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Just_A_Noob
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Not quite pin porn but...
#24025879 - 01/20/17 03:00 PM (7 years, 10 days ago) |
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They have been in the sgfc for 7 days and get home from work to have things babies greet me. My first home grown mushies
This is the noobie setup I am open to some expert advice.
I think they are about to pop
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Re: Not quite pin porn but... [Re: Just_A_Noob]
#24025926 - 01/20/17 03:20 PM (7 years, 10 days ago) |
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nice! im doing first grow to, and just recently the shrooms came in
 and to me ur setup looks up to parr
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Just_A_Noob
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Re: Not quite pin porn but... [Re: cubensis333]
#24025962 - 01/20/17 03:31 PM (7 years, 10 days ago) |
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Sweet cake 333
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Re: Not quite pin porn but... [Re: Just_A_Noob]
#24026235 - 01/20/17 04:58 PM (7 years, 10 days ago) |
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Nice! You're doing great and your setup is fantastic; simple, effective, and pretty much by the book. It looks like you already understand the experts' advice for a simple first time grow. You tend to get good results easily when you follow the tried and true paths forged by experts.
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Re: Not quite pin porn but... [Re: freespeech]
#24026399 - 01/20/17 05:57 PM (7 years, 10 days ago) |
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Thanks freespeach, Next is a PE mono. I was thinking coir/verm/worm casting. The rye colonized way faster than the brf.
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Re: Not quite pin porn but... [Re: Just_A_Noob] 1
#24026705 - 01/20/17 08:25 PM (7 years, 10 days ago) |
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They look fantastic. I wouldn't change anything now since they're pinning, but in the future just set the cakes on the jar lid (not band) and don't add verm to the bottom. You could even do it now if you wanted, but I suspect you'd do more damage than good. Expect some fruits to come out of the bottom though. Next time wait 48h before misting so your cake has ample time to grab the verm for a solid casing layer.
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Re: Not quite pin porn but... [Re: Adden]
#24026710 - 01/20/17 08:28 PM (7 years, 10 days ago) |
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Oh. And good job by the way. Keep up the good work.
You'll have mushrooms by next weekend. Please keep us updated.. it is refreshing to see people do it right!
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Re: Not quite pin porn but... [Re: Adden]
#24026749 - 01/20/17 08:48 PM (7 years, 10 days ago) |
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Thanks for the advice adden, I thought the wet verm in the lids would be a good source of some extra water. I have noticed the mycelium growing into it. Not sure if that's good or bad. I do rotate the chamber 180 degrees every couple days as the front seems to dry faster.
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Re: Not quite pin porn but... [Re: Just_A_Noob]
#24026789 - 01/20/17 09:11 PM (7 years, 10 days ago) |
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Damn that light doh. Specs?
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Florescent grow light 125w 6500k... do you think it's too much... it was the smallest one they had at the place
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Oh no they are gonna love that. I want one lol
But it's a lot of wattage for just 1 tub. You could fruit 10 sgfcs with that point light. Just food for thought cause it'll make an impact on your electric bill a little
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Oh cool... Yeah my girl tries to suntan with it lol
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Quote:
Just_A_Noob said: Oh cool... Yeah my girl tries to suntan with it lol

She should come over under my 2000W of high pressure sodium, get a base
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Quote:
Just_A_Noob said: Thanks for the advice adden, I thought the wet verm in the lids would be a good source of some extra water. I have noticed the mycelium growing into it. Not sure if that's good or bad. I do rotate the chamber 180 degrees every couple days as the front seems to dry faster.
Nicely done.. if it's growing into the verm then definitely leave them be. I do the same thing but on top of my cakes. For that size jar it'd be about 2 or 3 tablespoons. It delays pinning a week or so but they all fruit from above.
When you harvest yours, don't disturb the verm/myc in the lids. Just twist and pull.
The reason I add my verm on top is (not only coz I'm using the wrong jars), but it allows me to place the cake itself as close to the perlite as I can. Reason being, the evaporation from the perlite titillates those thousands of microclimates formed between the verm and the myc. It allows FAE up and down the whole surface and is as big of a pinning trigger as light.
Next time too, I found that this helps, is to let your cakes sit for 48h after a roll. I've had much more consistent cakes. It lets the mycelium 1) recover from their dunk and 2) start to colonize their casing layer. No microclimates for fruiting if there is no verm.
These 3 things gave me much better cakes that always fruited mainly out of the top, were easily moved, and would flush once and be done. No fooling around with a 1.5 flush. Just cut the top of the cake off and harvest. Also, if the cakes ever dry out, you can sit them in a shallow dish to soak up water.
Don't forget there is no rush on misting. Your cakes, as a "whole" organism, just went from a sterile environment with barely enough water and no fresh air. You're giving them all the water they will ever need. They're also getting light. So give the cake a break, let it acclimate, then start misting. You'll end up with more even pin sets, or if you do top-verm, a single solid flush right out of the top of it. Verm won't fall off the sides and deprive the cake of 75% of its pinning surface.
I admire your eye for detail. My chamber had to be turned every few days.
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Re: Not quite pin porn but... [Re: Adden]
#24026964 - 01/20/17 10:32 PM (7 years, 9 days ago) |
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After dunking 24 hrs I rolled in 50/50 verm/perlite... I guess I read it somewhere
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Ah yeah... no perlite. Just doesn't really do anything to maintain a surface climate on your cakes like verm does.
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Perlite is meant to be in your fruiting chamber only. Not on the cakes. It's not gonna kill anything. It is non nutritious. It'll delay pinning though because mycelium will crawl in every nook and crannie looking for water or food.
I bet, then, that you could probably get away with not misting once all your pins come in. They have plenty to work with.
Sometimes though when people do this it dries out their cakes.
Do you mind taking a couple pictures of your cakes? They're in open air, just wash your hands and don't touch them with the hand that touched your cell phone (bacteria).
Next time, don't forget to group them as closely together as you can. They love company. It'll help form another microclimate around them as a whole. Since they're pinning now just leave it.
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Re: Not quite pin porn but... [Re: Adden]
#24027041 - 01/20/17 11:22 PM (7 years, 9 days ago) |
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I'll take some pics in the morning when the light kicks on... there was some bluing on a couple of the cakes, but also pins on most
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Bluing could mean they're not getting enough water..
If such is the case just set them in a shallow pan and let them soak it up, change in 8h and do it again.. they'll feel the same way they did when you took them out of the dunk. You'd have to ditch the bottom lid/band. Then just keep wet verm on top.
It made me curious in that you've been rotating it so I just wanna be sure.. especially that back cake. Looks kind of tight and shriveled.
It may be worth ditching the bottom stuff to get them water. Sometimes people who use perlite accidentally get really dry shriveled and tight cakes that blue.
But you've got pins, and on day 7 which is great.
Nothing at all to be freaked out over. At all. So rest well I anxiously await pics in the morning. =)
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