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FerrisHeart
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Are my PF-Tek Myco Pots at 100% colonization? Ready to Fruit?
#27136934 - 01/09/21 07:08 AM (3 years, 19 days ago) |
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Hi everyone,
Happy New Year! First time poster here. Attaching some pictures of current mycelium growth using PF-TEK mycopot growkits. And looking for some advice as to whether they are ready to start fruiting or not.
The pictures show 3 different pots - two side shots, one bottom shot and one top shot.
They've all been at this stage of growth for the past week and a half now. They don't seem to be changing much.
Just wondering - are pots 1 and 2 ready to start fruiting? Even if the top layer doesn't seem to have colonised (my feeling is the mycopots have a different layer of material on top which prevents colonisation but can't be sure)
Also - is there anything I can do to improve the colonisation of Pot 3? Can't seem to work out why the colonisation is so uneven. I gave it a bit of a shake recently but it doesn't seem to have done much.
Any and all advice would be hugely appreciated! Thanks so much in advance!
Pot 1 - Picture 1

Pot 1 - Picture 2

Pot 1 - Picture 3 (bottom)

Pot 1 - Picture 4 (top)

Pot 2 - Picture 1

Pot 2 - Picture 2

Pot 2 - Picture 3 (bottom)

Pot 2 - Picture 4 (top)

Pot 3 - Picture 1

Pot 3 - Picture 2

Pot 3 - Picture 3 (bottom)

Pot 3 - Picture 4 (top)
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Re: Are my PF-Tek Myco Pots at 100% colonization? Ready to Fruit? [Re: FerrisHeart]
#27136938 - 01/09/21 07:10 AM (3 years, 19 days ago) |
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If the kits are like regular PF Tek, then the top layer is only vermiculite, not mixed with BRF. It’s there as a filter, not for colonization.
Those look fully colonized to me.
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Re: Are my PF-Tek Myco Pots at 100% colonization? Ready to Fruit? [Re: Sold Out Online]
#27136962 - 01/09/21 07:36 AM (3 years, 19 days ago) |
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Pots 1 and 2 look good. The top layer of vermiculite is dry and there to work as a contamination barrier and it may be badly done (grow kits are notoriously bad) so it isn't flat at the top, in which case it wont grow any further and you would pop it out to fruit.
Pot 3, either the ingredients were awfully mixed, the dry layer is down the middle, it hasn't finished growing, or it is contaminated. Did you shake the spore solution thoroughly? If you're lucky it is just colonising slowly due to few spores being injected with the solution.
Get a sharpie and mark the outer edge of the mycellium and leave them another week to see if any further growth occurs. If there is no change I'd pop them out and give them a whiff, look carefully for any colours (some bluing is okay, just bruising) then try to fruit them, although keep them away from each other as they may still be contaminated and you don't want to ruin them.
In future I would strongly recommend you make your own cakes, its so much cheaper and you can learn what you are doing much better.
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FerrisHeart
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Re: Are my PF-Tek Myco Pots at 100% colonization? Ready to Fruit? [Re: FerrisHeart]
#27137401 - 01/09/21 10:47 AM (3 years, 19 days ago) |
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Thanks so much, both! Really appreciate the advice! This is my first venture into the world of growing and I'm looking forward to trying to make it from scratch soon
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