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bartak59
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Cakes directly on perlite?
#5549377 - 04/23/06 09:43 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Is it okay to place BRF cakes directly on the perlite in a terrarium? From pics I've seen, it seems like cakes that sit directly on the moist perlite end up exploding with mushrooms from the bottom. I was planning on placing them on foil but now I'm thinking they may go bareback if it improves flushing.
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Snaggletooth
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Re: Cakes directly on perlite? [Re: bartak59]
#5549386 - 04/23/06 09:45 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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set them on the lids or tinfoil....
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Re: Cakes directly on perlite? [Re: bartak59]
#5549388 - 04/23/06 09:45 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I would put them on foil from what I've heard. I personally use a mister w/ my FC(so there's no perlite) and have my cakes on wire mesh so their not sitting directly on the FC floor.
Edited by HSIHd (04/23/06 09:46 PM)
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bartak59
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Re: Cakes directly on perlite? [Re: HSIHd]
#5549410 - 04/23/06 09:52 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Hmm, I may put half of em on foil and leave the other half on the perlite and see if there's any difference in the end.
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alahra
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Re: Cakes directly on perlite? [Re: bartak59]
#22434052 - 10/25/15 10:34 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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How did the test turn out? Im curious after reading the thread ^\(•_•)/^/^
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MasterPython
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Re: Cakes directly on perlite? [Re: alahra]
#22434077 - 10/25/15 10:45 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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No one in this thread has been heard from in years.
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I'll save you a little suspense while you wait for a reply from a 9 year old thread. Place you cakes on foil or lids. Placing directly on the perlite will dry your cakes out.
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Pastywhyte
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Placing cakes on perlite won't dry them out, quite the opposite. They will try to colonize the perlite, waste energy doing it, and they will risk becoming water logged.
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Fungus Mountain
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Re: Cakes directly on perlite? [Re: Pastywhyte]
#22435581 - 10/26/15 11:29 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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DrMushroom
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Re: Cakes directly on perlite? [Re: Pastywhyte]
#23091786 - 04/06/16 09:40 PM (7 years, 9 months ago) |
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This is true, i did this, though, i laid down some flyscreen mesh ontop of the perlite, my cakes didnt seem anymore better off at all than when they were suspended in the air. the mushrooms also became totally waterlogged. myc and water do not appear to mix well.
IMO best way to go is make the top of the cake especially thick with verm so when you sit it on a surface you have that buffer. Plus it protects from contams too. If any liquid water winds up there its going to have less of an effect for sure too.
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Re: Cakes directly on perlite? [Re: DrMushroom]
#23091908 - 04/06/16 10:10 PM (7 years, 9 months ago) |
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Hey funny this should come up
You might try something like this
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Re: Cakes directly on perlite? [Re: mushpunx]
#23091921 - 04/06/16 10:14 PM (7 years, 9 months ago) |
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I used my metal lids, and the fuckin cakes colonized over the edges grabbing up random chunks of perlite... I like your idea there MP
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Re: Cakes directly on perlite? [Re: mushpunx]
#23092159 - 04/07/16 12:10 AM (7 years, 9 months ago) |
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thats just the cakes ontop of lids right?
Also did you even roll? or did you just pour fine verm over them while wet? i like that way allot better than what im doing
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