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TrippyMomp



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Shoebox moisture
#26713321 - 06/02/20 08:00 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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everything look ok here I think its almost been a week plus since I started these shoe boxes two of them I think are only 8 or 9 days 1 is more like 11. The one with 11 days seems the most dense/ due to the mixture of verm/ coir it was prebought don't judge lol needed to use it up. the other two were mostly coir and it seems less dense and more fluffy the two coir only keep losing moisture quicker than the other hints the density. they to have a decent amount of water and I don't want to over mist. It just seems like there hasn't been a ton of change of growth ? Ive had them on a 12/12 light schedule since ms inoculation on brf which I shredded into shoeboxes. I have one humidity chamber going but it seems like the shrooms are also growing slow. first flush was quickish giving me 16 grams wet off the cake. the other two cakes are now starting to produce pins but not many, any advice as to what im doing wrong. misting the cakes and shoe boxes to try to keep surface moisture but idk what im doing wrong ? do I need more air ? the myc in the first seem like theyre having trouble due to the density ? can I remix it up and not hurt the myc? Heres some pics.
    
   

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RoscoeReturns
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All of those look too wet to me. I could be wrong because I don’t mix verm in my coir. I like my sub or my cakes to have tiny droplets of moisture sitting on top. Any time they look completely wet, like those pics, it has too much water. Up you FAE, hold off on misting until they dry up a little. When you mist, do it from a few feet away, and let the water drops gently fall onto the sub. Hope that helps.
Edited by RoscoeReturns (06/02/20 08:16 AM)
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That stuff is soaked.
You want coir to look like this

You don’t need to mist shoeboxes until the surface is totally colonized, and even then if the coir was made right you might not have to at all before the first flush.
You need a surface of myc before you worry about surface conditions. They need way less water than you think also. A few sprays aiming out over the tub so it rains down is all you need. Misting isn’t really about giving the tub water it’s about keeping beads of water on the myc so they keep evaporating.
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Edited by A.k.a (06/02/20 11:19 AM)
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TrippyMomp



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Quote:
RoscoeReturns said: All of those look too wet to me. I could be wrong because I don’t mix verm in my coir. I like my sub or my cakes to have tiny droplets of moisture sitting on top. Any time they look completely wet, like those pics, it has too much water. Up you FAE, hold off on misting until they dry up a little. When you mist, do it from a few feet away, and let the water drops gently fall onto the sub. Hope that helps.
Definently the input I needed thank you. I'm almost sure they're too wet its just my first attempt but everytime they dried out the myc clumps got a little bigger in the shoe boxes. I think the fact that I was messing with my humidity chamber at the same time just had me thinking wrong. Do you think leaving the lids like pretty cracked is the best option for a like a day or two. I live in a dry area so I doubt it will take to long for them to dry out. What about remixing the first one that has verm in it or is that dumb ? I feel like that would encourage evaporation if I leave it fluffier
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TrippyMomp



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Re: Shoebox moisture [Re: A.k.a]
#26713993 - 06/02/20 12:46 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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A.k.a said: That stuff is soaked.
You want coir to look like this

You don’t need to mist shoeboxes until the surface is totally colonized, and even then if the coir was made right you might not have to at all before the first flush.
You need a surface of myc before you worry about surface conditions. They need way less water than you think also. A few sprays aiming out over the tub so it rains down is all you need. Misting isn’t really about giving the tub water it’s about keeping beads of water on the myc so they keep evaporating.

Thank you very much. What do you think the best way to go about this is just leave them completly open for a day with maybe a fan on them or is that'll contam prone ? Can I remix the really wet one to fluff it up ? Should I leave my humidity chamber alone misting wise too for a bit ? I was told you really cant get the sub in a humidity chamber to wet because the sub is just to hold the water for evaporation ? Any advice is always appreciated you've been very helpful to my noob ass this far lol
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TrippyMomp



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Funny left it open and got one pin already I was deff overthinking moisture.
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