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tomekk
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How tell if your cake is too dry?
#3195734 - 09/29/04 01:16 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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What are some good ways to tell if your cake is too try?
Do cakes start bruising if they get too dry?
I'm a little worried, my cake looks a little on the dry side, and it looks like i'm having a horrible pin set. So far i'm only counting 3 equally sized pins. Thought i've done everything right.
This is a mycobag btw.
thanks
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Anno
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Re: How tell if your cake is too dry? [Re: tomekk]
#3195741 - 09/29/04 01:17 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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>Do cakes start bruising if they get too dry? Yes. And they get kinda smooth, as opposed to fluffy when the moisture is high.
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Anno
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Re: How tell if your cake is too dry? [Re: tomekk]
#3195749 - 09/29/04 01:20 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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>This is a mycobag btw.
Outside or inside the bag?
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tomekk
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Re: How tell if your cake is too dry? [Re: Anno]
#3195802 - 09/29/04 01:36 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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Anno said: >Do cakes start bruising if they get too dry? Yes. And they get kinda smooth, as opposed to fluffy when the moisture is high.
holy shit. My myc was fluffy and hairy yesterday, but today it's all smooth. What can i do? I think i might have fanned it for too long yesterday...?
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Baby_Hitler
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Re: How tell if your cake is too dry? [Re: tomekk]
#3195869 - 09/29/04 01:55 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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Dunk tek.
Dunk in clean water for 12-24 hours.
Good for right after birth, and inbetween flushes as well.
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Re: How tell if your cake is too dry? [Re: Baby_Hitler]
#3195902 - 09/29/04 02:01 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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what if i just put in my cakes and they are smooth as well. Most were in for much longer than full colonization...should i reydrate now? The shrooms that did start growing were rubbery. Should i just take em all off, have a snack, and dunk em?
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tomekk
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how about water injection? I dunked before, but i would like to experiment with injection. How much water should i inject?
Thanks for the help peeps!
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Yes drummindreadhead if it's past it's first flush atleast. Don't rip off all the pins though if it's initiating it's first flush. Wait until it flushes, and then dunk and let it flush again.
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Baby_Hitler
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If they are still fruiting, wait untill the veils start to break and then harvest.
Dunk immediately afterwards. You can't dunk a cake if it has pins larger than about a 1/4 inch because they may abort, and then possibly rot if you don't remove them causing the cake to contam.
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Re: How tell if your cake is too dry? [Re: Baby_Hitler]
#3196110 - 09/29/04 03:01 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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of my ten cakes, a bunch had started to grow in the jar...if some started to turn dark at the heads, should i pick em off?
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drummindreadhead
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also...my hygrometer is reading freaking 59% humidity...i'm sure it's bunk, i just don't understand since everything in the tub is right and it seals well. is it not sealed enough?
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hyphae
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Re: How tell if your cake is too dry? [Re: tomekk]
#3196155 - 09/29/04 03:13 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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tomekk said:
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Anno said: >Do cakes start bruising if they get too dry? Yes. And they get kinda smooth, as opposed to fluffy when the moisture is high.
holy shit. My myc was fluffy and hairy yesterday, but today it's all smooth. What can i do?
I think i might have fanned it for too long yesterday...?
Tip: Fanning duration need only be 20-30seconds, Thats all it takes and anymore just unnecessarily exposes your chambers to airborne contams. GL
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hyphae
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drummindreadhead said: also...my hygrometer is reading freaking 59% humidity...i'm sure it's bunk, i just don't understand since everything in the tub is right and it seals well. is it not sealed enough?
Most likely junk, follow the teks as suggest, PMP or tub and perlite humidification is easier yet but inferior to the PMP (poor mans pod) and watch the indicators (beading water on the walls (good), split caps (too dry), mycelium on caps (too high an RH), etc; ). I recommend perlite base with water/peroxide at half the depth for a much more stable RH. Then you'll never need a hygometer! GL
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tomekk
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Re: How tell if your cake is too dry? [Re: hyphae]
#3196429 - 09/29/04 04:32 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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hyphae said:
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tomekk said:
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Anno said: >Do cakes start bruising if they get too dry? Yes. And they get kinda smooth, as opposed to fluffy when the moisture is high.
holy shit. My myc was fluffy and hairy yesterday, but today it's all smooth. What can i do?
I think i might have fanned it for too long yesterday...?
Tip: Fanning duration need only be 20-30seconds, Thats all it takes and anymore just unnecessarily exposes your chambers to airborne contams. GL
thank you. I've been fanning for way too long.
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drummindreadhead
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Re: How tell if your cake is too dry? [Re: tomekk]
#3197472 - 09/29/04 08:37 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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i'm using lava rock...heavy shit. i heard perlite was messy.
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