Tds said:

Whilst on topic of monotubs, could anyone point me toward a good tek? Thanks!

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Here's the best design I've come up with as of yet.





It requires a bit more maintenance then your traditional tubs, but the results are astounding.

I just harvested approximately 4 oz of PE out of one this morning.  May not sound like much, but that's roughly the equivalent of 14 oz of other strains which oddly enough, is about what you get out of other strains in the same tubs, over 3 or 4 flushes.

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Pull it out.  In the fruiting stage, the polyfill serves no purpose.  You don't want filtered air during fruiting, you want massive FRESH air, which can't pass through polyfill.  Fresh air is the number 1 pinning trigger, and it's also the number one defense against molds which only thrive in stale, still air.
RR

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Spongiform said:

Tds said:

Whilst on topic of monotubs, could anyone point me toward a good tek? Thanks!

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Here's the best design I've come up with as of yet.





It requires a bit more maintenance then your traditional tubs, but the results are astounding.

I just harvested approximately 4 oz of PE out of one this morning.  May not sound like much, but that's roughly the equivalent of 14 oz of other strains which oddly enough, is about what you get out of other strains in the same tubs, over 3 or 4 flushes.

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How is 4 oz of pe equeal to 14 oz of any other cub?

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I have absolutely no idea why or how PE is what it is.

I've read dozens of testimonials on these forums about it, and I was skeptical till I grew it and tried it myself.  But one gram is plenty for a solid trip. I've had friends eat half a gram and had a great time.

My first test batch was 1 oz dry mixed into a big chocolate bar with 25 individual pieces.

Ends up being about 1.1 gram per piece.



I invited a bunch of my friends over, and we each ate 1 piece.  I had a good collection of experienced trippers, some with minor experience, and some who had never tripped (or even been high).

Everybody was tripping pretty hard.  One guy hid in the corner under some blankets for a couple hours, and would only grunt if you tried to talk to him.  After awhile he had uncontrollable rolling on the floor laughter for a good hour or so then spent 3 hours talking to my cat about everything that was wrong with the world.

Only one person wasn't affected all that much, he reported a 'mild' but enjoyable trip.  Bear in mind he had eaten somewhere between 7-10 grams of chitwans the week before so he still had quite a tolerance built up.

I waited till his tolerance went down, then we both ate 2 grams dry and were completely mind fucked for a couple hours.

Here's a thread discussing how potent PE is:
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/9582063/page/1

One friend of mine ate 7 grams of my pe since that's what he normally eats and didn't believe me when I told him to eat half as much as normal, at the most.  It took him about 3 days to get back to normal.

There's one quote in particular out of that thread that spiked my interested. 

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I've said for years that cubes are cubes, with the exception of PE, which seems to be the only truly different 'strain'.
RR

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george castanza said:

Wow, I like pe too, but they are not any more potent than "Kramer's Cash Cropper", that is my favorite strain.

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Spongiform said:

I really should write up a pictorial guide next time I build one :-D

I drill 6 2" circular holes around the tub, centered at 6.5 inches off the bottom (so the bottom of the hole is at about 5.5 inches)

Then I tape up the holes with duct tape.  It's ok to leave small hair-thin slits open for gas exchange.

I heat up my bulk sub to 165f or so in a pot, then dump it into the monotub and let it cool there.    The next day I mix in my grain spawn.

Then I wait till it's fully colonized, then wait 3 more days.  (generally this takes 7+3=10 days).

At this point you can take out the tape and pop in the vents, case lightly, turn a fan on for air flow and begin misting regularly.


I'm experimenting with different fruiting methods still.  One idea that worked on the first try (I want to repeat it before swearing by it first) is to start fanning 2-3x a day on day 10 until knots appear, THEN case lightly and put the vents in. 

It worked great the first try, so I'm going to try it again on my next batch and confirm that it works.

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Spongiform said:

I really should write up a pictorial guide next time I build one :-D

I drill 6 2" circular holes around the tub, centered at 6.5 inches off the bottom (so the bottom of the hole is at about 5.5 inches)

Then I tape up the holes with duct tape.  It's ok to leave small hair-thin slits open for gas exchange.

I heat up my bulk sub to 165f or so in a pot, then dump it into the monotub and let it cool there.    The next day I mix in my grain spawn.

Then I wait till it's fully colonized, then wait 3 more days.  (generally this takes 7+3=10 days).

At this point you can take out the tape and pop in the vents, case lightly, turn a fan on for air flow and begin misting regularly.


I'm experimenting with different fruiting methods still.  One idea that worked on the first try (I want to repeat it before swearing by it first) is to start fanning 2-3x a day on day 10 until knots appear, THEN case lightly and put the vents in. 

It worked great the first try, so I'm going to try it again on my next batch and confirm that it works.

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Electric305 said:

mine usually take twenty days to fully cloinize.heres the first big and second flush from the one mush tub...one is size o my arm,and i 6'3'...heres the pics from the one mush tub i was having probs with' ...pics in order are first flush,first flush 2nd half,2nd flush(first half),a large one from 2nd flush (2nd half) and another big one from same 2nd flush.i forgot to take a pic of the 2nd harvest from 2nd flush.i pick selectivly at the peak o ripeness in my eyes

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