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mushrooms growing off perlite
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mycelium has spread through the drainage holes in the bottom of my casing and has colonized all the perlite at the bottom of the terrarium and now mushrooms are growing of it. does this happen often? and how should i go about dunking the casing tray since its stuck to the perlite?


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Re: mushrooms growing off perlite [Re: darwin_man]
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....... sounds unlikely.

perlite has no nutritional value, that I am aware of....


you should post a pic.


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Re: mushrooms growing off perlite [Re: Hobosapien]
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i cannot post a pic because i have a mac but the perlite is fully colonized and there are 4 mushrooms growing near the tray. if you dont belive me give me your e-mail and ill send you 1


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Re: mushrooms growing off perlite [Re: darwin_man]
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actually there are about 6 mushrooms and its a good idea i could e-mail the pics to someone with a PC and they could post them


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Re: mushrooms growing off perlite [Re: darwin_man]
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i have never heard of a MAC user being UNABLE to display ANY sort of media...

i am on a mac too. sorry.

SURE WOULD LIKE TO SEE EM THOUGH..

this perlite 'tek' oculd revolutionize cultivation, you SIR may be on your way to the patent office!!!!!

CALL A LAWYER!


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Re: mushrooms growing off perlite [Re: darwin_man]
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u can send it to me and ill post it for u

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Re: mushrooms growing off perlite [Re: the plague]
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its not that im unable to display it its the format its in so i cant post it.
ill send it to plague so he can post it


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Re: mushrooms growing off perlite [Re: darwin_man]
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it has just probably spread through the holes because of the moisture n perlite, not nutrients. i've seen myc extending through moisture even though there's no obvious nutrients. anyway you shouldn't have used something like that with holes in the bottom where myc can get through i think.


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Re: mushrooms growing off perlite [Re: darwin_man]
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You should never drill holes in the bottom of a substrate tray. That encourages pinning below the substrate, and as you have seen, the mycelium reaches into the damp perlite, possibly waterlogging your substrate, which greatly reduces performance.

In addition, 'drainage' holes drain the CO2, and you want the CO2 high in the substrate and low on top of the casing layer because that stimulates pinning where you want it to happen.

For now, I'd suggest elevating the tray above the perlite for a simple fix. Next time, don't drill holes in your tray.
RR


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Re: mushrooms growing off perlite [Re: RogerRabbit]
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ok thanks for that info but last time i used a tray without holes when i dunked it heaps of water got stuck in the bottom and it went off so the no more flushes grew


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Re: mushrooms growing off perlite [Re: RogerRabbit]
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here r the pics man






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Re: mushrooms growing off perlite [Re: the plague]
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


APLOGIES FOR MY CYNICAL RESPONSE!!!!!!!!!!!!


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Re: mushrooms growing off perlite [Re: the plague]
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This mycellium sure ain't kiddin :smile: Hope your bed is not near, or else watch out for those white tentacles in the dead of night :lol:

:cheers:


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Re: mushrooms growing off perlite [Re: geko]
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thats alright mate we all make mistakes:thumbup:


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Re: mushrooms growing off perlite [Re: darwin_man]
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then again growing mushrooms shouldn't be regarded as a mistake... actually you have succeeded.


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Edited by Bridgeburner (03/25/07 09:04 AM)

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Re: mushrooms growing off perlite [Re: Bridgeburner]
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lol yeah i suppose its a few extra mushrooms that i wouldn't of got it it didn't happen


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Re: mushrooms growing off perlite [Re: darwin_man]
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the first time i ever grew mushrooms i used a tub with lava rocks and bubble wands and the tub with my malabar had myc all over the lava rocks, i had lots of mushrooms growing off the rocks, my buddy did the same thing and his fc was completely colonized, we both used malabar, multispore and he had crazy amounts of fruit bodies still growing after half the cakes were removed, he got snitched on and raided before he emptied the fc of cakes to see if they would still grow


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