|
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
|
VisionsToReality
RIBBONS


Registered: 09/22/07
Posts: 1,083
Last seen: 16 years, 1 month
|
Uh oh..pinning initiated before casing..
#7646988 - 11/17/07 08:32 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
Well, looks like this should be kicked into full fruiting mode, I suppose, without casing, this time. Damn.
I guess it's not so bad, considering the substrate is too moist anyways (tons of metabolites and water droplets on surface of mycelium, and it has been 3 days short of two weeks since spawning, and the mycel is not snow white, signifying a way too wet substrate =(. Live n learn
ANyways, these ARE pins, correct? There are these and a few others that look similar. They look werid, what will be the caps are soooo tiny compared to the stalk.
Now: Why did this happen? Possibilities:
-Polyfil holes were covered with saran wrap, which was duct taped. The saran wrap may have not be an airtight seal.
-The tubs were taken out off a shelf mabe 5 times total, which could have flexed the tub and sucked in fresh air, and along with the light these were exposed to when taken out, this could have caused pinning?
What do you think? It'd be nice to avoid premature pinning next time =(
I thought pinning wasn't so easily triggered as long as you seal up the tub somewhat. On the top of the tub was saran wrap with micropore tape covering 5 holes.
Damn! O well, this will still kick ass. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
 Pic is taken with a flash, so water droplets are more easily visible and mycelium looks whiter than it is.
-------------------- Life is one big road with lots of signs, So when you're ridin' through the ruts, Don't you complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy Don't bury your thoughts, Put your vision to reality, yeah!
|
VisionsToReality
RIBBONS


Registered: 09/22/07
Posts: 1,083
Last seen: 16 years, 1 month
|
Re: Uh oh..pinning initiated before casing.. [Re: VisionsToReality]
#7647019 - 11/17/07 08:59 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
Dunno really why this would happen. Does a monotub during colonization need to be 100% sealed up, excluding micropore tape holes? It seems like these things are very sensitive to CO2 concentration. I mean, the tub was sealed, somewhat, but definitely was not airtight. I think the problem may be a combination of disturbing the tub, bringing it into the light multiple times, and moving it which caused fresh air in there, multiple times. Be more patient next time, maybe? Ok, I'll stop responding to my own post now. LOL!
-------------------- Life is one big road with lots of signs, So when you're ridin' through the ruts, Don't you complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy Don't bury your thoughts, Put your vision to reality, yeah!
Edited by VisionsToReality (11/17/07 09:48 AM)
|
veda_sticks
Cultivator




Registered: 07/29/07
Posts: 14,191
Loc: UK
Last seen: 4 years, 25 days
|
Re: Uh oh..pinning initiated before casing.. [Re: VisionsToReality]
#7647110 - 11/17/07 09:49 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
That does look quite wet, have you tried fanning it heavily to try and remove some of that moisture.
I think those pins look ok, when heads should start growing bigger soon, on all my grows on cakes, the head started prettymuch the same size as the stalks then grew big.
I think when its colinising it just needs gas exchange, lid on the tub with the polyfill holes for gass exchange.
Since its already pinning, i think it would be best to leave it fruit, then once the first flush is complelty rehydrate it and case it.
But i have never done monotubs, just what i think i would do.,
-------------------- PF TEK - writeup by EvilMushroom666 Lets Grow Mushrooms - RogerRabbit & RoadKills website with sample videos plus the full PF TEK video series. Alot of great information - BUY THE DVD Cakes can and will pin! - So you think cakes suck for pins. Your wrong Franks Simple Coir/Verm Tek Franks Proper Pasturisation Tek Franks Spawning To Bulk - Monotub Professor Pinheads RTV Injection Port Tek Foo Mans No Soak WBS Prep Tek
|
VisionsToReality
RIBBONS


Registered: 09/22/07
Posts: 1,083
Last seen: 16 years, 1 month
|
Re: Uh oh..pinning initiated before casing.. [Re: veda_sticks]
#7647139 - 11/17/07 10:10 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
hmm.. well looks like fruiting begins today, will last until weds, then the thing will be UNATTENDED with a fan blowing on it (either in the window light or with timed flouros) from weds-sunday.
will most likely come home to a mess of spores but whatever, shit happens, twas unplanned.
yeah definitely too moist, and the weird part is that it seemed to be at field capacity. it was squeezed rather toughly until a drop came out
so this leads me to believe straw may have helped it was 2-3 year old decomposed horse poop, with a few worms in it (taken out, of course) with maybe 30-40% coco coir added and 10% coffee grounds.
it seems like depending on the structure/texture of the substrate, field capacity may or may not be a good thing
if there was straw mixed in, maybe it'd be more aerated, and maybe the moisture would therefore not be such an issue? but it didn't seem too aerated, seeing as it was pretty decomposed. eh, who knows. either way, it's good to know that moisture will (hopefully) not be lacking. better too moist than too dry, i suppose
-------------------- Life is one big road with lots of signs, So when you're ridin' through the ruts, Don't you complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy Don't bury your thoughts, Put your vision to reality, yeah!
|
|
|
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Shroomism, george castanza, RogerRabbit, veggie, mushboy, fahtster, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a 517 topic views. 13 members, 111 guests and 39 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ] |
|