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Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry (pics)
    #14049573 - 03/01/11 04:35 PM (13 years, 4 days ago)

Used Daimon's Coir tek to make substrate for a 50 gallon tub. Mixed it with spawn and checked it on the 10th day. It was about 80% colonized,
however dry as a bone! As in, so dry that the substrate had pulled away from the sides of the bin! I gave it a thorough misting
and then placed the cover back on until it was at 100%. Checked it 2-3 days later and it was a little better but still dry, so I
misted it again. It's about 2 days since that last misting. Should I keep opening it and misting it or what? Every time I open it
C02 escapes and that hurts colonization, but at the same time it's so dry! I even used a little more water than the tek asked for.
Thoughts?






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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: milkalfredo]
    #14049603 - 03/01/11 04:39 PM (13 years, 4 days ago)

Where did the moisture go? Do you have a lid on this thing, tape over the holes, etc.? It's not magic...if you had the coir at field capacity when you mixed the tub, the moisture had to have evaporated somehow.


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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: afrosheen]
    #14049622 - 03/01/11 04:41 PM (13 years, 4 days ago)

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Where did the moisture go? Do you have a lid on this thing, tape over the holes, etc.? It's not magic...if you had the coir at field capacity when you mixed the tub, the moisture had to have evaporated somehow.




I'm assuming the mycelium used it to grow?

The tub has a cover on it, snapped down. And tape over all of the holes.

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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: milkalfredo]
    #14049816 - 03/01/11 05:14 PM (13 years, 4 days ago)

Well if you used 4-4.5 quarts that should be plenty.  You will loose some during the boiling phase and also during the pasteurization phase if your bucket of choice lets steam out.  I used 4 quarts on my current project and had great results so far  :awegroove:


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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: D3n3]
    #14049859 - 03/01/11 05:22 PM (13 years, 4 days ago)

maybe pics of your set up would help?
seems like it has to have evaporated out through some hole or something


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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: rlucas]
    #14050002 - 03/01/11 05:47 PM (13 years, 4 days ago)

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maybe pics of your set up would help?
seems like it has to have evaporated out through some hole or something




It's literally just a huge 50 gallon brown rubbermade tub with 40 quarts of substrate and 16 quarts of spawn.

This thread really isn't about blaming the tek, but to ask for what I should do to rectify the situation and go forward.

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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: milkalfredo]
    #14050142 - 03/01/11 06:08 PM (13 years, 4 days ago)

Here's some pics:






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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: milkalfredo]
    #14050235 - 03/01/11 06:23 PM (13 years, 4 days ago)

What type of coir brick did you use? That tek is based on eco earth, if you used something larger it could be drier than what it would normally be.

As for moving forward, wait until the tub is 100% colonized and then dunk the substrate before the first flush.

10 Gallons of substrate? Four gallons of spawn? You really put a whole lot into that tub.


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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: Masticore]
    #14051182 - 03/01/11 09:08 PM (13 years, 4 days ago)

Damn, go big or go home eh? I see alot of vents on both ends where the hand grips are. Did you tape those up too?


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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: afrosheen]
    #14052063 - 03/01/11 11:25 PM (13 years, 4 days ago)

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What type of coir brick did you use? That tek is based on eco earth, if you used something larger it could be drier than what it would normally be.

As for moving forward, wait until the tub is 100% colonized and then dunk the substrate before the first flush.

10 Gallons of substrate? Four gallons of spawn? You really put a whole lot into that tub.




Yep, that's why I want to do it right haha

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Damn, go big or go home eh? I see alot of vents on both ends where the hand grips are. Did you tape those up too?




Yep! It's hard to see because the tape is under the hand grips.

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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: milkalfredo]
    #14052098 - 03/01/11 11:31 PM (13 years, 4 days ago)

There has to be a missing factor here, something your not telling us.  It sounds like you had that thing sealed up pretty god, its almost defying the laws of physics for that thing to dry out that bad......What was the temp for colonization?


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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: i GrOw StUFF]
    #14052131 - 03/01/11 11:37 PM (13 years, 4 days ago)

yea but the tek wasn't written for a 50 gallon tub either... The moisture content could be thrown off due to the actual amount of sub... Idk just a thought as to why this could have happened... But yea I agree with keep doing what your doing every 3-4 days and then once 100% give it a dunk and that should set you straight...

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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: shroomtastic89]
    #14052162 - 03/01/11 11:41 PM (13 years, 4 days ago)

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There has to be a missing factor here, something your not telling us.  It sounds like you had that thing sealed up pretty god, its almost defying the laws of physics for that thing to dry out that bad......What was the temp for colonization?




Well the lid is a little loose. I mean, it's snapped down but it's not really snug or anything.

Temp was about 70-75.

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yea but the tek wasn't written for a 50 gallon tub either... The moisture content could be thrown off due to the actual amount of sub... Idk just a thought as to why this could have happened... But yea I agree with keep doing what your doing every 3-4 days and then once 100% give it a dunk and that should set you straight...




Haha, finding a way to dunk this monster may prove to be a challenge!

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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: milkalfredo]
    #14052194 - 03/01/11 11:47 PM (13 years, 4 days ago)

non sense... take the thing to a place with a drain or put over your bath tub. After you have securely taped up all the holes up to a few inches above your sub and then proceed to add water until its clearly over saturated your sub and let sit for 5-6 hours... then un tape the holes and let drain for an hour or two and then return to fruiting...

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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: shroomtastic89]
    #14052212 - 03/01/11 11:50 PM (13 years, 4 days ago)

Dunk it dude!

I know it sounds weird, but if its really that dry, it needs a lot of moisture and it needs it quick. So fill the tub with water (distilled of course) up to the top of the substrate. The whole substrate chunk will try to float, so you need to put a plate or something smooth thats clean on top, and a heavy clean weight on top of that to keep it submerged. Leave it be for at least 24 hours. After 24 hrs has passed, take a peek at the sub, does it look saturated? if you still think its a little dry, then keep it submerged for 12 more hours. After the 12 hours, just drain out the remaining water and let it be, and make sure it stays really humid inside that tub and make sure there are no standing pools of water, just moisture that resembles a cool mornings dew.


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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: ImaginingEmotions]
    #14052232 - 03/01/11 11:54 PM (13 years, 4 days ago)

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non sense... take the thing to a place with a drain or put over your bath tub. After you have securely taped up all the holes up to a few inches above your sub and then proceed to add water until its clearly over saturated your sub and let sit for 5-6 hours... then un tape the holes and let drain for an hour or two and then return to fruiting...




With a tub this big, and being that dry, 5-6 hours wont saturate it enough. Heck, little PF cakes get dunked for 12-24 hours. Plus, colonized medium takes a lot longer to absorb water that uncolonized sub.


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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: ImaginingEmotions]
    #14052247 - 03/01/11 11:58 PM (13 years, 4 days ago)

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non sense... take the thing to a place with a drain or put over your bath tub. After you have securely taped up all the holes up to a few inches above your sub and then proceed to add water until its clearly over saturated your sub and let sit for 5-6 hours... then un tape the holes and let drain for an hour or two and then return to fruiting...




With a tub this big, and being that dry, 5-6 hours wont saturate it enough. Heck, little PF cakes get dunked for 12-24 hours. Plus, colonized medium takes a lot longer to absorb water that uncolonized sub.




point taken...

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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: shroomtastic89]
    #14052278 - 03/02/11 12:08 AM (13 years, 4 days ago)

dont dunk over 24 hours, and use normal tap water, not distilled.

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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: shroomtastic89]
    #14052286 - 03/02/11 12:10 AM (13 years, 4 days ago)

Wow, huge props to the night crew here at the Shroomery. Thanks for the advice Shroomtastic and ImaginingEmotions!

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Re: Daimon's coir tek and big tub - way too dry [Re: milkalfredo]
    #14052304 - 03/02/11 12:14 AM (13 years, 4 days ago)

No prob man... I'm always on here late at night... It's when i get stoned and low dose trip and pop addys to do hw haha...

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