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DeepSpace9
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My First Grow - Golden Teacher
#14530458 - 05/29/11 12:24 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Greetings Everyone,
I've recently started my first grow, and thought I would take the time to document everything and get feedback along the way.
I constructed the Poor Man's pod and have been playing around with it a bit and believe that I have the temp and rh perfect. I wanted to figure this out before I started anything.
I've put together 5 large bags using the PF Block TEK
Each bag was injected with 30cc Golden Teacher.
Inoculation was done in a golbox and all syringes were sterilized via flame and alcohol prep wipe.
This was completed on the 25th, so I am 4 days in now.
I plan to print the majority of the caps for practice so I hope this turns out well.
I will post an update when I see my first growth. I will try not to post every 10 min until then with the OMFG I wish this would hurry. I will do my best to smoke a few bowls and leave it alone.
Cheers!
Edited by DeepSpace9 (05/29/11 12:36 PM)
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: DeepSpace9]
#14530511 - 05/29/11 12:34 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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sounds good...I hope that amount of spores (30cc) isn't too much liquid for the bags; otherwise they will take forever to colonize due to excessive moisture.
if you've got extra spores and pf materials left over, might as well make up some cakes to pass the time. they'll colonize much quicker anyway.
also, you're gonna want to edit out the vendor name in your post.
but congrats and good luck my friend!
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: zydisqwap]
#14530535 - 05/29/11 12:39 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Thanks. I thought about that and did move the bags around a bit after i shot them up, so hopefully that will not be an issue. I have more, I am just worried about having too much going at once for my first time, if I dont already .
Post edited as well, thanks for that advice!
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: DeepSpace9]
#14531395 - 05/29/11 03:59 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Are you fruiting as blocks or spawning to bulk?
On a side note, alcohol is closer to sanitizing, and the flame is closer to sterilizing. So if you did them in the order you posted, you may as well skip the flame next time.
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: Primal Call]
#14531432 - 05/29/11 04:09 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Ahh ok, thanks for the tip. I did do them in that order. I was planning on sticking all the blocks in my chamber, but the more I read I am thinking about using one or two as spawn and maybe making a monotub or two? I just didn't want to get over my head on my first grow, but i've got plenty of time on my hand, expendible income, and an empty room to use. I am just trying to read more to figure out the difference in results I will get from the two.
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: DeepSpace9]
#14531469 - 05/29/11 04:16 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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From what spongiform wrote, the max yield from fruiting as a block is a slightly above-average yield from a ~60qt mono at 6oz. Above-average mono yields are in the 7-9oz range and exception mono flushes weigh in around 10oz+. This makes sense... spawning to a mono gives more nutrients to the mycelium rather than merely the spawning materials used.
You could try both since you already made a pod, but I personally think mono's are hands-down the best way to go.
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: Primal Call]
#14531490 - 05/29/11 04:19 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hmm, I may just put one block in the chamber and make a monotub for each of the other 4 blocks.
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: DeepSpace9]
#14531497 - 05/29/11 04:21 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
DeepSpace9 said: Hmm, I may just put one block in the chamber and make a monotub for each of the other 4 blocks.

Check my bulk help signature link. You'll want to read up on pasteurizing, monotub designs, additives, and you might even find my cubensis pinning strategy link useful also.
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: Primal Call]
#14531604 - 05/29/11 04:42 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Thanks, looks like I will be picking up some Coir tomorrow!
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: DeepSpace9]
#14531687 - 05/29/11 04:59 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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diversified substrates = 
glad to hear it and looking forward to your success! 
 
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: Primal Call]
#14531772 - 05/29/11 05:11 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Thanks! I may pick your brain if I get stumpped somewhere. The links are extremely useful!
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: zydisqwap]
#14552527 - 06/02/11 07:51 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Sorry to be off topic but HOLY SHIT BOOGNISH. Ween is fucking insane. Going to see them in two days.
-------------------- Fuck L Ron Hubbard and Fuck all his clones. Fuck all those gun-toting Hip gangster wannabes. Fuck retro anything. Fuck your tattoos. Fuck all you junkies and Fuck your short memory. Fuck smiley glad-hands With hidden agendas. Fuck these dysfunctional, Insecure actresses. Learn to swim. Cuz I'm praying for rain and I'm praying for tidal waves I wanna see the ground give way. I wanna watch it all go down. Mom please flush it all away. I wanna watch it go right in and down. I wanna watch it go right in. Watch you flush it all away. Time to bring it down again. Don't just call me pessimist. Try and read between the lines. I can't imagine why you wouldn't Welcome any change, my friend. I wanna see it all come down. suck it down. flush it down.
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where at?
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DeepSpace9
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: zydisqwap]
#14565973 - 06/05/11 07:04 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Day 10 all bags showing signs of growth, this one being the most significant.
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: DeepSpace9]
#14568569 - 06/06/11 09:23 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Oddly enough, one of my 5 bags seems to be moving at about 3x the speed of the other ones. I've noticed quite a bit of condensation in this bag, that I do not have in my other bags. I just broke this bag up, as it looked to be at about the 25% point. Hopefully the excessive condensation in the bag wont cause issues. All the bags were prepared the exact same. I am also surprised at the heat put off by this bag. It is quite a bit warmer than my other bags. It did not look contaminated before I broke it all up, so I will keep my fingers crossed. Since I decided to spawn all these bags to bulk, I went ahead and made cakes with a few other strains thinking they would be done before the bags, but it looks like this bag may even beat those to 100%
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: DeepSpace9]
#14599813 - 06/12/11 08:12 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Looks like 3 of my 5 will be fully col in a week, and then another week to let sit, and then another 10 days after I spawn to bulk. I'm glad I started a few jars too, so I can have some fruits before July 4th!
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: DeepSpace9]
#14615762 - 06/15/11 03:26 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Threw a bit in the FC today, and I am spawing about 20 quarts to bulk in mono tubs today. Hopefully I will have my first fruits soon
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: DeepSpace9]
#14619203 - 06/15/11 07:15 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I've finally got my mono's done and sealed up. Guess I will take a peek in about 12 days or so. Made a few trays, and threw some left over spawn on a plate and just stuck it in a SGFC. Had about 2 quarts that smelled a bit suspect, so I threw them out back. Figured I would just air on the side of caution. I threw a lil on top of it but it has been extremely hot here, so I wont even pay much attention to it.
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: DeepSpace9]
#14678716 - 06/27/11 06:12 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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So, my mono's have now been colonizing for 13 days and still looks like it could use another few days. I've got all the holes taped up. I am begining to wonder if I should take the tape off the top holes and stuff with polyfill or just leave it be. I'd take a few pics, but with the condensation of the sides of the tubs they just wouldn't come out good, and I have not opened them since I spawned so I dont want to. Should I just leave them be for another few days, or would removing the tape from the top holes help any?
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: DeepSpace9]
#14679139 - 06/27/11 09:26 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Tubs are starting to knot now, so I guess I will just leave the holes taped until I see pins.
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: DeepSpace9]
#14679198 - 06/27/11 09:47 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Baller, man, i wanna see how this ends up
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: SleepAid]
#14679221 - 06/27/11 09:54 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Once I decided to spawn these to bulk I made a few cakes with a few other strains. Those are now in my SGFC with pins. So oddly enough, I will have fruits from my second grow before my first
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: DeepSpace9]
#14679293 - 06/27/11 10:17 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
Tubs are starting to knot now, so I guess I will just leave the holes taped until I see pins.
pics pics pics ...knots are just baby pins... ...what did the overworked cultivator say to the monotub? "knot now"... 
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: PrimalSoup]
#14679352 - 06/27/11 10:31 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I tried to take a few pics, but with all the condensation all you really see is the water droplets. I will see if I can get a decent pic without opening the tubs.
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: DeepSpace9]
#14681373 - 06/27/11 05:29 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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If you've got knots looking more like pins, displace the CO2 buildup with a good fanning and swap to polyfill! 
sounds like you are right on track! let us see the beauty! 
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: Primal Call]
#14683329 - 06/27/11 11:30 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Golden Teachers were my first grow! I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for them.
oh, and I got my order from freespores.com today, and one of the randomly chosen strains was GT's!   !!!!
Best of luck on your grow!
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Well, what I thought were knots were not. The top still is not 100% colonized on my tubs. I did not place a trash bag inside the tubs, but did use black gorilla tape all the way around the bottoms to about 3 1/2 inches. I was just looking in and noticed that the sub has pulled away from the sides of the tubs, and I saw about 20 or 30 side pins. So, it seems it is pinning on the sides, but not on the top. I guess I am just going to go ahead and remove all the tape and replace with poly, and mist/fan and see what happens. I've got so many WBS jars going now that if I screw it up, I will just start over.
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: DeepSpace9]
#14685354 - 06/28/11 10:14 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Blah, after opening the tubs for the first time, i've noticed both have a small area of green (dime size). Guess both are getting tossed. On to the next one.
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: DeepSpace9]
#14686547 - 06/28/11 02:08 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Make sure to toss 'em into a planter or the backyard...it's nice to be out there smoking a butt and find a couple lil buddies in the corner of the yard.
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Re: My First Grow - Golden Teacher [Re: zydisqwap]
#14686808 - 06/28/11 02:43 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah, I set them out back but I live in Texas and it has been 100+ for a few weeks now and isnt going to get any cooler, so I dont have high hopes for it It's a leaarning process for me, and I am having fun so screw it lol. I've got enough WBS colonizing that I can give it another shot in a week or so.
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