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CarlyDee850
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Half-Pint vs. Pint Mason Jars
#17322504 - 12/02/12 06:46 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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I FINALLY got everything I need to start growing. I'll be following PF TEK. However, my husband accidentally bought pint mason jars instead of half-pint.
I've read a couple things about it around here, but mixed responses. Can I use full pint jars instead of half-pints? How would I go about inoculating towards the bottom of the jar, being that the needle on my syringe isn't that long? Would I just inoculate the top half?
Any help is appreciated. Thank you!
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Re: Half-Pint vs. Pint Mason Jars [Re: CarlyDee850]
#17322509 - 12/02/12 06:47 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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i would highly reccomend taking them back and getting the right sized jars.
the tall pints tend to stall out and cant colonize the bottom of the jars.
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Re: Half-Pint vs. Pint Mason Jars [Re: twistedty]
#17322537 - 12/02/12 06:51 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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That's what I was afraid of. Gosh dangit I was so excited to start tonight. I guess I'll wait then.
Thank you!
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Re: Half-Pint vs. Pint Mason Jars [Re: CarlyDee850]
#17322540 - 12/02/12 06:52 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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bein your first grow and all id go back and get the half pinters.i made that same mistake with the grow im doing now and ive lost over half my jars due to contamination.the half pinters take half the time to colonize.i blame my contams strictly on my fuk up of using one pint jars.if you was using rye berries or other grains id say ud be ok cuz they do colinze faster being grains.ive had success with one pint jars in the past...but alot more failure.go with half pints for brf
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Re: Half-Pint vs. Pint Mason Jars [Re: CarlyDee850]
#17322557 - 12/02/12 06:54 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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You definitely want the 1/2 pints. I use pints when I run out of 1/2s and still have some verm/BRF mix left. They take about 5x as long to colonize, if they ever finish colonizing. They face the same problem as the tall half pints (jelly jars) - the brf gets compacted and hard to colonize, and the myc at the bottom can't breathe.
If you do use them, you can either inject just at the top, or use a 4" syringe. The only place I've seen them is at tractor supply.
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Re: Half-Pint vs. Pint Mason Jars [Re: CarlyDee850]
#17322561 - 12/02/12 06:54 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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CarlyDee850 said: That's what I was afraid of. Gosh dangit I was so excited to start tonight. I guess I'll wait then.
Thank you!
it will be worth the wait and alot less stress free of a grow
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Re: Half-Pint vs. Pint Mason Jars [Re: Trippy_Smurf]
#17322568 - 12/02/12 06:55 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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Trippy_Smurf said: If you do use them, you can either inject just at the top, or use a 4" syringe. The only place I've seen them is at tractor supply.
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You could do what I did when I got pint jars by accident, and fill up the bottom with dry vermiculite. Couple inch's in the bottom to take up space, and then spoon out yer brf mix over top. Colonizes just as quick as a half pint and then you can use them for grains later when you get into that. Might seem like a slight waste of vermiculite, but its actually peanuts. Really if you get into this hobby, all sizes of jars have uses.
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Re: Half-Pint vs. Pint Mason Jars [Re: Pastywhyte]
#17322587 - 12/02/12 06:57 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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just follow the tek and use the right sized jars
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and yeah ole boy up there put my shoe in my mouth lol.hes exactly right
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pints work fine for the PF tek
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Re: Half-Pint vs. Pint Mason Jars [Re: cubes4cancer]
#17323003 - 12/02/12 08:09 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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cubes4cancer said: pints work fine for the PF tek

they work fine SOMETIMES.
for more consistent successful results use 1/2 pints shorties, especially for new cultivators
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Re: Half-Pint vs. Pint Mason Jars [Re: twistedty]
#17323029 - 12/02/12 08:13 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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twistedty said:
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cubes4cancer said: pints work fine for the PF tek

they work fine SOMETIMES.
for more consistent successful results use 1/2 pints shorties, especially for new cultivators
And when they do work, they take a lot longer than if you use the right jars.
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Re: Half-Pint vs. Pint Mason Jars [Re: Trippy_Smurf]
#17323042 - 12/02/12 08:17 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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its really simple to fashion canals for the inoculate to flow down to the bottoms..EVERYTIME..making stalling jars a thing of the past
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Re: Half-Pint vs. Pint Mason Jars [Re: cubes4cancer]
#17323062 - 12/02/12 08:20 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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cubes4cancer said:

its really simple to fashion canals for the inoculate to flow down to the bottoms..EVERYTIME..making stalling jars a thing of the past 
hehe your jars look uber dont get me wrong, just sayin for new people stick to the basics
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Re: Half-Pint vs. Pint Mason Jars [Re: twistedty]
#17323079 - 12/02/12 08:23 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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agreed twistedty, just thought i'd russel some jimmys and add
Edited by cubes4cancer (12/02/12 08:24 PM)
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