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Shroomer6sn7s
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cake not pinning...HELP
#24875919 - 12/29/17 11:16 AM (7 years, 19 days ago) |
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Birthed my cake about six days ago dunked for 24 hrs then rolled in verm and put it in my FC. I was using a myco bag with a micron filter at the top as fc but heard it can be really difficult in bags and also would not exceed 80% humidity. So just last night i built a poor mans fc with a gallon size milk jug and put perilite in it. Is there something im missing was misting n fanning about 5 times a day in the myco bag but the cake always seemed dry when id look at it plz what should i do...?
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mushroomnate
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Patience.My last cakes took 11 days to pin.
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Mateja


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Evaporation off the cakes is a key process that creates conditions for pins to start forming, if you mist the cakes 5 times a day then how are they gonna be able to evaporate off moisture if they are always wet? Cakes need to go from glistening to almost dry, and then you mist them again until glistening and you DO NOT mist them again until they start to dry off the glistening moisture.
And "fanning" is really old and pointless information and no one "fans" their fruiting chamber EVER.
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Shroomer6sn7s
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Re: cake not pinning...HELP [Re: Mateja]
#24875973 - 12/29/17 11:50 AM (7 years, 19 days ago) |
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Oh damn ok thank you for telling me shit id be fanning the whole time lol the mycelium looks really healthy too guess im expecting too much rn i will be patient with it thank u for the info guys.
Edited by Shroomer6sn7s (12/29/17 11:51 AM)
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Mateja


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Mushrooms are like yourself, you don´t drink water on fixed schedule, you drink when you´re thirsty otherwise you would get tummy ache if you drank water constantly when you did´t need to GL
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Shroomer6sn7s
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Re: cake not pinning...HELP [Re: Mateja]
#24875991 - 12/29/17 12:03 PM (7 years, 19 days ago) |
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Ya that makes sense man thanks bro I'll need it lol
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Mateja


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Remember no question are stupid when you are just starting out, if you feel too embarrassed to ask on the boards just shoot me a PM. Peace
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Shroomer6sn7s
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Re: cake not pinning...HELP [Re: Mateja]
#24876014 - 12/29/17 12:18 PM (7 years, 19 days ago) |
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Awesome man will do I'll definitely keep u posted bro im a try n get a mini SGFC going but $$ low rn hence the poor man chamber
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Shroomer6sn7s
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Amazing! Guys from just overnight till now the bumps (knots) on the cake in the PMFC lol started to form stringy mycelium again i think they may start pinning soon!
Edited by Shroomer6sn7s (12/29/17 02:31 PM)
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Shroomer6sn7s
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I got 2 pins!!! So excited should i continue my misting and just mist when needed when the cake looks like its drying?
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Callmedaddy
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Congrats. Yep mist it when it's drying out, and light fan after
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Bizziness
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This was me 7 days ago. Now I have 2 fruits in my dehydrator and like 10 pins haha congrats
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Edited by Bizziness (12/30/17 05:09 PM)
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Shroomer6sn7s
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Re: cake not pinning...HELP [Re: Bizziness]
#24879212 - 12/30/17 05:17 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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Hell ya i can finally see the fruits of my labor lol. And thats awesome hope in for more pins. I'll post some pin porn when they start growin oit a little more lol
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Shroomer6sn7s
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Ok one more question guys...should the inside of the sgfc when i open it should it feel warm and humid inside?
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Bizziness
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Shroomer6sn7s said: Ok one more question guys...should the inside of the sgfc when i open it should it feel warm and humid inside?
I use a hydrometer and a thermometer. Humidity between 80 and 100% And temperature between 70 and 85.
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Re: cake not pinning...HELP [Re: Bizziness]
#24885728 - 01/02/18 06:41 PM (7 years, 15 days ago) |
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Humidity doesn't really feel warm in the low 70's. With my sgfc, I can feel it if I breath the air in, but not really with my hands. Just make sure you're away from the walls. I made that mistake and the cakes near the walls are hardly fruiting.
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Re: cake not pinning...HELP [Re: Bizziness]
#24885730 - 01/02/18 06:43 PM (7 years, 15 days ago) |
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Bizziness said:
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Shroomer6sn7s said: Ok one more question guys...should the inside of the sgfc when i open it should it feel warm and humid inside?
I use a hydrometer and a thermometer. Humidity between 80 and 100% And temperature between 70 and 85.
Doesn't 85 open yourself up to the nastys? I've been no lower than 69, no higher than 76 and everything has been great.
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Mateja


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Re: cake not pinning...HELP [Re: Bizziness]
#24885810 - 01/02/18 07:14 PM (7 years, 15 days ago) |
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Bizziness said:
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Shroomer6sn7s said: Ok one more question guys...should the inside of the sgfc when i open it should it feel warm and humid inside?
I use a hydrometer and a thermometer. Humidity between 80 and 100% And temperature between 70 and 85.
You cant really use a hygrometer to get an accurate reading inside a SGFC, at perlite level will be around 100% and above perlite will be somewhere between 50-80% and it will fluctuate also during the day and from day to day just as your RH in your grow area will fluctuate from hour to hour and from day to day. Thats why it´s a better Idea to keep the hygrometer in your grow area instead of the FC. A hygrometer inside the FC will only cause stress and provoke the wrong decisions. Keep an eye on the cakes and not the hygrometer. Closer to the walls will be lower humidity than at the center of the FC. In fact, every spot inside the SGFC will probably give you different readings. The best is to focus on keeping the perlite moist and the SGFC will do it´s job. GL
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Edited by Mateja (01/02/18 07:15 PM)
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Shroomer6sn7s
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Re: cake not pinning...HELP [Re: Mateja]
#24885842 - 01/02/18 07:28 PM (7 years, 15 days ago) |
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Ya i feel ya guys trying not to worry too much. Im definitely gunna not relie on that hydrometer. I do have it close to a wall unfortunately but several inches away from it also i do have my fc in a small closet but try n keep the door open as much as possible and fan a bit after mistings. Here are sum pics thnx again guys really helpful sorry for the pic quality my camera sucks lol
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Mateja


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If you monitor the RH in your grow area then you will know better when the FC needs more attention and when it need less attention 
Also what you can do to test how accurate your reptile hygrometer is (which they don´t stay accurate for long) take a plastic crew top from a coke bottle or whatever, fill it with salt and fill it with water so that the cap contains completely saturated salt. simply place inside a lunch box that keeps totally sealed and place the hygrometer next to the salt and seal. Come back after a few hours and read. It should read exactly 75%. If it reads for example 65% then that´s your TRUE 75% so always add 10%. If it reads 79% in the FC then it means that it´s really 89% and so on. But it will only confuse you inside the FC like I said it´s better to know the RH in the room because RH inside the FC will also be affected by the RH in your grow area.
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Edited by Mateja (01/02/18 07:45 PM)
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