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Moving to Monotubs: Please evaluate my grow plan!
    #18940562 - 10/06/13 02:28 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Aloha!

I have been inactive here for quite some time, but my roommate and I recently moved into a new place and we wanted to start growing mushies again. I have created a plan that I wouldn't mind being critiqued before I start the process.

I have some experience (2 or 3 PF tek grows) and I think it's time for monotubs. The only problem is that we don't have the space for full sized monos. Here is the shelving I will be working with:



The shelving is about a foot deep (with enough clearance for the door to close)

I want to start with 4 tubs and progress onto 6 in the future.

These are the tubs I plan on using (5 gal)


I plan on drilling two 1.5” holes on the front and back 4” from the bottom, and a 2” hole under each handle.

I currently have a pressure cooker that can hold 5 pint sized jars, but it can only hold one quart jar at a time. I am going to purchase this:



Presto 23-quart

We will be using WBS spawn. Inoculating a master from multi-spore, then G2G for the rest of the jars. We will probably move to agar after a few crops.

Substrate will follow Dameons 50/50 coir tek. One brick should be enough for 2 tubs. We will be using 3 jars of spawn for each tub.

That's it for my plan. Suggestions and questions are very welcome. I may have missed things, so please call them out!

Possible problems: We live in a basement apartment and it is slightly damp. Will this affect anything?


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Re: Moving to Monotubs: Please evaluate my grow plan! [Re: aderox]
    #18940599 - 10/06/13 02:35 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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aderox said:
Possible problems: We live in a basement apartment and it is slightly damp. Will this affect anything?



Might be a harbor for contams already. If you absolutely have to work there, i'd make sure you clean your apartment well and check for any molds on the wood in the corners and such.

Other than that good luck! And i'm sure someone else will come by and give you more advice :smile:


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Re: Moving to Monotubs: Please evaluate my grow plan! [Re: aderox]
    #18940600 - 10/06/13 02:35 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

1. Get clear tubs if you can, cutting windows is a pain.
2. What kind of lid tek were you planning to do?
3. How are you planning to get lights in that closet? Were you going to have one light per shelf? Or were ya gonna string some LEDs in there?
4. I could see you having some FAE issues in that closet. You will probably need to run a fan for sure.
5. I would do up 2 or 3 masters and G2G the fastest one. Best to not have all your eggs/spores in one master.
6. If your worried about molds from the damp conditions just make sure your lid tek is solid :thumbup:
7. Build a SAB, will be worth its weight in shrooms :wink:

Good luck and keep us posted :awesomenod:


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Re: Moving to Monotubs: Please evaluate my grow plan! [Re: aderox]
    #18940618 - 10/06/13 02:37 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Substrate will follow Dameons 50/50 coir tek. One brick should be enough for 2 tubs. We will be using 3 jars of spawn for each tub.




Everything but this sounds good. I would properly pasteurize my substrate, it's not worth the chances for the little effort saved using a bucket.


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Re: Moving to Monotubs: Please evaluate my grow plan! [Re: Pastywhyte]
    #18940637 - 10/06/13 02:42 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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jackalope9517 said:
Might be a harbor for contams already. If you absolutely have to work there, i'd make sure you clean your apartment well and check for any molds on the wood in the corners and such.

Other than that good luck! And i'm sure someone else will come by and give you more advice :smile:




Yes, we have to work here. Since moving in we haven't had any problems with mold. The only place I can find wetness is in the wood beside the shower (the paint is peeling back, it's probably rotten underneath)


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1. Get clear tubs if you can, cutting windows is a pain.
2. What kind of lid tek were you planning to do?
3. How are you planning to get lights in that closet? Were you going to have one light per shelf? Or were ya gonna string some LEDs in there?
4. I could see you having some FAE issues in that closet. You will probably need to run a fan for sure.
5. I would do up 2 or 3 masters and G2G the fastest one. Best to not have all your eggs/spores in one master.
6. If your worried about molds from the damp conditions just make sure your lid tek is solid :thumbup:

Good luck and keep us posted :awesomenod:





1) I'll get clear tubs if I can, but this is the only size I could find at walmart that uses the shelf space efficiently.

2) Lids for the jars? Double hole filled with silicon, and a vent in the middle, probably made of SFD. Covered in tinfoil while PCing.

3/4) We will be leaving the closet open the majority of the time. For FAE, we are going to rotate the tubs every 12 or so hours (so the holes in the back can get FAE).

5) I'm probably going to do 3 masters, I just didn't include it. thanks for pointing that out.


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Re: Moving to Monotubs: Please evaluate my grow plan! [Re: bodhisatta]
    #18940644 - 10/06/13 02:44 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Substrate will follow Dameons 50/50 coir tek. One brick should be enough for 2 tubs. We will be using 3 jars of spawn for each tub.




Everything but this sounds good. I would properly pasteurize my substrate, it's not worth the chances for the little effort saved using a bucket.




Even though its coir? I thought proper pasteurization was a lot of work


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Re: Moving to Monotubs: Please evaluate my grow plan! [Re: aderox]
    #18940680 - 10/06/13 02:51 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Even though its coir? I thought proper pasteurization was a lot of work



Its not really. Though the beauty of coir is that if you fuck up your proper pasteurization you will probably be ok. Same reason why bucket tek works 90% of the time. I have used the bucket many times successfully. But don't assume its foolproof.

These days I just proper pasteurize everything. Good habit to get into when you start doing a lot of subs with poo/straw/coffee/anything but coir and verm :thumbup:


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Re: Moving to Monotubs: Please evaluate my grow plan! [Re: Pastywhyte]
    #18941000 - 10/06/13 03:57 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Pastywhyte said:
Its not really. Though the beauty of coir is that if you fuck up your proper pasteurization you will probably be ok. Same reason why bucket tek works 90% of the time. I have used the bucket many times successfully. But don't assume its foolproof.

These days I just proper pasteurize everything. Good habit to get into when you start doing a lot of subs with poo/straw/coffee/anything but coir and verm :thumbup:




Good to know! For our first batch or two we will probably use the bucket tek (for simplicity, my room-mate is new to growing shrooms), but after that we will probably pasteurize.


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Re: Moving to Monotubs: Please evaluate my grow plan! [Re: aderox]
    #18941092 - 10/06/13 04:15 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

IMO proper pasteurization is not hard. As easy as the bucket is, proper pasteurization is not much more difficult. I'd say at this point if your doing a lot of little tubs, do a few proper ones in the mix. That way no matter what happens you will probably see fruits. You will also get a feel for both early on and can start to form an opinion on which you prefer and why :thumbup:


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Re: Moving to Monotubs: Please evaluate my grow plan! [Re: Pastywhyte]
    #18941117 - 10/06/13 04:20 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Pastywhyte said:
IMO proper pasteurization is not hard. As easy as the bucket is, proper pasteurization is not much more difficult. I'd say at this point if your doing a lot of little tubs, do a few proper ones in the mix. That way no matter what happens you will probably see fruits. You will also get a feel for both early on and can start to form an opinion on which you prefer and why :thumbup:




That's great advice, I think we will do that! Cheers


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