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Booooooooom
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Re: Contaminated monotub [Re: GIjoe420]
#23354920 - 06/17/16 02:06 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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ClintMassey said: Is this a properly colonized substrate it looks like it has to much mycelium and I read that you should to put the casing in fruiting as sson as the first spots of mycelium is introduced to the surface of the soil so that is bothering me all the time,this is all white,it looks like a cake almost
It was put in fruting as soon as it colonized the whole tub.
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GIjoe420 said: Did you follow a certain monotub tek? Your holes look very very small in the pics and have strange placement IMO. The two main triggers for pinning is EVAPORATION and FAE. Your tub looks properly colonized and dialed in though.
Did not follow any tek i just made 3 Holes on each side in the middle and two holes on the side. The holes are about 1cm and the tub is located near a open window so i get constant air.
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Supalemonhaze
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Booooooooom said:
Did not follow any tek i just made 3 Holes on each side in the middle and two holes on the side. The holes are about 1cm and the tub is located near a open window so i get constant air.
You should try to breathe from a 1cm hole that has a fan blowing on the other side, then come and tell me if you could breathe properly.
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Booooooooom
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Supalemonhaze said:
You should try to breathe from a 1cm hole that has a fan blowing on the other side, then come and tell me if you could breathe properly. 
Haha very funny. I know the holes are too small I don't know what to do? I removed the poly from the top lid. What more can I do?
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GIjoe420
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Easy solution man. Make the holes bigger. 3/4 in should get you there. Buy a hole saw or if you are particular and like things easy like me but if you are good with a knife and short on cash just rough the cut in there. 2 on each long side just a hair over your wanted substrate depth (3-3 1/2 inches) and one on each short side towards the top. Tape up the other holes you have. Stuff the polyfill as tight as possible on the bottom holes and loose as a goose on the top. It's not too late to save the grow and if it is just chalk it up as a good learning experience.
On a side note you should at least read and check out the many TEKs and resources that are available on this wonderful site. That way you can learn from others mistakes and not your own. 
This bad Larry right here will get you set up proper for your next run : Spitball's Monotub Tek
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Supalemonhaze
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Re: Contaminated monotub [Re: GIjoe420]
#23356546 - 06/18/16 01:40 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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1½" holes are great for monotubs, I wouldn't go any smaller unless I was making a mini mono, in which case a 1" hole works good as well.
If you don't want to disturb the substrate with all the vibrations that a drill makes, use a hot knife or a solder to melt the holes. I use a solder for all my holes, I always crack them with drills.
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Booooooooom
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Today 2 pins popped up. Do i still need to make the holes?
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Supalemonhaze
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If you want healthy shrooms and a good pinset, yes.
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Captcrunch90
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I would still make the holes for sure. Besides the high RH and poor FAE that you'll have to deal with, having better FAE will result in better evaporation of the sub which is a pinning trigger, and will lead to a better more even pinset.
Just as an example, I have 1" holes on my monotub, and I can't wait till it's done so I can drill them larger. Even with the polyfil removed from my top holes, and very lightly stuffed poly in the bottom, my 2nd flush has very fuzzy feet.
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Mad Season
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You know you don't have to stuff the bottom holes tight if your hole size is smaller right? There's actually many cultivators who use small bottom and top holes with no poly at all. I usually always have the top holes unstuffed
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Re: Contaminated monotub [Re: Mad Season]
#23356736 - 06/18/16 03:54 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Don't think it will help much in OP's case though, he has like ½" holes.
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Mad Season
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Lol I'm over here thinking yeah I could make that work. I'd just have the holes unstuffed. But could he? I think he should tape the holes up and redrill/remelt proper top and bottom holes.
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Re: Contaminated monotub [Re: Mad Season]
#23356751 - 06/18/16 04:08 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah, he should widen them bitches up with a hot knife/soldering iron. We remove poly even when using 1&1/2" holes to get more FAE in, that hole size is just gonna be a pain.
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Booooooooom
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i made the bottom holes 3-4x larger, its now about 3cm long holes. I didnt want to make more as plastics where flying all over the place i even had to remove a piece from the substrate with sterlized tweezers. So i wouldent even dare to cut the top ones as they would surely fall down o the substrate. Im starting to see pins on the sides put not much in the middle.

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Supalemonhaze
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That's why I recommended that you melt the holes instead. At any rate, ~1" holes are much better and very possibly good enough. Just stuff them very loose or remove the poly altogether. And I do mean very loose.
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Booooooooom said: i made the bottom holes 3-4x larger, its now about 3cm long holes. I didnt want to make more as plastics where flying all over the place i even had to remove a piece from the substrate with sterlized tweezers. So i wouldent even dare to cut the top ones as they would surely fall down o the substrate. Im starting to see pins on the sides put not much in the middle.


this looks much better than before 
keep it going! youll learn how to dial it in before you know it. good luck buddy!
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Booooooooom
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This is how it looks now, though some shrooms are growing invertedly, dont know if thats normal. Should i mist the walls everyday or tape a thermometer?

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I wouldn't mist unless the substrate looks like it's getting dry. And not the walls, mist the substrate itself, your pins will be fine as long as you don't drown them and leave puddles. You want your sub to be glistening with water droplets.
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