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small shrooms
    #6765169 - 04/09/07 12:49 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

how come im getting small shrooms, im growing cambodians on a pf tek cake (dunked,but not cased) i have just under an inch of perlite in my f/c. the f/c is about 10inches in depth,6 inches wide and 12 inches long.

what does caseing actually do?

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Re: small shrooms [Re: daveblue222]
    #6765473 - 04/09/07 01:40 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Casing gives the mycelium a microclimate similar to what it would be under during nature, which allows for deliverance of water and protection from the elements.

PF cakes do not generally produce monster shrooms, but they can.

You should have rolled in dry vermiculite as this would be the layer that helps you deliver water to the cake, similar to that of a casing layer.

Your himidity may not be high enough as well, and you may not be givin them enough fresh air.

Put in some more well drained perlite, give it more fresh air throughout the day, and re-dunk and roll in dry verm after this flush is over.

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Re: small shrooms [Re: BlehMaestro]
    #6765507 - 04/09/07 01:46 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Next time try using a popcorn or grain spawn. Take your colonized jars and spawn horse poo. When I started this is when I started getting 35-45g (wet) boomers. It also hels to have a casing layer with some structural support like chunky oyster shells, so they don't fall over!!

Another way is to cut your cakes into thin pucks and case on top (and bottom). Your never gonna have as much fun though if you don't try bigger substrates!!


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