Maormuisir said:

Were there any special features about these beautiful friends? It is said that they are quite simple, but love warmth? How was the humidity regulated? A great result!!!

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fahtster said:

Third flush weza shorties

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fahtster said:

Weza finishing out its second flush..


I love days when all the trays in a tub are doing something I can stare at lol

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When a colonized casing dries out, it can no longer form hyphael knots.  And without knots, it won't pin.

A colonized casing alone isn't overlay.  And there are various strategies to avoid it.

Such as, isolating wispier mycelium on plates, initiating pinning prior to the casing colonizing, and keeping the rH high enough that the casing doesn't dry out during initial first flush knot and pin formation.

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As to why it's doing it, I don't know.  I only saw that type of growth once when I tried to use coir and calcium to case Mystery SA.  It still pinned okay, but the casing just wasn't a good casing for the project, and peat based casing did better.

It could be other factors causing it, like bacteria or a mold hitchhiking.  But what you're seeing is a form of thick aerial mycelium.  As long as it doesn't dry out and prevent pinning, it's not overlay.  And even if the bit above the casing dries out, you have a lot of other pinning surface.

This wasn't even overlay, because I kept the conditions very humid so it could pin.



See, they pushed right through the mat, because it wasn't dry.

The Tao said:

Yep. BRF and ground millet pucks and cakes have fruited for me. I haven’t added any fertilizers yet. That’s a fall project.

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Did you do anything to get them to pin or just they pinned in the jars?

I did spore print>agar>brf>agar. Just put the cleanest to some bottles to hopefully fruit. BRF pucks at 2 months and no sign of pins. They dont look great though. Plate look much better. But its been 5+ transfers.

But thank you for the info.
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