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Shroom Cap Lion
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Big One! should I let it open cap or harvest it closed with the cap broken
#28254334 - 03/30/23 09:03 AM (9 months, 24 days ago) |
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In my second flush with my first one not too great, very few, i got some small and one HUGE but is still closed like rounded a lot but the veil already broke by a side... my question is, is it better to harvest now? cause i wanted to let it open and have a big cap! but does it affect to other flushes to let the spores fall in the soil or some like that?
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Re: Big One! should I let it open cap or harvest it closed with the cap broken [Re: Shroom Cap Lion]
#28254397 - 03/30/23 09:31 AM (9 months, 24 days ago) |
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If there is already some good mycelium growing in your cake or bag or whatever your substrate is then more spores won't do much. The caps will continue to open after harvest because they don't need more nutrition from the grain coir mix or what you've got. You can harvest the big one now, leave it under a bowl or mug and when the cap opens, let the spores fall onto a piece of aluminum foil or paper for your next grow. To increase the size of the fruits in your grow make sure air flow is getting to the surface of your substrate and allowing the humidity to decrease and then re-increase so any beads of water on the cake are not settling there for too long. Also, check your temps and light exposure. Shrooms like 12 hours of strong but partial light preferably from a natural source.
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Re: Big One! should I let it open cap or harvest it closed with the cap broken [Re: ChRnZN] 2
#28254430 - 03/30/23 09:54 AM (9 months, 24 days ago) |
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If you want a print, let it open. If not, cut it as soon as the veil starts getting stretchy.
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Shroom Cap Lion
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Re: Big One! should I let it open cap or harvest it closed with the cap broken [Re: ChRnZN]
#28256876 - 03/31/23 09:29 PM (9 months, 23 days ago) |
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Thanks i decided cut it and tried to make the spore print, been 24h and i see just very little 2cm black mark and the cap is very wet, i leaved it on a closed tapperware with a little hole in it, maybe was too moist¿? should i let air in? thanks for the info.
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ChRnZN
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Re: Big One! should I let it open cap or harvest it closed with the cap broken [Re: Shroom Cap Lion]
#28257163 - 04/01/23 06:55 AM (9 months, 22 days ago) |
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Yes let some air in or leave the tupperware off and move it somewhere out of the way with more access to fresh air and leave it for a few days. It will drop spores when it gets a little older. Most caps drop spores when they are finished with their regular cycle of growth, so it could still be alive and growing a tiny bit even after you picked it because it doesn't need the cake or whatever it was growing on to finish its life cycle. If it doesn't drop spores in a few more days, it could just be sterile, which happens sometimes in non-ideal conditions.
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Re: Big One! should I let it open cap or harvest it closed with the cap broken [Re: ChRnZN]
#28257214 - 04/01/23 07:43 AM (9 months, 22 days ago) |
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A 6500k light bulb works great.
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