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Groovy Hobbit
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First monotub - humidity looking right?
#23406589 - 07/03/16 10:23 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I started my monotub on 6/11 using rye grain spawn and following FrankHorrigan's 12 Steps with some help from Damion5050's Coir Tek. I put it into fruiting conditions on 6/27 w/ a 14W 6500 K light. It seems to be going alright, but I'm wondering whether my humidity looks okay. For instance, are these first shrooms' veils' separating too early?

Thanks!
Edited by Groovy Hobbit (07/04/16 06:54 AM)
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LocN9ne
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You can open the lid and take pictures man... They look fine, just genetics man.
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Groovy Hobbit
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Re: First monotub - looking right? [Re: LocN9ne]
#23409455 - 07/04/16 06:59 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Thanks for the reply. I should have mentioned this genetic is Golden Teacher.
Here are the caps now... They have not fully opened, but they're on the way.

I haven't opened the tub so as not to allow humidity to escape. But I will do so if I'll have to do a few rounds of harvest.
Does it look like I should "open and pick" a few times this first flush?
Thanks.
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Groovy Hobbit
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The side of the tub closest to the light shows a pattern of less humidity. (See the pic.) I moved the tub 8 - 10 inches away from the light.

Advice on
- the interaction of light and humidity?
- the advisability of opening it up to pick the ones about to unfurl their caps?
If I open it, I'll spray a little to replenish lost humidity.
Thanks!
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Edited by Groovy Hobbit (07/04/16 05:37 PM)
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LocN9ne
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Condensation is caused by temperature differences on either side of a surface... It is not an indicator of humidity... And you can most definitely open up your tub and pick away without any negative effects.
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Re: First monotub - looking right? [Re: LocN9ne]
#23411194 - 07/04/16 05:38 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Okay, thanks!
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Groovy Hobbit
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I opened the tub to harvest the shrooms whose caps were opening (41.5g wet) - including the really small ones. I followed RR's advice to soak the substrate, adding ~5 cups of water to the tub. An hour later, I poured off about 4.4 cups.
Everyone looks happy, although I still have lots of little shrooms' caps opening. Should I be opening the monotub every day to harvest these little ones?
Thanks.
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only harvest the mature ones, let the small ones grow to full size before harvest.
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Groovy Hobbit
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Re: First monotub - looking right? [Re: spacechildo]
#23414219 - 07/05/16 04:02 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I've only been harvesting the ones whose caps are opening - whether large or small - on the understanding that waiting too long after the veil breaks risks a sporulation mess and a change for the worse in terms of taste.
Not so?
Even if so, are these then matters of preference?
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I think you may be misunderstanding the process. You are absolutely correct regarding picking before sporulation but I think your timing is off. The opening of the caps isnt what you need to watch for its the breaking of the veils below them exposing the gills which is an indicator of pending sporulation. Those suckers may get quite a bit bigger before its time to harvest. Patience and sterile technique seem to be the hardest part for all of us to achieve. Welcome to a fun and very interesting hobby. Youre doing great so far!!
These are mature GT's

And if you get it right you can get some real monsters


Edited by Hugh Jorgan (07/05/16 04:42 PM)
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Re: First monotub - looking right? [Re: Hugh Jorgan]
#23415186 - 07/05/16 09:23 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I like the pics; and thanks!
But don't you think the veils on some of these small GTs have torn?:

The brims of their hats are turning up, and I can see tiny gills. (Unfortunately, I couldn't get the gills on the mushroom in the bottom-right of the first picture in focus.)
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They are broken but it's due to poor conditions and the fruit is aborting. You need to dial things in better.
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CosmoKramer
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By the size of the others they will probably open in the next 12hrs or less. More FAE will enhance that flush at that stage, so loosen the poly some. It's still best to wait and see before harvesting. Give it time for potential. You're not waiting on water to boil or anything, so just check every once in a while or when you're around. A few spores here and there isn't a problem. You have a small window after veil breaking and spores dropping. The gills will change to a darker color, but it happens at different rates.
Good job no matter what! Just enjoy.
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Edited by CosmoKramer (07/05/16 09:52 PM)
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Re: First monotub - looking right? [Re: CosmoKramer]
#23415315 - 07/05/16 10:17 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Thanks!
I just loosened the top poly significantly, but left the lower holes on the tighter side (as per Frank's monotub dial-in). Perhaps I need to loosen the lower poly some too though...
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Groovy Hobbit
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Here's a better shot - from this morning - of these little ones opening.

So, PastyWhyte, these are aborts?
I just cut away a lot of the poly on the bottom holes (before and after):

Should I also loosen it? I note that, in his monotub tutorial,
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large_dose said (here): I then pack the holes loosely with polyfil and put a blanket over them for colonization.
Maybe I should add that the centers of my bottom holes are 9.5" apart...
Thanks, everyone!
Edited by Groovy Hobbit (07/06/16 11:25 AM)
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Pastywhyte
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If they are still growing they are not aborts. But if they are popping veils early then that is often a sign that conditions are sub par. The caps look saturated in some of your pics. That means you are either misting too much or your FAE is poor or both.
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Groovy Hobbit
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Re: First monotub - looking right? [Re: Pastywhyte]
#23416668 - 07/06/16 11:27 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm not misting, although I did a one-hour soak-and-drain - I think yesterday morning.
I believe CosmoKramer and you were right that it's FAE (thanks!); so I'm trying to dial that in...
I appreciate the help!
Edited by Groovy Hobbit (07/06/16 11:28 AM)
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Good job getting your first mono to fruit 
Yeah in my experience you will have some mushrooms in the first flush start to open up like your seeing at a very small, young age. In the 2nd flush though I never see any mushrooms doing this so for me so far its been genetics cause my tubs were dialed in properly. I use multispore syringes so I imagine this is why we have this happen to us more then the veterans here cause they are all using agar and superior genetics.
For instance, here is an image taken 4/06/2016 (first flush) you can see some of the mushrooms doing the same thing as your tub:

Same cluster on 4/09/2016:

Same cluster on 4/11/2016:

Same cluster on 4/13/2016:

As another member mentioned, when you go to harvest you can cut away the mature mushrooms and let the others continue to grow. This image is a plate of mushrooms that were cut at the base:

You will end up with stumps shown in this image, what I do is just let the others finish then you just remove the stump when all of the other mushrooms are mature and ready to pick. You only have to cut away when dealing with clusters though, I just twist and pull the mushrooms that are ready if I am not trying to prevent collateral damage:

It could be more then just genetics however, cause you do have a lot of mushrooms doing this. In the below image, you will see the little rings surrounding the polyfil, this is a good indicator that the tub is dialed in properly. For my first tub, it took me awhile to dial in the tub, for me it was EXTREMELY tight, tight as humanly possible on the bottom 4 holes, and very loose on the top two. The top two holes is where a lot of people do their tweaking to find the sweet spot for their unique environment:
Edited by Perception7 (07/06/16 03:12 PM)
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Groovy Hobbit
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Re: First monotub - looking right? [Re: Perception7]
#23418267 - 07/06/16 08:19 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Thanks for sharing your experience, Perception7. I've done some loosening of polyfil, and I'm watching to see how things unfold in the next day or so. In the meantime, I have a lot of those little caps open (maybe a third of the shrooms in the tub). Maybe I'll harvest tonight, or maybe I'll see what I can learn from a look in the morning.
Either way, thanks for the encouragement. I'm having a really good time!
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Groovy Hobbit
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I harvested the opened caps... and DAMN, it's been so hot here that I dripped at last five drops of sweat into the monotub (not to mention my sticky arms hit the inside of the tub). I was as clean as I could be - cut the air, sprayed diluted bleach into he air before opening the tub, cleaned gloves and scalpel with alcohol, etc. But I couldn't stop those drips of sweat!?!)
Is sweat conducive to contams?
Anyway, this second cutting of the first flush was 157.6g:

Hopefully my FAE is getting more finely tuned... There are a lot more growing in there.
Woo hoo!
Edited by Groovy Hobbit (07/06/16 10:12 PM)
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