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My First Grow, 12 Day in FC, and the anticipation is killing me.!! *DELETED*
#7717445 - 12/04/07 09:02 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: P.Menace]
#7718098 - 12/05/07 12:13 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Assuming your conditions are ideal (and what you've said sounds OK to me) you should see pins before a week.
That's an overdone estimate though. Could be a few days.
The first grow is always the hardest to wait. Just wait till you see the pins. THAT'S when the real waiting starts.
EDIT: I wouldn't necessarily expect pins in a week, you should still be ok.
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: Xeluc]
#7718150 - 12/05/07 12:33 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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it has been one week exactally today and i dont see any pinns yet. my FC is totally automated. I have an ultrasonic humidifier, bed of perlite and a small cpu fan keeping up on the fresh air changes. a 12/12 timer and a Flourescent grow light. I would be very excited to see growth in the next week
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: P.Menace]
#7718174 - 12/05/07 12:43 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Sounds like you have the fruiting conditions right, but with that many strains, and that many jars, I wonder if you let every jar fully colonize. DID THEY ALL REALLY FULLY COLONIZE AT THE SAME TIME?!
Did you dunk and Roll? Did you case it? Lots of questions to be answered on a grow like that.
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: The shroomy 1]
#7718209 - 12/05/07 12:58 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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well i started with 32 jars 4 of each strain, 2 contaminated and i have 16 still colonizing and about ready for birthing. they seem to be random jars and strains and the only one with all 4 jars in is the Colorado strain, and seeing as how i live in CO i think it was a good choice for me.
As Its my first grow, some got dunked(5), some got dunked and rolled(3), some got cased(4) and some were fruited directly(6),16 jars waiting in incubator to colonize. Im just trying to see what works best for me. and with all of the different TEKs and info i figured why not try as much as possible, since this REALLY is just an experiment at life Right?
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: P.Menace]
#7721941 - 12/05/07 09:11 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Ok so here are pics of my cakes at 1 week in the FC. i dont have much of an idea as to what it is that i should be looking for here but i dont think any of them are pinning yet, How long do cakes usually take to begin fruiting? do any of these look like they are doing anything?
 
 
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: P.Menace]
#7723519 - 12/06/07 08:23 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Pic quality is low, but...
It looks like they're knotting to me. That last pic shows primordia, which will soon turn into pins (unless that's perlite stuck to the cake.)
Make sure that the PC fan you have in there isn't blowing directly on any of the cakes. Even in very high humidity, it'll quickly dry them out.
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: Sillicybin]
#7723822 - 12/06/07 10:32 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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You will have pins very soon. Those things will seem to appear 5 minutes after the last time you looked at it. Sit tight, you are doing fine. These didnt show any signs of pins until about day 9.
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7723875 - 12/06/07 10:53 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I got the same problem here i used 6 half pint jars and cased them, now im just waiting to see some pins and its been about a week one of these days im going to wake up in a dream land!lol and so will you!
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: TheMan420]
#7723947 - 12/06/07 11:19 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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with cakes, you just gotta let them do it in their own time and some times, they really do take their time
but with a casing you should be able to initiate pinning misting at just the right time is crucial
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: anarchOi]
#7724532 - 12/06/07 01:21 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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First off, Thanks!! for cheering me up, No that is not perlite stick to the cake it is a puffy cotton like growth, Thats Primordia?!, Also I have this cake that a friend gave to me... It is Penis Envy. My bro hooked me up with a fully colonized cake just 4 days after i started growing for myself, I held on to it for 1 week then dunked/birthed it into my fc almost 3.5 weeks ago, it hasnt seemed to do anything. Now all of my other cakes are passing up its productivity, does anyone have any ideas as to what might be going wrong there?
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: P.Menace]
#7724615 - 12/06/07 01:44 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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The PC fan pulls air in through the vaporizer and exhausts it straight out the front of the FC, and is only running at 3 volts. small pieces of perlite are plenty enough to stop it when they make it in so i grilled the fan on the inside and doubt that it is blowing on any of the cakes, it blows out
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: P.Menace]
#7724708 - 12/06/07 02:09 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I've never heard of any using as much light as you...
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: verminute]
#7724725 - 12/06/07 02:13 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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12/12?? everybody here seems to use it
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: P.Menace]
#7724730 - 12/06/07 02:14 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Really, never noticed. I've always heard 4 hours of 15 watt disscent light. Not flouresent, what does everyone else think?
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: verminute]
#7724741 - 12/06/07 02:19 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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ok so i will drop my light time but i only have a 15 watt flourescent grow light. read the thread about light sources and time
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: P.Menace]
#7726165 - 12/06/07 08:39 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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No. 12/12 is what you want to use. MANY people have tested different lighting schedules, but 12/12 always seems to come out on top.
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: Sillicybin]
#7726300 - 12/06/07 09:09 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Mushies don't need light like plants do they use it more as a way of when to start fruiting there is no photosynthesis so 12/12 is good because it just tells them hey lets start fruiting lol
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: freepain]
#7726934 - 12/06/07 11:59 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Im using a plant grow light. I would like to use the correct lighting.What is 12/12 lighting?
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: Cloneufc]
#7726941 - 12/07/07 12:01 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Is it the blue light spectrum?
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: Cloneufc]
#7727018 - 12/07/07 12:25 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I could be wrong, and if I am, I apologize but I believe 12/12 lighting refers to light timing, 12hrs of light on and then 12hrs of darkness?!? And as far as your blue light spectrum, plant growing lights or good o'l daylight has decent blue in it I believe. Hope this helps!!!
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: billyjones38]
#7727235 - 12/07/07 01:56 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah I think your right 12 hours of light. I read that they only need 4 hours of light to start pinning. Mine get 8 hours of indirect light plus 4 hours of grow light.
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: billyjones38]
#7727244 - 12/07/07 02:02 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah I think your right 12 hours of light. I read that they only need 4 hours of light to start pinning. Mine get 8 hours of indirect light plus 4 hours of grow light.
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: Cloneufc]
#7727245 - 12/07/07 02:03 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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You want daylight (blueish) in the over 6000k range.
12/12 = 12h on 12h off
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: Nibin]
#7727263 - 12/07/07 02:10 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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i have no idea what spectrum it is in but it sure is blue to me. its a florescent indoor grow lamp i picked up at the local zoo-mart for $9.95 and a timer for another $4.00 or so on a 12/12 light cycle
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: P.Menace]
#7727317 - 12/07/07 03:01 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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If it is for plant vegetative growth it will be 6000k or above.
What was it, an agrolite? a grolux?
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: Cloneufc]
#7727324 - 12/07/07 03:10 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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keep the light on and let some moister escape form teh cakes it will signal the myc to pin as well make sure they dont smell like rotten oranges if its healthy they should smell good... if you can unplug your humidifier for a day that would be good drop to humidity to 50% for a while
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: MADPANTSDOME]
#7727377 - 12/07/07 04:21 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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The rest period with lower humidity is great between flushes. Allow the cake to rest a few days after each flush with lower humidity. Let it dry out a bit, then dunk (to rehydrate) and roll again and you are ready to go.
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: Nibin]
#7727747 - 12/07/07 08:38 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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its a grolux brand. the spectrum on the box shows its in the 6500k range. Lots of blue.
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: P.Menace]
#7727760 - 12/07/07 08:42 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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As said, yes, 12 hours on, 12 hours off is correct.
Any white fluorescent bulb has plenty of blue light for mushroom growing. Incandescent bulbs (aside from generating a lot of heat and being horribly inefficient) don't produce much blue light, so they're not as suitable.
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: P.Menace]
#7727761 - 12/07/07 08:43 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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so i got a friends camera for some higher quality pics of some of these "knots" on my cakes. I am still wondering when i am going to see pins. Today is day 9
 this is the Palenque strain
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: P.Menace]
#7727952 - 12/07/07 09:46 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Looks like lots of bumps on the cakes, you should see pins soon.
I have had a few cakes take a week and a half to pin.
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Re: My First Grow, Hoping I'm doing everything right [Re: P.Menace]
#7728169 - 12/07/07 10:41 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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P.Menace said: so i got a friends camera for some higher quality pics of some of these "knots" on my cakes. I am still wondering when i am going to see pins. Today is day 9
 this is the Palenque strain
The camera isn't your problem, it's the pictures your taking. Use the macro feature on your camera. It's a flower icon. Then punt your lens like 5-7 inches form the cake, and your golden.
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