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[Kushcrosser]

Lookin good! Hopefully you get a kick ass flush

 

[Thundercat]

I don't know if they will be done before you leave though!

 

[jollygreengiant8]

me either man..im gonna be bummed the fuck out
damn pins took too long
thinking im gonna pick everything before i leave and recase and hopefully ill get back at the right time
i dont really know what to do but just say FUCK

 

[NewGrowth]

I put a new cake in my FC and harvested six more large shrooms, they are drying now.

I want to try casing this next cake, can I just use potting soil?

 

[Thundercat]

Ahh your still up. Either you pick, and recase, or you leave them, and come back to a bunch of big mushrooms and spores everywhere.

 

[Thundercat]

I don't know about potting soil NG. Thats sweet you got some big ones, did you take any pics?

 

[NewGrowth]

Ahh your still up. Either you pick, and recase, or you leave them, and come back to a bunch of big mushrooms and spores everywhere.

Thats cool you should do the latter JG! Pretty cool if the shrooms complete a complete life cycle in your FC and you come back to some really cool huge shrooms!

I don't know about potting soil NG. Thats sweet you got some big ones, did you take any pics?

I really need to get a camera huh? Well maybe after this next harvest

I was wondering though these shrooms grew really fat hollow stems because I added a little too much water to the FC an they got a little wet. It seems like the excess moisture caused them to grow larger but less dense. The shrooms I harvested before stayed dry and had dense stems but smaller caps, not a as large size wise.

Anybody notice this phenomena?
I'm high

 

[jollygreengiant8]

Ive picked a few and noticed that they had hollow stems, but I also read that it is common with the B+ strain so i never really thought about it too much

I really want to leave these to pick when I get back but it seems like such a long time to be gone and Im afraid they would all be fallen over and getting rotten by the time I got to pick them...ahhhh fuck it Im going to let them go.

My house is only about an hour away so I might just drive over here sometime after Xmas, snap some pics to show you guys, pick some shrooms, and recase it and drive back.

 

[Thundercat]

Oh shit if you are only going an hour away bro, just take a road cruise! You'll prolly want to get away from the family for a couple hours at some point any ways right! Are you gonna be gone till after new years? I can't remember, but if you went back after christmas, and picked them, you could trip on New Years!!! Thats what I'm hoping to do! I've got some mild myc growth, but what I can see looks more like rhyzo growth ten the light fluffy growth. So my hopes are high. I'll post pics tonight.

 

[jollygreengiant8]

yeah man, ill get a bag and load the pipe and hit the road. I should be back new years eve..Ive got about an 1/8th left so ill be tripping on New Years either way
I hope yours give you some shrooms so you can be tripping new years too!
Ill be looking for those pics man

 

[Thundercat]

That sweet I think I'll have them by then. They have been going so fast, they have only been in the FC for 3 days. I'm cook in up more grain right now.

 

[jollygreengiant8]

my gf just told me she had to work on the 27th so she will pick them

 

[Thundercat]

Sweet thats my birthday!!

 

[jollygreengiant8]

no shit huh..mines the 29th

ill have to remember to tell you happy birthday

 

[jollygreengiant8]

I was taking a stroll around the yard and noticed a little patch of mushrooms and one lone orange mushroom
I grabbed my camera and took a few shots, and decided to print some
check it out

 

[Thundercat]

Thats cool man, I like to pick random ones that I find. I would suggest in the future to take the spore prints on 2 differant pieces of paper right next to each other. A white peice, and a black peice. Some spores are light colors, or dark, and a piece of paper will make it easier totell what color the print is. The color of the print is a key to identifing the mushroom.

 

[jollygreengiant8]

more pins have popped up
seems like a good amount of pins
lets hope for few aborts

 

[Thundercat]

Lookin good man! Mine don't have nearly as much to show.

 

[nashbar]

I was taking a stroll around the yard and noticed a little patch of mushrooms and one lone orange mushroom
I grabbed my camera and took a few shots, and decided to print some
check it out

not cubensis...

i always pick and print the yard shrooms, professional curiosity.

that's a huge substrate. i was disappointed when i tried the big tub substrate.

i've found numerous small casings in aluminum bread baking pans work better. when one section is dead/infected, remove that pan instead of trashing the whole substrate.

good luck, looks like you'll get a good harvest.

 

[NewGrowth]

Cool JG you have crocus coming up too, one of my favorite flowers.
Any idea is potting soil will work as a casing?
I have another cake ready to be birthed but i wanted to try casing this one.