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CliftonGK1
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Monotub top layer depth question
#21937318 - 07/13/15 01:22 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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How thick of a moisture retaining top layer do you typically lay down over your mixed coir/verm/spawn in a 66qt tub?
I'm curious because I recently set up a new tub and I underestimated the amount of pasteurized coir/verm mix I reserved for the top protective layer. Usually I lay it down around a half inch thick, but this time it was just barely enough to cover any exposed grains. Normally I'm looking at a 10 day wait before things are ready to put into fruiting conditions, but at only 4 days in so far, this tub is looking about 50% of the way to completion before fruiting. I'm guessing maybe 3 or 4 more days before fruiting. 2 days doesn't sound like a lot, but that's a 20% reduction in time, which is significant.
Long question short: Is a thinner top layer to decrease time-to-fruiting OK as long as the tub is retaining proper humidity?
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Re: Monotub top layer depth question [Re: CliftonGK1]
#21937338 - 07/13/15 01:30 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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No more than 1/8 to a 1/4 inch.
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CliftonGK1
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Re: Monotub top layer depth question [Re: bodhisatta]
#21937411 - 07/13/15 01:48 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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bodhisatta said: No more than 1/8 to a 1/4 inch.
Gracias! So it would seem that what's been slowing/stalling my tubs has been the fact that I've been laying that top layer on about 3 times too heavy.
This most recent one is just ripping right along, and I'm not seeing anything unusual looking or wrong with it; just that it's expedited.
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Re: Monotub top layer depth question [Re: CliftonGK1]
#21940225 - 07/14/15 12:51 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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I've read posts of folks who recommend 1/2" and say it gives bigger fruits and more flushes.
The majority who recommend casing call for a thin 1/4" layer. Field capacity, fluffy, just barely covering the sub. Some recommend patching in a day or two to get an even pinset.
So you're demonstrating for yourself what works. Cool
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CliftonGK1
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Re: Monotub top layer depth question [Re: ShroominMe]
#21941130 - 07/14/15 08:44 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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ShroominMe said: I've read posts of folks who recommend 1/2" and say it gives bigger fruits and more flushes.
The majority who recommend casing call for a thin 1/4" layer. Field capacity, fluffy, just barely covering the sub. Some recommend patching in a day or two to get an even pinset.
So you're demonstrating for yourself what works. Cool 
Both have worked for me. Now it's just a matter of seeing if there's any difference in the fruiting stage. Although, it's not going to be a "real" demonstration of much since I'm still working from multispore, and there's going to be significant variability anyhow.
Mostly, I'm glad to see that I didn't ruin anything by using such a thin top layer. :-)
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Re: Monotub top layer depth question [Re: CliftonGK1]
#21941186 - 07/14/15 09:01 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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There shouldn't be any significant difference but with a thin layer it tends to have a little more patchy, less uniform look to it from the mycelium being denser near the grains just below the surface.
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