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Re: BRF Timeline: progress tracking incl. pictures [Re: wisesnake] 1
#26716225 - 06/03/20 09:18 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yeah mine are a similar situation. It’s indirect light except for an hour or two in the afternoon. Never had a problem with it though other than heat issues.
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Re: SLOW BRF Timeline: progress tracking incl. pictures [Re: wisesnake]
#26781345 - 06/25/20 07:25 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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The fruiting of this cake is going really slowly, and I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong. The cake had its issues - there was a contamination spot just before it reached full colonization, so I decided to cut away anything that wasn't colonized, then dunk+roll and hope for the best. But it's been 22 (!) days, and besides becoming somewhat more white on the surface, nothing much has happened:
 
The cake isn't looking half as fluffy as pictures I've seen browsing through the forum. I realize that skipping consolidation will delay, but this seems excessive no?
The SGFC is located on my balcony, and as far as I can tell it's built to spec. The cake feels dry rather often, so I mist 3-4 times a day. I've been wondering if there even is such a thing as overmisting cakes? The climate has been a bit on the cold / wet side, usually below 20°C / 68°F.
Ah, and there's this black spot on the top of the cake that worries me:

On another note, I've recently transferred another cake after dunk+roll, this time fully colonized and consolidated, 2 days in the SGFC:

What I've also wondered is the timeline for colonization. The very first cake to reach full colonization took 39 days, the others - almost all of which are now contaminated - are on Day-48 and 31 respectively. Reading about 2 week colonization times from other people I wonder what is going on there.
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Re: SLOW BRF Timeline: progress tracking incl. pictures [Re: wisesnake] 1
#26781523 - 06/25/20 08:32 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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That black spot is sketchy.
Have you successfully fruited anything in that chamber? 22 days is a loooong time and since the cake isn’t bruised at all it seems like it’s probably not getting enough air.
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Re: SLOW BRF Timeline: progress tracking incl. pictures [Re: A.k.a]
#26781831 - 06/25/20 10:54 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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No, it's my first time. I drilled plenty of holes though, and I've been fanning 3-5 times a day. Can't imagine air exchange to be an issue tbh
What would bruising indicate? Too much water?
Edited by wisesnake (06/25/20 10:58 AM)
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Re: SLOW BRF Timeline: progress tracking incl. pictures [Re: wisesnake] 1
#26781845 - 06/25/20 10:59 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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would indicate too dry
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Help plz: PINS in not fully colonized jar! [Re: wisesnake]
#26791274 - 06/29/20 02:58 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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I just noticed in one of my jars pins started to form, even though it's not at full colonization. There's a large yellow spot (I guess these are metabolites), and several pins:
 
What should I do? Go ahead and birth, dunk+roll. Should I cut away the uncolonized bit? Or leave a few more days? It's been colonizing for 52 days, it would probably take another week or more for the uncolonized bit to finish.
EDIT: I've decided to birth and remove the uncolonized bits. There was definitely something bacterial going on, as this part of the cake pretty much fell off when I birthed it. Cake's now dunking.
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Re: SLOW BRF Timeline: progress tracking incl. pictures [Re: wisesnake]
#26808167 - 07/07/20 12:56 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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I have a question regarding my first pinning cake ( )
The pins already seem to be breaking the veil, should I already do a harvest after only 7 days of fruiting? The mycelium was already pinning inside the jar:
  
Also, I'm still not sure if there is such a thing as "too wet" and I'm afraid I'm misting too much. Most of the time I check the cakes are dry, so I'll spray them. That's 3-5 times a day. The humidity is much better now that I got proper perlite.
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Re: SLOW BRF Timeline: progress tracking incl. pictures [Re: wisesnake] 1
#26808284 - 07/07/20 05:03 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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That one looks like it aborted, I’d leave it but only because it’s on top of healthy pins you don’t want to damage.
There’s definitely such a thing as too wet but idk much about cakes or SGFC. If they’re dry seems like it should be fine to mist though.
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Re: SLOW BRF Timeline: progress tracking incl. pictures [Re: A.k.a]
#26810273 - 07/08/20 04:12 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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thanks for the reply!
Some of the other pins aren't looking overly healthy either. I flipped the cake so the pinning spot has a bit more space. The one (formerly) at the top is probably the best one atm. Not sure how I should proceed. Fruiting for 8 days now:

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