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


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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CureCat
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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) |
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Hahaha, those look gnarly!! 
Sorry though... I have no useful advice.
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_OttO_
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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) |
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Love the input regardless curecat! And don't be silly, you have plenty of useful advice - maybe just not this time...
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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) |
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I get the same thing when I mix my poo and grain fluffy(no compression)
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_OttO_
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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) |
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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) |
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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. RR
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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) |
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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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