Juliette said:

Hey Smellyhobbit, what exactly are you using as substrate and casing layer to fruit them? Cactus soil seems interesting, I was considering trying that with tamps because they were first found in well draining soil.

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Generic said:

I'm planning on setting up a martha-style tent, but I have spawn ready now (8 months old) and plenty of old monotubs, of a couple sizes (mostly XL)

I'm thinking of harvesting stones from spawn jars and immediately spawning to a couple monotubs, to see how that goes, meanwhile making a tent and dialing it in.  Would a tent setup have the same conditions for Tamps as it would for Subtrops or pans?  what would be the difference?

Should I spawn to pure Coir, or would verm really help in a substrate? (i prefer no verm).  Am i right that plain coir would be good for tamps and subtrops, while pans would be the ones to prefer something more nutritious (like poo)?  What spawn rate should I go for?

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Spawn to 100% coir
1 to 2 ratio
User humidifier on 15 minutes off 15 minutes and poke holes in the aluminum pans to get rid of excess water, but they love to be extremely wet and humid
They don’t like pooling water

Martha’s work fantastic for them




My setup up

Smellyhobbit said:

Got my first Mexicana pins today

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Oooo they’re comin in

99.99 said:

Generic said:

I'm planning on setting up a martha-style tent, but I have spawn ready now (8 months old) and plenty of old monotubs, of a couple sizes (mostly XL)

I'm thinking of harvesting stones from spawn jars and immediately spawning to a couple monotubs, to see how that goes, meanwhile making a tent and dialing it in.  Would a tent setup have the same conditions for Tamps as it would for Subtrops or pans?  what would be the difference?

Should I spawn to pure Coir, or would verm really help in a substrate? (i prefer no verm).  Am i right that plain coir would be good for tamps and subtrops, while pans would be the ones to prefer something more nutritious (like poo)?  What spawn rate should I go for?

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Spawn to 100% coir
1 to 2 ratio
User humidifier on 15 minutes off 15 minutes and poke holes in the aluminum pans to get rid of excess water, but they love to be extremely wet and humid
They don’t like pooling water

Martha’s work fantastic for them




My setup up

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Great advice no doubt, wet, but no pooling, I run a 3 disc myself, excellent work fellow Martha Grower. 



I have some Mexicana in the works, Let's GO... Stones!

Generic said:

was literally just talking to my friend; he wants to do a 4x8 repurposed grow tent.  we'd have to figure out how to match a fogger to that size, there was one he was thinking of that came with 10disks or 16 disks..

the thinking is that we would want more than one little martha, but I am hesitant to humidify such a big area.  I have been thinking of starting with 1 martha, then maybe a grow tent as well later, or another martha, I doubt we'd be filling that space much, or I dont want much un-used gear/trash in the end.

thanks 99.99.  so what kind of humidifier is appropriate for that martha?  is it a fogger or humidifier?  I do have a small cool-mist humidifier but I figure that's too small for anything...

could we have one fogger supply 2 marthas, would one fogger be too much for one martha? or what size would be appropriate?  or even a 4x8 space?  or would that require more than one fogger?

trying to not stray too far from the trusted path (martha), but would like some room to grow more (grow tent or multiple marthas)

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Smellyhobbit said:

Smellyhobbit said:

Got my first Mexicana pins today

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Oooo they’re comin in

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I’ll pick this when I get home. Small fruits, but should be plenty for an experience

Some blue/black fruits due to the lid falling off while I was at work. Little air burned.

Smellyhobbit said:

I’ll pick this when I get home. Small fruits, but should be plenty for an experience

Some blue/black fruits due to the lid falling off while I was at work. Little air burned.

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