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feaster
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dunking -> casing
#7487595 - 10/05/07 07:52 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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i know there are several threads here already on this topic, but i was unable to find someone that tried it and posted their results. it's about that time for me to start birthing my cakes and would very much like to know if dunking for 24 hours then proceeding to case this cake has been beneficial (or not) for anyone. pics are always good too 
thanks!
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juris1
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Re: dunking -> casing [Re: feaster]
#7487693 - 10/05/07 08:50 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Well, I just got through doing some cakes and casings. I did dunk my cakes before rolling and placing into the FC. However, when I crumbled and cased some of my cakes, I did not dunk those cakes before crumbling. It's really not necessary. After you crumble and spread into your container, your casing material you lay on top of the sub is going to provide the moisture for that sub. Here is a pic of two cakes that I crumbled and cased and did not dunk the cakes before crumbling. You will be fine to just go ahead and case them without dunking. GL
 I wasn't able to get to them in time to harvest before they started dropping spores. I don't normally let them get like this since it can be messy
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eatyualive
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Re: dunking -> casing [Re: juris1]
#7488243 - 10/05/07 12:28 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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i kind of agree with you on this.
1) it speeds up flushing time as opposed to waiting for pins to form on your casing between flushes. 2) it speeds up fruiting time bc you are not waiting for a casing layer to colonize. 3) it does lessen your yield a bit, but not enough to convince me to stop using dunks. so you make up for yield in the speed of your flushes. and time not wasted waiting for casings to colonize.
i use both but i agree dunking>casing.
dunking is excellent!
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bagsofun
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Re: dunking -> casing [Re: eatyualive]
#7488712 - 10/05/07 02:40 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I dunked a cake before crumbling it yesterday. It had done 2 flushes w/ out a dunk and was looking pretty blue/dry in some spots. True, once you crumble + case the substrate is probably thin enough to easily stay moist from the casing layer, but in my case the cake was the size of a brick, and I'd rather just dunk it then totally rely on the casing layer.
Whats a spore mess look like by the way??? I've just let my last few flushes grow all the way out and they've never left any spores that I can see at least.
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juris1
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Re: dunking -> casing [Re: bagsofun]
#7488925 - 10/05/07 03:45 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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You can see on the pics above that the caps (or most of them) have dark purple all over them. That's spores! My perlite has light purple hue to it now. Also, when harvesting like that, the purple gets all over your hands. Have you never seen that purple before on your shrooms like the pics above when you let yours grow all the way out?
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Re: dunking -> casing [Re: juris1]
#7489277 - 10/05/07 05:10 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I would totaly case if I were you. I just did 3. I was taking some good tips from Juris1 from above. I have growth after 3 days where as my cakes I didn't see anything for the first month.
So I took all 9 of my cakes and cased them to coir/verm.
Casing is the way to go, I wish I would of went with that to begin with.
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Re: dunking -> casing [Re: juris1]
#7489305 - 10/05/07 05:17 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I would totaly case if I were you. I just did 3. I was taking some good tips from Juris1 from above. I have growth after 3 days where as my cakes I didn't see anything for the first month.
So I took all 9 of my cakes and cased them to coir/verm.
Casing is the way to go, I wish I would of went with that to begin with.
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feaster
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Re: dunking -> casing [Re: eleven34]
#7493637 - 10/07/07 06:43 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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thanks guys! well i decided to just skip dunking altogether and just went straight to casing. i'll let you know how it goes.
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