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ZombiWurm
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What to do with 2 BRF cakes?
#26356255 - 12/01/19 08:52 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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I have 2 cakes that are ready and dunking right now. I don't want to make a mini SGFC and the idea of making trays is interesting. If I decide to make a tray with them how do I go about it? Another thing that seems interesting are the grow kits they sell in the Netherlands. I am pretty sure its like just a big tupperware container with BRF inside. Anyone know what I could do with these cakes that wont be a bust or a waste.
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Re: What to do with 2 BRF cakes? [Re: ZombiWurm]
#26356382 - 12/01/19 10:21 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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A really small shoebox maybe why dont u have a sgfc? What about the rest of ur cakes what did u do with them?
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Re: What to do with 2 BRF cakes? [Re: ZombiWurm]
#26356634 - 12/02/19 04:23 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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You could also spawn them to a bulk substrate. The recipe I use is 650g coir, 2 quarts fine verm, and 4 quarts of boiling water. With some quick math you can scale the recipe down. You'll probably only need to use 100g of coir, so scale the recipe with that if you can. For every 1/2 pint BRf cake you will want to use 1 pint of substrate. I normally just fill the jar with substrate and dump it in a container twice to get the 2:1 ratio and then add a little casing layer of substrate. This can be done in a small 3 cup tupperware container and fits perfectly. But you must be able to have at least 2 inches of substrate depth so it needs to be a deep container. After you mix it all up, cover it with foil and poke a few holes and put it in a separate, larger tupperware container. When it comes time to put it into fruiting conditions. You can either making a modified tub similar to most monotub designs or you can get a tupperware container with the flipping lock handles (don't know what else to call them) and you can take the lid off, push the handles in, and rest the lid on top of the handles. It gives enough space for gas exchange and evaporation while also reducing the chance of contaminants falling in. It will need to be fanned twice a day for some FAE and misting when it needs it. You could also place perlite or vermiculite on the bottom of the tupperware container you're fruiting in so water doesn't pool at the bottom and bacteria grows.
Sorry for the long explanation but this seems to work very well for many people. Most don't get contamination until after their second flush and its said to increase the yield from BRF cakes by almost double. With much less maintenance than a SGFC.
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Re: What to do with 2 BRF cakes? [Re: Shrewbie]
#26356638 - 12/02/19 04:29 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Shrewbie said: You could also spawn them to a bulk substrate. The recipe I use is 650g coir, 2 quarts fine verm, and 4 quarts of boiling water. With some quick math you can scale the recipe down. You'll probably only need to use 100g of coir, so scale the recipe with that if you can. For every 1/2 pint BRf cake you will want to use 1 pint of substrate. I normally just fill the jar with substrate and dump it in a container twice to get the 2:1 ratio and then add a little casing layer of substrate. This can be done in a small 3 cup tupperware container and fits perfectly. But you must be able to have at least 2 inches of substrate depth so it needs to be a deep container. After you mix it all up, cover it with foil and poke a few holes and put it in a separate, larger tupperware container. When it comes time to put it into fruiting conditions. You can either making a modified tub similar to most monotub designs or you can get a tupperware container with the flipping lock handles (don't know what else to call them) and you can take the lid off, push the handles in, and rest the lid on top of the handles. It gives enough space for gas exchange and evaporation while also reducing the chance of contaminants falling in. It will need to be fanned twice a day for some FAE and misting when it needs it. You could also place perlite or vermiculite on the bottom of the tupperware container you're fruiting in so water doesn't pool at the bottom and bacteria grows.
Sorry for the long explanation but this seems to work very well for many people. Most don't get contamination until after their second flush and its said to increase the yield from BRF cakes by almost double. With much less maintenance than a SGFC.
One 1/2 pint cake to 1 pint sub is 1:2 bra
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You can spawn them to almost anything. I spawned 1,5 jars of spawn to pure wet vermiculite, it was heavily criticised but it fruited.

But dont do that. Follow a tek.
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Shrewbie said: You could also spawn them to a bulk substrate. The recipe I use is 650g coir, 2 quarts fine verm, and 4 quarts of boiling water. With some quick math you can scale the recipe down. You'll probably only need to use 100g of coir, so scale the recipe with that if you can. For every 1/2 pint BRf cake you will want to use 1 pint of substrate. I normally just fill the jar with substrate and dump it in a container twice to get the 2:1 ratio and then add a little casing layer of substrate. This can be done in a small 3 cup tupperware container and fits perfectly. But you must be able to have at least 2 inches of substrate depth so it needs to be a deep container. After you mix it all up, cover it with foil and poke a few holes and put it in a separate, larger tupperware container. When it comes time to put it into fruiting conditions. You can either making a modified tub similar to most monotub designs or you can get a tupperware container with the flipping lock handles (don't know what else to call them) and you can take the lid off, push the handles in, and rest the lid on top of the handles. It gives enough space for gas exchange and evaporation while also reducing the chance of contaminants falling in. It will need to be fanned twice a day for some FAE and misting when it needs it. You could also place perlite or vermiculite on the bottom of the tupperware container you're fruiting in so water doesn't pool at the bottom and bacteria grows.
Sorry for the long explanation but this seems to work very well for many people. Most don't get contamination until after their second flush and its said to increase the yield from BRF cakes by almost double. With much less maintenance than a SGFC.
One 1/2 pint cake to 1 pint sub is 1:2 bra
Oops. Mixed it up, you still get the point tho. 2 parts substrate and 1 part BRF cake
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I usually fruit BRF cakes in a monotub tote. It works great and I get more flushes out of them. I don't want to waste a monotub on 2 cakes because my grains are almost ready to birth.
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Re: What to do with 2 BRF cakes? [Re: ZombiWurm]
#26356899 - 12/02/19 09:22 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Awesome, thank you all for the advice. I have some foil baking trays that should be 2in deep that I got 3 for $1 at Dollar Tree. Last time I used them was with Tampanensis and they didn't fruit. I think it failed because I didn't case it.
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Re: What to do with 2 BRF cakes? [Re: ZombiWurm]
#26356925 - 12/02/19 09:50 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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2 cakes isn't much spawn for a tray or shoebox. The sub may be too thin and dry out. I'd spawn it with coir (which you can buy already loose in a bag at walmart) in 2 Glad pint twist lock containers. Leave the lids slightly loosened then dubtub with another pint when they fruit.
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Re: What to do with 2 BRF cakes? [Re: ZombiWurm]
#26356927 - 12/02/19 09:52 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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If you have a small box/tub but don't want to ruin it, you can still fruit in it, see this TEK. You can also put the cakes back in the jar and top fruit them. Putting them in some kind of tray with a plastic bag on top will work, too, I guess, if you can mist them regularly--haven't come across a TEK for it though--maybe for a good reason that someone else can explain.
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Re: What to do with 2 BRF cakes? [Re: Grimsweeper]
#26356964 - 12/02/19 10:21 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Grimsweeper said: 2 cakes isn't much spawn for a tray or shoebox. The sub may be too thin and dry out. I'd spawn it with coir (which you can buy already loose in a bag at walmart) in 2 Glad pint twist lock containers. Leave the lids slightly loosened then dubtub with another pint when they fruit.
While I agree it's not optimal, I've done several shoeboxes with 1pt of spawn and it worked fine. I end up spawning "loose ends" to shoeboxes occasionally and have no issues. In fact, I have a shoebox with 1pt WBR/B+ going right meow that is about 50% colonized three days after spawning, and temps in my house have been hovering around 65 on average for the last month or so. Top fruiting isn't a horrible idea though if you want ot play it safe. Can't get any easier than a Ziploc...
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