John in WI said:

That looks ok.  I'm working with B+ currently, and have seen that before.  You will probbly find the fuzz goes away as they mature.  They certainly look healthy.  It isn't a contamination or mold.

My B+ was having some weird fuzziness of mycelium near the base, but it seems to have diminshed by adding a couple holes in the tub.

good luck! How are you growing them? I looks like vermiculite--it's PF cakes?

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LotKid said:

That "fuzz on the caps" appears to remnants of the universal veil to me.

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John in WI said:

I just returned from several years on Long Island.  For a WI farm kid, living just 20 miles from NYC was a trip!  EVERYTHING tears the wallet off your ass.  A date?  You drop $250.  $35 just to get to the date, $16 cocktails...

It was good to move home.  The Friday fish is awesome, I have to say.

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Timboslice said:

I thnk thats a mutation caused by residual cleaning residue.

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Thanks for the reply Timbo. I never used any cleaning supplies. They have been in tubs there whole life and have come up in the past 2 days with no exposure to room air until lest night. I did moisten the casing 3 days ago from the water hose on a mist setting. Maybe it’s something in my well water that they are pulling from in the casing.

Who knows?

Whatever it is it’s not stunting their growth. I went to bed 6 hours ago and they are noticeably bigger now.

El Chupacabra said:

I believe the mutation you're seeing is sometimes referred to as hairlip. It usually indicates poor environmental conditions, specifically not enough FAE.
You did say in the original post that they get no FAE and you have concerns.
Get them some air.
Also, it probably wasn't as dry as you thought in the first place.

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YogiBear said:

Ok guys I found more pins with this major fuzziness one them. I don’t think this is normal.

Please see the photo and let me know what you think.

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El Chupacabra said:

Also a lack of fresh air would cause uneven pinning and a overall lack of pin formation, so crappier yields.

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Got it. This is my first pin set so I am glad to get just one pin! LOL
I can count a few dozen in each of my 9x13 tubs.l and they are still breaking through.

The fresh air is for evaporation, right? I seen the SFF Shoebox Tek and they get hardly any FAE and fruit nicely.

Frank Rizzo said:

YogiBear said:

Ok guys I found more pins with this major fuzziness one them. I don’t think this is normal.

Please see the photo and let me know what you think.

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Totally normal with this strain, seen it personally as well as on other grow accounts I follow on instagram...Seems to be a more common in B+ Strains sourced from "S...W..." I'm sure you can fill in the blanks if you look at the sponsors. I don't know what causes it to happen just know it's a common occurrence in that strain not much to worry about the final product will be ok.

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