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Kushcrosser

Kushcrosser

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I would give em another day or 2...they say once the outside in colonized...give it a few more days to make sure the center of the cake is colonized.....because the mushrooms wont pin until all of the food is gone...then they know its time to fruit
 
Thundercat

Thundercat

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So Kush, you only dunk the brf cakes right not the wbs once its colonized? Or should I dunk those too before I break them up into my trays.
 
Thundercat

Thundercat

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Ya that would suck, have a pan full of wet myc covered wbs, and nothing to do with it. All my jars now have growth by the way. I checked them again about an hour ago. A couple of the burmas are really taking off too!! The ereals, and KS are going much slower.
 
NewGrowth

NewGrowth

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Thanks for you help guys/ My fruiting chamber is about 98% humidity and I just added an aquarium heater and placed it inside another rubbermaid with water. So now the temps are running 75-78. I can't wait to see some little shrooms start to form! I was also wonder how much light they need. From what I read they are phototropic but if they get too little light the fruits will not form correctly. Any expertise guys?

Also I am using just brown rice and it seems to have worked well so far.
 
Kushcrosser

Kushcrosser

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any flourescents will work..also, if you are using rice alone, you will have problems! Rice itself holds too much water, I guarantee you will see pink fungus growing real soon!(not good)You have to use brown rice flour, and verm to make cakes, or use grains like wild bird seed, rye, and some ppl use rye grass seed(not recomended)
You can also use pasturized wheat straw
 
NewGrowth

NewGrowth

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Kushcrosser said:
any flourescents will work..also, if you are using rice alone, you will have problems! Rice itself holds too much water, I guarantee you will see pink fungus growing real soon!(not good)You have to use brown rice flour, and verm to make cakes, or use grains like wild bird seed, rye, and some ppl use rye grass seed(not recomended)
You can also use pasturized wheat straw
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Cakes are fully colonized I just used less water when I cooked the rice. No contamination on any of the new cakes I have incubating. Everybody told me I would see pink mold all I got was some bacterial growth in one jar where I could see the rice at the bottom was a little too moist. Now I cook the rice first, fluff it, and put it in jars and PC them. I also PC dry rice and top the jars off with it. What was cool is I did kind of a grain culture and colonized 10 more 1/2 pint jars from another cake no contamination on them at all and the mycelium is growing fast.

Oh and on the light is the ambient light in my room enough?
 
Kushcrosser

Kushcrosser

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The ole saying says...if you have enough light to read a book, its enough for shrooms. It dont take much at all, just dont use a light that will put off alot of heat..thats why flourescents work best. If the temps are too high, they wont pin
 
NewGrowth

NewGrowth

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Kushcrosser said:
The ole saying says...if you have enough light to read a book, its enough for shrooms. It dont take much at all, just dont use a light that will put off alot of heat..thats why flourescents work best. If the temps are too high, they wont pin
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Cool thanks man, I guess they have enough light then. Temps are 75-78 is that good?
 
jollygreengiant8

jollygreengiant8

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Me and my girl had planned on tripping today and she suddenly decided she wasnt going to trip this round..so Im flying solo today
I ate 2.5gs and then we smoked a bowl and she left to go hang with some friends for a while

i burned Fear and Loathing on dvd, i might watch that in a bit

anyone got some suggestions?

Its a nice sunny day i think ill go sit outside for a while
but ill be back..bongsmilie
:peace:
 
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