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Mushroom-Hut Shop: Substrate Mix

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deep scratching and dunking?
    #5963496 - 08/14/06 05:30 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

OK so there was a small part of my casing that took forever to colonize. By the time it was finished most of the top had overlayed. Now that the first flush is done I did some deep scratching. I want to dunk the casing, however seeing that I just did the scratching should I dunk it now or wait for the damage to recover?


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Re: deep scratching and dunking? [Re: davesj1]
    #5963783 - 08/14/06 07:13 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

I would dunk it now, re-case it, and leave it alone for a while. I used to have a lot of problems with what I thought was overlay when it really wasn't. Deep scratching and dunking, even re-casing forces the casing to expend an unnecessary amount of energy recovering, when it could be using that energy to fruit, so keep a keep eye from now on, and distinguish overlay from uneven colonization.


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Re: deep scratching and dunking? [Re: Newbie]
    #5963855 - 08/14/06 07:35 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

It was definately overlay. It had a light yellow color and was matted down. Nothing pinned there.


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Re: deep scratching and dunking? [Re: davesj1]
    #5963863 - 08/14/06 07:37 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

The light yellow color could have been mycelium piss, it's common. Are you sure you didn't poke it or something and caused it to matte down? It sounds like it could be dry too if it was matte.


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Re: deep scratching and dunking? [Re: Newbie]
    #5964244 - 08/14/06 09:25 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

The problem was waiting for the casing to colonize. Never do that. A fully colonized casing will be a very poor performer because it defeats the purpose of having a casing in the first place. Introduce to pinning conditions as soon as the mycelium shows through the surface. Some growers patch that first spot or two, then when the rest begins to poke through, introduce to fruiting conditions, but patching is optional. Never wait for full colonization.
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Re: deep scratching and dunking? [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #5964564 - 08/14/06 11:02 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

I didn't use a casing. Just Hpoo/coir

EDIT: ah, I see I said casing in the original post. My mistake.


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