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ConcreteWaves



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Good or Bad to Pack the monotub down?
#21701797 - 05/20/15 09:52 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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I pasturized 6.5 jars of substrate, and had 3 jars of GT spawn. I figured, 9.5 was the magic number of quarts cuz i filled my tub to the line with water before to see how many quarts it took to fill.
By the time I was done adding in 3 jars of spawn and 4 jars of substrate, I was up to my line, I must've just rlly packed the jars tight with sub. So I /shrugged and added another 1.5 quarts of pasturized substrate, mixed it all up very well, then I packed it down to my line.
The question is
Is a packed down substrate any better or worse than a loose substrate? Less room to breathe? Easier to colonize? What's your experience?
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T-Funkadelic
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Re: Good or Bad to Pack the monotub down? [Re: ConcreteWaves]
#21701821 - 05/20/15 10:02 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Packed subs are harder for the mycelium to colonize. You want to leave it loose an airy.
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Re: Good or Bad to Pack the monotub down? [Re: T-Funkadelic]
#21701843 - 05/20/15 10:11 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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T-Funkadelic said: Packed subs are harder for the mycelium to colonize. You want to leave it loose an airy.
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ConcreteWaves



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Re: Good or Bad to Pack the monotub down? [Re: PussyFart]
#21703399 - 05/20/15 06:15 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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This is what I was afraid of. No worries, I'll just go bang my monotub around abit n vibrate the sub apart abit. I just threw the tub together this morning.
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T-Funkadelic
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Re: Good or Bad to Pack the monotub down? [Re: ConcreteWaves]
#21703463 - 05/20/15 06:29 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yeah just mix it up, and level it off lightly. If its over your holes just remove some sub.
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Re: Good or Bad to Pack the monotub down? [Re: T-Funkadelic]
#21703532 - 05/20/15 06:49 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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I'm currently using a 70qt tub. With 1 650g coir brick, 2qt verm, hand full of gyp, 5 qt of water and 6 jars of spawn 2/3 full at a 4" sub depth and it puts me right below my holes using everything.
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Re: Good or Bad to Pack the monotub down? [Re: T-Funkadelic]
#21704237 - 05/20/15 09:18 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Pure straw substrates need packed down because straw is just airy anyway. Everything dirt-like needs to be airy. Saphrophytic fungi are aerobic.
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