First Time Shroom Grower PF-Tek

are you giving them any fresh air daily? If I remember right you didnt have any holes in your FC. If the Co2 builds up, they wont pin. Just take the lid off a couple times a day and fan out the CO2...or cut holes and use pollyfil

theres definately holes stuffed with polyfill
and i open it a few times a day to mist the shit out of everything
its just moving slow i guess

sometimes they can be asses

Mine took about a week to start fruiting.

finally there are some pins in the tray but theyre small and hard to see
and ive got some seeds cracked and babies growing

Thats sweet JG, both kinds of babies!!! How long you gonna be out of town this time? How long do you have till you go? Just curious if they have a chance to finish before you leave, or if you are gonna come home to a FC full of spores?

Thundercat said:

Thats sweet JG, both kinds of babies!!! How long you gonna be out of town this time? How long do you have till you go? Just curious if they have a chance to finish before you leave, or if you are gonna come home to a FC full of spores?

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I'm going home sometime Monday, hang out with the family, call up some old friends, do the christmas thing, then my birthday, and I should be back on New Years Eve.

Ill probably want to pick everything off the tray before I go...I hope they start to speed the fuck up so Im not just picking baby shrooms.

Could I save the tray in the fridge while I'm gone and put it back in the FC once I get back?

Honestly if you planned on picking everything off before you go, you could prolly recase it and just stick it back in the FC and maybe have shrooms right after you get home. But other wise I think if you covered it with tinfoil you could prolly save it. I'm not posative but I think so. What are you gonna do about your seedlings for that long?

hope that the strong ones survive lol
If they die Ill just start over with new ones
but Ive done this a few times and come back expecting nothing but death and there they are looking thirsty but still holding on to life

Good times, do you have water crystals in your soil? Natmoon turned me on to it. They will slowly release moisture as the soil drys up. Perlite, and water crystals.

nope, they are just in some seed starter soil right now.
what the hell are water crystals lol where do i get them at?
speaking of natmoon, you just reminded me of the airbasket..hmmm

Fuck ya on the air basket, I'm going to be doing 2-3 plants with the airbasket, and your independant scrog system bro! The water crystals you can get at lowes, or home depot. I got a 1 lb container for like 12 bucks. I can't remember what natmoons perportions are right now, but you add like a 1/4 cup of them for ever 5 gallons of soil or something. They absorb water, and get like 50x their size, then when the soil drys out they release the water into it. Then you only have to water like once a week. Natmoon also uses I believe 1 part perlite for every 2 parts soil.

look up soil moist....(polymer crystals)

MMM diaper filling, same stuff they use in diapers! Whatever works though.
Glad to see some pins JG!

thanks man..im hoping that when i check the tray tomorrow theyre larger so theres a little more to look at

i just inoculated the 5 pint jars..i never got around to cooking anymore birdseed for the quarts

Earlier today i gave the LC a little shake and now it all came together to form one blob of myc, there are still those little black specks in it..i dont know if we ever established weather those were spores or what

im bored and out of bud so i took some more pics

With some birthday cash Im going to buy a syringe or two or something, but i need some suggestions
I'm thinking about getting something that maybe either Kush or TC doesnt have and may want so we can do some trading of sorts if anyone would be interested in something like that...let me know any strains that youve heard good things or maybe wanted to try but havent gotten to yet.

Liquid culture is cool, I'll have to try that.

I don't have any strains in mind JG, but you seem like a pretty good guy, so if you wanna do some trading, I'm up for it once I have some prints to trade.

yeah the LC is pretty cool..i need to get that 16g syringe so i can use it

TC, save me a print or two..I want to get a nice collection going
i saw kush's collection of syringes on another thread and my jaw dropped
I'm going to start taking a good number of prints when I can just for trading and spreading the love

If I ever get any of those sanfransicians or whatever they are to fruit, ill definately pass prints around if anyone wants a few

I can appreciate the trading for sure! I can't wait to get a good collection of syringes goin. I have 3 different syringes right now, but I wanna have way more.

ive been watching these like a hawk tell them to hurry up, only got 2 more days before they will be picked