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 uninc4life2010
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 Just singin' the monotub mold blues!!! Need help. Pics included 
#12983890 - 08/01/10 04:18 AM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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NOOOOOOOO,
I prepared a monotub 12 days ago consisting of 1 brick coir 2 qt verm, 2 qt coffee and a half pint gypsum, with 3 qt of fully colonized spawn. I pasturized the mix, added spawn once it had cooled, brought the bulk sub to what I believed was field capacity. (water would only drip out when I squeezed tightly) I sealed all the tub's holes with packaging tape, wrapped it in black plastic, and left it in my closet. 2 days later I went on vacation for a week. I came back to find A fully colonized tub, all except three wet patches not quite as colonized, which i dabbed lightly with a paper towel. I did notice a lot of condensation on the substrate, which frustrated me because I really tried to get the moisture content right, as my last mono gave way to mold due to waaay to much water. Now two and a half days into fruiting, my mono has mold all over where the wet patches were. You can notice water droplets on the surface due to a lot of condensation. This is sooooo fucking frustrating, and a little sad too considering how much work I put into it.
   
What could have caused this? I took soo many measures as to do everything right. WTF!!! Please, any help would be much appreciated.
---A frustrated grower.
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Mad_Hatter2004
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Re: Just singin' the monotub mold blues!!! Need help. Pics included [Re: uninc4life2010]
#12983907 - 08/01/10 04:22 AM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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That sucks.I just lots a mono to some trich.
What can I say...you win some and you lose some,but you live to grow another day.Maybe try some MSG's (mini mono/shotgun hybrids so that way all your eggs aren;t in one basket.This is what I plan on doing,this way you might have a better success rate.
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uninc4life2010
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Re: Just singin' the monotub mold blues!!! Need help. Pics included [Re: Mad_Hatter2004]
#12983918 - 08/01/10 04:27 AM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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Maaan,
I just want to know why so I don't make the same mistake twice.
Blows.
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 wygram
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Re: Just singin' the monotub mold blues!!! Need help. Pics included [Re: uninc4life2010]
#12983936 - 08/01/10 04:36 AM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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That much trich probably is the result of contaminated spawn. Double check all spawn jars and sniff test them at spawning.
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uninc4life2010 said:
I pasturized the mix, added spawn once it had cooled, brought the bulk sub to what I believed was field capacity.
Field capacity comes first.
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uninc4life2010
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Re: Just singin' the monotub mold blues!!! Need help. Pics included [Re: wygram]
#12983982 - 08/01/10 05:04 AM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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I usually dump hot water into cooler, and dunk the bulk substrate in a pillowcase into the water. Im just curious as to how bringing the substrate to field capacity beforehand will make any difference?
Here's where I got the idea:
http://www.shroomery.org/8396/How-To-Pasteurize-Straw-Poo-Pillowcase-Method
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