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WoolyMarmot
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Substrate not holding moisture after 1st flush
#26940911 - 09/17/20 03:29 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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I wanna know if this is actually normal, if not what am I doing wrong? There is still condensation building on walls but none on the substrate after the first flush
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Re: Substrate not holding moisture after 1st flush [Re: WoolyMarmot]
#26940917 - 09/17/20 03:35 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Did you try dunking, bottom watering, or misting it? Most of the weight that you harvest is water weight. Maybe your cubes just need some more agua
I've heard some people say that they're able to get a 2nd flush w/o dunking, but that hasn't been my experience, and as far as I know it's common practice to dunk after the first flush
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Re: Substrate not holding moisture after 1st flush [Re: meowjinx]
#26941143 - 09/17/20 06:10 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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I've already dunked it overnight after harvest. It looks fine moisture-wise. My problem has more to do with the top surface conditions( water droplets forming) which worries me because it might cause better conditions on the bottom/sides. Also, the substrate seems traumatized, and hasn't recovered. All the pins I left have stalled/aborted and it's recovering slowly(been 5 day since harvest)
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Re: Substrate not holding moisture after 1st flush [Re: WoolyMarmot]
#26941162 - 09/17/20 06:20 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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In my experience, all of this sounds normal. You'll definitely have better conditions on the sides, it's pretty tough to avoid side-pins after a solid first flush. And, perhaps I'm doing something totally wrong, but for me, the leftover pins after a flush tend to abort more often than recover, and it takes several days for the mycelium to start to form new knots and pins.
Don't fret about the ones that have aborted, just wait for the substrate to do its thing. Don't over-mist because you're not seeing water beading on the surface like you were with the first flush.
Of course there's a chance it's bacterial and it'll stall (pics would help, if you want help diagnosing this), but more likely it'll pull through! Good luck.
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WoolyMarmot
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Re: Substrate not holding moisture after 1st flush [Re: redbee]
#26941227 - 09/17/20 07:24 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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If that's the case then what do you personally do when your pinset is uneven? Harvest everything or pluck the fastest growers? I've heard of some people cutting matured caps so it doesn't unload spores and let the rest grow
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