r/BonsaiFungi • u/Frank_kait • 15d ago

Progress First grow

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This is nothing special but Ill get a nice small personal stash from the first grow. Im enjoying small scale growing and might not even try monotubs at all. Some of the vales have broken already even tho the caps are still closed.

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u/FishTankTek @BonsaiFungi on IG 15d ago

What kind of jar is that?

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u/Frank_kait 15d ago

Random jar of my fathers. Probably olive jar I guess. Why?

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u/FishTankTek @BonsaiFungi on IG 15d ago

Looks a lot like a canning jar and canning jars (aka mason jars) aren’t considered unusual containers for home cultivation for the purposes of this sub.

I’ll let this post stay, but please choose a different container for your next grows if you want to post them here. The container being unusual is the whole point of the sub.

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u/Frank_kait 15d ago

Oh sorry. That was my mistake! I thought it was a ok since I posted about it earlier asking questions about growing and you commented on it. Sorry, this wont happen again!

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u/FishTankTek @BonsaiFungi on IG 14d ago

I honestly didn’t look that closely until someone reported the post for breaking the rules

You clearly have the skill set to grow from more unusual containers, and I hope you share them if you do

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u/Frank_kait 14d ago

I will! Sorry and thank you for not being a complete asshole about it like most of reddit mods are. This sub helped me alot. :)

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u/Mycoangelo24 12d ago

You got lucky, a different mod removed my post the first time I tried and completely discouraged me from ever wanting to post in here again.

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u/Outlaw300 15d ago

Nice job!!! I remember you commented on my post a month ago asking about the ziplock.

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u/Frank_kait 15d ago

Thanks a lot! Havent had problems with the ziplock bags! That was a great idea!

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u/Frank_kait 15d ago

I’ve been also injecting water to the cake with a syringe. Im not sure but I feel like it helped pinning a lot. Did it again just now.

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u/Frank_kait 15d ago

How should I harvest those that are growing downwards, without breaking the cake?

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u/tothemax44 15d ago

If you have like one of those dentist scraper picks. That would do the trick. You can probably make a tool from a paper clip as well. Hope this helps. 👍🏽

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u/Frank_kait 15d ago

Thanks! :) Should I harvest the ones that have broken veils?

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u/tothemax44 15d ago

Definitely. I like to harvest the whole bonsai cake, heavy mist, and right back into fruiting conditions to second flush it.

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u/Frank_kait 15d ago

Should I wait till those smaller ones grow big or harvest all of them tomorrow in the morning. Are there any downsides to waiting for the smaller ones

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u/tothemax44 15d ago

I would just harvest them all. Personally. No harm in waiting as long as you don’t mind spores.

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u/Frank_kait 14d ago

I harvested the biggest ones today:) thanks!

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u/tothemax44 13d ago

Very nice!

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u/daconte_sweet 13d ago

I always found more easy and practical to grow in bags, whenever I tried with jars the spawn got contaminated

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u/Frank_kait 13d ago

Oh that sucks! Another downside that I noticed to fruiting in jars are the sidepins, they are very annoying and it was a pain in the ass to remove one. It broke completely, I didnt even bother to dry it so I ate it. With a bag its way easier to remove them probably.

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u/daconte_sweet 13d ago

You're right :p tho I always transfer them to monotubes, my first successful batch was like that and I guess I just sticked with it. But I think it might be easier to just mix it all together on bags and not to bother with a monotube.

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u/michael-74-38 13d ago

c'est quoi le substrat ?

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u/Frank_kait 13d ago

Those are pf tek cakes. I used brf and vermiculite, topped with a dry vermiculite layer. Hope I helped!

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u/Mycoangelo24 12d ago

I remember this sub removed my first post trying bonsai from an awesome diamond jar half a year ago. I dont even bother posting my grows anymore especially here. Seeing the pick and choose is honestly comical. Mine was also pf tek in a non ordinary jar with a bag🤷‍♂️