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Captain Cubensis
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When to pull the plug?
#7583447 - 11/01/07 10:08 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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How long would you wait before ditching a 50/50+ cased rye grain that does not seem to want to colonize the casing?
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Slimz
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untill it dies..
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Captain Cubensis
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Re: When to pull the plug? [Re: Slimz]
#7583495 - 11/01/07 10:25 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Slimz said: until it dies..
But, if it hasn't colonized the casing, how would you know if it's dead?
It is a well known slow colonizer.
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AlteredAgain
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how long since you cased? wait until it's colonized.
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Captain Cubensis
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Well, that's what I am asking really, is how long would you wait?
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10 days IME give or take.
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I'd pitch it whenever it shows any sign of infection (trich, etc). Until then it's a question of tweaking environmental factors.
How thick is your casing layer? Is this your first try or have you had success before?
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armyabe
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is this a casing or a pf jar?
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Captain Cubensis
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Re: When to pull the plug? [Re: armyabe]
#7583592 - 11/01/07 11:02 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Rye berries, 2 inches thick, cased with about 1/4 inch Jiffy Mix, pHd up to about 7.9.
Jars were cased 16 days ago, no sign of myc!
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armyabe
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not sure i would prolly keep it til it did something. never had it happen before.
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mycocurious
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that pH is kind of high. I generally only amend the pH up to the 7.2 range and that's it.
That being said, three weeks is the longest I'd let a casing go before it became part of the landscape outside.
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Captain Cubensis
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Re: When to pull the plug? [Re: mycocurious]
#7583675 - 11/01/07 11:22 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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mycocurious said: that pH is kind of high. I generally only amend the pH up to the 7.2 range and that's it.
That being said, three weeks is the longest I'd let a casing go before it became part of the landscape outside.
Well, yes, 7.9 is a little high, but usually the pH will drop in the first week, and having just checked it now, it reads right around 7.2
Also, there are no signs of contams, which really would have run rampant by now.
Perhaps the grains were not as thickly covered as they should have been. Yet, the jars were 100% colonized.
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mycocurious
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Incidentally, when casing a grain that was not spawned to a bulk substrate I always allow my grains about a week of rest period after transferring them to the new trays to allow reconsolidate back into a single mass. After that I would case them and allow it to rest for another 3-5 days until I started to see mycelium poking through the casing layer and then off comes the cover and into the fruiting chamber they go - after one initial misting of the casing layer to replenish any moisture that was lost during the last few days.
After that, you can induce pinning...
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Captain Cubensis
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Re: When to pull the plug? [Re: mycocurious]
#7583775 - 11/01/07 11:54 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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mycocurious said: Incidentally, when casing a grain that was not spawned to a bulk substrate I always allow my grains about a week of rest period after transferring them to the new trays to allow reconsolidate back into a single mass. After that I would case them and allow it to rest for another 3-5 days until I started to see mycelium poking through the casing layer and then off comes the cover and into the fruiting chamber they go - after one initial misting of the casing layer to replenish any moisture that was lost during the last few days.
After that, you can induce pinning...
Hey man, thanks for the great advice, I will surely follow it in the future.
So, if there are no contams evident, then why would this take so long?
The casing is light and fluffy, without too much water, about 60% moisture content.
Has anyone had a similar issue with KSSS on cased rye berries?
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