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To birth or not to birth

#473357 - 11/29/01 08:16 AM (23 years, 5 months ago)

Heyaz

I have some cakes that look about ready to birth... one of them especially.. It appears to have all kinds of riz growth, which looks very nice.. it's covered in mycelium... a couple of concerns though...

I notice at the top of the jar, just under the verm layer, the mycelium is not very thick, it's about 1/4 " at the top thats kinda sparse.. does this mean I should let it colonize longer?

and I also note in this one particular jar that there appear to be little white knots forming on the sides in some places.. a bunch of small ones, and one big one about 1/4" in radius... will these become pins?

should I birth before they do?

please help! :)

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Re: To birth or not to birth

[Re: Hammerloaf]
#473367 - 11/29/01 08:46 AM (23 years, 5 months ago)

Wait until you see actual pins.

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Re: To birth or not to birth

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#473372 - 11/29/01 08:51 AM (23 years, 5 months ago)

when I see the pins, and birth the cake.. I'd like to make SOS casings.. should I remove the pins before doing so, or leave them?

Thanks for the advice btw puscle, it's much appreciated.

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Re: To birth or not to birth

[Re: Hammerloaf]
#473386 - 11/29/01 09:13 AM (23 years, 5 months ago)

remove the pins if you case

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puscle
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Re: To birth or not to birth

[Re: Hammerloaf]
#473391 - 11/29/01 09:23 AM (23 years, 5 months ago)

Oh! If you're going to case, then go ahead, they're ready.

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Re: To birth or not to birth

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#473401 - 11/29/01 09:34 AM (23 years, 5 months ago)

Hmm.. so you can case even when they're mostly colonized?

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#473415 - 11/29/01 09:58 AM (23 years, 5 months ago)

Did I misread? I thought your cakes were completly white.

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#473427 - 11/29/01 10:13 AM (23 years, 5 months ago)

actually.. they are very close.. my original post mentioned how the cakes are slightly less colonized near the top of the jars... I was curious what this means..

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Re: To birth or not to birth

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#473431 - 11/29/01 10:19 AM (23 years, 5 months ago)

Allright,then wait until they're colonized. Shouldn't be long now.

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#473433 - 11/29/01 10:20 AM (23 years, 5 months ago)

if you used a top dry verm layer to isolate any contams it's more than obvious that the top is not colonized, and it never will be.

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#473453 - 11/29/01 10:53 AM (23 years, 5 months ago)

thanks for the input lemming... but as I said above the top of the CAKE is not colonized fully... not the bottom of the SEAL..

:-)

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Re: To birth or not to birth

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#473524 - 11/29/01 12:12 PM (23 years, 5 months ago)

One last question... when they are ready, very soon... if they have pins, should I remove these before casing?

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Re: To birth or not to birth

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#473550 - 11/29/01 12:34 PM (23 years, 5 months ago)

yes. eat them too

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#473551 - 11/29/01 12:34 PM (23 years, 5 months ago)

sorry, this mouse likes to dbl click itself. cheapass work issued compaqs

Edited by BeppoMarx (11/29/01 12:48 PM)

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Re: To birth or not to birth

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#473561 - 11/29/01 12:42 PM (23 years, 5 months ago)

Is it that important that you needed to say it twice?

:-) j/k

Thanks for the advice!

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