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Monotub colonization progress after 8 days. !!PICS!!
    #12894424 - 07/13/10 07:16 PM (13 years, 7 months ago)

Okay,

8 days ago, I prepared a monotub which consisted of:

6 qt colonized rye spawn
6 qt straw, give or take
2 qt verm
2 qt composted cow manure
1 qt starbucks coffee grounds

This is the progress so far, and at first glance, I was a little surprised that the top layer was not more fully colonized.  This was my first bulk grow, and I had never heard of using this type of bulk substrate, and I though, what the hell, ill give it a go.  Once I saw the progress, I kept saying, I knew I shouldn't have used the straw, should've not been so cheap and bought gypsum...  I've calmed down a little bit, and I think that as long as I give it a little more time, it should be ready to go by day 14.

What do y'all think about the progress so far?  Any imput would be greatly appreciated.



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Re: Monotub colonization progress after 8 days. !!PICS!! [Re: uninc4life2010]
    #12894443 - 07/13/10 07:21 PM (13 years, 7 months ago)

Well looks good but it might stall now because you opened it up and took pics.  During colonization you need high CO2 levels.  And you just opened it up and got rid of all the CO2 and introduces Fresh Air which can either cause it to stall or start to fruit early.



Here are my tubs at 4 days..  I make a little window in the tubs ahead of time to peek through which means I dont have to open the tub up and clear out all the built up CO2



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Re: Monotub colonization progress after 8 days. !!PICS!! [Re: Damion5050]
    #12894668 - 07/13/10 08:01 PM (13 years, 7 months ago)

it looks real good. keep the lid on it. the only thing i see that could go wrong is if trich takes hold on the surface straw. Or if the surface straw dries out and doesn't want to fully colonize.


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Re: Monotub colonization progress after 8 days. !!PICS!! [Re: anonjon]
    #12894778 - 07/13/10 08:22 PM (13 years, 7 months ago)

Yeah, I took the lid off for a few seconds to take pics, but I had two holes stuffed with poly fill, so I took em out and taped over them.  There was a great deal of condensation on the lid of the container, so I'm not worried about the substrate drying out.  Ill check back in five days for better signs of colonization.


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