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cactastic
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n00b Question
#7955038 - 01/30/08 10:45 AM (16 years, 2 days ago) |
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I'm on my first grow right now: brf/verm pf tek cakes B+. The jars colonized quickly at about 84F, I gave them an extra week then I dunked them for about 16 hours and rolled them in verm. They are now in the fruiting chamber. Its a plastic container with several inches of perlite, and is about 72F. I've been fanning and misting. Not really sure how to do either though. The humidity stays at like 99% do you still need to mist? After a week nothing happened. I added an aquarium air pump thinking the extra fresh air would help. Its now been like a week and a half and still nothing. Haven't even really seen any mycelium growth. I realize it can take weeks sometimes before you seen pins, but these seemed to start out so strong, and I would think you would at least see some mycelium growth by now. Any ideas?? Thanks!
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Re: n00b Question [Re: cactastic]
#7955054 - 01/30/08 10:49 AM (16 years, 2 days ago) |
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Light?
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cactastic
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Have it near a window, but it gets no direct sunlight.
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Re: n00b Question [Re: cactastic]
#7955259 - 01/30/08 12:02 PM (16 years, 2 days ago) |
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your set up sounds fine. You need to mist to keep the cake from forming rhizomorphs. the water touching the cakes helps it go from vegitave to fruiting. Everything you have sounds good so just wait. I am sure there are knots on it but you just do not know what you are looking for.
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Re: n00b Question [Re: tahoe]
#7955280 - 01/30/08 12:08 PM (16 years, 2 days ago) |
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Sometimes it just takes a fuckin' long time, for cakes to fruit. Same with casings. I have Aussies going on right now, and they are in the FC for 1.5 weeks now. Just yesterday they started pinning. Just be patient!
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Re: n00b Question [Re: Fahkface]
#7955467 - 01/30/08 01:05 PM (16 years, 2 days ago) |
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Can you take pics of the cakes? maybe we can see something thats out of the ordinary. keep us updates if you find pins!
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and0rr
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Are you misting with an emptied out cleaner bottle of some sort by chance? Just a thought. Re-using old bottles can not only cause mutations but it can also cause a cake not to pin at all.
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cactastic
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Re: n00b Question [Re: and0rr]
#7959781 - 01/31/08 10:57 AM (16 years, 1 day ago) |
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Thanks everyone, I was just getting antsy I guess. This morning they all had pins out of no where. :-D Very very excited.
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Quote:
You need to mist to keep the cake from forming rhizomorphs.
WTF?? Primordia form from rhizomorphic mycelium. We mist to replace the moisture that evaporates. RR
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