pickle_jars said:

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For a PF TEK grow, Id go with a classic: B+, Cambodian, Equador..thats just me.

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I'm just using up spore syringes I already have, most of which were vendor freebies. If some of them don't take, it's not a big loss, and if the others fruit enough to make a ton of prints to share, great. I prefer to work with prints, swabs, and agar, and with LI when I'm doing PF tek cakes (especially coir-based ones) or bottle growing, but joining CAKE WARS II sounded fun and the rules required using MSSs.

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You cant fruit "half a cake", even though you can still get fruits by making say a shoebox

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I've fruited some BRF pucks (which are like 1/4 of a cake) and several grain cakes made from literally just a tablespoon or two of brown rice. Obviously they aren't going to yield much, but that's not the point -- I'm looking for in vitro pins or interesting fruits to clone and print. I'll see if the stalled cakes will at least fruit enough to yield a single usable print.

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Thats right. its possible of course but rather a waste of time, even though as in my case 15ml worth of substrate gave me a huge picture and also: it was a beaut to watch.

As for the varietys, I am still with the classics, I am just so in love with em .

To everybody else:

Nice job people, wonderful substrate blends. Keep working on them blends:)

Penman said:

I’m in!

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Archespore said:

Lay some wonderful cake knowledge on me, boss...

Since I had leftover BRF and vermiculite, but I never intend to make cakes again, I decided to use some leftover (prepped)grain from the last batch and mix it all up to see what happens.Very experimental id say but shoot for it and see what happens

The mix is like 1 part BRF, 1 part verm, 1 part grains 1 part coir, 2 parts water. Ish. I am not familiar with coir or the mix you intend to use, but go for it.

I made up some little jars to fruit in vitro, and some are done up PF style.

For the pf style ones, should I dunk and roll and put in a shoebox sized water tub or shred em up, add a bit more coir, and make up shoeboxes? (To your liking, the sub will fruit anyhow)

Thank you in advance

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NVM I just read one of your other post that says you don't stray from the og mix aside from gypsum.

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flapping_bird said:

maybe we can think of starting CWIII around Sept 1 to Nov 15 and get enough participants lined up to field a BIG FUCKIN ARMY of cultivators!  Wouldn’t that be so fuckin rad? To sell it hard and get like 50 people participating at once…wonder if that’s even possible?

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flapping_bird said:

So, we maybe oughta talk about WHEN cake wars III should start.

I suppose it’s defeatist to start talking about the NEXT war while we’re currently in this one, but, come on…I think we realize that war is just gonna be our way of life from here on out. There’s no escaping it, and looking back there will only be two kinds of people left: those who went to war and those who didn’t.  I think I’d rather fight than lay down. Cakes, shoeboxes, monotubs, bags….where does it end, and it seems so fuckin senseless! What a world!

Seriously though, summer can be a hard time to get participants because things nice outside and folks are busy. With this one ending June 30, maybe we can think of starting CWIII around Sept 1 to Nov 15 and get enough participants lined up to field a BIG FUCKIN ARMY of cultivators!  Wouldn’t that be so fuckin rad? To sell it hard and get like 50 people participating at once…wonder if that’s even possible?

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