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sdaddio
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Dunking question
#7636634 - 11/14/07 06:18 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Im confused about when to dunk cakes, Do you dunk after the first harvest, or after the cake is completely spent? also where can I find relevant info about dunking?
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Atheist
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Re: Dunking question [Re: sdaddio]
#7636653 - 11/14/07 06:23 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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dunk after birthing the cake (birthing is taking the fresh colonized cake out of the jar)
put it into a tupperware full of water, let it sit overnight
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Re: Dunking question [Re: sdaddio]
#7636664 - 11/14/07 06:23 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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and you can dunk between harvests also, just watch out for contamination or gross shit
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sdaddio
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Re: Dunking question [Re: Atheist]
#7636676 - 11/14/07 06:25 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Is rolling in moist vermiculite a necesity? how long should the cakes be drained before being put back into the fc?
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Re: Dunking question [Re: sdaddio]
#7636685 - 11/14/07 06:26 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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i always dunk after i take my cakes out of the jars and then after each flush. i usually try for 14-16 hours and never less than 12. so far so good. oh yea, always clean your containers before you put cakes in them. i spray the inside and lid with alcohol and then rinse with HOT water and no cloth/rag/ etc touches the inside of container. never had a contam problem with dunking this way. cheers!
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Re: Dunking question [Re: sdaddio]
#7636710 - 11/14/07 06:29 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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i just remove the cakes and roll them in a paper towel and then in a plate of vermiculite but only if im not too lazy for the roll. it has been my experience that the rolling makes a very small difference with cakes.
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sdaddio
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so just to get all my shit straight. I take the cakes out of the fc, put them into purified water in a starylized tupperware for 12-14 hrs, remove, and put back into the fc. this is done immediatly after birthing and after each harvest.
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Re: Dunking question [Re: sdaddio]
#7636724 - 11/14/07 06:30 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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u havent had any contam problems by drying with a paper towel?
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Re: Dunking question [Re: sdaddio]
#7636754 - 11/14/07 06:34 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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i wear disposable gloves. i peel the towel after i already have the cake in my hand and touch it as little as possible. fully colonized cakes dont get molds as quickly as in the preperation process. thats been my experience anyway.
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sdaddio
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so the verm roll isnt totally necisary?
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Re: Dunking question [Re: sdaddio]
#7637219 - 11/14/07 08:12 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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ok, assuming you are doing PF tek (brown rice flour)
once they are fully colonized, take the cake out of the jar and dunk it like i said previously
take out next morning, run faucet water over the cake to rinse it off then roll it in a bowl of dry verm
it is not totally necessary but if you can do it fucking do it then
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sdaddio
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alrighty then, Ill do the roll, I should have the extra verm to do it thanks for all the help guys!
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Re: Dunking question [Re: Atheist] 2
#7637271 - 11/14/07 08:24 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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let's make this simple.
dunk for 24 hours before each flush. rinse and roll in dry vermiculite after every dunk.
so after you birth the cakes, rinse them off and dunk them for 24 hours.
after the dunk, rinse them again and roll them in dry vermiculite. this will produce bigger mushrooms for you, and you want that.
after the first harvest, give the cake a day or three to dry out some. then rinse it well and dunk it for 24 hours. after the dunk, rinse it again and roll it in dry vermiculite.
after the second harvest, give the cake a few days to a week to dry out. then rinse it well and dunk it for 24 hours. after the dunk, ... you get the point.
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letting the cake rest, or rather dry out a bit, better imitates nature. your cake won't do anything for a few days anyway, you're not losing any time whatsoever doing this, so try it and take some experienced folks advice. a substrate will rest, or pause naturally for around a week between flushes, so it's better to let it dry out to help avoid trichoderma infection (by not giving it a moist surface to germinate on) for a few days to a week before you dunk and roll for the next flush.
rinsing the cake before the dunk rinses off any surface mold spores that landed during fruiting or whatever so the dunk is done in cleaner water.
we dunk in the fridge NOT to cold shock, but to keep the water temperature below 40 degrees so bacteria cannot bloom in there. if you don't dunk in the fridge do so with plenty of ice in the water. or with running water, but that can get costly with cakes.
we dunk for 24 hours due to the density of the cakes. bulk substrates only need a handful or so of hours to dunk, but cakes are far more dense than bulk subs. The density of the cakes demands a long-term dunk such as 24 hours to achieve maximum rehydration.
we rinse after the dunk to rinse off any surface bacteria or mold that could have started to form in the dunking process and to make sure the cake is as clean as it can be for the rolling.
we roll in dry vermiculite because it sticks well to the wet cake. wet vermiculite doesn't stick so well at all. we roll in vermiculite to increase the water holding capability of the cake and to provide a sort of casing for the cake. so the mycelium shouldn't colonize the vermiculite fully, because then it would lose it's maximum effectiveness.
we dunk after/before every flush because mushrooms are about 90% water. that water needs to be replaced in the cake if we want it to make more mushrooms. no water equals no mushrooms. we dunk after birthing because colonization uses up a bunch of the water that was in the substrate to start with, and that needs to be replaced for the first flush.
so much for simple, but there are all of your answers.
Edited by monstermitch (11/15/07 01:33 AM)
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sdaddio
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holy shit, thank you so much, that was everything I needed in one post! ill bookmark that, again thanks a lot!
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Re: Dunking question [Re: sdaddio]
#7642998 - 11/16/07 05:01 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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and now that it has been answered (with so much detail) no one every ask this question again!¬
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right on!!!
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Re: Dunking question [Re: Schilderij]
#7782006 - 12/20/07 03:05 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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sib321
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after the first harvest, give the cake a day or three to dry out some.
Great post, thanks so much. May I ask for clarification on one thing? When you are letting the cakes 'rest' what environmental conditions are best? Just leave it in the terrarium?
Thanks
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Re: Dunking question [Re: sib321]
#8661826 - 07/21/08 04:57 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
sib321 said:
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after the first harvest, give the cake a day or three to dry out some.
Great post, thanks so much. May I ask for clarification on one thing? When you are letting the cakes 'rest' what environmental conditions are best? Just leave it in the terrarium?
Thanks
when u leave the cakes rest(dry out) in between flushes were do u leave them rest(dry out)?
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Re: Dunking question [Re: sniffy]
#10300506 - 05/07/09 01:19 AM (14 years, 8 months ago) |
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Just one question from a first-time grower:
how exactly does one actually preform the dunking in layman's terms? Is it as simple as removing the colonized cake with your hands and placing it in a container of water?
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