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t00th
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first cake!
#7841916 - 01/06/08 11:23 PM (16 years, 26 days ago) |
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so i just took my first cake (1 pint brf pf tek/b+) out of it's jar and it's dunking right now. this is my first cake that i've ever had successfully colonize. and i have 3 more that are at 95%+. my plan was to wait and do them all at the same time. but i have been waiting months. it has literally taken 3-3 1/2 months to fully colonize. im not sure why it took so long for me. i think cold weather played a part.
anyway, im kind of worried. when i was hitting the jar on the sink upside down to get the cake out it came out half way and when i hit it down again a TINY (1/2 long) part came out of the top of the cake. it was right on the vermiculite border so it could have just been have verm. im not really sure, its hard to tell. i know if i did knock the mycellem that would leave it open to contams so im kind of worried. and it didn't come out of the jar clean and smooth, it kept getting stuck. i felt i was rough with it when i was getting it out and dealing with it, but i might just be paranoid. i guess ill just have to wait and see. it's my first grow, so im just trying to learn all i can at this point. and i have 3 jars left (and 8 more at about 60% colonization of puerto rican/penis envy following behind.
i will be fruiting in a large tub. with holes drilled on all sides (even the bottom?) with a 4-6 inch layer or perilite. i want to think its called a shotgun, but i can't remember off the top of my head. i wanted to keep it simple and effective on my first grow. i will be dunking and rolling though.
any thoughts/advice for a first time grower?
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Naveed
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Registered: 09/12/07
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Re: first cake! [Re: t00th]
#7842032 - 01/07/08 12:10 AM (16 years, 26 days ago) |
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In my opinion the cake is fine if it was fully colonized
I've smashed a regular narrow mouth jar to get a cake out and it turned out fine no contam, as well as a cake I cut into pieces to remove out the jar.
I put the pieces back together and it fruited fine with no contamination but took about a week to start its fruiting cycle from the shock I am guessing.
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veda_sticks
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Registered: 07/29/07
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Re: first cake! [Re: Naveed]
#7842294 - 01/07/08 04:45 AM (16 years, 25 days ago) |
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A small peice coming of the cake is if fine, it wont open it up to contams, the mycelium should have colinised the entire substrate.
Pint jars can take exceptionaly long and sometimes stall. 1/2 done properly should colinise in 2-3 weeks from multispore.
The cakes can sometimes be stubborn to get out, its alright to bang the jar to get it out.
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Nibin
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Re: first cake! [Re: Naveed]
#7842302 - 01/07/08 04:58 AM (16 years, 25 days ago) |
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You will be fine.
You are doing the correct procedure for cakes. Birth, dunk + roll, into a shotgun terrarium.
Hopefully you will see fruits soon.
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