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Monotub questions
    #14509047 - 05/25/11 09:52 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

im following damion5050's coir tek but idk the measurements of where to put the holes idk how deep his mix will make the substrate. can anyone help me out?


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Re: Monotub questions [Re: Shroom Overlord]
    #14509049 - 05/25/11 09:54 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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Re: Monotub questions [Re: TranscendingLife]
    #14509162 - 05/25/11 10:33 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

you say in the tek that you use 7-10 quarts of substrate with damion5050s tek. that gives you perfect substrate depth?and could i poaaibly add a quart of coffee grounds to this mix?


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Re: Monotub questions [Re: Shroom Overlord]
    #14509174 - 05/25/11 10:38 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

yea, just make sure you properly pasteurize the coffee grounds before adding them.


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Re: Monotub questions [Re: Shroom Overlord]
    #14509175 - 05/25/11 10:38 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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Re: Monotub questions [Re: treewood69]
    #14509181 - 05/25/11 10:39 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

can you sterilize the coffee grounds in a PC?


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Re: Monotub questions [Re: Shroom Overlord]
    #14509191 - 05/25/11 10:43 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

recipe:

1 brick coir
1 qt coffee
1 qt verm
3 tbsp

5-6 qts spawn

fills a 68-72 qt tub ~4 inches. which is optimal.

2 inch holes at substrate level, 4 of them , 2 on each long side

2 inch holes higher up near the top of the tub, most people do 4 like the lower but i do 2, one on each short side.

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Shroom Overlord said:
can you sterilize the coffee grounds in a PC?




no, not a good idea. thats just asking for contam. you must properly pasteurize coffee.


Edited by shroomiin (05/25/11 03:46 PM)


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Re: Monotub questions [Re: Shroom Overlord]
    #14509233 - 05/25/11 10:58 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

:whathesaid:

But, why so much gypsum?

You can, but pasteurization is better. Check out RR's videos @ www.mushroomvideos.com

Sterilized substrate is more contam prone than pasteurized.


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Re: Monotub questions [Re: TranscendingLife]
    #14509369 - 05/25/11 11:26 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

i have one final question. how would i go about dunking it after the first flush?


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Re: Monotub questions [Re: Shroom Overlord]
    #14509397 - 05/25/11 11:32 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Fill 1 tote the same size that is un-altered w/ water & put your entire tub in that.


OR,

put the tub in the bathtub & dunk it w/ a weight on top. Just make sure to have some doll rods or PVC handy that'll fit through the sides of the totes. That way you can tip out th water, like Total did here...


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Re: Monotub questions [Re: TranscendingLife]
    #14509457 - 05/25/11 11:44 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

the first one sounds simple could you explain a little more on that?


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Re: Monotub questions [Re: Shroom Overlord]
    #14509501 - 05/25/11 11:53 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

It's basically the same as the second one, just instead of using the bathtub you use a smaller tub. There really is no easy easy way of dunking a mono, which is why I prefer my One Flush Wonders


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Re: Monotub questions [Re: TranscendingLife]
    #14510371 - 05/25/11 03:24 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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But, why so much gypsum?





I was reading through a thread a while ago (no idea where it is now) where somebody was trying to figure out the optimal ratio of gypsum to a brick of coir. They started with the amount recomended for a quart jar of grain (tsp? tbsp? dont know/remember) then figured out how many quarts are in a brick of hydrated coir and did the math. It came to 3 and a half cups. reliable members were a part of the discussion (not gonna name names) so ive always just been throwing 3cups of gypsum into my bulk sub and its been workin' good!

even if that logic is a little fucked and the gypsum content is a little high, it hasnt hurt at all, and if anything just adds some more nutes!


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Re: Monotub questions [Re: shroomiin]
    #14510423 - 05/25/11 03:33 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

I've never had 1/2 a cup of gypsum get fully incorporated to 1 gallon of water when doing my coir buckets per Damion5050's tek.

The tek is 1 tbs of gypsum per 4 quart jars of spawn.
Yea, he doesn't give it Exactly there, but you get the point.
1 brick of coir is 9 qt roughly + 2 quart verm = 11

that's 3 tbs of gypsum...:2cents:


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Re: Monotub questions [Re: TranscendingLife]
    #14510491 - 05/25/11 03:45 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

lol hmm

maybe thats my mistake and it should have been 3 and a half tbs instead of cups.

I mixed the powder straight into my other dry ingrediets (qt of coffee and qt of vem) then dumped it all into the bucket to pasteurize.

Well, at least too much gypsum isn't detrimental to your grow


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Re: Monotub questions [Re: shroomiin]
    #14510514 - 05/25/11 03:49 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

No it's not at all. It'll just clump up on the bottom of your bucket & probably not come out. :lol:

Just didn't want the OP to waste any gypsum. It's not expensive, but wasting is still Wasting...


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Re: Monotub questions [Re: TranscendingLife]
    #14510552 - 05/25/11 03:55 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

haha well, some people reccomend up to 10%, RR says 10% is a maximum.

10% of that mix would be a full quart

so0-yeah i think i'm okay haha. I think we went way beyond what the OP wanted to know in the first place lol.

FOR THE RECORD: 3 tbsp gypsum per brick of coir!


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Re: Monotub questions [Re: shroomiin]
    #14510859 - 05/25/11 04:57 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

i have always used 1-2 cups.    Ill try 3 tbs next time. The gypsum is for ph correct? Does anybody use a ph tester and if so what kind?


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Re: Monotub questions [Re: treewood69]
    #14514211 - 05/26/11 09:04 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

i would just use the cheap paper stripe but if youre feelin official then get the electronic kind. gypsum is a ph buffer, but also has nutrients. You can use a lot but not too much.


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