodle
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Re: Advise on whether to proceed to casing or not? [Re: spore-ty]
#23519284 - 08/07/16 03:26 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Cheers for the advice! I cased it a few days ago, so will leave it a few more days before I check to see if it's taken to the casing.
My plan was to seal up the humidity tent then open maybe twice a day and fan it a bit to refresh the air, does that sound like it would be okay?
Will definitely put a grow log together as I've been taking pictures from the start!
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Re: Advise on whether to proceed to casing or not? [Re: ElectricNoodle]
#23519335 - 08/07/16 03:46 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Give it as much FAE as possible without drying up the casing too much.
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ElectricNoodle
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Re: Advise on whether to proceed to casing or not? [Re: Psilosoulful]
#23566293 - 08/22/16 03:16 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Have been fanning it lots, and misting twice a day!
Have started to see pins the last few days!
Think I might be misting too much though as there's a bit of mycelium creeping up the biggest pin, so will drop back to once a day and give it more FAE!
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