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Offlineshaughnny
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Should I fruit? or wait?
    #12050147 - 02/17/10 08:08 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

My 10 gallon monotubs have been colonizing for the last ten days. Today I opened them up and it appears that the tub has colonized everything but the top layer of the tub. The top layer was 1/2 -3/4 inches deep and had no spawn in it. All down along the sides I can see white mycelium. Should I fruit now or wait for it to colonize the full top layer? Here's a pic. Thanks for the help.

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Re: Should I fruit? or wait? [Re: shaughnny]
    #12050454 - 02/17/10 09:02 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

I'm no expert but mine always look a lot more colonized than that. I'd wait.


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Re: Should I fruit? or wait? [Re: PrimeTimeSlime]
    #12050475 - 02/17/10 09:08 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

I'd definitely wait.

What's up the tape over the holes? They aren't covering them...

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Re: Should I fruit? or wait? [Re: PrimeTimeSlime]
    #12050506 - 02/17/10 09:14 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

underneath the surface it is colonized just the top layer of substrate didn't have any spawn. I took a spoon and boiled it then after it cooled i use it to pull back some of the layer and it was all white and firm beneath, just seems to be having a hard time to finish colonizing the top layer.

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Re: Should I fruit? or wait? [Re: shaughnny]
    #12050560 - 02/17/10 09:27 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

do you mean you cased it in that case patch it up and friuit the bitch:whoo:


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Re: Should I fruit? or wait? [Re: punkrocker292004]
    #12050657 - 02/17/10 09:41 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

the photo is not good, the holes are taped over just doesn't look like it. I have not cased it, before i added my spawn to the substrate I saved enough of the substrate to cover the surface.... I was following Damion5050's Coir Tek
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/11917410

please note step 12..... this is what i did.  maybe i should have used less of it?

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Re: Should I fruit? or wait? [Re: shaughnny]
    #12050697 - 02/17/10 09:47 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

so you cased it fruit it


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Re: Should I fruit? or wait? [Re: punkrocker292004]
    #12050767 - 02/17/10 09:58 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

how is that considered casing? I applied the layer at the same time I added the spawn to the rest of it...just the top layer had no spawn in it....fuck i wish i could explain this better. I have jiffy mix for casing.

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Re: Should I fruit? or wait? [Re: shaughnny]
    #12050780 - 02/17/10 10:01 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

its not fully colonized, wait.

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Re: Should I fruit? or wait? [Re: shaughnny]
    #12050823 - 02/17/10 10:11 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

thank you,

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Re: Should I fruit? or wait? [Re: biologys]
    #12050827 - 02/17/10 10:12 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

oh why di you do that?????your supposed to just mix it up


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Re: Should I fruit? or wait? [Re: punkrocker292004]
    #12051102 - 02/17/10 10:54 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

i followed the tutorial and that is what damion suggests.....step 12.
read steps 6-12 you will see. He says...."STEP 12

Now take that left over coir that was in the bucket and use it to put a top cover layer over the entire surface so that there are no exposed grains."
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Re: Should I fruit? or wait? [Re: shaughnny]
    #12051475 - 02/18/10 12:14 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

That's what I did too, and I'm having the same problem.... a few of my tubs taking a while to colonize the top layer. Actually, I went ahead of am trying to fruit one of them, too early, just to see what happens. But I'm going to give the others anther ten days to see what happens. I'd say, like the others said to you: wait... let it colonize.

Maybe give it a solid misting in case the top layer is dry, then put 'er away...


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Re: Should I fruit? or wait? [Re: Puma]
    #12051533 - 02/18/10 12:29 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

In the future I would just mix it all up =P


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