Home | Community | Message Board
You are not signed in.
Sign In New Account
Forum Index Search Posts Trusted Vendors Highlights Galleries FAQ User List Chat Store Random Growery


This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > Mushroom Cultivation
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: Original Sensible Seeds Bulk Cannabis Seeds   MagicBag.co Certified Organic All-In-One Grow Bags   North Spore Bulk Substrate   Mushroom-Hut Substrate Mix

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
Can I get some feedback please?
    #12523402 -

Hi everyone. As you all can tell this is my first post. lol I've been reading everything I can find and using the search feature like crazy. Thanks to everybody that supplies this awesome info.

So, I used a 1:2 popcorn to coir for this monotub i'm workin on. It's a 64qt. tub with my sub in a turkey tray
sittin on perlite. (nevermind the open holes in the tub,they have the poly back in now)
Well I had it in a garbage bag for bout a month and was pretty good about not opening it up. well this past monday when i went to check on it, it had some pins so i figured why not get it fruiting, right?

Monday pic


5-7-2010
pic

In a nutshell, I'd appreciate some feedback on the progress my tub is making. I'm looking for corrective criticism also. The tub isn't cased and it is my first.
I do have experience on pf cakes from back in the late 90's when that tek came out.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Can I get some feedback please? [Re: rollingwood]
    #12523461 -

Obviously your bulk never finished colonizing. Your coir may have been too dry when you prepared it. It's too dry now.


--------------------
ephemeral anomalous

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
. [Re: prismism]
    #12523483 -

.

Edited by oxalic32 (12/19/10 09:22 PM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Can I get some feedback please? [Re: oxalic32]
    #12523540 -

thanks for the feedback. the coir was hydrated in a colander and it still feels wet to the touch. I personally havent been able to identify any contams that would have made it stop colonizing and start fruiting. I think the light fuzzys in the pic is myc that hasn't consolidated. I'm by no means an expert so everyones opinion is what im lookin to read on thanks for the input

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Can I get some feedback please? [Re: rollingwood]
    #12523550 -

looks like you should have cased

usually ill only case anything if the moisture of the walls will touch my sub

so like monotubs i always case

it would have added some moisture back into your dry sub

but her its a learning curve


--------------------
Spore Whore
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
How to: the heart to automation (clicky)
How to: jokefox's agar broth (replace your LC with something that works)
How to: jokefox's MMS
Indoor complete Outdoor in progress

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Can I get some feedback please? [Re: oxalic32]
    #12523561 -

If you're lucky you might get one flush out of it before contaminates destroy it.  Opening a partially colonized substrate to fruiting conditions is a bad idea.  Your substrate is probably already contaminated it just hasn't grown enough for you to see yet.

It shouldn't take a month to colonize either.  I suspect you incubated it at too high of a temperature or had it closed up and did not provide means for gas exchange.  While fresh air is bad for a colonizing substrate it does need to breath in small amounts.

Bulk substrates can produce a lot of heat while colonizing and if they're sealed up or in some sort of insulated container the heat can build up.  I'd recommend colonizing any large substrate at 70f. 

If you were to try this again, add a filter patch to your trash bag.  Cut a 2" square hole and cover it over with micropore tape or tyvek.

You can use a clear plastic bag next time so you can observe without opening and again, keep the temps low.


--------------------
Spongiform's Plastic Tek - An Alternative to Glass
Spongi's PF Block Tek & Automated Shotgun Project.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Can I get some feedback please? [Re: Spongiform]
    #12523630 -

Thanks, I'll try that out

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: Original Sensible Seeds Bulk Cannabis Seeds   MagicBag.co Certified Organic All-In-One Grow Bags   North Spore Bulk Substrate   Mushroom-Hut Substrate Mix

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > Mushroom Cultivation
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Corn Meal as a substrate + Vitamin B1/2/3 issues Rustik 1,372 2 05/13/03 03:04 PM
by Rustik
* ordering from SporesDirect Silly_Cyben 798 9 04/26/05 07:40 PM
by Shnezbit
* Popcorn vs. Rye grain. Experence W/popcorn feedback.
( 1 2 3 4 all )		 splifferd 18,667 60 11/08/09 05:26 PM
by eatyualive
* Bulk substrate as spawn? merlink 2,289 8 08/19/09 10:19 PM
by Bugzy
* Agar spawn + Mini pony poo substrate = ???(PICS) Junkaboy 906 3 04/04/05 11:31 AM
by Junkaboy
* first casings 50/50 pics, feedback plz Edge 1,108 2 06/28/04 11:33 PM
by Edge
* Cased Substrate Water Reservoir? supairish 1,532 5 08/08/01 09:31 AM
by Shiznitz
* Re: New grower/ feedback Larrythescaryrex 832 4 07/22/00 09:56 AM
by Anonymous

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Shroomism, george castanza, RogerRabbit, veggie, mushboy, fahtster, the_chosen_one, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, hamloaf, cronicr, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a
340 topic views. 17 members, 1,577 guests and 134 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2026 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.03 seconds spending 0.013 seconds on 16 queries.