I would like to say sorry for being so aggressive in my approach. I would like to now say that , yes, this ten will yield you some booms of done correctly.
My reasono annoyed by this thread is that there is a few times where very false info is being stated, that's my beef, if it wasn't for the false infonthen I wouldn't have even commented at all.
So just for the record: sorry for being an ass. This tek can yeild you boomers.
But colonizing in the dark is false, light being a major pinning trigger is false, and saying hydration is not needed for a second flush is false( well it's needed if you want GOOD later flushes) shrooms are over 90% water, they suck up the water in a substrate as they grow, of you don't rehydrate after flushs you will peoabably have small shrooms that mature early. Hope we can all be friends now
Please show us that scientific evidence that light is not a primary trigger.
Further, because light IS a primary trigger and also lends directional it and proportionality to the fruit, growing in the dark and exposing only the surfaces you wish to pin from makes sense.
Especially when border breaks or side pins are unwanted, as in growing in a glass jar.
I said re hydration is not needed because if you have hyperhydrated your substrate initially and have taken care to keep unnecessary moisture to a minimum.
(keep temperatures low and rh high then the substrate should contain enough water for three good flushes.
"dunking" is of limited usefulness in this tech and will promote contamination, especially if your soak is not done in a cool environment.
The best way to continue high moisture levels is to care for your casing.
A "skin" that is relatively impervious to water tends to form on the bare mycelium mass that just doesn't absorb much water.
Try it for yourself if you do not believe me. Weigh the fruit and soak it in water. Weigh it again, very little difference.
Now take a mature block of mycelium and do the same.
Want to talk light?
Grow your substrate out in a spawn bag.
When it is mature, tape one half of the bag with black electrician tape.
Expose the thing to a few hours a day of light. When you see pins on the clear side, tear the bag off and check it.
Evaporation is constant through the bag.
The reality with this species is that it will find a way to fruit no matter what you do or fail to do.
The key us timing and orchestration.
Light and co2 (or its lack) are primary, nutrient loss and temperature are minor.
Combine them all and you get the most yield possible in the first two flushesflushes.
