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Strange situation, possibly wrong forum, but advice needed.
    #7387378 - 09/09/07 09:33 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

I'm working with a clone of PE6 and lately I have been having a re-curring problem where the mushrooms constantly pin in the centre of the susbtrate.

I have had this isolate going for a year now and the past three times this keeps happening, where before it never did. I don't know what I am doing differently.

It can't be side pinning due to light getting in, as the bottom of the container is light proof (they're grown bucket style as in this thread ).

I thought that the substrate may have been too loose, so on this last grow I compacted it down quite heavily after spawning, and only applied what I thought was a pretty thin casing layer - but it still happened yet again.

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The annoying thing about this is obviously that I have to rip the casing to shreds to harvest, and the fruits are covered in substrate making cleaning a nightmare - probably more like harvesting sclerotia.

The only time it hasn't happened recently was on bucket that I left uncased as a test, and it fruited beautifully.

What would cause this to keep happening?


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Re: Strange situation, possibly wrong forum, but advice needed. [Re: _OttO_]
    #7390714 - 09/10/07 03:19 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Hahaha, those look gnarly!!  :grin:

Sorry though... I have no useful advice.


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Re: Strange situation, possibly wrong forum, but advice needed. [Re: CureCat]
    #7390717 - 09/10/07 03:21 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Love the input regardless curecat! And don't be silly, you have plenty of useful advice - maybe just not this time... :smile:


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Re: Strange situation, possibly wrong forum, but advice needed. [Re: _OttO_]
    #7390805 - 09/10/07 05:06 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

I get the same thing when I mix my poo and grain fluffy(no compression)


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Re: Strange situation, possibly wrong forum, but advice needed. [Re: em_bre_O]
    #7390904 - 09/10/07 06:44 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Its strange because this time I compressed it reasonably tightly.... and it still happened.

I am thinking I am going to have to go uncased as this seems to stop it and doesnt effect the yield, then case lightly after the first flush.

Pretty explosive growth!


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Re: Strange situation, possibly wrong forum, but advice needed. [Re: _OttO_]
    #7390909 - 09/10/07 06:49 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Perhaps your casing pH is out of limits? I wouldn't case after first flush. Any contaminant spores that have landed on the substrate will get the perfect environment to germinate and grow if you case over them.
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Re: Strange situation, possibly wrong forum, but advice needed. [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #7391106 - 09/10/07 08:49 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Some do come up through the casing layer, just not all - perhaps it is pH, I don't measure it.... I will though to see next time.


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