dinosaurcocks said:

why spend extra on a tight seal lid just to flip it upside down? seems a regular lid on normal would do the same but be cheeper?

i prefer standard monos just because i dont like to mess with my tubs, even though i only run 4, i wouldnt be able to remember to constantly flip my lids sideways and mist...

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it was a cheap tub. that's all cheaper than a 66q at the time. I was going to make it into a mono but I said fuck it.

even with a regular mono I take the lid off anyway. I smoke weed left and right and still can remember to do it

either way this is more or less for people to see what can be done, and do it even if they need to modify it to suit themselves. if you already have some experience this is for you, it's just another example of a FC that works, all the while other people build ones with pumps and airstones and humidifiers and have shit to show for it.

Smoothcat said:

How long did you let the sub colonise for? Was that just at room temp as well?

Sorry for the questions but I want mine to flush good

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blackdust said:

I will have to pm you, i dont do much mushroom growing. I think I will breaking out my sab in another week or two.

I only have 3 half quarts of millet going and 3 agar dishes atm.

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Trek222 said:

Hey Bodhi,

1.  How many quarts of spawn?  (Rye, WBS, ECT)

2.  How much CVG? (Bucket TEK or Sterilized in Jars)

3.  How often did you mist?

4.  Do you prefer growing in bottles or tubs? 

Thanks

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it was a cheap tub. that's all cheaper than a 66q at the time. I was going to make it into a mono but I said fuck it.

even with a regular mono I take the lid off anyway. I smoke weed left and right and still can remember to do it

either way this is more or less for people to see what can be done, and do it even if they need to modify it to suit themselves. if you already have some experience this is for you, it's just another example of a FC that works, all the while other people build ones with pumps and airstones and humidifiers and have shit to show for it.

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A bunch of nice innovative shit going in this thread. Learning a lot and BEAUTIFUL FLUSH YO!!   

Thrilled to see somebody else doing this!  Puts a smile on my face

Thread I posted a number of years ago: Just Some Mushroom Porn - "No Hole" Monotub(s) - UPDATED w/ More Pics

I literally never use holes in my tubs...I mean, I use the largest pre-existing hole though..you know, the one on top...the one the lids covers   With that there why go through the trouble of making more holes I always say.

From that thread:

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I don't use holes in my tubs anymore.  I leave the lid cracked about a half an inch during the day, and close it up at night.  When I say I "leave the lid cracked" I mean that instead of putting the lid on the tub so it's closed, I move the lid off center by about a half an inch.

The way my lighting is set up, is the bulb above each tub is about 6 inches away.  This creates warmer air inside the tub than outside the tub, which in turn creates convection currents within the tub.  The warmer air exits through the 1/2" opening on one side, and as it exits, pulls fresh air in through the 1/2" opening on the opposite site.  So during the day it gets, more or less, constant fresh air while still maintaining a very high RH (RH is controlled by the size of the gap created by having the lid offcenter...which I can easily make larger or smaller by simply moving the lid closer to or farther from being completely closed).

I've stopped modifying my tubs for a couple of reasons, the first being that once I've modified them with holes and whatever else, they become kind of single purpose, in that I can't really use them as regular tubs anymore for things like storage.  Second, they look weird as hell and are hard to explain to people asking why I've got tubs with holes all over the place.  Third, I've found great success not putting holes in them...in fact, much more success than I had while putting holes in them.  Fourth, moving a lid back and forth is a lot easier than messing with "polyfill density".  What I mean is, it's hard to accurately measure from one grow to the next "how dense the polyfill was" the last time when you had a good grow.  The offcenter lid method is easily measurable...in that you literally measure how far from centered the lid is, and it's easily repeatable.

I give a good fanning just before I seal the tubs up at night.  I mist whenever I see that things are dry or on their way to approaching being dry.

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