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Inocuole
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My Monotub Grow Log (Albino A+) Updated: 12/26 - PIN PORN
#15405848 - 11/21/11 11:47 PM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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11 jars containing approx 1/2 a quart of wbs. (Some more and some less)
2 1 jars containing WBS and a tbsp of BRF (spawned one)
and 1 jar only barely filled with WBS to be used to make a GLC later.(already did and inoculated new set of jars)
I have most of the jars sitting in my tub on a table in the dining room, with foil lightly placed over the lids (def not airtight, just enough to keep stuff from falling on it from above. . The lids of these jars were made using Citric's self-healing lid tek, and inoculated using his inoculation technique (flame needle, stab through alcohol soaked sponge into self-healing injection port, inject spores, remove, repeat) I Lysol'd the shit out of my working area (a few times) and made sure the room had 20-30 minutes to let the air settle.
After these are done colonizing I intend to spawn to coir/verm using damion5050's coir tek. I will also be adding an amount of gypsum to the bulk substrate if I can get my hands on it.




Viewing window in the tub. It's just two layers of saran wrap sealed with duct tape but I feel that it's adequate for a fruiting chamber. I don't care that it's not taut and neither will the mushrooms.

To be honest I'm a little worried about contams given that I did inoculate pretty much in open air. (I have since built a glovebox. Not a lesson I wanna learn the hard way) I did do my best to sanitize the work area and lysol the crap out of the air in the room for like half an hour. I also wore a high grade respirator to prevent my stanky ass breath from killing the crop. Anyone have any strokes of luck taking even less precaution?
SKIP AHEAD TO 12/26

LATER THAT DAY...


SO fjsdfjlaskfjasfjas!!!fkljalj EXCITED!
Edited by Inocuole (12/26/11 11:50 PM)
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Umeltin
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: Inocuole]
#15405855 - 11/21/11 11:50 PM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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i dont want to give you bad advice so i wont tell you not to use a glovebox, but i always inoculate in open air. and ive never had a contam in a jar. so you should be ok aslong as everything was sterilized and sanitized.
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Inocuole
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: Umeltin]
#15405870 - 11/21/11 11:56 PM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yep, on top of the respirator, alcohol soaked rubber gloves (which I also rubbed everything else with while wet), bleaching all surfaces prior, and using the very corner of the cleanest, stillest room in the house, I wanna believe I'm just overthinking it. I've paid a lot of attention to RRs posts though and I know he'd frown at some of the techniques I used. I do want to invest in making a SAB for jar work.
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: Inocuole]
#15405951 - 11/22/11 12:23 AM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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My guess is that with self-healing inoculation ports, you probably don't have to worry much.
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Inocuole
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: chrissake]
#15408474 - 11/22/11 02:48 PM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Here's to hoping. I should have a good idea about if there's contams in the next 10 days I presume? Especially if the jars had been pc'd about 3 days before receiving spores, anyway?
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Weller
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: Inocuole]
#15408528 - 11/22/11 02:57 PM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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It sounds like you took enough precautions to be ok. I have done this a couple of times when i only had a couple of jars to inoculate. I use my glove box most of the time.
Good luck. Albino fruits always grab my eye.
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: Weller]
#15408589 - 11/22/11 03:10 PM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Good Luck with your grow.
Nice peace sign in the grains. 
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Edited by Hesy-Ra (12/27/11 02:54 PM)
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Inocuole
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: Hesy-Ra]
#15408626 - 11/22/11 03:17 PM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Heh it's worth a try. You could get some cool designs out that way. I say go for it. And yeah since I had to sift the grains so much in my hands I ended up making shapes with them while drying them. I thought it was a pleasant way to ease the boredom.
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Inocuole
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: Inocuole]
#15422913 - 11/25/11 04:42 PM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Because the heater in our apt is currently not working, the jars have probably been from 67-71 degrees, maybe even colder. Can someone confirm that injecting spores into jars and then having them sit there for a few days with no signs of growth doesn't necessarily mean the spores don't work? Would getting it up closer to 77 degrees help the initial germination? I know 75 is the sweet spot but I'm having to use the oven to heat the whole house, which really sucks. I've also considered getting a heating pad or something. Any advice? I just want to see these grain jars take off.
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: Inocuole]
#15423234 - 11/25/11 06:12 PM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Sometimes it can take a while to see any growth. I've heard of 3 weeks. You will most likely see something within the first 2 weeks.
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: Wing]
#15423712 - 11/25/11 08:21 PM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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I had a 3 week wait on some quart jars a few months ago
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Inocuole
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: amungus]
#15423734 - 11/25/11 08:26 PM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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That kinda sucks. I was hoping to be done by the new year. But I'll take it as it comes I suppose. Running on expectations never does work in a grower's favor.
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iron
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: Inocuole]
#15424616 - 11/26/11 12:35 AM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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3 weeks for a quart jar? that's kind of long. Mine get 100% in 5-8 days using 5cc of LC and an aggressive strain.
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Weller
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: iron]
#15425136 - 11/26/11 05:20 AM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Low temps will definitely slow things down. The spot where my jars usually live is about 64f at the moment. I had jars sat there with no sign of germination after 8 days, so i moved them into the kitchen where it's a bit cosier and there was growth within the next 24 hours.
Your average temps are ok, if you can find a warmer spot it will speed things up. If you can keep them on a high shelf they'll be at a slightly higher temp than of they're sat on a desk.
And your spores can sit in the jar for a couple of weeks without showing any growth sometimes. Don't stress on it. They'll grow when they're ready.
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Inocuole
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: Weller]
#15425234 - 11/26/11 06:29 AM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Oh sweet. I see growth. Only in one jar, and only one little spot, but that's enough to reassure me. It looks like a little white asterisk (*) the size of a thumbtack. Joy!
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Weller
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: Inocuole]
#15425245 - 11/26/11 06:37 AM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Good stuff. Always encouraging to see that first little sign of life. Now the fun begins as you try to stop yourself from looking at the jars every hour
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: Weller]
#15425278 - 11/26/11 06:58 AM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Mr. Mushroom
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: iron]
#15425285 - 11/26/11 07:05 AM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
iron said: 3 weeks for a quart jar? that's kind of long. Mine get 100% in 5-8 days using 5cc of LC and an aggressive strain.
what size jar????
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: iron]
#15426520 - 11/26/11 02:11 PM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
iron said: 3 weeks for a quart jar? that's kind of long. Mine get 100% in 5-8 days using 5cc of LC and an aggressive strain.
Yea .... with 5cc of LC of an aggresive strain. MS can take a while.
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Re: My first Monotub: A Grow Log (Albino A+) [Re: Mr. Mushroom]
#15426653 - 11/26/11 02:49 PM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
Mr. Mushroom said:
Quote:
iron said: 3 weeks for a quart jar? that's kind of long. Mine get 100% in 5-8 days using 5cc of LC and an aggressive strain.
what size jar????
Quart size.
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