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bucket949
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Am I supposed to wait for primordia before I birth a cake?
#6768457 - 04/10/07 01:39 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I think I birthed my jars to early but Im confused.
I inoculated 10 brf/verm 1/2 jars 18 days ago.
I incubated them at 83-85 in a tit fish tank heater deal
9 were B+ and one was a "Mystery Strain of the Month"
The myster strain was fully colonized after 13 days. It had been fully covered in white for atleast 2 days.
I birthed it. My humidity was to low. after 2 days it started turning a little blue. I fixed my humidity and set the cake on the perlite for 2 days and then put it back on a lid.
The cake got fuzzy at the base where the vermiculite was and shrooms are growing out of that area. Theres only fuz where the cake was sitting on the vermiculite.
Are cakes like casing? are they supposed to get fuzzy? Is the fuz myclium? My cakes are the texture more similar to silly string than a fluff. Am I not incubating them long enough?
My other 9 B+ have now been in the fruiting chamber for 5 days sitting on top of there lids. They arent doing anything at all they look the same as when I birthed them.
What did I do wrong?
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Re: Am I supposed to wait for primordia before I birth a cake? [Re: bucket949]
#6768468 - 04/10/07 01:45 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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You birthed too early. This is exactly why I say to let them sit in the jars for one full week after they're fully colonized. When you birth early, all they do is dry out. Try a dunk and roll, but next grow, don't birth so early. Being in a hurry with this hobby always delays things. RR
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Re: Am I supposed to wait for primordia before I birth a cake? [Re: RogerRabbit]
#6768851 - 04/10/07 06:36 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
RogerRabbit said: You birthed too early. This is exactly why I say to let them sit in the jars for one full week after they're fully colonized. When you birth early, all they do is dry out. Try a dunk and roll, but next grow, don't birth so early. Being in a hurry with this hobby always delays things. RR
I agree too early I recommend 3-4 days maybe a week if growth is somewhat slow. The bluing is a result of low humidity, it should be 95%+ and dunk and rolling is always highly recommended by those who like larger yields. GL
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