mycelium wont get thicker +rep
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vertise
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the major thing is the air flow, without it Co2 levels stay high and mycelium will continue to grow rather then pin. When i first started growing i had that as a problem, my casings would just continue to grow white with no pins. Then i cut 4 2 inch holes in the side of my chamber and used those giant bandaids to cover them. This will allow the co2 to leak out and airflow to take place. Man I got to say there is a big learning curve when growing shrooms. Sometimes you may even have a cake that is solid white and think its going well but bam turns out to be a mold that looks exactly like mycelium
nellyatcha
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yeah i got a 65w cfl bulb 6500k in color
and yes i have it open and it seems like mycelium is growing still thats what i think it is so what do i do ? because its growing over the verm from the roll method
vertise
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whats your air flow condition. I would say that you need to increase the oxygen flow. Thats simple just cut 4 holes in your birthing chamber and cover those holes with these band aids. They are the big ones. The holes should be cut 2 on one side two on the opposite side. Also disinfect the area before cutting with rubbing alchohol.
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nellyatcha
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if i do that then the humidity wont raise it will drop. and thats not good using the perlite method and etc
lovemug
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they will pin if they are not already. when you dunk and roll your mycelium will grow over the vermiculite you rolled it in. it took mine almost 2 weeks to start pinning with the shotgun tek. dont worry about airflow as long as you followed the directions to make a shotgun terrarium it will work what is your humidity sitting at?
vertise
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http://www.shroomery.org/10254/PF-TEK-Update-The-Shotgun-Terrarium if he did build one then he would have drilled alot of holes in his bin for air flow cause its very important. So the question is to nelly whats your terrarium look like.
lovemug
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give them time. did you knock them up on the edge of the jar or more in the midle? if in the midle they could be growing and you wont see it till it reaches the outer rim.
nellyatcha
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my humidity is at about 90+ temp at 79 colinized at 84 degrees
lovemug
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waiting for them to pin sucks so bad. once they do in a couple days youll have mushrooms. i felt like i was doing everything wrong right before they started pinning. i know what your going through just relax and give it a few days. and make sure to take notes of all this for future grows.
nellyatcha
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i used 1/8 and just made lots of holes all over the place and i mean lots. and i covered the holes as well and im using a 30qt rubbermaid bin its clear daylight blue so its getting spectrum. and i figgured it out its just like the pics its primordia
nellyatcha
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no dunking for 24 hrs is over kill because its going to ony obsorb like 10oz of water max and it can do that within 6-12 hrs. and i know im going to dunk after each flush.