massbaster
Well-Known Member
first of all, this is my second grow.congrats on the grow man! I just put my first cake in my fruiting chamber and I'm anxiously awaiting pins right now. But I got it around 78 F with humidity in the 90%-97% ranges so I think I'm looking good there.
Have you tried any of yours yet? I think my first fruits I'm going to eat immediately without drying simply because I can and I grew them. Plus, I'm curious as to how fresh cubensis tastes. Anyway, check my grow out. Peace.
on my first grow, i did not keep them in complete darkness in the beginning and had temps around 75-79 f.
i got 4 out of ten jars clean and birthed.
i got one flush of cambodians from each cake for a total of about 40 mushrooms.
yes they were good.
i spent more time on my recent second run with cleanliness and preventing contamination.
I placed them in a container (21 jars in a "fresh step" 5 gallon square kitty litter container) and covered it with a large towel to block out light then placed on a black winter sweatshirt over that.
i had them in 75-79degrees F due to the fact that higher than 86 will kill the mycelium.
i let them sit like this for 2 weeks. i checked them periodically but maintained as much darkness as i could.
after 2 weeks i was disappointed from the lack of growth.
i keep a small thermometer in the bucket and check it every two days to see what my temps are.
i have since moved my container onto a cinder block and keep it closer to my furnace.
i now maintain temps closer to 85f.
within 3 days of doing this, the mycelium has taken off with much better results.
i will post pics in a couple of days on my own thread.
i think i will be ready to birth within a week if this rate of growth keeps up.
so in summation, if you boil your jars well, and spend plenty of time preventing contamination AND you have slow growth, you might want to increase your temps. a little.
good luck.