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[chefpjb1]

These are Maz "center" TX "left and right" They have been cased for nine days. I have no pins yet but hope to see some soon. One of my concerns is high RH. I try to keep it in the 70s but I notice the casing layer dries out quick. I have been doing this by cracking the chamber cover.

If I don't the RH goes up in the 80s to 90s. One other concern I have with the Maz is showing myc growth through the casing layer and the TX are not, but when I mist it is matting down the myc.

I have a sprayer that has a fine mist. I also mist not douce the casings. Why does this happen?

LOST the TX casings and pic of the cake are from the print you had sent me :D

Thanks
The Chef

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[1dumbmyco]

Any day now PJB. RHs are good as my friend allows his to cycle without perlite in a tub from the 70's to 90's between fannings keeping temps at 70-72.

[chefpjb1]

Just to add a note to this. The casing had been made in the following way.

A layer of straw/poo a qt of Substrate, a nother layer of strw/poo, a nother quart of substrate. One more layer of straw/poo was laid down with a casing layer of peat/verm

So it is OK to let the RH be in the 80s? It is usually in the upper 80s.

I have a PC fan running 24/7 and the RH is that high because I have 6 13x9x2 casings in a 48gal rubbermaid container.

[Hippie3]

it's ok to let the rh swing up a bit
as long as you see no condensation on the casing surface

[chefpjb1]

No condensatoin Hip. I guess from reading that high RH will cause cobweb, make deformed shrooms and over lay. I was / am trying to keep it down. Also reading that evap helps trigger pinning it was a concern to keep RH down.

Thank You for Your reply:

The Chef

[chefpjb1]

Freak

Thanks for sharing. The Maz I have growing are from a spore print I got off my original grow back in Oct. I have never had anyones other grow to compare to. My Maz rarely ever got bigger than a bic lighter. With about 1 1/2 - 2 inch caps. My second or third flush I did get a few big guns or what I think are big guns Six inches with about 3 -
3 1/4 inch caps. Beleave me it was only a few one or two per casing. I also just did simple casings verm, substrate, then a casing layer of peat/verm.

About the cases getting sucked dry. Yes, my casings have shrunk a bunch. If and when I get a flush I intend to do a bleach dip and then a dunk. Well its been ten days now. Still no pins :(

I have read that doing the straw/poo thing would add on some time for pinning. I would like to know a rough estimate of how much time?

Well I'm going to get going for now.
Thanks
The Chef

[chefpjb1]

HEY HEY TEN DAYS.

I thought I was going to get my Maz first but it was the TX. LOST your spores beet mine. HEHE. Well I'll post some pics later. I'm late to work

The Chef

[anticheffy]

wow my first tex pins are 4-20 babies too, lol

[chefpjb1]

These are updated pics of the TX casings.

I noticed the mutated pinset in the morning. Now I look on the sides of the trays and I can see a bunch of pins. This took 10 days from spawning. The pins are of my TX. Maz still show nothing:(

I bet if I turned these casings over I would have a buch of pins on the bottom of the tray ;)

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[doobydoobydoo]

It is possible they are getting more fresh air around the edges lettin em pin there and not on the top due to slight suffocation... or more water. :) Tex odd.. pins with little to no light.

[chefpjb1]

Should I remove the casing layer considdering I did the straw/poo spawn? I beleave I was told after I put the casings together I didn't need it.

[chefpjb1]

Well I decided to take the casings out of the pans because the amount of pins on the sides. I think one of my problems is the size of verm I used. It is a fine granual. It just might be suffercating the top myc. I am going to use the scots brand again. It is a larger granual. Here are some updated pics. Let me tell you I have a whole bunch of pins all around the TX casings "to small to pick up with cammera. The Maz still has no pins or noticeable knotting. Well time will tell.

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[destroy_erase_improve]

i see a few pins coming through the top of the casing. maybe its too wet? or matted down? or you just cant see the pins quite yet under the casing?

[chefpjb1]

i see a few pins coming through the top of the casing. maybe its too wet? or matted down? or you just cant see the pins quite yet under the casing?

I think its matted down. Verm is to fine I think. I'm almost to afraid to touch the worthless casing layer I put on them. I don't want to destroy any pins that might be there creating them to rot. After this first flush I am going to remove the peat/verm layer.

[Hippie3]

did you add lime to offset the peat's ph ?

[chefpjb1]

did you add lime to offset the peat's ph ?

Yes Hippie. I did add lime. My PH is 7.0
I hope this is ok. I don't know why its only reading 7 because I did add a bit more than what the aliens tek calls for. I am making a referance to the peat/verm method.

As for the straw/poo. I beleave I made notes of it above.

Thank You Hip for replying you have always pointed me the correct way to go.

The Chef

[chefpjb1]

I had to give the digi back so no pics for now. I did decide to scratch and remove the casing layer on my MAz. The surface myc was not showing any signs of growth. We shall see if this works.
I do have a 5lb block of MYC/STRAW/POO

The Chef