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MrCracka
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Spent cakes for Bulk grow?
#7217107 - 07/24/07 07:52 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Hey guys, I have 10 cakes all on their first flush right now. I was wondering what to do with them after they are done with their final flush. Would it be possible to do a bulk grow with with casing? or do you need fresh cakes for such a feat. I could also just plant them outside too maybe?
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shagg
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Re: Spent cakes for Bulk grow? [Re: MrCracka]
#7217112 - 07/24/07 07:55 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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its hard to get the cake out of "fruiting mode" back into colonizing, so casing now wouldn't be your best bet. And no, Just planting doesn't work good also. Just Dunk and roll.
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MrCracka
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Re: Spent cakes for Bulk grow? [Re: shagg]
#7217117 - 07/24/07 07:58 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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dunk and roll for how long, eventually the cakes wont produce anymore right? So do I just throw them out?
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Dr_T
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Re: Spent cakes for Bulk grow? [Re: MrCracka]
#7217148 - 07/24/07 08:27 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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You can bury them. Probably won't fruit any more, but they might, just maybe, colonize. And it's got to be good fertilizer, too.
-------------------- Roger Rabbit said: Growing mushrooms is part art, and part science, but it's not magic.
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mycocurious
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Re: Spent cakes for Bulk grow? [Re: Dr_T]
#7217281 - 07/24/07 09:37 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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everything has a lifespan...after several flushes the mycelium colony just wants to die. reproduction/fruiting is a response to a life threatening condition. Foods running out, water is drying up, temps got colder...it's time to reproduce.
Same thing happens with humans, shortly after every major disaster there is a baby boom. WW1, WW2, Vietnam, 9/11...when bush was reelected. They've all caused the birth rates to spike momentarily...it's a genetic response to the possibility of the individual strain dying.
--- After the final flush, grind them up and use it as compost.
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Don't mistake my tone for a "matter-of-fact" attitude. I'm just presenting what I believe to be correct, until I'm corrected...
- How Myco-Curious Prepares Coir & Compost Substrates
- How Myco-Curious Builds A Bulk Humidifier
- How Myco-Curious Builds An Automated Greenhouse
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figgusfiddus said:
Keep in mind that inoculating or whatever in front of a flow hood won't help your bad substrate, your bad inoculant, your bad sterile procedure, etc. etc. etc. It's not a +3 flowhood of magic, it's just a tool.
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