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Offlinefaceyneck
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First time grow help (with pics...hopefully)
    #5758889 - 06/16/06 09:52 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Hello,

I have read nearly everything on this site about growing cakes before I began, and I am only posting here as a last resort. If someone knows where these issues are addressed in the cultivation section, I appologize, and please tell me where I should go. Also, this is my first real post, so if my pictures don't upload, I appologize for that also.

My first problem is this:



If that worked, you should be looking at a picture with a dark blue spot. I made that myself to see if the blue on the cake was bruising or not. If you can't see the photo, I hope someone can tell me what I did wrong when trying to upload.

Regardless, I tried to bruise the cake because it was getting light blue all over the top: very faint. I still don't know if its contam or not, and I am posting to ask if it is normal for there to be some slight bruising on cakes or not, or if it is likely contam, or if I am doing something with the humidification that is bruising it.

My next problem is this:

Here (hopefully) are some pictures of my cakes:





If those uploaded right, you should see some pretty normal looking cakes, without pins. However, they have been in the fruiting chamber for about 5 days, give or take a few hours. Should I worry about the fact that they are not pinning, or is it likely still that they will pin?

Also, how long should I wait before I assume that I'm not going to get pins?

And one last problem:

For humidification I am running an ultrasonic humidifier set on 7 events per day for five minutes every 3-4 hours, as well as two fish tank bubblers to provide some constant humidity and air flow. The MMGG said that you should run the humidified air through several 2 liter bottles before it enters the chamber to avoid large water droplets from touching the mycelium, but I have also read that this is unnecessary. Since the humidifier is rigged right into the grow chamber with my setup, is there a chance that the water droplets are causing bruising? Also, is this bad? Is there a chance that they will fruit regardless, if that is the case?

And in closing:

Thank you for reading my post. I appreciate any positive feedback. I have been reading you guys' posts for a while and you seem very knowledgeable. Please help me, and thank you in advance for taking the time to read my post.


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Re: First time grow help (with pics...hopefully) [Re: faceyneck]
    #5759685 - 06/17/06 02:56 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Your first pix kinda sux and its hard to tell what's going on.

Your other cakes look GOOD.

I wouldnt worry about them yet.
GIve them at least 10 days before you start to worry

:goodluck:


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Re: First time grow help (with pics...hopefully) [Re: niteowl]
    #5759699 - 06/17/06 03:10 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Patiences young one(lol jk) I know it is hard when you are just starting out. I look back on my first now and kind of compare it to when I was an expecting father. You worry that everything is going right and if something looks even the littlest bit out of wack you start asking the doctor and other parents, I guess this is also why I call my mushrooms my children. I am with niteowl about the first pic, not clear enough to help on it, but your other pics look just fine, so relax in the comfort that they looking good and still inthe time frame of normal. GL


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Re: First time grow help (with pics...hopefully) [Re: kilroy]
    #5759705 - 06/17/06 03:16 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

yea cakes take a while to pin, dont worry. and if its blue, its probably just bruising. contams are usually green or redish.


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Re: First time grow help (with pics...hopefully) [Re: Delusionz]
    #5759708 - 06/17/06 03:21 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Cobweb has an ugly grayish look to me. I know it was cobweb because it took over the jar in less than 24 hours, I noticed it and then like bam it was all over it.


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Re: First time grow help (with pics...hopefully) [Re: kilroy]
    #5759714 - 06/17/06 03:25 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

yea i lost most of my jars to a red contam that smelled really nasty. if it doesnt smell bad, then you should have nothing to worry about.


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Re: First time grow help (with pics...hopefully) [Re: Delusionz]
    #5759960 - 06/17/06 08:02 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Thanks for the input.

Also, the stupid fucking timer that I bought sometimes malfunctions and turns itself off. I was thinking about putting a bed of pearlite in the fruiting chamber. Would that be recommended or no?


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