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FC/cakes Questions
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my cakes are a few days away from birthing, but id like to go ahead and rinse my perlite, and put it into my FC to make sure my humidity and temps are going to be sufficent.

will my FC dry out too much b4 i put my cakes and casings in?

are these 100%
theyre my most colonized jars...i plan on takin about 6 of them(if theyre ready) and casing

first:Golden Teacher
second:Koh Samui
third:Puerto Rican

and the half colonized pics are of one Koh that is dormant? whats the deal with her? all the rest (20 more jars) are almost as colonized as the others













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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: just me]
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anyone?


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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: just me]
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perlite holds high humidity for at least 3-4 months. its good to hav that stuff ready before hand anyways.

is this your first grow???

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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: blood4blood]
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AWESOME. good to know, ill get it ready right now.

yes, first. using RR shotgun FC tek.

whats ur opinion on the cakes, can i crumble a few Koh, or Puerto Ricans and go ahead with a casing layer. then cover and incubate while i wait for the rest of the cakes to catch up....or wait some more(20 days since inoculation)\

btw, my fc is on the floor, but i have the doorstops that stick on a wall to keep the handle from cracking the sheetrock, all along the bottom holding it about an inch off my concrete floor. i did this because i figures it will be bringing nice cold fresh air into my FC, but im a lil concerned it might suck up contams off the floor, or not have enough air flow....thoughts/suggestions?


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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: just me]
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alright, i just got finished preping my FC, its been sitting now for about 10 minutes, and hasnt gone above 68% humidity...? what gives?


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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: just me]
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show us a pic of the hygrometer,,are you sure its accurate ..damp towel test, salt test?


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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: Vegan]
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its climbing now, but heres a pic

its an earlier pic, thats not my humidity now, its up to 71% at 76 degrees. ive only had it in for about 15 minutes or so...maybe im just being green


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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: just me]
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IMO a hygrometer shouldnt take that long to correctly read the RH ,,how many inches of perlite??
also you are asking for problems having the FC so close to the ground..I beleive the stats say at least 12" from the floor
is the whole hydro unit in the FC or just the sensor??

i did this because i figures it will be bringing nice cold fresh air into my FC, but im a lil concerned it might suck up contams off the floor, or not have enough air flow....thoughts/suggestions?

you dont want cold fresh air, just fresh air ...the temp in the FC should be optimal..room temp.is the norm


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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: Vegan]
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i have btwn 4-5inches of perlite(is it possible i drained it too much? i dont think i did, because when i was done putting all the perlite in, it drained a little out of the bottom(like 4 fl oz maybe)

higher up it gets into the 80's.

and yes the whole hygrometer is in the FC

i can only bring it off the ground another 7" max

and the humidity is up to 78% now

my girls bringing over some new spray bottles, ill try misting in there, but i was hoping with the shotgun FC i wouldnt have to mist for humidity

RR where are you at to give an answer to end all speculation...

thanks everyone so far also, hopefully we can get the bugs ironed out, i wanna get something birthed by the end of the weekend


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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: just me]
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okay your fc should be at least a foot off the ground.

you cant drain your perlite to much (unless you blow dry it or something) you dont want any standing water in your perlite.

it sounds like you have the right amount of perlite

since this is your first grow i would just dunk and roll your cakes and fruit as is until you get your feet wet and wait for spawning, casing and such until your ready to try grains but thats up to you.

get an analog hygrometer! from your local smoke shop. i gurantee i picked up a nicer one cheaper than what you payed for that one. oh and make sure u can calibrate it.

if you have your 4-5" of rinsed well drained perlite your rh should be in the ninetys. dont believe that digi hygrometer.

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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: blood4blood]
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fuckin $20 digi is lyin to me huh?

im gonna kill him!

i hope its that simple, ill pick up an analog somewhere. i know that bcuz its the shotgun tek, its supposed to look dry in there, but it looks really freakin dry! damnit! i dont even have birthed cakes yet and im failing....WHYYYYY

im gonna case these cakes tho. not all of them, but some. not spawn to bulk, just crumble and case rather. i can get it 8-9" off the ground max. ill just keep the ground around it very sterile, and ill put down a clean painters tarp or something.


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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: just me]
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ok, well i just misted inside the FC, and the humidity spiked to 87% within the minute...i hope i dont have to mist, i work too much of a crazy ass schedule to fan and mist numerous times a day!

and it that just slow colonization on the one cake from my pics, or is it a tard cake? thats after 20 days.


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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: just me]
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oh yea you should really take that foil off the tops of those jars!
it will speed up your colonization. 20 days seems like a long time for some of those jars to be only 50-60% colonized.


you have the top verm layer right???

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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: blood4blood]
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yeah, but the jars got rattled around so much when they got shipped im affraid a lot of the dry very has made its way down the sides. i took the lid off one to smell it the other day, and there wasnt much vermiculite barrier in it.

should i birth a few of my fullest, and dunk them?

im just worried about my RH


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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: just me]
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should i birth a few of my fullest, and dunk them?


I would wait at least 1 week after you see full colonization to birth 'em. You'll get MUCH nicer flushes this way.


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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: simplemachine]
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yeah, i just opened one up, and smaked it out, and it had patches that werent colonized, so i put it back into the jar, filled it with water, and stuck it in the fridge. im just gonna see what happens with this one, but heres what the tops of all of them look like.

like i said, they got jumbled around a lot in the shipping, and i lost most of my verm barrier....i think....either way, its starting to colonize....:confused:



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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: just me]
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jeez...quit opening those! just leave em alone and let em grow.


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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: simplemachine]
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i was told to open them, i only opened oneup until this point, and i was told to poen em...sowwy...i want to GROW NOW!!! patience paitence paitence...there i saved you the trouble of saying it.

what do you think about my verm layer getting colonized?


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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: just me]
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what do you think about my verm layer getting colonized?



sometimes that happens... why did you add water to your jars? the water content should be fine if you ordered them pre made... i dont know how much luck yor going to have with this grow..

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Re: FC/cakes Questions [Re: blood4blood]
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just ONE cake, the one i opened and removed, and rinsed under the faucet. thats the only one i submerged back in its own jar, the rest i left alone when i saw how this one looked.

i ran to the cigar shop and bought an analog hygrometer, and its reading less than my digi, which still only reads high 80's. please someone help me with this...wont matter how my cakes look, or what im doing wrong to them, if i cant get a decent FC going.


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