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fmx420
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Casings slow to fruit?
#6025973 - 09/03/06 07:49 PM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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Setup: Rubbermaid with perlite on bottom 90% RH (reading on reptile hydro meter)
Substrate: 5 tinfoil trays cased -each containing three 1/2 pint PF tek cakes.
Casing: 50/50 peatmoss and vermiculite -moistend very well
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Background:
I ordered mazies and got a single syringe, from there I injected spores into 9 jars...only one that surived in the end; the rest being lost to contams.
I put my single cake in a 1 pint jar; layerd with perlite and gave it air exchange each day + light. Two days later a tiny pin poped up...and stoped growing for weeks. No other pins to come up either 
I took the cake into a glove box and used tweerzers to pick off pieces of mycelium to put into karo water.
After a few weeks, I had tons of mycelium to work with as liquid cultures. From there I made more cakes and cased them. Resulting in my curret setup. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It has been about two weeks sinced I have started the fruiting of my trays. I give them light each day (about 5mins-8mins each day) and fan only once per day.
Should I give more air exchange + more light? Less humidity?
The casing layer has got colonized quite a bit...Im scared of overlay. But it is not 100% covered, its about 75-85% covered. The colonizing of the casing layer has seemed to stop now and the top mycelium is looking all rough.
Ive been thinking that maybe I got bad mycelium - where it dont want to fruit or something?
Or is it just taking time?
Any comments or ideas would be helpful & appreciated.
Thanks
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Westnile
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Re: Casings slow to fruit? [Re: fmx420]
#6026023 - 09/03/06 08:12 PM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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You need to have more air exchange. Fanning once a day is not enough. The possibility of overlay increases with less air exchange. You need to drop the Co2 levels by fanning in order to stop your myc from growing and start your mushies pinning.
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Civ
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Re: Casings slow to fruit? [Re: Westnile]
#6026045 - 09/03/06 08:20 PM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
You need to have more air exchange. Fanning once a day is not enough. The possibility of overlay increases with less air exchange. You need to drop the Co2 levels by fanning in order to stop your myc from growing and start your mushies pinning.
-------------------- "...Gal's seem to hate the thought of blending chicken shit in a blender.
So, wash it well afterwards & DON'T tell them..." -Agar
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Premedman1
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Re: Casings slow to fruit? [Re: Westnile]
#6026047 - 09/03/06 08:21 PM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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5-8 minutes of light/day? Are you sure you didn't mean 5-8 hours of light per day. 12+ hours of light per daily cycle is optimal. Up your FAE (fanning). Make sure you keep your casing layer moist to avoid overlay.
-------------------- Build a man a fire, he is warm for the night. Set a man on fire, he is warm for the rest of his life.
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fmx420
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Re: Casings slow to fruit? [Re: Premedman1]
#6026268 - 09/03/06 09:38 PM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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Wow,
Thanks for the fast replys people 
Hmm...looks like I need to be more on the ball with my fruiting. So more air exchange and more light! I was under the impression that they only needed a few mins of light each day :|
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