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Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information.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

Registered: 07/19/08
Posts: 12
Last seen: 14 years, 7 months
|
Fruiting chamber concerns with casing
#8681143 - 07/25/08 05:05 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
|
|
Hey, thanks for the help so far guys, Ive got a couple of terrariums set up with some BRF cakes. But for the casing I had a concern about the fruiting chamber. Im doing the coco coir method where you end up with your casing in aluminum baking trays, which I suppose would sit on the perlite. My concern is that I have SO MUCH material that I envision myself filling up the bottom of the tupperware container which would stop the water from evaporating from the perlite correctly. Should I be worried about this? If so , is there a good workaround?
|
BrandNewbie
Captain



Registered: 05/21/08
Posts: 2,932
Loc: U.S.A.
Last seen: 5 years, 7 months
|
Re: Fruiting chamber concerns with casing [Re: eightfoldmodel]
#8681264 - 07/25/08 05:41 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
|
|
You do not case cakes.
To be honest, I'm surprised that you have successfully grown mycelium without knowing this. Congratulations!
-------------------- Question: Why do women wear make-up and perfume?
Answer: Because they're ugly and they stink.
|
eightfoldmodel
Stranger

Registered: 07/19/08
Posts: 12
Last seen: 14 years, 7 months
|
Re: Fruiting chamber concerns with casing [Re: BrandNewbie]
#8681288 - 07/25/08 05:45 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
|
|
I didnt mention this but I'm not casing the cakes, theyre already in another FC, what I was going to case was colonized rye seed.
|
PowerOfTheCoir
Newbie Sympathizer



Registered: 07/02/08
Posts: 421
Last seen: 14 years, 24 days
|
Re: Fruiting chamber concerns with casing [Re: eightfoldmodel]
#8681311 - 07/25/08 05:50 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
|
|
Ive packed trays pretty tightly together on perlite without a problem. Just make sure that there's at least some space for circulation and have some holes under the perlite. The updraft of humid air will get around the trays.
-------------------- Check out my first ever TEK!
Shroom capsules with the Cap-M-Quik (pics)
|
psg1
viewer


Registered: 02/12/06
Posts: 150
Last seen: 12 years, 3 months
|
Re: Fruiting chamber concerns with casing [Re: PowerOfTheCoir]
#8681677 - 07/25/08 08:04 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
|
|
Find a rack of some kind. You can use one of those wire mesh "inbox" "outbox" types from an office supply store or walmart.
-------------------- .
|
numonkei
Back! From thedigestive tractof dave theiguana!

Registered: 04/12/06
Posts: 2,500
Loc: A Tree
Last seen: 7 years, 9 months
|
Re: Fruiting chamber concerns with casing [Re: psg1]
#8681767 - 07/25/08 08:35 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
|
|
You can case cakes...
Cruble and cake? Works great.
But yeah, you don't case regular cakes. Just donk and rule.
~Monk
|
RogerRabbit
Bans for Pleasure



Registered: 03/26/03
Posts: 42,214
Loc: Seattle
Last seen: 1 year, 10 months
|
Re: Fruiting chamber concerns with casing [Re: numonkei]
#8681959 - 07/25/08 09:23 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
|
|
He never said he was casing cakes. Read the post.
Simply elevate the trays above the perlite with spacers or a wire rack as previously suggested. Keep the surface of the perlite open. RR
-------------------- Download Let's Grow Mushrooms
semper in excretia sumus solim profundum variat
"I've never had a failed experiment. I've only discovered 10,000 methods which do not work."
Thomas Edison
|
lipa


Registered: 07/24/07
Posts: 2,684
|
Re: Fruiting chamber concerns with casing [Re: RogerRabbit]
#8682112 - 07/25/08 10:03 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
|
|
I know this sounds weird, but I use to take nylon stockings and fill them with perlite, wet them, knot the ends and then hang them off of the lid with the knots from each end pushed through holes in lid. You can hang them in a martha too for extra humidity.
It works very well and is a clean process. You can change them out easily.
|
|
|
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, hamloaf, cronicr, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a 645 topic views. 28 members, 115 guests and 24 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ] |
|