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    #18892960 - 09/26/13 08:01 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Here's my take on buckets. All my info was gathered from Otto and his buckets, I just want to show everyone how to make them with 5 gallon buckets.

Take your bucket, measure to 4 inches, and mark it with a marker.





Then drill 4 1" holes around the bucket, equal distance from one another. Then do 2 holes on the top, roughly even as well (it's not super important to make sure it's exactly right)





Now take 1 qrt of colonized grain, mix it in with about 3-4 qrts of pasteurized substrate.(depends on how high your bottom holes are. Mine are around 3.5"-4" tall, but 3" will work fine. Don't go about 4" though). Then tape up the holes with micropore tape, and cut a trash bag into a sqaure 2'x2'. Place over the bucket, and rubber band the top. If you dont have a big rubber band, find something else. I've used an old pair of boxers where i cut off the elastic band and secured the plastic over the top. We're mycologists, be creative :laugh:





Then when it's fully colonized, remove the tape and replace with polyfill. There should be excess plastic over the top, so try and get all that excess in the middle, with the rubber band just securing the very edge of the trash bag. Whenever you want, just push the bag down in the middle, then pinch it and pull it up. It acts as a "lung" and provides excellent FAE :thumbup:




And there you have it. This is an excellent way to do a variety of things. If you grow bulk and end up with extra jars, throw them in buckets. Buckets are $3, and everything else you should already have. This is also a great small scale way to test cultures and see if liquid cultures are clean. From the times I have done this, I averaged 1.75oz dried first flush, and they did suprisingly well in subsequent flushes.

Happy bucketing:cheers:




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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Blake_Shroom]
    #18893062 - 09/26/13 08:28 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Brilliant write-up. Will be trying this soon  :thumbup:


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: retaardvark]
    #18893103 - 09/26/13 08:37 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

sweet & simple.. saving this. thanks!


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: krunkmaster]
    #18893259 - 09/26/13 09:31 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I did this (outdoors) without drilling holes or pasteurizing my sub. This morning I noticed pins finally, it took almost 3 weeks but I think that is because its been getting down in the 50's at night.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: bEelzeBosS]
    #18898663 - 09/27/13 01:13 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

One of my buckets is knotting up. I'll post pics with a pin set. I did 2 buckets for my first grow, along side a mono tub. I did the buckets so I didnt put all of my eggs in one basket, and it truly paid off. 1.75 oz in 1 bucket and 2 oz in the other, with another oz pumped out of each during subsequent flushes. My mono also yielded 6 oz :laugh: off of MS amazon liquid culture, although no pics :frown:



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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Blake_Shroom]
    #18899427 - 09/27/13 04:23 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I'm thinking of doing something very similar to this with  9 1/2 pint BRF cakes spawned to coir in a bucket and put outside. Can't be f***ed with pf tek anymore as the SGFC is a waste of space in my living environment but don't wanna completely waste the cakes...

Slugs eat anything I put in a bed outside so I think a bucket could work :thumbup:


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Skinty]
    #18926015 - 10/03/13 01:58 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)



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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Blake_Shroom]
    #18926024 - 10/03/13 02:02 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Blake_Shroom]
    #18926041 - 10/03/13 02:07 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

You could like hang these up everywhere in your house with a light in all of them. Bucket jackolanturns


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Sagescruffy]
    #18926281 - 10/03/13 03:05 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

nice job man will definitely have to try this :thumbup:


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Blake_Shroom]
    #18944292 - 10/07/13 11:20 AM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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One of my buckets is knotting up. I'll post pics with a pin set. I did 2 buckets for my first grow, along side a mono tub. I did the buckets so I didnt put all of my eggs in one basket, and it truly paid off. 1.75 oz in 1 bucket and 2 oz in the other, with another oz pumped out of each during subsequent flushes. My mono also yielded 6 oz :laugh: off of MS amazon liquid culture, although no pics :frown:






I'm doing this exact same thing now, but with a 2,5 gallon bucket.
Do you get enough FAE with only two 1" holes at top level?
Mine doesn't seem to do, can you maybe elaborate a bit on your fan settings or airflow in the grow room?


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: spacechildo]
    #18944501 - 10/07/13 11:58 AM (10 years, 3 months ago)

I always have a fan going in my room. Never pointed at my tubs/buckets.

If you arent getting enough fae, try using the plastic covering as a "lung". Push it in, the pull it out. This will help circulate the air in the bucket. Do it a few times a day and see if your fruits are looking better :thumbup:


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Blake_Shroom]
    #18946067 - 10/07/13 06:18 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)



1 qrt of spawn and ~$5 worth of materials (bucket, coir/verm). Total yield for first flush was 57 grams, or just over 2 oz dried.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Blake_Shroom]
    #18946109 - 10/07/13 06:25 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

good stuff, i think i may try my luck at a bucket or two just for fun!


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Blake_Shroom]
    #18946116 - 10/07/13 06:27 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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1 qrt of spawn and ~$5 worth of materials (bucket, coir/verm). Total yield for first flush was 57 grams, or just over 2 oz dried.




Is that an iso?  Nice yield, I usually only got about an ounce per bucket when I was doing them.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Mush4Brains]
    #18946239 - 10/07/13 06:53 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

ya it's an isolate. But these jars were spawned to buckets rather than G2G'd into spawn bags for tubs because they didnt look near as good as my other jars.

Glad they produced well. All I can ask is for another oz from a 2nd and 3rd flush and i'll be a happy camper


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Blake_Shroom]
    #18946248 - 10/07/13 06:55 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

All you can ask is for 3-4oz off a quart of spawn :eek:.  Some people would love to have that problem.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Blake_Shroom]
    #18946258 - 10/07/13 06:56 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

The pic with the substrate and fruits out of the bucket is great :thumbup:


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Mush4Brains]
    #18946278 - 10/07/13 07:01 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

If if do, I would highly consider using this method for my bulk growing over tubs.

When I do tubs, I use 5-6 qrts of spawn and get 8oz dried first flush with about an oz for the second flush, then toss after 3rd flush.

I have other buckets, so if i note this trend with those, i'll do like 10 buckets next time. It would mean about a 50% increase in efficiency (I would have to factor in time spent doing 6 buckets to 1 tub).

Or maybe i'll do a tub with a much lower spawn ratio. That sounds like a better plan to me. Maybe 3 qrts of spawn to a 66qrt monotub. I use RGS so I have an incredible amount of inoculation points


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Blake_Shroom]
    #18946347 - 10/07/13 07:19 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Great pics and write up, very easy and clear, definitely saving this link for future reference.......


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Blake_Shroom]
    #19109354 - 11/09/13 07:51 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

OK so I tried this, best spawn to flush rate so far for me.  This was 5 BRF jars (GT-MS) for 435g first flush, will update with dry weight when I have it.  Sub was looking dry once the pins showed so I started misting 3x daily from the top holes, and pumping FAE whenever I could (at least 3x a day).  If you are a noob and have BRF jars incubating, this is a pretty easy way to get much more yield from them without a PC or very much effort (much less that SGFC as far as misting and fanning time goes..........might use a little more water in the sub prep though)






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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: SynKyd]
    #19109705 - 11/09/13 09:45 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I never got my bucket dialed in right, and my sheeting was opaque so the light was inadequate. For this reason, my first flush was very poor. Popped the cake into my SGFC and it fruited like a boss.

Just trying to help others looking through the thread with poor fruiting experience.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: retaardvark]
    #19186630 - 11/25/13 11:49 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

yo blake blinding leaf linked me up with this tek so im giving it a try i just mixed my 1 qt of spawn with 4 qts of coir in the bucket, i'm looking forward to seeing these results :thumbup:

if i'm not mistaken you were saying this way gives you better flushes than using monotubs?


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: SynKyd]
    #19216916 - 12/02/13 11:58 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

So how long do these usually take to fully colonize? I made one about 15 days ago and it's still not fully colonized.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Cpt.Crunch]
    #19216924 - 12/02/13 11:59 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I approve of this.

I have some trash-can mini-monos sitting in a closet somewhere. Maybe I'll get them out again, just for kicks.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: FrankHorrigan]
    #19216977 - 12/02/13 12:09 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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This was 5 BRF jars (GT-MS) for 435g first flush, will update with dry weight when I have it.



Should be close to 35g dry


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Cpt.Crunch]
    #19217249 - 12/02/13 01:18 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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yo blake blinding leaf linked me up with this tek so im giving it a try i just mixed my 1 qt of spawn with 4 qts of coir in the bucket, i'm looking forward to seeing these results :thumbup:

if i'm not mistaken you were saying this way gives you better flushes than using monotubs?



In terms of efficiency, for me, yes. 1 qrt of spawn produced ~2 oz dried. For my mono's, 5-6qrts produced roughly 10 oz dried. Not much more efficient, but ever little bit counts. It certainly was not so much more efficient that I use buckets over tubs. Tubs are way more convenient for large scale grows, these are great for smaller scale.

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So how long do these usually take to fully colonize? I made one about 15 days ago and it's still not fully colonized.



A week or 2. I would assume that you might have bacteria or something if its taking longer.

Once you spawn, the spawn sub ratio isnt that significant. Myc will tear through properly pasteurized substrate. Once it gets going, it GOES.

Best of luck to everyone. I'll have some more contributions to the forum shortly, Life is keeping me pretty busy at the moment

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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: SynKyd]
    #19220714 - 12/03/13 05:18 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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OK so I tried this, best spawn to flush rate so far for me.  This was 5 BRF jars (GT-MS) for 435g first flush, will update with dry weight when I have it.  Sub was looking dry once the pins showed so I started misting 3x daily from the top holes, and pumping FAE whenever I could (at least 3x a day).  If you are a noob and have BRF jars incubating, this is a pretty easy way to get much more yield from them without a PC or very much effort (much less that SGFC as far as misting and fanning time goes..........might use a little more water in the sub prep though)






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My three-flush total was 625g, dried to just over 1.5oz for this bucket of GT.

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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: SynKyd]
    #19222373 - 12/03/13 01:57 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Makes sense, I found out dividing wet shrooms by 13 gives a good indication about what weight to expect dry.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: monoculture]
    #19222397 - 12/03/13 02:03 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Dividing by 13? :confused:

Mushrooms are 90-92% water.

So you can expect about an 8-10% return on your wet weight.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: FrankHorrigan]
    #19222860 - 12/03/13 03:41 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Divided by 13 gives 92.3%, so that's about right.
I did weigh multiple flushes now before and after drying, and found out dividing by 10 would give me disappointments when I weigh them when dried.
Most of the time they are a bit more than 92% water, so better to make a dry weight estimate that is more realistic.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: monoculture]
    #19222871 - 12/03/13 03:43 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

If I have 500g of wet mushrooms, usually that comes to be about 50g dried....sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less...but usually right around 50g...


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: monoculture]
    #19222888 - 12/03/13 03:45 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Most of the time they are a bit more than 92% water, so better to make a dry weight estimate that is more realistic.




Out of the many, many dry pounds I've grown, most of them are around 90-92% water weight :shrug:


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: SynKyd]
    #19222967 - 12/03/13 04:07 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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OK so I tried this, best spawn to flush rate so far for me.  This was 5 BRF jars (GT-MS) for 435g first flush, will update with dry weight when I have it.  Sub was looking dry once the pins showed so I started misting 3x daily from the top holes, and pumping FAE whenever I could (at least 3x a day).  If you are a noob and have BRF jars incubating, this is a pretty easy way to get much more yield from them without a PC or very much effort (much less that SGFC as far as misting and fanning time goes..........might use a little more water in the sub prep though)






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Blake, 5 stars!



Glad this worked good for you! This tek/FC is mainly aimed at people doing the PF tek or people just starting with grain, as you can make a few of these for really cheap, and if some contam, its better than a whole mono contaming IMO.

I have a few going now. Just started pinning. From a clone I labled Gigantor. I cloned a fruit that was 60g wet from a first flush, and in a decent cluster. Lets see how it goes



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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Blake_Shroom]
    #19223081 - 12/03/13 04:40 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: nn-IlliniSpiralDMT]
    #19223098 - 12/03/13 04:46 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Hm, strange, maybe my mushrooms are more hydrated.
Could this be related to my area? Like sea level and humidity outside the FC? At a friend's grow, they will lose the same % in weight as the divided by 13 thing works for him too.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: monoculture]
    #19225437 - 12/04/13 06:13 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Would anyone advise poking holes into the plastic covering the top of the bucket once I put it into fruiting to give it more FAE?

Or would stuffing the holes with polyfil be enough?


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Cpt.Crunch]
    #19226419 - 12/04/13 12:24 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I honestly dont even use my "lung" for FAE like i describe in the thread. I just put that there because if you are having FAE troubles, then the "lung" works great for air exchange.

My buckets are like my mono, set and forget. I never have FAE troubles and never need to use the "lung".

Make sure you stuff your poly tight on the bottom, and 1 loose on the top and 1 with no poly


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Blake_Shroom]
    #19279683 - 12/15/13 02:35 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Got my bucket ready, and my bags will be ready in a few days. can't wait to try this.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: TeaSippinHippie]
    #19437872 - 01/18/14 01:16 PM (10 years, 12 days ago)

I love the look of this and happen to have a lonely qt of grain spawn almost fully colonised, gonna try a bucket for sure!
What is achieved by changing from the micropore tape to polyfill? Allows more FAE or affects RH or something I'm not getting? I don't know much about monos/bulk etc so pls excuse the ignorance.

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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: nitten]
    #19438017 - 01/18/14 01:59 PM (10 years, 12 days ago)

Tape allows for gas exchange which is needed during colonization. Poly allows for fresh air exchange and helps keep up humidity which is needed for fruiting


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Blake_Shroom]
    #19438256 - 01/18/14 02:57 PM (10 years, 12 days ago)

Thanks just did a wee bit reading on the difference of GE and FAE, thought they were more or less the same thing til now.

Great tek man, can't wait to try it.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: nitten]
    #19480079 - 01/27/14 04:30 AM (10 years, 4 days ago)

Doing my first bucket today. Trying to get away from SGFC with all the fanning misting and keeping perlite moist. But I only have a 8 qt. PC so doing monos would take a lot of of time running the PC. I have a couple older buckets that are pretty scraped up on the inside, does anyone think this will be an issue? Either way I'm trying it and probably getting some new buckets in a couple days.

Also I only have a 3/4" hole saw bit, will that be an issue? Thinking bout doing an extra hole on top and bottom.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: tga8706]
    #19480208 - 01/27/14 06:39 AM (10 years, 4 days ago)

line the substrate in ur bucket if u r worried (u should do that anyway to help with side pinning).  as far as hole size goes, u will need to experiment and see what works best for ur bucket/environment.  use the crappier buckets to test, then, if u buy newer ones like u mentioned, modify those according to whatever hole size/placement worked best.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: blindingleaf]
    #20023655 - 05/22/14 06:27 AM (9 years, 8 months ago)

Nice to see the buckets are still doing the rounds. Best KISS tek ever!


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: _OttO_]
    #20194313 - 06/27/14 01:54 PM (9 years, 7 months ago)

Im probably going to do some buckets with led lights around the top. A mix of ottos and this idea, with a scatmanrav twist. There's a store that sells the lights in long strands, and security systems. Interesting combination. Should be a simple and portable idea. Any thoughts?


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Blake_Shroom]
    #20718858 - 10/18/14 02:59 AM (9 years, 3 months ago)

why havent i thought of this!!!!!!!!!


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: Blake_Shroom]
    #21243645 - 02/08/15 12:37 PM (8 years, 11 months ago)

Hey I know this is an old post but there is not to much on mono buckets on the search.  So anyways I am attempt this bucket tek for the 3rd time and with no success yet. I was hoping I could get some advice. I have 2- 5 gallon buckets with sub at 3.5 inches.  4 holes at  a bit above sub level. Stuffed tight. I can go tighter. and 2 more holes at the top under the rim level. All my holes at 1 and 1/8th inch. My top holes one so lightly packed and the other is poly free. I am using a clear shower cap with a rubber band for a lid and lung effect. I use the lung 2x a day. My room I have 1 6500k light above each bucket on a 12 hours cycle and a fan on for 30 minutes 6 times a day. It is not oscillating. My temps are a bit cool being as it is winter, but they stay contestant at 60-61F.  My ratios are 1:2 and 1:1 from MS. Both subs look healthy and the subs are even starting to shrink and pull away from the  walls. The walls have some condensation but it is drying around the holes in rings and bit streaks under the poly free whole.  The 1:1 has been in fruiting for almost 4 weeks and nothing. The other bucket as been fruiting for 2 weeks and once again nothing. I just cant seem to have any luck with bulk. I have tried mono tubs with some limited success. I like this tek for the smaller scale. But I just cant seem to get anything to fruit other then PF tek.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: L0rdk4in]
    #21244200 - 02/08/15 02:41 PM (8 years, 11 months ago)

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Hey I know this is an old post but there is not to much on mono buckets on the search.  So anyways I am attempt this bucket tek for the 3rd time and with no success yet. I was hoping I could get some advice. I have 2- 5 gallon buckets with sub at 3.5 inches.  4 holes at  a bit above sub level. Stuffed tight. I can go tighter. and 2 more holes at the top under the rim level. All my holes at 1 and 1/8th inch. My top holes one so lightly packed and the other is poly free. I am using a clear shower cap with a rubber band for a lid and lung effect. I use the lung 2x a day. My room I have 1 6500k light above each bucket on a 12 hours cycle and a fan on for 30 minutes 6 times a day. It is not oscillating. My temps are a bit cool being as it is winter, but they stay contestant at 60-61F.  My ratios are 1:2 and 1:1 from MS. Both subs look healthy and the subs are even starting to shrink and pull away from the  walls. The walls have some condensation but it is drying around the holes in rings and bit streaks under the poly free whole.  The 1:1 has been in fruiting for almost 4 weeks and nothing. The other bucket as been fruiting for 2 weeks and once again nothing. I just cant seem to have any luck with bulk. I have tried mono tubs with some limited success. I like this tek for the smaller scale. But I just cant seem to get anything to fruit other then PF tek.




Sounds like your getting too much airflow if the sub is drying out?  I used two bottom holes and two top holes, and it worked several times for me.  You could tape up the two holes next run.

4 weeks is probably too long to salvage the current efforts, but you could try dunking or soaking the sub and give it another week to see if moisture can help this situation.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: SynKyd]
    #21244527 - 02/08/15 04:16 PM (8 years, 11 months ago)

I will give it a shot. Thanks for the help. I do appreciate your input.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: L0rdk4in]
    #21244747 - 02/08/15 05:11 PM (8 years, 11 months ago)

I'm hopping in on this:stoned2:


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: spaceman101]
    #21244774 - 02/08/15 05:18 PM (8 years, 11 months ago)

I still use buckets pretty often to keep 'suspect' colonized jars from going to waste, but monos are definitely my preferred way to go.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: SynKyd]
    #21244855 - 02/08/15 05:32 PM (8 years, 11 months ago)

I am getting into agar work so my hope is to test my strains with buckets. But I am doing MS until I get it to work right. It seems straight forward but like I said no successes yet. So question you have 2 bottom holes and 2 top holes. Is one of the top holes poly free or do you have them lightly packed. I just cant seem to dial it in for shit.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: L0rdk4in]
    #21244891 - 02/08/15 05:39 PM (8 years, 11 months ago)

Tight poly in the bottom and loose poly in the top holes just like a mono.  My holes are offset from each other, so if top holes are 12 and 6 the lower holes are 3 and 9 on a clock face looking down at the bucket,


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: SynKyd]
    #21244904 - 02/08/15 05:43 PM (8 years, 11 months ago)

Good deal. I  micro pore taped up two of my bottom holes then and added some poly to the top poly free hole and I now have that pattern too. The older bucket may be a loss but I ill try it anyway and doing the same with the younger bucket too. Do you use a fan or anything else ?


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: L0rdk4in]
    #21244950 - 02/08/15 05:52 PM (8 years, 11 months ago)

Micro pore tape is about the same as having poly there, you need a tape that seals those extra bottom holes.

Yes buckets need some sort of airflow, similar to a monotub.  Fan in the room but not blowing directly on them.  You should have condensation on the sides and running down in the bucket, and dryness around the top holes where the airflow is most significant.


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: SynKyd]
    #21245186 - 02/08/15 06:48 PM (8 years, 11 months ago)

Ahh I see my mistake then. So I went back and use some metal tape I had. I gave them a heavy misting I had the buckets on a work bench and the fan blowing on the bench beneath them. I have now turned the fan more of an angle to the wall and beside them. Do you cycle your fan or just leave it on?


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Re: Bucketing with Blake [Re: L0rdk4in]
    #21245200 - 02/08/15 06:52 PM (8 years, 11 months ago)

Always on, and then you adjust the poly tightness to get the desired airflow as I described above.......:cheers:


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