Trich said:

After the first flush, i typically have a handful of aborts before 2nd flush pins come in and grow to be full sized fruits. Typically speaking, just make sure you rehydrate your substrate after you pull the first flush.

I think it is just the mycelium giving up on old fruits and sending all of its energy towards the new flush.

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mushboy said:

might be contaminated. got pics of the first flush?

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got no pics of before harvesting but these are some pics after a few where taken out of each tub, the dryers were full - absolutely no signs of any contams, the fluffy areas that are spread out is mycelium that has regrown over the stumps left over from removing the fruits with a scalpel - i can see how the fluffy area's could look like trich that is not mature yet

bw86 said:

sometimes it is what it is, you never know with a box of MS.
i would dunk it.

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CannabisKid said:

yeah i think a dunk is in order, the substrate is starting to shrink on its first flush.. do you guys  think the substrate was probably not at its optimal field capacity for it to already be shrinking after 20 days into fruiting?

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Trich said:

CannabisKid said:

yeah i think a dunk is in order, the substrate is starting to shrink on its first flush.. do you guys  think the substrate was probably not at its optimal field capacity for it to already be shrinking after 20 days into fruiting?

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It's not uncommon for me.

I typically wipe the first flush, then rehydrate. I personally just like to give a heavy misting- then i monitor how the surface conditions look within the following week to decide whether more water is due, or not.

To answer your questions, after 16-20 days, i typically see a significant amount of shrinking.

You are all good, so long as you tested whether your sub was at field capacity, I see no reason to think that it is under hydrated!

Hope this helps, good luck my man!

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CannabisKid said:

Trich said:

CannabisKid said:

yeah i think a dunk is in order, the substrate is starting to shrink on its first flush.. do you guys  think the substrate was probably not at its optimal field capacity for it to already be shrinking after 20 days into fruiting?

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It's not uncommon for me.

I typically wipe the first flush, then rehydrate. I personally just like to give a heavy misting- then i monitor how the surface conditions look within the following week to decide whether more water is due, or not.

To answer your questions, after 16-20 days, i typically see a significant amount of shrinking.

You are all good, so long as you tested whether your sub was at field capacity, I see no reason to think that it is under hydrated!

Hope this helps, good luck my man!

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man, thank you so much! i really appreciate you sharing your experiences with me. i gave them a really good misting, i checked my RH and it seem to be just over 80%, which makes me think FAE is good, just need to increase the frequency i mist the tubs, maybe 2-3 times a day if required.

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