Dunking Brf Cakes, I used an all-in-one grow bag with a variety of grains and coconut coir/vermiculite substrate. Why is this? Does it damage the cakes? Make Congratulations, APEs are supposedly more difficult on a BRF cake. I have new people Newbie question here: So I just got my cakes in the fruiting chamber after their dunk, and I wanted to know if I should start misting them today or if I should just wait until tomorrow BRF cakes to Shoebox Tek Good morning! I have five 1/2 pint mason jars with fully colonized Golden Teacher. They seemed fairly dry so I started dunking them, they’ve currently been in the cold water for Step 8: Dunk and Roll Your BRF Cakes This step of the process is optional. you can do an additional dunk and roll inbetween flushes if you choose to, this will rehydrate your cakes. bruising or contam on brf cake? I'm concerned about some discoloration on two of my brf cakes. according to midwest grows mushroom guide I need to dunk my brf cake as soon as I birth it but others are telling me I don't need to dunk until after first flush. BRF fruiting in jar Hi all! Long story short, some of my BRF cakes are about 2/3 colonized and a couple of those have started to fruit inside of the jar. Pls help. 5, gypsum & instant coffee powder to balance helps with 2nd-4th flush. At full colonization, they shrink a little as the substrate is You could place your newly birthed BRF cakes directly into your fruiting chamber, but dunking and rolling is an easy step that increases yields. I was originally planning to put them in the Shotgun Fruiting Chamber but decided to give When people say to wait a week after its colonized to make sure its at 100%, does that mean once the bottom of the cake is at 100% coverage I wait another week on top of that? Oh yeah I guess because Is this recommended or should I just have fully colonized cakes? And, just to be clear, I've read in other threads that the limestone flour is unnecessary for the casing mixture, and I can use I had a first flush from my cakes and want to get a few more flushes. I know with CRF Just leave them in your FC. I recently mixed it up and it seems to be further colonizing fine. I've been reading about dunking BRF cakes. Monotubs are best for early pinning cakes as they can be set and forget and can birth one cake with little effort. Whenever I look up dunking and rehydrating How to fruit one BRF cake? I have a single fully-colonized BRF cake, and I need advice on how to fruit it. But the instructions I followed suggested dunking wasn't necessary and now I Is "dunking and rolling" PF Tek cakes in a BRF/Vermiculite mixture for a 2nd flush a bad idea? See how to prepare to birth your cake. that's why I figured a Ziploc bag in the fridge or something. You can always dunk the cakes before breaking them up, but I've not found that to really help since the substrate is (theoretically) at field capacity. How long should I dunk them when they are fully colonized?? How long should I dunk my BRF cakes for? Do I let them dry out at all or just go straight into the You HAVE to dunk to hydrate the substrate so that the mushrooms (which are 90-95% water) will have something to grow from. Only dunk for 6-12 hours and put into whatever chamber you use. This is why mushrooms pop up after it rains! If you're doing BRF cakes then Dunking BRF cakes for second flush, I noticed they seems squishy When I dunked my cakes for about 21 hours after first flush, I just pulled them out to put in the fruiting chamber, and they seems a little soft. A couple months ago I started a bone stock BRF tek using Golden Teacher Willie Myco in his "unlimited supply" video really stresses strongly that you never directly spray your PF tek cakes but spray up and let the mist fall onto them. I’m doing BRF cakes and about to dunk them in a couple days (some are fully colonized and some aren’t) Anyway I was wondering which method I should do after dunking. Not expecting great yields but am having a lot of fun! Gonna definitely roll them in verm after dunking for the second flush and hopefully [Actives] Question BRF cakes, I just finished 1ft flush, heading for 2nd dunk. Up until now, I have been following's Bod's easy AF tek, which at this point suggests taking the cake Yup, rinse them lightly with warm water to remove any metabolites and verm that's stuck on the top of the cake, then submerge them in chill (not cold) water for 20-24 hours. I had my first flush on Saturday and I am unsure if I should re-dunk now or wait for another flush. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a After the BRF Cakes get dunk the water for 24 hours and placed in the shotgun fruiting chamber with perlite, how often am I supposed to spray and fan them? Should I be spraying the inside walls of the BRF Dunk/roll between flushes I have always dunked and rolled at birth and between flushes. There was a light bluish tint across the mycelium on these cakes When dunking brf cakes and when misting the fruiting chambers , do I have to use distilled water or will normal tap water be ok? Their birthday is coming up on Monday and I was wondering if it’s crucial to dunk them for the 24 hours or if I can go straight to the fruiting Learn if 'do you have to dunk your substrate cake' for mushroom cultivation. Get a complete guide to dunking, including why, how, and when to rehydrate your substrate for optimal yields. How long do I need to dunk them and do I need to use Do I need to use sterilized water or can I use regular tap water when dunking my brf cakes. How long do I need to dunk them and do I need to use 6 1/2 pint BRF cakes yield how much? i think i've seen this written out somewhere (1 oz), but looking to clarify: if everything goes great (full colonization, no contamination, and 3 flushes (is that right?)), BRF Mycelium Cakes: turning blue = Contams? I have 2 shotgun terrariums with two sets of cakes: one had been dunked and rolledthe other I simply put in my enclosure without dunking or My cakes dry out really easily without good protection from some vermiculite. I dunked mine for 18-23 hours and rolled them after dunking and only before the 1st flush. 🚿 Dunking and Looking very marshmallow-like, the cakes were ready for the next step, dunking. From what I've gathered the reasoning behind this is adding/maintaining water content in the cake for the Can I "dunk" just in a Ziploc bag? Also I've heard that the dunked cakes should be kept kind of cold. I’m on my first ever run of BRF cakes (actives) and it’s been so fun! Hooray for new hobbies, particularly ones that can be done at home. Those old guides don't use an Should I dunk my BRF cakes between every flush. . You are essentially replacing the water lost by the cakes and Whoaaa, you can rehydrate pf tek/BRF cakes for 12-24 hours but for bulk substrates, you only want to dunk it for about a hour for every inch of thickness of the substrate (1in thick = 1 hour dunk, 2in thick Welcome to the DMT-Nexus » OTHER ENTHEOGENS » Mushrooms » Cultivation » BRF cake fruiting - invitro cased vs. Dunking and rolling will increase your yields dramatically with hardly any work. Should I re-dunk my cakes and try again? See pic. Haven’t covered with lid to decide what to do (first timer) advice? Brf cakes not fruiting or pinning? This is my first attempt at trying to yield and I followed all the steps for birthing the brf cakes. However, the dunking was a disaster due to a lot of man handling trying [actives] I’m about to birth my first gt brf cake . 🔬 The method relies on sterilized BRF (brown rice flour) cakes to prevent contamination and ensure healthy mycelium colonization. It has been 6, almost 7 days since full colonization. 🚿 Dunking and please, help needed. Iv read some threads on the website that are stating that rolling is only needed after the initial birthing dunk How to improve my yields? Question about when the best time is to birth BRF cakes? And what y’all think about dunking? My BRF cakes are going on 6 weeks and still aren’t fully colonized, now this one has something in it that doesn’t look like mycelium. I have heard this before but Attached is a link to a few pictures of my cakes after their first flush. Dunking involves About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket © 2025 Google LLC Short Tutorial about Dunking BRF Cakes. birthed helps to dunk brf cakes for 4-12hrs before you grate & also I've found using water at ph of 6. I’ve read people say double end case the cakes. on top of rolling them in The first mushroom I've ever grown 😁! My first grow using brf cakes. This creates a microclimate that mushrooms thrive in. If the small ones are big enough you can grab those too, but you just have Step 8: Dunk and Roll Your BRF Cakes This step of the process is optional. Immediately after birthing a cake and before placing it in the fruiting chamber you should always dunk and roll. Can i dunk my brf cakes if they have pins? Attached is a link to a few pictures of my cakes after their first flush. You could place your newly birthed BRF cakes directly into your fruiting chamber, but Do I need to use distilled water when dunking my brf cakes? Or can I use tap water? Do I even need to dunk them at all? Cultivation Noob Share Sort by: Best Open comment sort options Best Top New Once you have mature shrooms that are ready for harvest, you get those and then you do the second dunk after you pick them. How did you do the inoculation? Did you get an My cakes are almost done colonizing completely, im alright seeing a few pins and I don’t know if I should pick them before dunking and rolling or just letting it do it’s thing. ) They are still pinning When dunking and rolling BRF Cakes doing a PF Tek how long do you leave them in the fridge to soak? Is it necessary to leave them in the fridge and is it bad for the cakes to leave them in longer than 24 Follow our PF Tek / BRF Cake Guide for the best results when growing mushrooms. I'm a first time grower of shrooms, so bear with me. But the instructions I followed suggested dunking wasn't necessary and now I Should I dunk my BRF cakes between every flush. Video is recorded in ASMR style. After that I plan on putting it back in jar Do I need to use sterilized water or can I use regular tap water when dunking my brf cakes. don't want to hurt my First time growing shrooms! Followed pf tek accurately and already have 5 shrooms fruiting nicely in an SGFC. They're about to be dunked for the second time, and I know not to re-roll them the second time (and even if I could, I Can I dunk this cake with these pins still on it? On brf cakes they had grown to be Large shrooms when I did that. Inoculation and colonization went well. Do I remove any small pins that are forming, or leave them on? How to Turn 1 Mushroom Syringe Into Endless Liquid Culture How to transfer BRF cakes to MUSHROOM FRUITING conditions Before You Throw Away Your • Easy Home Mushroom Growing In this video, we see how I hatch or birth the BRF cakes we made in an earlier video. Should I be concerned?. Advice Needed, BRF cakes not pinning after upwards of a month. So ive used BRF cakes on 2 grows before but recently I've come across several threads with comments about keeping their BRF cakes in the fridge while they are dunking them. Also how long should I dog at 4? Somebody said 6 hours and I'm not sure. Some relevant information: What's up peoples, I have a question and cant find a clear answer. No one ever really knows when to harvest. Basically you want to dunk until it is full hydrated Help! So I believe I’m ready to dunk my brf cake in water should I remove these pins that have grown ? I’m going to do the wash and dunk process then roll in verm. ) They are still pinning and i know they are in seperate need of I dunked mine for 18-23 hours and rolled them after dunking and only before the 1st flush. 4K subscribers Subscribe You can always dunk the cakes before breaking them up, but I've not found that to really help since the substrate is (theoretically) at field capacity. Dunking is the practice of soaking a fully colonized mushroom substrate (usually a cake from a PF tek grow) in water after a flush to rehydrate it. the tubs sits on a platform with a heating pad, then a cookie Why Dunk and Roll? Mushrooms are basically 90% water. If the small ones are big enough you can grab those too, but you just have When you dunk BRF cakes, do you fill the jars with water? Or do you put them all in one container? : r/shrooms r/shrooms • Posted by Formal_Difficulty_ Updated PF-Tek Guide 2023 Edition Before we begin I personally feel that we need an update on the Pf-tek guide. my tek tells me to dunk the cakes for 18 hours then roll in verm before placing in fc. This guide has been curated from many expert resources. A proper SGFC with 4 inches perlite, lots of holes, fanning throughout the day, cakes on aluminum, cakes actually rolled in verm this time. The 2 in the picture were a little slower than the others in the jar so I left them for an How to transfer BRF cakes to MUSHROOM FRUITING conditions EasyBreezy Grows 36. I have two BRF tek jars fully colonized with mycelium but I noticed early pinning like little shrooms are growing inside the jars with A "dunk and roll" adds more hydration to your cakes and locks the moisture in via a thin layer of vermiculite. It's the easiest way I know of to grow delicious saprophytic gourmet and Three days ago I did a Dunk & Roll of a colonized BRF cake following an updated version of the PF Tek. I have many question, here are three. Birth, dunk and roll before setting to pin and fruit in the shotgun fruiting chamber. comments sorted by Best What Is Dunking? Dunking is the practice of soaking a fully colonized mushroom substrate (usually a cake from a PF tek grow) in water after a flush to Congratulations, APEs are supposedly more difficult on a BRF cake. You don't need to refrigerate if your birthingthat's more for the second flush and so on to help trigger stubborn cakes to fruit Hey guys, so I just recently harvested my fruits from my first fruiting cycle of my BRF cakes. [actives] upon birthing my brf cakes to dunk, what I once thought was a big pin is a big shroomer. I got about 7g dry from 8 cakes (not the best, they were slow to start. What should I do? Since there’s uncolonized substrate, Should I dunk my BRF cakes between every flush. This is that guide. 24 hours is typically reccomended for cakes but there can be other factors and the full dunk time isnt needed. comments sorted by Best What Is Dunking? Dunking is the practice of soaking a fully colonized mushroom substrate (usually a cake from a PF tek grow) in water after a flush to Hey everyone! First time grower looking for any comments or suggestions on my BRF cakes. I have seen many different answers ranging from five days to two weeks. My TikTok: @magicshroomnone I’ve got 4 BRF cakes currently colonizing. During germination, cakes Dunking depends on how dry they are. FC problems? Hi, Long time lurker and first time poster. Can I spawn to bulk on 2nd flush, even though I already fruited the cakes for the first Help! Disappointing progress on BRF cakes after 3 weeks in fruiting conditions. 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