- What is the "dunk tek"?
The cake is dunked in water overnight to rehydrate and enable bigger and more flushes.
- What is "Dunk and Roll"?
Dunk and roll can help cakes put out a little more for those who don't want to case or are just starting out.
- What is an easy way of humidifying my fruiting chamber?
Probably the easiest way is using a layer of moist perlite at the bottom of the fruiting chamber along with manual fanning several times a day.
- What conditions are optimal for pin formation?
The relative humidity should be from 95%-100%, temperature between 70°F and 75°F, the fruiting chamber should be vented 2-3 times a day to displace the CO2, and they should receive a couple of hours of either indirect sunlight or fluorescent light.
- What are the optimum conditions for a cake to fruit in?
Cakes like and need a high humidity environment, however it is provided.
- Can a PF cake become contaminated after birthing?
Yes, it can.
- Why do my cakes get fluffy mycelium growth and delayed pinning after birthing?
This is a sign of a high humidity and a too high temperature.
- What do primordia/pins look like? I don't know...
The growing of the mushroom from the cake starts as a tiny accumulation of mycelium, called hyphal knot, which then develops to primordium, and this further develps to pinheads.
- How long does it take for a pin to grow into a fully grown fruitbody?
It takes anything from 2-5 days for a Psilocybe cubensis pin to mature.
- Why is there mycelium growing on the stems?
If the conditions are too moist at the point where mushrooms enter their last fruiting stage, some mycelium can grow on the stems.
- When should I harvest?
Harvest can occur when the veil breaks, up until full maturity when the cap becomes almost convex and already drops its spores.
- What do i do after a cake has flushed?
You harvest all the mushrooms and aborts (don't forget to wash your hands thoroughly before that) and place it back into the terrarium.
- How do I harvest a mushroom?
A mushroom is best harvested by being pulled off the casing or cake with a twisting motion.
- How do I recognize an abort?
Aborts are fruitbodies that for some reason cease to grow and never reach maturity.
- How much does 1 PF cake yield?
If you absolutely must have an answer, a PF tek fruited directly can yield anywhere from 3-7 gram dry per half pint cake, but...
- Why do cakes and casings require different humidities?
Cakes have no casing to keep them from drying out!
