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Do you continue to mist fruitbodies as they grow?
    #26941720 - 09/18/20 05:18 AM (3 years, 4 months ago)

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, I'm a noob doing my first monotub.

I've been trying to find an answer to this for the last 2 days, and still can't find a definitive answer that makes logical sense. Here's the general knowledge consensus I've found, which we will walk through so you understand my confusion. Please let me know if any of this information is incorrect:


Contrary to popular belief, misting pins does not cause aborts. Water that is left pooling on pins will cause them to abort. This is usually caused by over-misting, lack of FAE, or both, but misting them in and of itself is not the direct cause. Assuming your FAE is dialed in for the amount you misted and the water is allowed to evaporate off, they will not abort.

I've also read that mushrooms get all of their moisture content from the substrate, and thus don't benefit from the water that lands on them when you mist.

This doesn't make sense though - surely the mushrooms absorb some of the water that lands on them, which makes them grow harder / better / faster / stronger, right? They're ~93% water, after all.

A lot of people say not to mist the fruit bodies as they grow, but the reason they almost always cite is "misting them will cause them to abort", which we already established isn't true. Obviously, if you do decide to actively mist the fruitbodies, you also run the risk of waterlogging them, but to me it would be pretty easy to avoid waterlogging them... just don't mist them if they still have water on them, right?

I already know I should continue misting the substrate throughout the whole grow process in order to keep the substrate's moisture content up. But, for the love of god, can someone please answer if I should or shouldn't actively mist the fruitbodies, and most importantly, why?


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Re: Do you continue to mist fruitbodies as they grow? [Re: MikeSelium]
    #26941724 - 09/18/20 05:20 AM (3 years, 4 months ago)

Mist fruits if they're dry.

If they dont look dry, they're probably fine.


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