I'm gonna give this a try. Thanks!

Hello,
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Is there ventilation in the room, like a fan or central air to help move air around?

So when you are colonizing the substrate with spawn can you put it in a black trashbag for a week?

would a light on the side work?

I think I'm going to try this tech tonight.  I have 8 quarts of WBS ready to spawn out.

That TEK seems to be pretty simple, gonna try this. Thanks!

a little confusing but great!

First time grower and this looks like the easiest way to get started in this. Hopefully I have at least half the luck as you

sweet tek man, gonna give this a try and will be back with results asap!

Can you use cotton balls instead of polyfill

Beautiful grows! I got kicks out of the "turtles" story. I can only imagine how thrilling that experience was. Thanks for the info!

Awesome! Good stuff.

Very nice, Thank you.

thanks Icesyn for the grain spawn to bulk casing ratio. was wondering that 'specially since bins be different sizes.

Thank you!

this is great i had my whole thing set up in a basement and my substrate would get white hairs growing then i would take it from the incubator put it in the fruit chamber and idk but somtimes the temp would drop to 64 and the humidy to 85 during the night.

I have to say this thing is a bit confusing for me too.
it would be nice to have a clearer tek for noobs wanting to attempt this.

thanks nonetheless.

ExeLlenT! but the holes, 1inch at bottom and 2inches at top?



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i like it

madgenious 

glad it worked out for you, im not sure that patch casing is best done by moving other parts of the substrate around but im sure theres more than one of us to do it 

This was very hard to follow. 

Very Nice Tek

I must say it is pretty annoying to see all these questions go un-answered for i have a few of my own.  You say you saturated a mix using 500ml alc free bee boiled down to 200ml and used water to
thin it out in order to feed nutrients to the vermiculite.  I am trying to see the logic of what nutrients could possibly come out of boiled non alcoholic beer.  Is this step important?  Can it be skipped?  If so how will it affect the flush?  How about after your harvest, was there another flush?  Are there any steps needed to do in between flushes? I am obviously  begininer and i have already invested over 45 hours of research just trying to learn the basics and deciding which method i want to use.  Another question is how is the temp regulated?  I am trying to find the best way to fruit large quantities at once.  Any tips on temp control if i use this method?  My apologies this s my first post on this sight im sorry if i sound stupid.  So many things i read contradict eachother.  Like this container being clear for example, everything else i have read states to use an opaque container with just a clear lid, while this method seems to just recomend the opposite covering the sides and bottom of the substrate layer.... confused :(

There's a lot of unstated information here..

There wasn't any monitoring of temp or RH, but do you know what your room's air temp or RH might be on average?

NICE! im going to try and post pics :)

did you mix the casing substrate with the colonized substrate and then top off with a casing layer or simply add a single casing substrate layer to the top of a colonized substrate layer??

and i gotta say that cluster is pretty badass

You my good sir are the man! farking legend!

is there a minimum dpeth for the tub one chooses with this method?

Awesome Tek can't wait to try

hi there just wondering what would the list of equipment/supplies for this tek

would this tub work with perlite and brf cakes? 

"BUMP"

Hello Shroomery

Great article Ohm, thank you,  how many flushes would a tub like this get?

wow thats alot of mushies

"Do casing blah"

???

Um, right then... anyone got a link to a COMPLETE monotub tek for beginners, with step by step instructions and no use of the word "blah"? I'm currently doing my first tek (PF for simple minds) and wish to move onto something with a little more yield-to-work ratio, and something that can be neglected a bit more (for those not there to fan three times plus per day). Many thanks.

Does not require a humidifier. The substrate admits it's own humidity. Not only that, but you don't have to open it at all until harvest. You don't need to cover anything for colonization. The only thing that would be covered is the sides of the substrate to avoid side pins by blocking out light. But that isn't a requirement. It is all self maintained. As long as you have a filter for gas exchange then it can take care of itself.

For filters, you can use tvek, polyfill or filter disks. You can easily make your own filter disks using stiffened felt from a craft store. Just cut them out to wide mouth lid circles and glue some on with some 100% silicone glue.

For an easy substrate, I do a simple 50/50 Vermiculite and Coco Coir mix  as a bulk substrate with a few jars of grain spawn at a 1:2 ratio. (Simple bulk)

Thought I'd answer some of the comments and add some more facts for future readers ;) GOOD LUCK!

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Does this require a humidifier or misting or does it generate its own humidity

in my country the temeratur i'ts to low  and in my home also (18

great i'm going to try this it seems so easy !!
thanx

In some teks, they say to cover it with tin foil for about a week, until the susbstrate is colonized, then put it in the fruiting chamber...are you skipping this step? or keeping it in a dark room or something?

how do you sterilize the tub itself

Is it possible to mix colonized spawn and  pasturised poo in a garbage bag and then place in layers in the tub?

This is my favorite, I'm going to do some newbieminimonotubs! Does this work without a casing?

how are you keeping the humidity up? and why is misting not nessacary?

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The formatting is messed up.  It's very difficult to read.  It'd be nice if it could be fixed... The pics would probably be really useful if the links were formatted properly, too.

The formatting on this is messed up. I can't see any of the pictures or anything. You probably need to use proper HTML and not forum code.