Burying contaminated brf cakes Mushroom cultivation, identification, hunting and all other things fungus. Crypto I'm concerned about some discoloration on two of my brf cakes. BRF is best kept cool and dry for prolonged periods of time, since it can easily become rancid because of the fat content of its husk. Thanks for sharing, this is just what I needed The contam that a grater, not properly cleaned and sanitized grating a cake as opposed to burying a cake in pasteurized sub. I recently made some BRF cakes which were put into a fruiting chamber after dunking and rolling. Thread starter HeatlessBBQ; Start date Dec 15, 2010; HeatlessBBQ Well-Known Member. The strain is P. Out of all the substrates out there, cakes hold the least amount of water. Flour mix varies in color slightly depending on what manufacture you got it from. Contamination comes from I agree buried contaminated cakes and separated the healthy white mycelium that got to about 60-80% colonization into the dirt in my backyard under some trees in cedar chips, verm, brf, and spent soil from an old plant also hay and straw. Plus, it looks like you about ready to harvest in which case do so & then get rid of it. A 1:2 ratio of BRF cake to coir is typically recommended for good I have 12 half pint BRF cakes, most of which are fully colonized and ready to birth. That's why you can increase your yields by spawning to a hydrated bulk substrate. r/MushroomGrowers is a supportive community of amateurs and professionals from around the world Put your rice in a bowl. Can I use a vase and bury the cake within the dirt? Do I leave the top of the cake exposed so it has a direction to grow or do I completely cover it? Can I just use dirt or do I need anything else? Do I need to bury them or can I just surround it with straw and water it? 312K subscribers in the MushroomGrowers community. Because If you break up your cake, and the myc hasn't fully Posted by u/Arugula-Different - 1 vote and no comments One of my cakes got contaminated during the 3rd flush. It's all about the increase water capacity. One of them is all white with a little yellow and the mycelium is slowly growing in the others. I'm sure I made errors there too being a noob and and all. Hey everyone! First time grower here. In my opinion, you could replace SGFC with Water Tub Tek for fruiting BRF cakes. If this is the case remove and discard the contaminated cakes immediately to prevent the I dunked and rolled two BRF cakes. some suggest simply burying the cakes as-is in the coir in shoebox containers and leaving them be, others suggested a water-tub Can someone explain the proper way to bury contaminated cakes. Dec 15, 2010 Dec 15, 2010 #2 toss em, and sterilize everything. i buried the LGT cakes around mid april and still get some growing every once in a while. I know it’s recommended to bury contaminated cakes in the backyard, in case it possibly perseveres and fruits. Some growers choose to soak their PF Tek cakes in water for 12 to 24 hours before rolling in clean Hi all. Crypto I planted a few green mold contaminated BRF cakes earlier this summer in a raised bed with some composted manure and leftover perlite to loosen up the soil, and continued to get HOW TO REUSE MYCELIUM CAKES. Welcome to r/Shroomery! Contaminated BRF cakes? #24537162 - 08/08/17 12:16 AM (5 years, 5 months ago) Edit : Reply : Quote : Quick Reply: About 2 and a half weeks ago i started the process of growing I colonized 8 individual BRF cakes a little over three weeks ago with two different strains of the same species and have noticed that one of my jars has gathered these black spots between the edge of the cake and the glass. The others look fine at the moment and still fruiting. Search Our Site | Search Our Forums Next step after birthing BRF cakes --> shred to bulk shoebox tek #27294290 - 05/04/21 04:33 PM (3 years, 9 months Educator, advocate and consultant to governments and corporations for the medical, recreational and industrial (hemp) cannabis industries 1y Posted by u/hardon4harden - 1 vote and 7 comments When your cakes are entirely colonized and pulling away from the sides of the jars, start preparing your fruiting chamber. DarthD3vl Well-Known Member. I couldn't find much information, because it seems like if you search for "Bury BRF Cake" or some other similar combination the results are posts about how tu bury spent or When you bury a cake outside, you introduce other microorganisms to the equation. If you buy pre sterile grains or have a PC then Contaminated brf cakes? #28472762 - 09/17/23 03:35 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) Edit : Reply : Quote : Quick Reply: Inoculated these jars 23 days ago. I guess my only question is, RogerRabbit, how deep should I bury them and Burying cakes out side *DELETED* [Re: resptodd] #7833673 - 01/04/08 09:24 PM (17 years, 2 BRF to bulk/Cakes as spawn : Post your BRF Bulk About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Thats why you leave the last 3rd of the grain jars for shaking room, to be able to spread the mycelium around. Rinse each cake Success with Burying Cube Cake in the Backyard [Actives] I made a BRF dough and buried it in the soil underneath a mulberry tree. I bought a 6 pack of pre-sterilized BRF 1/2 pint jars from Midwest Grow Kits and innoculated them with G. Grain spawn is also a lot more effective, it just seems like 90% of newbies either do BRF cakes or buy a grow kit, and BRF cakes are definitely a better way to go. A place to discuss the growing, hunting, and the experience of magical fungi. Posted by u/[Deleted Account] - 3 votes and 1 comment Nice, still can't read VTEK and not think honda civic, and yeah spawn to bulk is definitely a better way to go. HeatlessBBQ Well-Known Member. I am a noob. Add a little bit of potting soil, Keep in shade, water twice a day to keep it moist, does great. Spreading out the myc has nothing to do with it. It is pure white and looks pretty. So far it's been like a week and i don't see any pins. Keep the temperature there and put a light on them on a 12/12 timer. Go Up Pages 1 2. This will be my first attempt at a monotub, im wondering what size of a tub i should be looking for ,2 quarts vermiculite,4 quarts boiling water as per Damion5050's tek) substrate outdoors due to the fact that it got contaminated with trich Business, Economics, and Finance. I would try to attempt it like a brf cake, dunk it and roll it in verm. Also when I burry spent cakes in the ground, well I haven't had any luck yet, am I supposed to Not contaminated cakes, but contaminated bulk substrate from a mono tub, that had 3 flushes run through it already and was on its last leg. . GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. Business, Economics, and Finance. After birthing them, the mycelium grew through the top layer of vermiculite and turned a bluish colour (possibly a bit of green, but more blue) One contaminated cake (amid several other healthy ones) is futile to try to get any further yields out of. The humidity is usually 95%-99% and temp is around 64-65 degrees Fahrenheit. All of the cakes were very dry so I decided to dunk them again. When reusing mycelium cakes, bear in mind the I have saw numerous people but their contaminated cakes or like there dried up remnants of a cake and get fruits. -----I like you. This one cake is putting out a bunch of misshapen mutants and is also starting to show a bit of a greenish blue tint at the top (see photo). any suggestions for soil mixture? vermiculite, perlite, potting soil on hand. want to bury inside using a planter. For the hunting, growing, and consuming of mushrooms. However I at least had success, since switching to grains I haven't had a single jar colonize fully and or became contaminated. I would personally just mix it up or break it up and When you have cakes you have separate grows, so doing damage control is easy. One popular method for spawning BRF cakes in bulk involves using a shoebox-style container and a mix of prepped coir. If a jar Hey guys I'm wondering what the is average wait time for brf cakes to pin? Misting 3x a day Have a legit sgfc with holes on all sides/perlite Fanning 5x a day Temp 68 to 77 12/12 Dunked and rolled. r/MushroomGrowers is a supportive community of amateurs and professionals from around the world Business, Economics, and Finance. for the love of fungi :: hunting, foraging, cultivation, images( mycoporn ), research, questions & BRF Cakes turning blue. I'm a long time lurker. ive had success burying cakes in a few spots in my backyard, this spot here doesnt get too much sun in comparison to other parts of my backyard. There can be mold growing on top of your myc that looks very similar to the myc and obviously for safety you don't wanna eat mushrooms off of that. So far there have been a number of new pins on that cake, but they aren't growing or have aborted. 45K subscribers in the shroomery community. After that experiment worked, I started to dump them all in the same area, contaminated or not. I let them cool and warm up for a few days, then soaked them for 20ish hours. may put some flowers Okay so I've heard RR say in several different posts to bury contaminated cakes outside with cow manure under a shady tree. 651K subscribers in the shrooms community. After around a month all jars were fully colonized with no contaminants. The mycelium all seems to be progressing nicely, but unfortunately I think I spotted some green on my “fastest” growing jar :/. Anything I’ve seen nothing but “don’t eat from contaminated cakes” but also seen people bury them and eat the fruits of the buried block. I then waited a week thinking low temps would be screwing with fruiting. but just would prefer to keep it simple. But I needed to wait to fruit for a month due to winter vacation. It also looks really dehydrated. January 21, 2010, 06:27:35 PM I would say start over buy some more if the cake is contaminated the mushrooms are contaminated "hince" possibly spores contaminated wouldn't risk it good luck man Print. Sort by: New So basically, burying a block that has been contaminated gives the mycelium a fighting chance to spread to healthy substrate and produce fruits. Make About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms HOW TO REUSE MYCELIUM CAKES. Dec 15, 2010 #3 nah man. I currently have my cakes in a SGFC. So they sat in my fridge, sealed, for five or six weeks. Extras: Top: Pierce-His This has been asked and answered at least twenty times in the last year. . (Discolaration on bottom center of cake in 13 votes, 30 comments. Contaminated BRF Cake? Trying my first B+ grow with BRF tek and I noticed a slightly sour smell coming from my tub a few days ago. A big issue with mono tubs is that you can have "hidden" contam. rip" These are words which I heard more times than the amount of times I checked on colonisation progress during the day. Atlantis ATL#7 (from cakes caught trich. I have some coco coir, and some vermiculite, four shoebox-size plastic containers, and a much larger 15 gallon plastic container. Primarily concerned with If it's contaminated, trash the cake before infects other cakes as well. If you're like me and bought a unnecessarily giant bag of vermiculite when you made your first brf cakes, go ahead and toss in a few handfuls of verm. Primarily concerned with Posted by u/AccordingStrike5866 - 1 vote and 2 comments Posted by u/cbdmang69 - 5 votes and 32 comments BRF Mushroom Substrate Cakes, 1/2 Pint Organic Brown Rice Flour and Vermiculite BRF / PF Tek Jars, Modified Lid with Injection Portfor mushroom growing (mycology). Crypto And also, it deft could form a lot of pins but there is such less of a chance the way it's looking. I had these Ban Hua Thanon cakes grow amazing mushies a few months back. I already removed the contaminated cake Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. Brf cakes are more suited for newbies with minimal supplies. spores. A bulk grow mixes these cakes together. When I bury spent cakes in a pot I have great success. Growing mushrooms on BRF cakes Things needed: For making BRF jars: Mason jars – 1/2 pint wide-mouth jars are the best – see jar alternatives in the appendix. Spawn new substrate with fresh spawn. In my experience fruiting the cakes delivers quicker results and the increase in yield by going bulk (with brf cakes) is marginal and not entirely guaranteed. Spent cakes are. Reply When I bury contaminated cakes in the pot, the contamination just gets worse and nothing happens. Dec 15, 2010 #4 The cakes usually need to be sprayed every time I check on them and I fan them 3-4 times a day. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more! Many sites out on the internet are know for scamming, sending contaminated syringes, or syringes filled with nothing but water. 653K subscribers in the shrooms community. I use BRF (Pk-Tek) and from it looks like to me you just have too much BRF is your mix. get a pressure cooker. I am a first time grower. This approach, in theory, makes the cake benefit from the perlite evaporation indirectly as much as possible, evaporation from the mycelium surface being the prime pinning trigger. Just less of a chance of contam. Line the bottom of your pot with spare jar rings as shown. If it comes off it is mold if it doesn't, it is bruising. A. Around 127K subscribers in the shroomers community. Please let me know if something is wrong Extras: Top: caphynehy I posted the pictures on my last post and someone said could possibly be cobweb? The white on the cakes is sooo fluffy. Mushroom cake preparation for rehydrating. In this case mycelium dry out, loses its flexibility and becomes "brittle". However, The contam that a grater, not properly cleaned and sanitized grating a cake as opposed to burying a cake in pasteurized sub. On the other hand, monotubs are containers filled People say to take a qtip and rub the green or blue area. Get a small pot for a potted plant and some potting soil. I just can’t wait to eat my own shrooms and I’m hoping my 15 cakes give me a couple ounces but most of the research I’ve read said PE sucks on Is my cake contaminated with Trich or is this bruising? comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment [deleted] • Additional comment actions I skipped the cakes and went straight to tub, I think the only thing that makes this tek beginner friendly is steam sterilisation. Once the cakes appear to be fully colonized, it’s best to give them several extra days (I’ve seen advice ranging from two days to an entire week) for the interior to finish 🔵 Bruising because cake and mycelium dehydrated or after water puddles on top layer. So if you mix a bad cake with say 5 other cakes you can ruin 6 cakes worth instead of just one. Dehydration bruising is often I made a BRF dough and buried it in the soil underneath a mulberry tree. If a cake gets contaminated just remove that cake and keep growing the rest. My question is if I put a BRF pint I buried 4 contamed BRF cakes in a plant pot whole, and covered in ordinary potting compost. I'm using the PFtek for BRF cakes. 603K subscribers in the mycology community. The last three have darker The reason first timers are told to do brf cakes is because they are very easy to see if contaminated. Also, keep humidity between 90-95%, the movement of moisture from the cakes into the environment initiate fruiting. It will help prevent the inevitable rice clumping you'll see BRF Cakes not fruiting [Actives] Actives Alright so some back story. Two of my 5 cakes look healthy with light brown caps. Recipes through Inoculation; Incubation through Birthing; Birthing through Harvest; Archive; Psilocybe cubensis Strain Information All of my jars are PF tek and have been around for a little over two weeks. Crypto Simply put a square of tin foil below the cakes; as short as possible around the cakes (with a bit of margin to avoid aerial mycelium reaching the perlite). When reusing mycelium cakes, bear in mind BRF cakes involve mixing brown rice flour with vermiculite and water to form small cakes. I quit brf's a few years ago as they either never grew or when they did were tiny as fuck with maybe one or 2 decent size mushrooms. First time posting & my first attempt at cultivation. Is this normal for this length of time for BRF cakes? dub504 Guest; Logged; Re: Cakes still not colonized =[#1. I waited another week after the first jar was 100% colonized, then dunked all cakes for around 18 hours. The cake that was most affected took much longer to fruit than the other cakes and I am becoming concerned that it might be trich. general Share Add a Comment. Brf cakes you obviously cannot do that because you essentially want it the same shape as the jars used, I actually have really Hey so I have a BRF cake with some green shit on it, plus a few spent cakes, and I want to do something with them. There was a light bluish tint across the mycelium on these cakes after dunking, which I assumed was bruising. 649K subscribers in the shrooms community. Some of these organisms actually support the cube mycelium and might help it get to fruit. Primarily concerned with Im currently colonizing 12 1/2 pint BRF cakes which I intend to break up and throw in a monotub. pretty sure its not . First flush gave 80g's wet, which is better than a kick in the teeth, considering I was gonna bin them not saying it's the best way to do it, but it's one way at least I think I’ve put in at least 40 hours of research from looking at all different forums and Reddit. The pins that were already present swelled then aborted. Almost like a small animal, lol. Id spawn to bulk with all the cakes and move away from brf cakes into grain spawn. DO YOUR HOMEWORK! Before 310K subscribers in the MushroomGrowers community. Pick them also. 48K subscribers in the shroomery community. Q. spent. It's not a health hazard. It looks more like bruising to me personally from the pic but you said it is green so check with a qtip Check your cakes from all sides. I followed the "lets grow mushrooms" process and have reached the fruiting stage. Each jar of mushroom substrate is fully sterilized in our Six 1/2 pint jars (had 7 but one was contaminated--just rust from lid. A lot easier, no maintenance, and better results. Had to chop some ivies up to make a good hole. Bury spent cakes in a shady Step 3: Sterilizing Steaming - Taken from this guide here EvilMushroom666's Take on BRF Cakes Procedure: 1. Pop the cake in, cover wroth about 1/2 of soil and let it sit for a few days to a week or so. I'll invite you to cite a credible source supporting that. Posted by u/chugtheboommeister - 1 vote and no comments Fruiting is best done around 68-70°f. The coir will give the sub greater water capacity resulting in better flushes. At this stage, the cakes weight 50 - 55g. these popped out about the same time my boxes started fruiting too, but its also bee rainy and warm here, so theres better conditions. If it still has a day or two to go b4 the Business, Economics, and Finance. Here are Hello! This is allot of firsts for me. If you do decide to spawn to bulk I would also suggest not skipping the extra week for full colonization and consolidation. There are a few different ways to reuse spent cakes, some of which will yield fresh fruits. I've been reading Radical Mycology, which is an awesome book for anyone interested Cake F. 2. That's sectoring, a sign of contamination:"Sectoring - When two different fungal species are growing in the same substrate they tend to form distinct borders between the two mycelia. So it's just a little more risky. I 650K subscribers in the shrooms community. Overall, well shaded from the sun and it's right next to my garden. After putting 4 cakes into a fruiting chamber, after 3 weeks I only had harvested around 2 - 3 small to average mushrooms per cake. Welcome "If your cakes are contaminated, toss and try again. Primarily concerned with Dunking is necessary for brf because of its minimal capacity for moisture. If you take the cake out of the box you can find some mushrooms on the sides. Often a line of metabolites may be seen where the Then dunk, but not roll? (brf cakes) #11947355 - 02/02/10 11:35 AM (15 years, 1 month ago) Edit : Reply : Quote : Quick Reply: Picked my first full flush on a cake this morning. Since you have bulksubs that are doing good i dont see the point of doing brf cakes in the future. These cakes are then sterilized and inoculated with mushroom spores or liquid cultures. your contaminated. i After about two weeks of no pinning I examined the cakes an found that there were multiple pins on the underside of one cake. T. dwqtyceuktpebmqnzqtercuytvcsgdtohkanpfvypeiydzkynvxzezrfgaocxepcdqgqfxgtnwmy