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I need some advice for my first grow.
#20449251 - 08/20/14 04:53 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hey everyone! So I'm going to take my first shoot at growing shrooms! Super excited! Ive messed around with lsa extractions and those were all successes! I know this is completly different have have been doing a lot of reading up on procedures and what not. But I have a couple of questions. First, does anyone have a good source for a grow kit? Second, what kind of mushrooms should I grow? I'm not looking for anything in-particular, just something worth growing. Give me suggestions and why you recommend them.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
#20449287 - 08/20/14 04:59 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Trrrex92 said: First, does anyone have a good source for a grow kit?
www.mushroomvideos.com
Do not buy a kit, just do it yourself, save some money, and learn some things.
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Trrrex92 said: Second, what kind of mushrooms should I grow?
Cubes are the easiest, so I would suggest starting with cubes of some kind.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: PussyFart]
#20449409 - 08/20/14 05:19 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I was reading about mixed reviews about kits anyway. I haven't had had the time to compare the prices of everything I needed separately, but it makes since it would be cheaper. And it's never a bad thing to learn!
Any certain reason you recommend to start?
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
#20449418 - 08/20/14 05:20 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Trrrex92 said: Any certain reason you recommend to start?
Did you mean why cubes?
They are the easiest to grow and not totally fuck up lol.
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THIS HOBBY IS NOT FOR THE IMPATIENT! PLEASE BE PATIENT, DON'T BE A PATIENT!
A Tale of 10 Isolates, GT Cluster Clone Monotubs, RR's Let's Grow Mushrooms DVD,
SGFC(Shotgun Fruiting Chamber), Monotub Tek, Damion5050's Coir Tek, TL's Tek List, Frank's Tek List,
EvilMushroom666's Pasteurization Tek, How It Should & Shouldn't Look - NEW CULTIVATORS GUIDE
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: PussyFart]
#20449436 - 08/20/14 05:25 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yes I did haha I've had afew beers and my mind got ahead of my typing lmao
And that's makes total sense. I definitely don't wanna fuck up my first grow.
Any certain kind of cube you would recommend? I want something with at least above average potency.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
#20449450 - 08/20/14 05:28 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Trrrex92 said:Any certain kind of cube you would recommend? I want something with at least above average potency.
See the strain thread, but basically, when you grow from a spore syringe, you're playing the genetic lottery. Any variety of cube is going to be as good as another.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
#20449464 - 08/20/14 05:29 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Cubes a cube bro Except for PE! I started with B+ and Golden Teacher and am still growing them along with others.
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Yeah! I have read a lot to get the syringe over the prints.
And thanks guys, I really don't know much about the types of shrooms so I will be taking a look at that thread later, playing some spades right now and kicking some ass! Lol
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
#20472063 - 08/24/14 09:04 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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So I have decided to go with PEs for my first grow! And know how I'm going to put together my fruiting chamber set up I'm going to use. Haven't decided on the size yet. But going witha clear tote set up with air stones on the bottom with either expanded clay or perlite in the bottom with several inches of water in the bottom, less water then my base material. Holes placed in several parts of the tote to aid air circulation.
I need some advice though, should I use perlite or expanded clay, or something else? I've been searching and couldn't find anything on this type of fruiting chamber.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Sanguin3]
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Trrrex92 said: I've been searching and couldn't find anything on this type of fruiting chamber.
That's because it isn't a very good one.
http://www.mushroomvideos.com/BRF-Pf-Tek
Watch the videos and read the text below them, everything you need to know is right there.

air stones and clay are FAIL.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Sanguin3]
#20472144 - 08/24/14 09:20 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hmm, i seen that style of chamber too. I was reading earlier and a lot of people were saying the had high RH with the still with water in the bottom. But I'll just stick with the one u just recommend. Really wanting my first grow to be a success, I can try my own things later on after I get a feel for the process.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: bodhisatta]
#20472183 - 08/24/14 09:28 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Awesome link! Thank you!
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Sanguin3]
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: bodhisatta]
#20475459 - 08/25/14 04:10 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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So I started my SGFC. Check out this side I started.
 I know the holes aren't to size yet. And also, do they have to precisely 1/4 of an inch? Would it still work out if Ur off a tenth? I'm doing them all by hand so I just wanna find out for sure.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
#20475472 - 08/25/14 04:13 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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if your holes are slightly larger you'll only need to mist more often. I wouldn't make the holes any smaller though.
As been said earlier today RR said that 3/8" holes gives better FAE but require more misting than "lazy noobs" want to do.
also maybe if you're gone 14hrs/day working like he was you just dont have time to mist that often.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: spacechildo]
#20475562 - 08/25/14 04:31 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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spacechildo said: if your holes are slightly larger you'll only need to mist more often. I wouldn't make the holes any smaller though.
As been said earlier today RR said that 3/8" holes gives better FAE but require more misting than "lazy noobs" want to do.
also maybe if you're gone 14hrs/day working like he was you just dont have time to mist that often.
Awesome, I have no problem misting more.
I do work 8, sometimes 9 hours days like once or twice a week but I can have my girlfriend mist for me too.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
#20475649 - 08/25/14 04:50 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I think you'll be good even without her misting. an important feat of cultivation is to NOT go all and mist too often.
you gotta let both the cake and the mushrooms dry up a bit between mistings, if things are left standing wet they will go bad.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: spacechildo]
#20475655 - 08/25/14 04:52 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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spacechildo said: I think you'll be good even without her misting. an important feat of cultivation is to NOT go all and mist too often.
you gotta let both the cake and the mushrooms dry up a bit between mistings, if things are left standing wet they will go bad.
Yeah I read if you can most and fan at least once every 12 hours you should be fine.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
#20475662 - 08/25/14 04:54 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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So I've be reading about bulk grows when you break up the colonized cakes so you have more Grow points. What is that called? I wanna look up some tek for it or if anyone has a link or something, that'd be awesome.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
#20475701 - 08/25/14 05:01 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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its called spawning to bulk substrate. follow step 5 in my sig for an easy coir+verm substrate prep, and you can mix it all in a 27qt monotub as in step 4!
each pf jar is 1/4 of a grain jar qt so you need 10 cakes or so in a 27qt monotub.
you should also cut back on the verm in the substrate prep as pf-tek cakes already are 2/3 verm! half a brick of coir should suite your needs for 1 mini-mono.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: spacechildo]
#20475781 - 08/25/14 05:16 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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spacechildo said: its called spawning to bulk substrate. follow step 5 in my sig for an easy coir+verm substrate prep, and you can mix it all in a 27qt monotub as in step 4!
each pf jar is 1/4 of a grain jar qt so you need 10 cakes or so in a 27qt monotub.
you should also cut back on the verm in the substrate prep as pf-tek cakes already are 2/3 verm! half a brick of coir should suite your needs for 1 mini-mono.
Awesome, thank ya!
So I started to make a SGFC with a clear a 54 quart clear tote with a white lid, I have a the holes in one of the small sides made in the 2" by 2" grid pattern. Could I still manage to use this tote for a monotub? I'd just have to have a lot of duct tape that end, and it would be fine, right?
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: spacechildo]
#20475812 - 08/25/14 05:22 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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spacechildo said: its called spawning to bulk substrate. follow step 5 in my sig for an easy coir+verm substrate prep, and you can mix it all in a 27qt monotub as in step 4!
each pf jar is 1/4 of a grain jar qt so you need 10 cakes or so in a 27qt monotub.
you should also cut back on the verm in the substrate prep as pf-tek cakes already are 2/3 verm! half a brick of coir should suite your needs for 1 mini-mono.
I just noticed that that tek is for 27 qt. I think I'm just gonna finish my SGFC for now, get a pe cubes Spore syringe, make a LC and do my grow in the SGFC and then do a bulk grow after in a new tote.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Sanguin3]
#20475834 - 08/25/14 05:30 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Sanguin3 said: I'd just finish making that one into a SGFC and go buy a new 27qt or similar size like space said for the mino mono. You'd need a lot of cakes to spawn to a 54 quart tub.
Edit: Lol a little late, yeah do that Other than the LC, which not many people here will recommend, especially not to newbs. They're very prone to contamination. Just use the syringe to noc up the cakes and skip the LC.
Hmmm. I was reading a lot about LCs last night and agar's baby bottle LC using silicone sealant as a self sealing port to insert the needle seemed Like an awesome idea. It seems easy enough too.
If you don't recommend LCs, any other suggestions to get the most that i can out of one syringe?
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Sanguin3]
#20475889 - 08/25/14 05:43 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'll have to learn to make a spore print, and what kind of cube would you recommend? I want something that would dropped a fair amount of spores, higher yield with decent Potency.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Sanguin3]
#20475984 - 08/25/14 06:06 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Sanguin3 said: Prints are easy. 
Anything but PE will be fine, just pick whatever sounds cool to you. You'll hear it a lot here but a cube is a cube.
When you're dealing with MS (multispore, like a print or syringe) innoculations there's no way to tell what kind of yield or potency you'll get, doesn't matter what cube you pick. When you get into agar is when you can start getting consistent results.
Here's a good read on the different varieties of cubes.
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/10560039/fpart/1/vc/1
A cube is a cube ... Lol Yes I have been hearing that a lot. I looked at a easy agar tek using mini glad rounds containers and it seems petty easy. Are the finished products just used as cakes basically? Ima have to buy me a PC soon!
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Sanguin3]
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Trrrex92 said: I looked at a easy agar tek using mini glad rounds containers and it seems petty easy. Are the finished products just used as cakes basically? Ima have to buy me a PC soon!
Pasty's tek is great 
You use the finished plate to inoculate grain(which you'll get into when you buy a PC) jars with. You can either cut it up into wedges or tiger drop it.
Yup, that's the one! But I have so much to learn and I can't wait!
I want to to just keep researching about all this stuff but it sucks doing it all on my iphone! /:
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
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everything spacechildo is saying is %100
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: flunglejungle]
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cubes are going to grow anyways. I dont even think of it as a tek anymore with cubes is more like testing their limits to find what wont work. i have seen them grown on shoes. your attention to detail gives you your yield.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
#20477403 - 08/25/14 10:52 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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spacechildo said: its called spawning to bulk substrate. follow step 5 in my sig for an easy coir+verm substrate prep, and you can mix it all in a 27qt monotub as in step 4!
each pf jar is 1/4 of a grain jar qt so you need 10 cakes or so in a 27qt monotub.
you should also cut back on the verm in the substrate prep as pf-tek cakes already are 2/3 verm! half a brick of coir should suite your needs for 1 mini-mono.
I just noticed that that tek is for 27 qt. I think I'm just gonna finish my SGFC for now, get a pe cubes Spore syringe, make a LC and do my grow in the SGFC and then do a bulk grow after in a new tote.
that tek is for any amount, I think the recipe is 1brick coir + 2-3 qt's verm and that's for a 66qt tub. Its all ratios and can be used in any amount.
also what sanguine said, dont do lc just do spore syringes to pf tek, its "magic" and will probably be fine.
agar requires a pc and that's an investment. do some cakes in a mini mono and some in a sgfc and see how you like it! still cheap, PC's can be expensive.!
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: spacechildo]
#20479152 - 08/26/14 12:13 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Just the bottom left to do!
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
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Put holes in the bottom too.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: cronicr]
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I just got done doing that!

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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
#20479699 - 08/26/14 03:00 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: cronicr]
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I've heard miracle gro perlite isn't good to use. I've already been to couple places around here and it all I could find. I already bought some. I've read where some rinses the perlite in small amount until the miracle gro plant food separates. I also read as long as your cakes don't have direct contact with the perlite it will be fine also.
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Rinse well and your fine
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: cronicr]
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
#20480560 - 08/26/14 06:00 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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So now I'm just wanting until I can order some spores... Are there any spore rings still up and going?
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
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Also could someone pm me their advice on which sponser to use to order spores? The reason I want to know if there any free spore rings is because I want to donate to the cause once I have a my first successful grow.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
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don't triple post, use the edit button.
use any sponsor, they're on the list because they're good.
research, reviews etc... that's how I find the places I want to buy from usually
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: bodhisatta]
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use any sponsor, they're on the list because they're good.
research, reviews etc... that's how I find the places I want to buy from usually 
Sorry! I'm on my phone and it's easy for me to forgot about edit, and it sucks try to navigate the site on Iphone too /: I wish I had a computer so I could enjoy looking stuff up alil more.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
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Here is my set up! Btw I made all if those holes with a safety pin and leatherman multitool lol
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
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how are you going to fit 4-6 inches of perlite in there with room for the cakes? a clear lid also helps the light get in you know.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: bodhisatta]
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bodhisatta said: how are you going to fit 4-6 inches of perlite in there with room for the cakes? a clear lid also helps the light get in you know.
That's is a 57 quart tote, there is plenty of room. It's looks small in the picture but it's not. And I know but I went to three different places and none of them had clear totes with clear lid, and the clear lids they had, didn't fit the clear totes.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
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I have around the same size tub for 5 cakes.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: E.FTS]
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if your holes are 2 inches apart like they should be then your tub is 8 inches deep at best. 5 inches of perlite plus a 3 inch cake the things hitting the lid.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: bodhisatta]
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that tub in no more than 25qt's  unless your hole pattern in way off and your laundry basket is enormous
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: spacechildo]
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I'm 95% sure my pattern is right. This is the tote right here. Depth is 23.74. 16.61 wide and 11 inches tall. http://m.lowes.com/product?langId=-1&storeId=10702&catalogId=10051&productId=3599514&store=1666&view=specs
Also I do have room to squeeze another line of holes on the bottom of the sides.
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Sanguin3 said: 11 inches tall is pushing it but you should be fine. Your holes should be 1/4" every 2 inches on all 6 sides. Go ahead and add that extra line of holes around the bottom 
And you can just shine the light in through the sides, it's not a huge deal.
My holes are about 1/4", some are probably bigger just because I was doing them all by hand. Better they are bigger than smaller. Some are 3/10 of an inch. And I planned in it. Just hadn't gotten to it yet. Won't be able to grow until I get my own place anyway /:
And is any light good for growing?
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sunlight or 6500K light on a 12/12 schedule, intense 6500k like a 26W(replaced 100W regular bulbs) spiral bulb a foot away
3/10ths of an inch, it's like metric american I like it. 2.4/8ths
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3/10ths of an inch, it's like metric american I like it. 2.4/8ths
Awesome so desk lamp with a 26 w bulb would be fine? And haha.
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Wow, that's the first time I've heard that! Good call 
And on the lights
Yeah haha. My mom wouldn't be very happy if I did it not. Been saving up money since I moved to Tennessee with my girlfriend and we have been trying to save up money to move out but it's hard when I'm the only one with a job lol but should be moving out within a month or two. I'm excited about my first grow.
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As long as it's a 6500k/daylight CFL bulb then ya a desk lamp is fine I like using these so I can just attach them directly to my tubs.
The desk lamp I have is kinda like that. It clamps to the side of a desk, I may pick one of those up though. Desk lamp is kinda top heavy to attach to the tub.
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the fixture is less important than the bulb.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: bodhisatta]
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So I'm thinking about using a 13x9 deep disposable ban pan and try a bulk substrate grow. Start colonization in the disposable baking pAn with closed up with an elevated clear lid. And when it's time to fruit, placing the whole pan in my SGFC. I know the baking pan would have to have some liner to it.
Would this work? I've read about it alil but on here but nothing that got into it with that much detail. Just wanted to get your guys opinions.
Btw this is the tek I was going u be using to help me through it, just to point in the right way because obviously I'm doing some things different.
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
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If u plan on fruiting a 13x9" brick and am understanding right, that's not a good idea. A 9" deep sub will go anaerobic at the core and contaminate IME
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Mike1230]
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It will not be 9" deep. The 13x9 is length and width of the pan, not depth. Sorry if I didn't word that right.
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No that's me being stoned and tired lol, u worded it right. Should be fine.
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Haha. Wish I was stoned!
But I'm stuck between doing cakes for my first grow or bulk substrate.
Cakes would be a safer bet but i feel pretty confident that I could do bulk substrate just fine. Go big or go home, right? Lol
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I started with bulk and had no probs really, either way will work, starting with bulk is def doable.
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That's the only reason I want to do them, for the experience and to at least say I did.
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Quick question guys. If I were to do the bulk substrate in the disposable baking pan, when it was time to fruit, would I use perlite in my SGFC below the baking pan still?
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Sanguin3 said: Yup 
Cool. Wanted to make sure. I'm so fuckin pumped to start growing! I don't have that many friends here in Tennessee and don't enjoy shrooms to often myself( once every two months or so) what would the best way to to store them long term?
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Re: I need some advice for my first grow. [Re: Trrrex92]
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food dehydrator get them cracker dry about 12 hours for small ones in a 165F dehydrator. then store them in an air tight jar like a mason jar.
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Thanks guy! Would damp-rid from walmart be a good desiccant?
Also would putting the jar in the freezer or fridge make them last any longer?
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you don't need damp rid, Ive never used desiccant, cracker dry in dehydrator load them up into a jar use an appropriate sized jar, they'll stay dry for at least 6 months because I've kept them that long and they're just as good. The fridge or freezer is pointless
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So I decided to bump my thread. I'm start my first bulk substrate grow next week! I'm so excited! I'm also I'm the process of building my own mini greenhouse! Have the shelf and ploy plAstic measured and ready to giver the shelves. Just have to get my trays, one disc fogger set up. And I'm good to go.

With this shelf, I plan to attach extra poles to the top so I can actually use the top shelf.
I've been reading so much about Marthas and homemade greenhouse. Im just ready to start using what I know.
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Finally got my spore syringes order! Went to ***A SPONSOR*** and got some of his new mind bender strain. Hopefully I got some golden teacher or b+ for free lol Used his tweet discount and mentioned I was member of the shroomery.
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don't put vendor names in your posts edit your post
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Well technically I didn't have a vendors name in there but it's changed.
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