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i GrOw StUFF
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Having trouble my my mono's....
#14280177 - 04/12/11 08:21 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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wbs/coir/verm/gypsum....My first tub was good.....next two haven't been working out so well. Getting great knotting and primordia growth but I'm getting TINY mushrooms. I have been trying to figure out if the sub is too wet or too dry, both which cause tiny mushrooms. The sub is heavy still and isn't pulling away from the sides. I poked it with my finger (I know I shouldn't) to see if was too dry, and it seems ok. Are there any other things that can cause tiny mushrooms? Im thinking that my flourescent light (which does get warm) is too close to the tub and its creating a temperature increase which is drying out the surface of the sub....Getting frustrated here, everything is golden except for this issue. Any suggestions or things I don't know?
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Re: Having trouble my my mono's.... [Re: i GrOw StUFF]
#14280275 - 04/12/11 08:37 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Prbly your sub depth not the light. That and multispore
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calicyco
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Re: Having trouble my my mono's.... [Re: i GrOw StUFF]
#14280284 - 04/12/11 08:37 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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How is the humidity? Is is cased? How is the air being exchanged?
Get that hot light away from it! This isn't weed.
Is it a mutispore or isolate?
Could be genetics, could be many other factors. Pics would help.
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Re: Having trouble my my mono's.... [Re: bbt0009]
#14280306 - 04/12/11 08:40 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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bbt0009 said: Prbly your sub depth not the light. That and multispore
sub depth is good, 4 inches, as with the tub that was great. Of course with multispore there will be some small mushrooms, but they ALL won't be tiny.....
-------------------- The mushrooms, which grow only during the season of torrential rains, awaken the forces of creation and produce an experience of spiritual abundance, of an astonishing, inexhaustible constitution of forms that identifies them with fertility and makes them a mediation, a means of communion, of communication between man and the natural world of which they are the metaphysical flesh.
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Re: Having trouble my my mono's.... [Re: calicyco]
#14280316 - 04/12/11 08:43 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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calicyco said: How is the humidity? Is is cased? How is the air being exchanged?
Get that hot light away from it! This isn't weed.
Is it a mutispore or isolate?
Could be genetics, could be many other factors. Pics would help.
Humidity is fine, plus any sign of a humidity problem would be cracked caps. FAE it is an MSG. Light isn't "hot" but does get warm.....Im thinking that the light being too close is the problem.....Talking myself into it...Def not gentics, it is multispore but I know a problem when I see one...
-------------------- The mushrooms, which grow only during the season of torrential rains, awaken the forces of creation and produce an experience of spiritual abundance, of an astonishing, inexhaustible constitution of forms that identifies them with fertility and makes them a mediation, a means of communion, of communication between man and the natural world of which they are the metaphysical flesh.
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Re: Having trouble my my mono's.... [Re: i GrOw StUFF]
#14280342 - 04/12/11 08:45 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Getting monotubs dialed is a balancing act. As you know, you want nice FAE without overly drying the substrate. When they are dialed, they are 'set and forget' for me.
I have been doing bulk substrates without casing layers for quite a while. For a number of reasons, my next monotub will have a casing layer. I have water droplets from condensation that the casing layer will soak up .. and the ph of 8 (hydrated lime) will hold off the trichoderma that has been killing me. You might also consider a casing layer until you get your conditions figured out.
The casing layer will protect your substrate from drying out. If you mist, the casing layer will soak up the additional moisture and then evaporated it off when you fan and as air flows through your tub.
good luck
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Re: Having trouble my my mono's.... [Re: i GrOw StUFF]
#14280379 - 04/12/11 08:52 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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i GrOw StUFF said:
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calicyco said: How is the humidity? Is is cased? How is the air being exchanged?
Get that hot light away from it! This isn't weed.
Is it a mutispore or isolate?
Could be genetics, could be many other factors. Pics would help.
Humidity is fine, plus any sign of a humidity problem would be cracked caps. FAE it is an MSG. Light isn't "hot" but does get warm.....Im thinking that the light being too close is the problem.....Talking myself into it...Def not gentics, it is multispore but I know a problem when I see one...
If you know a problem when you see one then you would understand multispore is like playing the lottery.. you win some you loose some. You're not ALWAYS gonna have some or few big fruits with multispore. You have no idea how old the genetics could be.
Just my
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Re: Having trouble my my mono's.... [Re: bbt0009]
#14280472 - 04/12/11 09:06 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I have had a few grows with multispore. Yes, its the lottery, but if you have like 3 tubs in a row with hundreds of strains in them and they are ALL TINY, then random genetics is ruled out.....I'm not sure what you mean by "old genetics" though.....I will put the light further away and mist that sucker a little more.....and I need to edit my post, a couple of my tubs are MSGs, not just monos...
-------------------- The mushrooms, which grow only during the season of torrential rains, awaken the forces of creation and produce an experience of spiritual abundance, of an astonishing, inexhaustible constitution of forms that identifies them with fertility and makes them a mediation, a means of communion, of communication between man and the natural world of which they are the metaphysical flesh.
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