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What can I do??
    #5314903 - 02/18/06 10:45 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

What can I do to get thickier mushrooms?? I have searched the posts and all I came up with is to case the mushies when they are like 1/4 inch w/ peatmoss that is moist, will that work to make them bigger?? is there another way? should I not give them as much light?, I can get monsters, but very few in later flushes,
I have about 30 2 gallon buckets with cakes, about 3-4 inches thick, they get fanned about 3-5 times aday, when they pin I do not mist them, humidity is about 95% when fruiting, they get about 16-18 hours of light a day, cased with about 30/50 coir to peatmoss, and some crushed oyster shells, any tips??


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: liloldme]
    #5314994 - 02/18/06 11:13 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

something is nopt adding up


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: Libertycapper]
    #5314999 - 02/18/06 11:15 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Generally, skinny pins and shrooms means low O2 content.  Try getting more fresh air in there.  :thumbup:


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: License_to_Chill]
    #5315014 - 02/18/06 11:18 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

thank you for your 2 cents, if I can provide any additional info to help me come to a conclusion please ask, I do appreciate the answers, Its nice to get help in return, :smile:


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: liloldme]
    #5315034 - 02/18/06 11:23 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

wot strain by the way? sorry im too lazy to scan your post....  :gethigh:


despite strain, (although it seems you do it already)
check your casings again b/c you said after pinning you dont mist and ususlally this is alright but with some coir and peat moss they are more prone to dehydrate quicker than verm mixes. I suggest if they arent moist enough, moist 1-2 times a day for a week, then see if improvents happen. or something.... yeah hope that helps mamnn


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: DinahTheCat]
    #5315063 - 02/18/06 11:28 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Im getting better at this, slowly might I add, But I am learning. My stain is burma, I can never get flushes like I see on the shroomery, my caing layer is about 3/4 inch think, very moist, I get a good pin set, but then they start elongating and end up like a sharpy pen, I do get like 2-3 fatties per casing, and then the rest are really small, I'll look for a pic on the site that looks similar...


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: liloldme]
    #5315079 - 02/18/06 11:31 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

ah well dont dismay at the trophius pictures of the experts on this site, i mean i got some nice ones my first time!  have you tried cakes as of yet? Although less mushrooms, they are bigger for the inexperienced.(like me :wink:)


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: DinahTheCat]
    #5315136 - 02/18/06 11:43 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Yea thats how I started, not too fond of the cakes, I can produce more with casings, Should I mist them?? I will do more air flow, I put 2 holes near the bottom of each fruiting cake with ployfil to help, any other suggestions??


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: liloldme]
    #5315152 - 02/18/06 11:46 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Optimal spawn, substrate, casing cover, tempuratures, humidity, light & FAE, as well as practice will get you thicker crops.

It is not all easy, nor simple. Time & practice is required.


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: liloldme]
    #5315157 - 02/18/06 11:47 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

you could try using horse poo instead of cakes.


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: Chrissss]
    #5315190 - 02/18/06 11:58 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

They are WBS, spawned with horse poo, I quit doing the poostrava, just poo and wbs, cased with coir and peat about 30/50 ratio...


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: liloldme]
    #5315216 - 02/19/06 12:08 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

you could try doing a thicker substrate level. other than that i dont konw what to tell you. maybe a more meaty strain.


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: Chrissss]
    #5315269 - 02/19/06 12:29 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

hmmm, thats a good idea, is 3-4 inches not thick enough? I have seen extremly good flushes on casings that were only 2 inches thick.


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: liloldme]
    #5315354 - 02/19/06 12:52 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

just mist,what is the rH of the substrate? if you have a hygrometer altogh./..


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: DinahTheCat]
    #5315392 - 02/19/06 01:07 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

no I do not, maybe I should go a buy one, I did the test where I sqeeze the substrate, a few drops of moisture comes out when I do that, Im asuming that the moisture content is fine, But I will go buy a hydrometer tomorrow, where would I get one????????


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: liloldme]
    #5315417 - 02/19/06 01:14 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

you want fat?......KSSS strain are the answer


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: liloldme]
    #5315419 - 02/19/06 01:15 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

um, petsmart should be fine, but it seems your substrate is moist enough, i suggest tho misting the air ABOVE the substrate, so that the relative humidty in the fruiting chamber will be high, should be (after you get meter) anywhere from 85-98


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: DinahTheCat]
    #5315434 - 02/19/06 01:22 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

ok im a freaking retard, I DO have a hydrometer, Its a digital one, paid like 30 $ for it, I was confuzing it with a soil moisture testing thing. the rh is about 95.


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: SirTripAlot]
    #5315437 - 02/19/06 01:23 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Did a trade, that strain is on the way!!(i hope)


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Re: What can I do?? [Re: liloldme]
    #5315494 - 02/19/06 02:11 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

I have a mush diary, I log different things I do, like replacing oyster shells with rolaids, don't try it, it sucks ass, It works, but sucks ass. Im sure I will be happy with the ksss when it gets here, It kinda sucks, I have always been the kinda hands on, monkey see monkey do, kinda student, too bad they never tought me this in science class, then maybe I would be posting stuff in the advanced forms by now....


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