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exzile
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: FrankHorrigan]
#19632519 - 02/28/14 10:01 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'm sorry I used wrong words.  Update with dem pics.
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elasticaltiger
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: exzile]
#19632752 - 02/28/14 11:24 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'm so glad the cat part is up to snuf I was about ready to tell you the tek was incomplete! Glad to see good colonization on the substrate. Did you already drill your holes or are you waiting until full colonization / consolidation before you drill / putting into fruiting conditions?
One aspect I like about this method is that it's really easy to just keep the tub as a full tub. If it gets contaminated it's easy to throw away because it's all contained. You don't have to drill the little holes until its actually time to fruit.
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FrankHorrigan
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: elasticaltiger]
#19633987 - 03/01/14 09:30 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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elasticaltiger said: If it gets contaminated it's easy to throw away because it's all contained.
Why is it easier to throw away a substrate in a tote with no holes than it is to throw away a substrate in a tote that has taped up holes?
That makes no sense.
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elasticaltiger
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: FrankHorrigan]
#19635462 - 03/01/14 03:41 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
FrankHorrigan said:
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elasticaltiger said: If it gets contaminated it's easy to throw away because it's all contained.
Why is it easier to throw away a substrate in a tote with no holes than it is to throw away a substrate in a tote that has taped up holes?
That makes no sense.
I know I was totally drunk when I wrote that.
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"The best thing to do while your waiting is to start more stuff. I usually got so much happening that I have tossed projects simply because I didn't have time for them. -Pastywhite QFT
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Edited by elasticaltiger (03/01/14 03:42 PM)
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: elasticaltiger]
#19635980 - 03/01/14 05:25 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: cronicr]
#19638182 - 03/02/14 04:30 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah we are just having a conversation about people experimenting, and the other people saying the earth is flat. Yes I agree with you Frank that the air outside will dry out your sub, because of moisture exchange. If the RH outside is between 65-80 and the air inside is 90+, couldn't he also end up seeing more pins due to the dry air promoting evaporation off of the sub.
(Disclaimer) All new growers reading this thread. This is not a trusted method. While it is fun to follow someone's experiments please do not attempt to try this at home and come back here and complain that it didn't work. Seriously if you want to follow a tech, Franks is a staple, it is in his link above.
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alex591955
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: Sockadin]
#19644397 - 03/03/14 01:16 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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3/3/2014 day 9! All seems going well. Got a slight worry about the other 3 tubs not being as far as the 4th is. I'm assuming the reason is that the other 3 have more of a thicker cover of the coir/verm mix from the bucket tek from when I spawned the tubs and its just growing under it all. That or its just different Strains sense i have 3 i started with and then lost track of which jars are which strains when i moved. But i like it. Makes it like a surprise I'm not going to case either. Unless I'm convinced otherwise;) Looks like ill be able to move the one thats almost to 100% here to fruiting soon. Sorry for the pics not being labeled by tub. Ill start doing that soon.
Also saw i have 20 jars coming around to 100% as well so ill be able to case up some more tubs in the near future as well.
while typing this up i also opened a fortune cookie that said "Happy Events will take place in your home " hehehehe
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Edited by alex591955 (03/03/14 01:36 PM)
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: alex591955]
#19644674 - 03/03/14 02:28 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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exzile
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: Gondola]
#19648562 - 03/04/14 02:37 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Just started fruiting over here. They seem to do be doing well with the airpump on low. I have a 4 outlet ActiveAqua pump, cost me $70, back in my hydroponics days.
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: exzile]
#19649766 - 03/04/14 11:57 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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3/4/2014 DAY 10 So im kinda worried a bit. I havnt seen really any noticable growth in the other 3 tubs and they are not at 100% yet or really even close... I have a few theories i wanted to voice and see what opinions there are. In the end the best thing to do is wait which is what ill end up doing. So, looking at the process i did to spawn my grain, i used damion5050's bucket tek and saved some verm/coir for a top layer. My question is do you think its possible that a small amount of the top layer got dried out and the mycilium just colonized beneath the top dry sub? Really hoping im not gonna get a contaim in any of the 4 :/ Ill take updated pic here in a hour when i get home on my lunch break and would like to hear some opinions.

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Edited by alex591955 (03/04/14 12:29 PM)
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elasticaltiger
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: alex591955]
#19650170 - 03/04/14 01:35 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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I didn't use a top layer for mine. Just to be clear you haven't introduced the air yet right? Still completely sealed for colonizing?
I always kinda heard that a top layer was unnecessary and considered a little out dated (as far cubes and monotubs are concerned)
If there is a 'top layer' where there are no inoculation points then that area is going to take longer to colonize. Probably nothing to worry about though.
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alex591955
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: elasticaltiger]
#19650194 - 03/04/14 01:40 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yep Just popped the top once or twice for a pic and a fast sniff. Yea, Im Guessing that it was just a bit thick in some places. I dont see any contaims yet.
Ill let them finish out then. JUST SO CLOSE
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: alex591955]
#19650202 - 03/04/14 01:42 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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y is your liner taped to the walls? kinda defeats the purpose
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: cronicr]
#19650245 - 03/04/14 01:51 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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opps. yea forgot that again.
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alex591955
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: alex591955]
#19650491 - 03/04/14 02:50 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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shouldi pop that 4th tub into fruiting tonight?
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elasticaltiger
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: alex591955]
#19651832 - 03/04/14 07:14 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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I always wait until I see some pins. But I don't think it would hurt anything if you're sure it's fully colonized. When it doubt. It never hurts to wait another day. But I always get pins before introducing fruiting conditions.
-------------------- First time growing cakes? DON'T make a Shotgun Fruiting Chamber
The Shmuvbox. - The Old TC's Like it
Afraid to Start Growing From Your Own Prints? Drop it Like a Tiger! No Pouring. No Syringes. No Cutting. No flaming. No Contamination. No Bullshit.
"The best thing to do while your waiting is to start more stuff. I usually got so much happening that I have tossed projects simply because I didn't have time for them. -Pastywhite QFT
Pastywhite's Easy Agar Tek (PastyPlates)
Tiger Drop Video Demos By munchauzen
Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.―Bill Watterson
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: elasticaltiger]
#19653616 - 03/05/14 08:08 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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3/5/2014 Worked for 6 hours last night. Pasteurized and got another tub put together. I'm excited cause its the first I've pasteurized the sub and soaked the spawn so it will hopefully turn out well. I also spent a lot of time making new lids and pressure cooked once too. Made for a long evening.
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: alex591955]
#19654508 - 03/05/14 12:40 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Trich in two tubs I'm assuming the third will get it too but j think the fourth one that's doing the best is fine.
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FrankHorrigan
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: alex591955]
#19654524 - 03/05/14 12:43 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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alex591955 said:

I hope neither of those pictures are the fourth one, because I see mold in both
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Re: monotub pump auto air test. a+ albino and b+ [Re: alex591955]
#19654526 - 03/05/14 12:44 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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sometimes when i use a top layer of coir it doesn't get colonized either. even if its only a light 1/4" dusting.
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