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Title: first flush... wow
Post by: jabwemet on April 07, 2009, 06:53:58 AM
check these out... much better than I was expecting considering that the jars weren't even fully colonized.  This is exactly one week after birth.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3356/3420673531_2fe77a2009_b.jpg)

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3372/3421485498_aca34e8fd5_b.jpg)

and the big one...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3373/3421483526_ffc8c28c2c_b.jpg)

the big one had a piece of verm stuck to the top of the cap and the cap split yesterday.  oh well.

A couple veils have broken in those clusters.  Should I harvest the whole cluster now or wait for a couple more veils to break?

thanks again.
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: Fun Guy on April 07, 2009, 07:42:11 AM
nice work looks delicious
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: Baphom3t on April 07, 2009, 08:20:56 AM
"A couple veils have broken in those clusters.  Should I harvest the whole cluster now or wait for a couple more veils to break?"

I personally wait till the caps open.
Congrats on a nice grow.

Baph
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: coyoteyogi on April 07, 2009, 09:03:27 AM
I think they like you... Handsome little guys. great job. You want fries with that?
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: jabwemet on April 07, 2009, 09:09:55 AM
now i just have to decide what to grow next.  burma?  GT? 

if only growing pot could be this innocuous.
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: cugak on April 07, 2009, 01:33:08 PM
How much time do you use light and how much time dark?
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: jabwemet on April 07, 2009, 02:34:24 PM
I just keep the blinds up in that room, no artificial light.
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: fattrout on April 07, 2009, 02:56:19 PM
man thos are bautiful congrats... :mellow:
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: tatortot33 on April 07, 2009, 03:00:09 PM
Ya, wow! Those look delicious!
I'm going to try and grow soon, I'm hoping they come out that wonderful.
Congrats!
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: jabwemet on April 07, 2009, 03:17:55 PM
thank you, thank you.

I'm drying them on a plate in front of a space heater (not too close)... no problem?  I have some of those dessicant packs from used pill jars but I'm guessing that those probably don't work too well since they've already had a lifespan working for the pills.  If they are still good, can I just put the mushies in a ziplock with dessicant packs inside and sit em in the fridge?
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: shroomzer on April 07, 2009, 03:19:09 PM
Dayum .... great loooking and yummmmy!!!  Good job!!
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: crazyd on April 07, 2009, 03:20:56 PM
I am EXTREMELY jealous!!!!  My first attempts have been poor at best.
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: shroomzer on April 07, 2009, 03:22:04 PM
I went to Bed bath and beyond .. and bought a food dehydrator.  It was about 30 bucks .. others here have them too.  Seems to be the easiest and most convienient way for me to dry.  Make sure if you do get a dehydrator that it has adjustable temp. from 95-150 and keep it on the lowest setting.  Depending on the sizes of your flush, they dry in about 12 hours.
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: MT on April 07, 2009, 04:27:13 PM
I start out drying mine under a fan for about 24 hrs. and finish them out ( cracker dry ) in a dehydrator for about five hours.
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: durazno on April 09, 2009, 06:02:24 AM
Can you post some pictures of the fruiting chamber from above/sides? It looks so good and humid in there. what humidification technique are u using?
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: lostcause1138 on April 09, 2009, 01:46:38 PM
careful drying them in front of a space heater (heat destroys psilocybin). maybe in front of a fan instead. i use the dessicant method myself. the ones from pills are probably too small. they sell much bigger ones at target, walmart, etc. fridge 'em after they're dry.
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: jabwemet on April 11, 2009, 05:40:17 AM
i humidify with about 3-4 inches of perlite with lots of water... I didn't realize until I scraped some perlite off the top but my water level is almost right up to the top of the perlite.  The FC is covered with a clear plastic sheet, the kind you use to cover the floor when you paint.  The sheet is big so I tuck it under the bottom of the FC except on one side
(the side where my HEPA filter sits).
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: cugak on April 11, 2009, 03:32:32 PM
I also use perlite. So youve got almost all of perlite under water? Water is floating almost to the top of perlite?
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: psilocybin warrior on April 11, 2009, 06:51:22 PM
um....drain it. You shouldn't have any build up of water in your perlite.

pw
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: OutThisLife on April 11, 2009, 08:30:41 PM
2 cakes? Similar flush? GJ!
Title: Re: first flush... wow
Post by: Azurascender on April 13, 2009, 10:48:10 PM
One of them is giving you a funny look, taunting you. "Eat me!" .....I'd do what it says if I were you  ^_^