Help with propagation of my bounce mushroom

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I have fragged many things but shrooms are not one. I have this WWC bounce and im curious, what is the best and safest way to frag it? Not many videos out on how to frag a bounce. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Here is a picture for reference.
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As always, I'll be this guy. A "bounce" is simply a Rhodactis mushroom, with highly inflated pseudo tentacles. Fragging is exactly the same as other mushrooms and Rhodactis, they can be easily cut in half with a nice razor blade or ceramic knife which is what I've transitioned over to with anemones and mushrooms. I'd use that technique.
 

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I have a jawbreaker and I cut it down the middle of it mouth and it is thriving. Mushrooms are hard to kill just make sure you line up the mouth and make a clean cut down the middle of the mouth.
 

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Do you actually need to get a piece of the mouth on these cuts?
 

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how long do they take to become round again?

lets say if you take a quarter sized shroom, cut it in 4 even pieces,

how long will it take till they are 4 round baby shrooms
 

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They'll pull themselves into C shapes and start to seal it off pretty quickly. It's going to be different in every system but around a week- several weeks.
 

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If you blender and not cut, will the mush produce mushrooms with inflated tentacles or just a rodactis again?
 

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If you blender and not cut, will the mush produce mushrooms with inflated tentacles or just a rodactis again?

Since a "Bounce" is just a shallow water Rhodactis sp. and just about any of them can form inflated vesicles, if you were to blend it there's a high chance of it developing them again once they've grown back.
 

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I've yet to cut any of mine through the surface of the mushroom. I've cut the foot a few times on my jawbreaker. I usually wait for it to start stretching out before I do so.
 

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So i am confused,

First yall cut off the bounce of the plug or rock, the. Cut it in 2 or 4?


Why not just do it with the plug? Or rock
 

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So i am confused,

First yall cut off the bounce of the plug or rock, the. Cut it in 2 or 4?


Why not just do it with the plug? Or rock

You could I suppose, but it's much easier to just use a razor cutting soft tissue than it is to cut the rock and soft tissue with another tool.
 

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