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first grow, am I on the right track?
    #27781530 - 05/17/22 12:21 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

background - won a "kit" at a show...finally got around to injecting the grain bags.  waited until fully white/mycelium (about a month, 2.5# bags) then crumbed up in a tub and used 3/4 substrate under and 1/4 of the coir substrate (5# total more or less) on top.  Did 2 bags/tubs in case I needed a back up.  closed up and left sit for a few days, misting lightly daily...now looking at a blanket of snow white fuzziness on the top of the substrate in the plastic tubs (2 weeks or so since adding the bags) and smells like mushrooms!  one looked a bit dry (compared to my coco bags for other growey things I run) so moderately misted, other had water droplets under and around the rim so flipped the lid on it to allow exchange.  lights on 12hr, fan on 24hr, in my grow tent at 75-77 degrees.

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1, do I continue on as is, or add a casing layer?
2, if they fruit and I harvest the first flush, do I dunk the cake or just heavy mist it?
3,  do i leave the lids on the whole time?  one had the hole for an LED the other clear top is powered by my grow lights.

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Re: first grow, am I on the right track? [Re: Climb512]
    #27781627 - 05/17/22 01:48 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

No need to case, you can dunk or heavy mist

Turn the lids upside down, you don't want a sealed lid it needs to have a gap


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Re: first grow, am I on the right track? [Re: Kmacmo]
    #27781901 - 05/17/22 05:09 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

thanks! btw there are holes/polyfill in them so should be getting good airflow and flip the lids a few hours at a time

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Re: first grow, am I on the right track? [Re: Climb512]
    #27782902 - 05/18/22 11:53 AM (2 years, 7 months ago)

The holes will provide all the passive air flow it needs, no need to move the lids atall.

If you do need more free air exchange make bigger/more holes, or if in emergency just move the lids like you have been


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Re: first grow, am I on the right track? [Re: Kmacmo]
    #27782962 - 05/18/22 12:43 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

make sure your surface conditions look like this at all times. i know you won a kit so i totally get it, but in the future it would be best to do PF tek or work with agar. spores directly to grain tend to be a crap shoot & i don’t often see bags or jars that are truly clean. bacteria can be sneaky. that being said im sure you’ll be fine & get a good flush.


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Re: first grow, am I on the right track? [Re: hazyhorse]
    #27786064 - 05/20/22 06:04 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

thanks for the link.  so after it started white and fluffly now it is back to the color of the substrate, like the mycelium is stalled or gone?  salvageable or need to start over?  no naughty colors, smells like dirt/shrooms. still some fluffly in the corners.  will try to get a pic later

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Re: first grow, am I on the right track? [Re: Climb512]
    #27786070 - 05/20/22 06:10 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

yeah, post pics, but if it’s not white & fluff it probably dried out & isn’t gonna bounce back. no need to toss it but best to start new projects asap


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Re: first grow, am I on the right track? [Re: hazyhorse]
    #27786607 - 05/21/22 08:00 AM (2 years, 7 months ago)



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Re: first grow, am I on the right track? [Re: Climb512]
    #27786759 - 05/21/22 11:02 AM (2 years, 7 months ago)

oh ya that’s dry as hell my friend. the surface probably won’t pin super well & expect a lot of side pins


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Re: first grow, am I on the right track? [Re: hazyhorse]
    #27786826 - 05/21/22 12:23 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

figured, im more used to weed trying to drop humidity lol.  can they be heavy sprayed/fruiting conditions at this point or wet them and back in the dark sealed up?

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Re: first grow, am I on the right track? [Re: Climb512]
    #27786856 - 05/21/22 12:56 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

Why are they sealed and in the dark in the first place? Spawn directly to fruiting conditions. Mist them, and next time make sure your bulk is properly hydrated and dial in your FAE.


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Re: first grow, am I on the right track? [Re: MysticMycologist]
    #27786926 - 05/21/22 01:45 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

yeah mushrooms are quite a bit different lol. like mystic said there’s no reason to seal them or put them in the dark. most people just fruit from spawn now. i’d just give them a heavy mist & keep them from drying out again, but once the surface mats from drying you’re not gonna see a great pin set


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Re: first grow, am I on the right track? [Re: hazyhorse]
    #27786953 - 05/21/22 02:04 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

thank you both.  I did spawn straight to fruiting conditions but obviously did not mist enough.  I thought the seal/dark might help re start the mycellium in the tub; i will keep it moist in fruiting conditions and see what happens.  been readiung up on agar but was hoping this

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Re: first grow, am I on the right track? [Re: Climb512]
    #27786960 - 05/21/22 02:09 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

you also wanna make sure you figure out why they dried up in the first place. ideally you shouldn’t have to mist until after full colonization. maybe that was the case but you definitely do have to keep up those surface conditions if you notice it getting dry


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Re: first grow, am I on the right track? [Re: hazyhorse]
    #27786988 - 05/21/22 02:22 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

well, honestly i didn't do anything to the bulk after mixing in the grains so am sure it was too dry to begin with and then very light (like 2 spritzes a day) didnt get it up to the proper moisture content.

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    #27787018 - 05/21/22 02:43 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

when spawning you wanna make sure your coir is at field capacity, meaning a few small drops to quick stream of water should come out if you squeeze it. when the sub reaches full colonization you wanna see small beads of water all over the surface like in that link i posted earlier in the thread. it’s super important to make sure you have your water content right! also give heavy mists if the sub needs it


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Re: first grow, am I on the right track? [Re: hazyhorse]
    #27787203 - 05/21/22 05:38 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

perfect, thanks again!

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