2. what are you using for humidity?
casings do not need as much humidity
as regular cakes do, all you really need
is a terrium to put them in and spray it
with a hand sprayer a couple times a day.
Perlite usually is too much humidity for casings.

I have them in a perlite terrarium. Should I just put them in a rubber container and mist? Do you mist directly onto the top of the casing? Do they just fruit when they are ready or should I cold shock? What is the longest period from casing until fruiting a person could expect? (When do I give up and trash it?)

Peace,
Mithrandir

Thanks again, and sorry for asking so many questions.

Peace,
Mithrandir

Thanks

hey Ryche Hawk, your casing tek sounds like a real winner. are you using Amazons or Gulf Coasters? i am trying to get a handle on the suttle differences between the two as far as casing goes.

as far as the different strains taking to the PF cake, i can only go by my empirical data and the testimony & photo's of others. i have only grown Gulf Coasters and compared to the pics in the gallery, i find that the Amazons dig the cake more than the G/C strain. this is evident by way of massive flushes. my guess is that it's due to moisture--and that casing creates the womb-like, happy-place that the G/F'ers need as encouragement to reproduce.
what do you think?

How many days from first sight of pinning until the flush takes off?

How do I know what strain I have? I ordered from PF.

Pnyx

CASING IS THE WAY TO GO;

I'm currently using the PF cake style settup in a MMGG style styrofoam cooler that's getting humidity from an ultrasonic humidifier attatched to a timer. I am planning on trying casing, and have found that I can fit three 4" X 8" containers in the terrarium. My questions are:

1. Should I still use the humidifier or should I switch to hand spraying? Everything I've read suggests that the humidifier would be too powerful for this settup. Is this true?

2. Should I poke holes in the bottom of the trays to let excess water drain out or does this defeat the entire purpose?

Sterilizing your peat moss actually increases chances of contamination! The Bible (King Stamets Version) says so:

1. Peat based casings rarely require sterilization because its "acidic condition precludes many contaminants from colonizing it as a substrate." This is the primary reason we add buffering agents like lime, chalk or oyster shell to the casing layer; the effect of these agents is to basify the acidic peat to mushroom-friendly levels.

2. There are high levels of beneficial bacteria which inhabit the casing layer,
resulting in "increased primordia formation, earlier cropping and higher yields." He concludes by saying that "these same bacteria give the casing a natural resistance to competitors. IN THIS RESPECT, A STERILIZED CASING LACKS BENEFICIAL MICROORGANISMS AND HAS LITTLE RESISTANCE TO CONTAMINANTS." (My emphasis.)

if I find out more about the success of this i'll keep you informed

Sorry i keep repeating, i dont know why its doing that.

"I repeat myself when under stress"
King Crimson

that one is for the dumpster

I also,have 2 cakes,uncased, one two week
old the other 1 week, and none of those have
"pins" either.
what am i doing wrong?

So I'm moving it back up to the top of the list

Lana

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