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tohstygohsty
Ground Control



Registered: 03/04/11
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Did you get those spores from a sponsor? if so which one?
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CubensisCliff
Sailor among the Shrooms



Registered: 05/17/10
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Veils broke this morning on the two little jelly jar cakess. heres a pic from the harvest...not too bad for a couple of lil cakes. And a pic of the craziest looking shroom on the cakes...

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OneU

Registered: 03/19/11
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Nice job CubensisCliff. Props for a successful grow.
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CubensisCliff
Sailor among the Shrooms



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Re: The Grow Log of a Noob [Re: OneU]
#14302719 - 04/16/11 07:01 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Thanks for the kind words! im stoked! Gonna try em out monday, theyve been fan drying since yesterday. The monotub is getting lil pins all over it, like anywhere from 5-10 per square inch! will be posting a pic of that in the comming days. I dunked the cakes for 24 hours, got them in fruiting again, gonna try to pull off of them again.
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CubensisCliff
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well, i was a bit worried today. seems i have some light blue spots on my substrate....i was all like WTF? i did some reading on substrate humidity/contams/bruising, and came across the Q tip test to see if it was bruising or a contam. i gently swabbed the area, nothing came off on the Q tip. whew! i pray its not a contam. ive been misting quite regularly, 4-6 times daily. i replaced my poly fil with a tighter bunch, as i had put looser poly fil in the holes to allow for more FAE. will keep posted in the days to come. fingers crossed.
-------------------- "There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third." -Timothy Leary I have never, nor shall i attempt, to break any laws of the country for which i live or the providences therein. Every thing ive said is of course, theoretical. Check out my Traditional skills/Homesteading blog at www.rusticworldblog.wordpress.com Check out my Grow Log... http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/14117455
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Primal Call
Earth Mage



Registered: 09/05/10
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apparently, the Q-tip test is bullshit. I haven't read about the details, but I just saw some posts from anonjon and RR talking about it a few days ago. Sorry, I can't link it; I read so much sometimes I lose track of where something is found. I'm sure some macro pics would help those well-versed in ID'ing contaminates.
In fruiting conditions, keep the polyfill as loose as possible. You want max FAE so long as you keep your humidity up. Balance!
IMO, misting 4-6 times a day is a bit much for a monotub. They are intended to be minimal maintenance. I'd say 1-3 times/day should be plenty depending on your conditions. I learned this "the hard way" with my 1st one... I misted about as often as you are and the top layer of mycelium melded together into a super dense mat. Some of the pins still pushed through, but it's my hunch that the yield suffered. Instead, look to the sides of the tub for condensation and super-fine mist on your substrate surface. If both are present, just fan more.
looking forward to your success! 
edit: here's one from a quick search
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RogerRabbit said:
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shroomngreen89 said: take a dry qtip and rub the area and if the color dosen't transfer to the Qtip its just bruising if it does you have green mold
THE Q-TIP TEST IS NULL AND VOID!
One of these days, that stupid q-tip test that doesn't work will no longer be repeated endlessly. Bruising will rub off on a q-tip because the cotton swab will easily lift some of the mycelium.
Edited by Primal Call (04/17/11 01:05 AM)
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CubensisCliff
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Re: The Grow Log of a Noob [Re: Primal Call]
#14321885 - 04/20/11 08:10 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Sorry it has taken me soo long to respond, computer has been on the fritz lately. The bluing seems to have went away, as i am now fanning and misting less. I have a good pinset going too, i hope these turn out a bit larger than the ones i grew on the cakes. i dunked the cakes and they are pinning again. My girlfriend and i ate most of the first flush off the cakes.....Wow! great time! As far as the qtip test, i didnt see RR's post when i looked into it, so maybe next time i had better look indepth a bit more. He said that the mycelium would rub off with the qtip, so i must not have rubbed too hard because i got nothing. im just glad that the bluing is gone. i will post pics in a day or so, im on a friends comp right now, till mine gets fixed. thanks for the info Ryath.
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CubensisCliff
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the "bruising" looked as if it were under the mycelium, i just found this reply to a post by RR... "Direct misting is fine. If your mister pukes out large droplets, it can bruise the mycelium. Misting isn't just for humidity. In fact, it's not for humidity at all. Humidity is supplied by the perlite. Misting is to replace lost moisture in the substrate due to evaporation. Misting also directly supplies water to the growing mushrooms.
You can easily tell bruising from mold. Bruising will be the color of the mycelium, just like a bruise on your knee is the color of the skin. Mold spores will appear as a distinct layer above the mycelium, just as a scab appears distinctly above the damaged skin on your knee. RR "
-------------------- "There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third." -Timothy Leary I have never, nor shall i attempt, to break any laws of the country for which i live or the providences therein. Every thing ive said is of course, theoretical. Check out my Traditional skills/Homesteading blog at www.rusticworldblog.wordpress.com Check out my Grow Log... http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/14117455
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OneU

Registered: 03/19/11
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Good thing! How goes the tub and the cakies?
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CubensisCliff
Sailor among the Shrooms



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Re: The Grow Log of a Noob [Re: OneU]
#14359930 - 04/27/11 08:04 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Excellent! cakes produced great, now starting their third flush. tub is just breaking veils on its first....
 ...just these three were 47.6 wet, not bad considering arg is a fairly smaller strain. the two cakes produced a half ounce dried on their first flush!
-------------------- "There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third." -Timothy Leary I have never, nor shall i attempt, to break any laws of the country for which i live or the providences therein. Every thing ive said is of course, theoretical. Check out my Traditional skills/Homesteading blog at www.rusticworldblog.wordpress.com Check out my Grow Log... http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/14117455
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sporesmores420
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Registered: 06/01/10
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Nice show us the pinset on the tub when it gets to it. Is this the arg?
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CubensisCliff
Sailor among the Shrooms



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yeah, this is the ARG. as you can see, it colonized the jars really fast. like faster than i wouldve imagined. the jars were solid white and already mostly consolodated like a week and a half after i inoculated them. the shrooms on the scale were from the tub. i didnt take any pics of the pin set, but i will for the second flush.
-------------------- "There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third." -Timothy Leary I have never, nor shall i attempt, to break any laws of the country for which i live or the providences therein. Every thing ive said is of course, theoretical. Check out my Traditional skills/Homesteading blog at www.rusticworldblog.wordpress.com Check out my Grow Log... http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/14117455
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The_Bomb
saulsberry steak today children!



Registered: 09/30/07
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Hey, I just wanted to say hi, nice grow, and that I was just thinking about the first time I put 10 pounds of hpoo into a tub and used a 2 pound bag of WBS to colonize it. The colonization went perfectly fine, but after it was completely colonized and before it was starting to fruit I took the ENTIRE cake out by just using one hand and tipping the tub over onto my hand (the real mistake) to make sure the bottom was completely colonized, it was so strong and beautifully perfect. The humidity was so high in my tub, (yes I had holes and fanned like a mad man), that I had water droplets collecting on the side and running down the sides, since the giant cake had shrunk water collected underneath the cake. Well, the cake started to pin a little faster then expected, after only a few pins had formed they had aborted completely, and it appeared to stall for 3 weeks when I took the cake out to look at it. On the underside of the cake I found half of it had been taken over by contamination. So, I guess what I am trying to say is, watch moisture levels and check to make sure no standing water is in the bottom or collects there. Now when I do this type of grow I put a 1-2 inch layer of sterile, damp vermiculite so that any moisture can collect on the bottom, I do not need a casing layer as badly for aqua, and your cake will have a good place to draw up moisture from.
And sorry this is long and boring crap, I'm at work right now and I'm high/bored.
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Edited by The_Bomb (05/10/11 04:34 AM)
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