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Beanerwiener7
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Going to start my first ever monotub soon.
#18711218 - 08/15/13 08:20 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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So I've had varied results with cakes and wanted to step it up to a mono. I will be buying a tub from 50quarts to 60 give or take, and will be using horse manure and stra, with rye berries to spawn with. I'm gonna make it just like a standard mono but it will be in my closet with a small desktop fan in pointed not directly at it but on low for more air flow on a 12 12 schedule. I'm hoping to get a yield of at least 4 oz , doesn't sound unreasonable.
Before I start this is there any advice or pointers anybody wld like to contribute? I'd appreciate any help big or small.
I'm pretty sure pasteurized horse poo shld not stink up the room I'm having it in but I'm not sure .
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18711310 - 08/15/13 08:35 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I've put the hpoo away till I get the bugs and kinks worked out of my growing skills. Coir allows a lot more room for error which you will most likely have trying bulk for the first time. Easier on the moisture content, easier on contams, easier on an error in pasteurization...etc..etc.
Up to you though.... whatever is fun.... you can always do another if you fail. My hpoo didn't smell bad at all.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18711357 - 08/15/13 08:43 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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ive never done a poo grow myself but if you do its best to use paddy poo... aged and from the field.
If you decide you can use a straw\verm\coir mix, or a verm\coir mix.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: quisp65]
#18711374 - 08/15/13 08:47 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thanks a lot man, I've tried using straight coir on things such as pie tins and I'm pretty sure it failed due to poor sanitary precautions. It's time I'm cleaning everything before hand and made sure its all pasteurized properly. Wish me luck.
Oh it's perfect poo to use but thanks for the pointer anyhow. I'm a bit nervous but I feel I can do it.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18711541 - 08/15/13 09:21 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'll be posting pics of the setup soon as soon as I get the cash to buy the supplies.
Is it better to have a deeper bin or a wider one, I was thinking wide for the larger surface area, jw if there's a difference in the two or not.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18711570 - 08/15/13 09:28 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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4oz total over a few flushes sure.
A few tips Closets r trich traps Fan 24/7 as closets suck dick Door will prob have to always be open for fruiting. Must be precise with pasteurization, if not buy HMC compost prepasteurized and flush huge. Link in my sig I love it. It will go 7 large flushes easy
For 4 oz per flush flush I'd say a total of 40qts sub will do using ms. Defiantly line your tub b4 spawning. Do maybe 4 smaller tubs instead of 1 big one to lower chance of loosing everything to contam. Stack Em on milk crates then each other or somthing like that
Don't use straw. Doesn't help, n adds high risk of contam
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: smegzilla69]
#18711602 - 08/15/13 09:35 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'm actually getting it from HMC and the idea of two maybe three smaller tubs doesn't sound like a bad idea. I'm gonna have it fanned quite often since its in a closet and every so often as much as possible ill have the window open with the closet doors open for more FAE. Wld say two 30 quart tubs create just as much yield as one large 60 quart wld?
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: smegzilla69]
#18711608 - 08/15/13 09:37 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Buy the 66 qt clear sterlite bin with latching lid from Walmart. They work the best. I think they are $8. For your first mono I would definitely recommend coir/verm for substrate. Throw in some gypsum too if you want. I do 5 qts grain spawn to 1 brick of coir and 2 qts of verm. Works great for me. Check out the grow along thread that tbagtag is doing. That would be very helpful for you. All you got to do is follow the steps. You'd be a week or 2 behind but no big deal. Good luck
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Stromrider]
#18711614 - 08/15/13 09:40 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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psillyshroomer said: Buy the 66 qt clear sterlite bin with latching lid from Walmart. They work the best. I think they are $8. For your first mono I would definitely recommend coir/verm for substrate. Throw in some gypsum too if you want. I do 5 qts grain spawn to 1 brick of coir and 2 qts of verm. Works great for me. Check out the grow along thread that tbagtag is doing. That would be very helpful for you. All you got to do is follow the steps. You'd be a week or 2 behind but no big deal. Good luck
Is there a sponsor that sells prepasturized coir and verm in bulk quantities? I'm unaware of one. I do not have the space nor proper stove top as of now to pasteurize myself.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18711630 - 08/15/13 09:43 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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No need to properly pasteurize coir/verm sub. Damon5050s bucket Tek works just fine for it. Some tc actually claim with a nice high spawn ratio you don't have to pasteurize coir/verm at all. I do the bucket Tek and have had no problems with it. I'll bump that grow along thread so you can check it out. Gimme a sec
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Stromrider]
#18711651 - 08/15/13 09:47 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'd stick with HMC. Ur next grow prob wont be for a while and HMC just keeps flushing and flushing and flushing and when u think its done it keeps flushing then after months it gets contamed and u throw it out side then it rains and it keeps on flushing lol
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Stromrider]
#18711667 - 08/15/13 09:51 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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psillyshroomer said: No need to properly pasteurize coir/verm sub. Damon5050s bucket Tek works just fine for it. Some tc actually claim with a nice high spawn ratio you don't have to pasteurize coir/verm at all. I do the bucket Tek and have had no problems with it. I'll bump that grow along thread so you can check it out. Gimme a sec
Awesome thx man. Wen it comes to damions trek cld u just use a stock pot with lid as the bucket or does it have to be a sealed bucket?
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: smegzilla69]
#18711668 - 08/15/13 09:51 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Sounds awesome. Is it expensive?
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Stromrider]
#18711678 - 08/15/13 09:53 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'm not sure. The Tek calls for a bucket with a lid that seals and straying from a Tek is asking for trouble imo. You can get a bucket with a lid at Lowes or HD for a few bucks
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18711681 - 08/15/13 09:54 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I still have time to consider what I wanna go with. Keep weighing my options.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: smegzilla69]
#18711684 - 08/15/13 09:55 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Wow, just saw its $35 for a 10lb bag. How many quarts do you get out of one?
I may need to go into the compost business.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18711686 - 08/15/13 09:56 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Love the avatar btw
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Stromrider]
#18711697 - 08/15/13 09:58 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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psillyshroomer said: I'm not sure. The Tek calls for a bucket with a lid that seals and straying from a Tek is asking for trouble imo. You can get a bucket with a lid at Lowes or HD for a few bucks
Yea of course I can get a bucket almost anywhere just wondering if its necessary. If I do that route ill def stick to the tek.
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psillyshroomer said: Sounds awesome. Is it expensive?
It's actually not bad, I'm sure others will disagree stating that its so cheaper to just make it up yourself and what not, but for those who can't or just don't want to its a decent price.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Stromrider]
#18711701 - 08/15/13 09:58 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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psillyshroomer said: Love the avatar btw
You referring to mine or mad chefs creepy ass avatar lol.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Stromrider]
#18711721 - 08/15/13 10:02 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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HMC can get expensive especially doing large grows. due to shipping all bags separately like a dick
I just did around 150lbs for $400 I think the guy will give u a discount if u order alot n email hi tell him ur from shroomery and what not.
Small grows its def worth it just bcuz it pays for itself in flushes. I got around 2 lbs total over a 6 flushes from 3bags of compost I did in 2 100qt tubs. Only used fucking 4qts spawn in each tub Alot of people who have never used it will say don't waste your money on it only bcuz they have never seen it go 8 flushes for themselfs
N u get a shroomery discount Mm
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18711729 - 08/15/13 10:03 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yours of course! I hate mad chefs! It creeps me the math out
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: smegzilla69]
#18711767 - 08/15/13 10:08 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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smegzilla69 said: HMC can get expensive especially doing large grows. due to shipping all bags separately like a dick
I just did around 150lbs for $400 I think the guy will give u a discount if u order alot n email hi tell him ur from shroomery and what not.
Small grows its def worth it just bcuz it pays for itself in flushes. I got around 2 lbs total over a 6 flushes from 3bags of compost I did in 2 100qt tubs. Only used fucking 4qts spawn in each tub Alot of people who have never used it will say don't waste your money on it only bcuz they have never seen it go 8 flushes for themselfs
N u get a shroomery discount Mm
Yeah that is too rich for my blood. If you got the cash and it works good then go for it
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: smegzilla69]
#18711774 - 08/15/13 10:08 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Exactly you'll pay allot if u need bulk that large
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Stromrider]
#18711789 - 08/15/13 10:11 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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psillyshroomer said: Yours of course! I hate mad chefs! It creeps me the math out
Haha me too man like no joke. Heisenberg a the shit. I like to call myself hiesenshroom but we all know I'm like Jesse with the chilli p.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18711814 - 08/15/13 10:14 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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If u need more then a few hundred qts of sub u better fucking know how to properly pasteurize Or in in way over ur head
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18711825 - 08/15/13 10:14 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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psillyshroomer said: Yours of course! I hate mad chefs! It creeps me the math out
Haha me too man like no joke. Heisenberg a the shit. I like to call myself hiesenshroom but we all know I'm like Jesse with the chilli p.
Lol in realty ur like Jessie's meth head friend
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: smegzilla69]
#18711830 - 08/15/13 10:15 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I would be the Jessie.
Frank, timenthyl n peeps like that r the hiesenshroomer
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: smegzilla69]
#18711834 - 08/15/13 10:16 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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smegzilla69 said: If u need more then a few hundred qts of sub u better fucking know how to properly pasteurize Or in in way over ur head
Haha yea I def don't need that much. Idk what I'd do with it all.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: smegzilla69]
#18711842 - 08/15/13 10:16 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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psillyshroomer said: Yours of course! I hate mad chefs! It creeps me the math out
Haha me too man like no joke. Heisenberg a the shit. I like to call myself hiesenshroom but we all know I'm like Jesse with the chilli p.
Lol in realty ur like Jessie's meth head friend
Haha ain't even mad. Those dudes are someone to look up to.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18711847 - 08/15/13 10:18 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Not the meth heads of course lmao
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18711884 - 08/15/13 10:23 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Then if I were u I'd buy 3 bags. I just did that n got 2lb still flushing.
HMC will flush till ur next grow is ready, That's how I see it At 1st flush I make a clone agar-agar-agar-rgs-rgs-sub By then this is about depleted I got a few lbs out of somthing that would yeild maybe 3/4lbs.
Soon ill do a side by side of HMC - coir n Verm n laugh
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: smegzilla69]
#18711898 - 08/15/13 10:26 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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N you can buy HMC n save it I used HMC 6 months after it arrived and had no loss of effectiveness I age it if u had the fridge space that shit would last years
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: smegzilla69]
#18711928 - 08/15/13 10:30 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Speaking of timenthyl I can't believe they haven't slapped a tc tag on him yet. Wtf. Dude knows his shit. Very talented artistically as well
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Stromrider]
#18711944 - 08/15/13 10:32 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Word I agree
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: smegzilla69]
#18711948 - 08/15/13 10:33 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Gotta get a few supporter tags to make the suggestion.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Stromrider]
#18712000 - 08/15/13 10:39 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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psillyshroomer said: Speaking of timenthyl I can't believe they haven't slapped a tc tag on him yet. Wtf. Dude knows his shit. Very talented artistically as well
I have not talked to him personally I don't believe but have read some threads and sigs from him and I too agree.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18712927 - 08/16/13 03:25 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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What are your guys opinions on , multipore tape vs poly fill? Do you find one to be more effective to use with a monotub?
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18712975 - 08/16/13 04:01 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Polyfill for sure. Check out frankhorrigans thread on how to dial in your monotub like a boss
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Stromrider]
#18713970 - 08/16/13 10:28 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Poly
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: smegzilla69]
#18716450 - 08/16/13 09:15 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Well I was gonna use micropore tape but I'm second guessing that now from your guys responses. It ain't hard to find poly anyhow.
Gt the tub today, a 18 gallon sterilte tub, I'm going to be removing a section on top and replacing it with clear plastic.
Prolly sometime next week ill prep the tub wi the holes and so forth.
Bought a 1 dollar shower curtain I'm gonna use as a liner, ill just cut it and be able to use it plenty of times.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18717185 - 08/17/13 12:12 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Good idea with the curtain. When making the holes if u have a propane torch it's really easy to get perfect circles out of a soup can just preheat it red hot on the stove n then use Ur torch to keep it hot while u make Ur holes.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: smegzilla69]
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Thx, it's mildew resistant too so I'm sure that will prove useful. Sounds perfect but I do not own a blow torch. I was gonna use a soup can for sizing tho lol. I own a drill but it died, so ill probably end up borrowing one from somebody.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
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Well I mean you can prob use a grill lighter but it will take longer. Bcuz the plastic cools the can so much.
And idk if mildew resistant anything is good in this hobby that usually means use of a fungicide which will harm the mycelium aswell but I'm not sure.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: smegzilla69]
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i dont see that as being an issue, even tho the claim is "mildew resistant" ive had curtains with that claim b4 and it still always get mildew. its sorta a bull claim.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: smegzilla69]
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smegzilla69 said: Good idea with the curtain. When making the holes if u have a propane torch it's really easy to get perfect circles out of a soup can just preheat it red hot on the stove n then use Ur torch to keep it hot while u make Ur holes.
I remember a few weeks back when someone freaked out about the can catching fire or some shit. It was epic.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: tbagtag]
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I remember a few weeks back when someone freaked out about the can catching fire or some shit. It was epic.
i bet. ill probably just heat up an ice pick and poke it in four spots and then use an exacto knife to cut an arc from each hole to make a circle. unless you guys got easier ideas which im sure you do lol.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
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I remember a few weeks back when someone freaked out about the can catching fire or some shit. It was epic.
i bet. ill probably just heat up an ice pick and poke it in four spots and then use an exacto knife to cut an arc from each hole to make a circle. unless you guys got easier ideas which im sure you do lol.
The soup can isn't going to get hot enough to burn. Your melting holes in plastic, not branding cattle or torturing someone....
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: tbagtag]
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I remember a few weeks back when someone freaked out about the can catching fire or some shit. It was epic.
i bet. ill probably just heat up an ice pick and poke it in four spots and then use an exacto knife to cut an arc from each hole to make a circle. unless you guys got easier ideas which im sure you do lol.
The soup can isn't going to get hot enough to burn. Your melting holes in plastic, not branding cattle or torturing someone....
Yeah but I'm assuming some smacked ass forgot to remove the paper label and thats what caught fire.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: TasteTheSound]
#18733402 - 08/20/13 06:00 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Finally got my monotub setup, in around 5 days ill knock up a bunch of rye berry bags with Cambodian strain. And will be using a manure based substrate.
Tubs set up basically just like this,

Cannot wait to get this baby up and running, and def using poly since I got a bunch of recommendations for it and none for micropore tape lol.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18734933 - 08/20/13 10:57 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yea u might be able to use another top hole on the long sides but idk I'd wait for someone more knowledgable in that area. But you can always regulate air flow by adjusting Ur poly, If it comes down to it.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: smegzilla69]
#18740296 - 08/21/13 11:16 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yea but its gonna be in a closet with a small fan running so I didn't want too much fresh air as it wld dry out. At least that's my logic. It shld be enough , we shall see. Gotta wait for the spawn to fully colonize and it'll be a go
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18752781 - 08/24/13 07:20 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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was just gonna prep the tub by cleaning it out with a bleach water mix, i hear people saying to clean with warm dish soap water, is this a good idea? shloud i do both to be cautious?
is there anything that can reduce the amount of say mold spores that you can place in a closet to help fend off the spores so they never even come into contact?
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18775997 - 08/30/13 03:17 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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So I have inoculated three 1lbs bags of rye with Cambodian multipores around 4-5 days ago. I'm just waiting for the bags to fully colonize and then I will mix it with the manure substrate in my monotub and hope for the best.
Is cleaning the tub with bleach/water mix good enough to prep it before I place in the sub and spawn??
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18787914 - 09/02/13 01:01 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Checked today and all three bags have some nice bright white growth. Looks very healthy and I'm excited, not long now till the monotub starts. I also finally have some pins on the cakes I've had goin for there third flush which I didn't even think was gonna happen. Small amount of pins but when your expecting nothing , anythings good. I'm so glad I didn't just toss them outside, like I was thinking of doin.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18788030 - 09/02/13 01:55 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'm new to rye berry grain as a spawn, I'm usually using a BRF mix. When your ready to mix in the spawn in with the sub what's the best way to spread it out? Wld grating it with a cheese grater work like with BRF or is crumbling it up by hand just as effective?
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18788281 - 09/02/13 04:28 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Shake them in the jar, and they separate. I don't think you want to use a cheese grater on whole grains. Then I'd layer out spawn and sub before mixing it up good!
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: spacechildo]
#18788299 - 09/02/13 04:41 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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There bags , so it'll be just that much easier to mash em up. I was just confused whether it was as simple as hand mashing or what, thx.
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: Beanerwiener7]
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There bags , so it'll be just that much easier to mash em up. I was just confused whether it was as simple as hand mashing or what, thx.
Yes, it is that simple!  Good luck bro!
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Re: Going to start my first ever monotub soon. [Re: spacechildo]
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There bags , so it'll be just that much easier to mash em up. I was just confused whether it was as simple as hand mashing or what, thx.
Yes, it is that simple!  Good luck bro!
Thx, can't wait to get this thing rolling. I'm told rye colonizes faster than BRF so hopefully it isn't long till its be ready to mix
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First monotub problems, ( less spawn per sub, bad?) [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18810222 - 09/07/13 01:32 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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So I checked on the three one pound bags of rye that I inoculated roughly two weeks ago and two of them are goin fantastic , prolly one third colonized. Tho one bag hasn't had any growth yet an appears to have allot of moisture inside, I squeezed the bag and sniffed the filter patch and it had a funny sweet smell to it. Tho there are no sighns of contams I'm aware it cld b a sighn of bacteria. Shld I wait it out before tossing it?
I'm upset cuz these were gonna b used for a monotub and if only two bags work out I will have a off ratio of spawn to sub. How wld I fix this if it turns out to be bacteria?
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Re: First monotub problems, ( less spawn per sub, bad?) [Re: Beanerwiener7]
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The other bags are fully colonized 100% and this one seems slow. Anyhow does anybody suggest breaking this up to speed it up or should I just let it be, I don't want it to take too long and have the others just wasting away. Thx
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Re: First monotub problems, ( less spawn per sub, bad?) [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18853440 - 09/17/13 12:56 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Personally I would break it up but people say not to .i would break it up bcuz if it recovers in 24h then it's probably not contamed if it takes longer it might be bacteria or dried out.
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Re: First monotub problems, ( less spawn per sub, bad?) [Re: smegzilla69]
#18853490 - 09/17/13 01:08 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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It definitely looks to have sufficient moisture although I am sorta afraid of bacteria since another bag did fall to it. If this bag fails my monotub project will be cut off and it'll just have to be a small tray or something. Unless I were to get overwhelming replies stating not too break it up I'm gonna. Thanks man.
While I'm here I mind as well ask so I don't have to open another thread and annoy veterans but does burning. Inscents pose any problem for a monotub? I'm assuming not but hey there are so many little things that can possibly ruin a project.
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Re: First monotub problems, ( less spawn per sub, bad?) [Re: Beanerwiener7]
#18855742 - 09/17/13 09:56 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Depends how close. Just in the room shouldn't hurt it but if u put it right next to the tub it can cause high levels of co2 i assume or even just low levels of oxygen. Also remember shrooms absorb everything in there environment so u will be eating any potentially harmful chemicals in the insents but I'm assuming there wouldn't be harmful chemicals in something ment to be burnt indoors....
So basically... burning in the room shouldn't do harm... Just keep it far enough away from the tub.
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Re: First monotub problems, ( less spawn per sub, bad?) [Re: smegzilla69]
#18857414 - 09/18/13 10:48 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yea I was assuming it wldnt do any harm thx ill just keep the in scents on hold for now. I broke up the bag yesterday and it has no signs of regrowth. Sadly it's not looking good for me and my monotub project.
I'm sure this is probably a risk of contamination but if I open the bag of fully colonized grains and removed a very small portion of them and opened a uncolonized bag of grains and mixed that small colonized portion then reveal it wld I be doing any good or not? I have another bag but no spores so that's why I am asking.
And is using one pound of spawn enough to do a onto tub or would it be pointless?
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Since bacteria ass raped me , I'm no longer doing a monotub and used the one pound of healthy rye mixed it in with horse poo compost in two pie tins with a plastic liner so the mycelium doesn't eat threw the aluminum.
So far it's only been one day and I can already see the white growth spreading. Idk how much these trays will produce for the sub depth is only around 2 inches but hopefully a decent amount.
Just glad I got some use out of that rye.
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