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Leftfield420
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: EasyMac]
#23598703 - 08/31/16 07:26 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I agree looks bacterial to me too.....especially the blue tub
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: Leftfield420]
#23598760 - 08/31/16 07:43 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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The blue one is a bit bacterial yeah. Panicking is a bit of an overreaction though.
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: Inocuole]
#23598803 - 08/31/16 07:52 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I didn't think it was bacterial because of the yellow spot it's because it looks super white and wet or "ice creamy"
But don't go into panick mode I believe it can still pump out some shrooms even tho it's a bit bacterial just keep an eye on it.
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: Inocuole]
#23598835 - 08/31/16 07:58 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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As I mentioned, that yellow color/tint in these cell phone pictures, except for what I took a close-up of, was caused by the crappy CFL that I used for lighting for this quick picture. The rest of the substrate has nice, white, slightly puffy looking mycelium like I've seen in healthy example pictures. It looks a lot like this thing that I just came across. Someone had similar conditions to mine, and the yellowing was caused by something called "mycelium piss", an excess concentration of metabolites generated when the mycelium is fighting off contaminants. That would explain the drop of water that sat there for days, only now getting to the point where I noticed with daily checks of about 15 seconds each. Should I scoop out that spot with a sterilized spoon, or just dab it off with a paper towel? Or should I just keep my hands off of it?
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: partyboy420247]
#23598841 - 08/31/16 07:59 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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If a healthy example picture showed you puffy ice cream looking mycelium as being healthy then I'm afraid you've been misled. It may go on to produce, but there will inevitably be a big hit to the yield. Yours isn't that bad but, there is definitely something fucky going on in there.
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: Inocuole]
#23598855 - 08/31/16 08:02 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Should I try to fruit as soon as possible, then?
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: partyboy420247]
#23598862 - 08/31/16 08:04 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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It's definitely been ready for fruiting for a bit by now.
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: partyboy420247]
#23598871 - 08/31/16 08:06 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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i thought they were in fruiting conditions..
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: Inocuole]
#23598878 - 08/31/16 08:08 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'll start fruiting immediately. Is that possibly why my mycelium is like that? Is it overgrown because I waited too long? And would that be a yes or no on scooping out the yellow area with a spoon? Sorry for all the questions, I'm just sitting here wondering what I can do to fix this
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: partyboy420247]
#23598889 - 08/31/16 08:13 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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i wouldnt scoop it imo. you dont want this(even though this is a casing but point is valid)

the shrooms you do want.. but not a torn up sub.
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: mushboy]
#23598913 - 08/31/16 08:19 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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If I scoop it, it's going to look like that? Alright. I dabbed it up with a paper towel. It was only slightly yellow on the paper towel. I'll put cling wrap on the top again since I took it off before for more FAE, so I don't contaminate it anymore. I'll put the timer for the light on 12/12, too. Is there anything else I can do to make this situation better?
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: partyboy420247]
#23598962 - 08/31/16 08:28 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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What?? Cling wrap? Why would you put that back on? Why would you ever put it on at all? I don't even.... what....
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: Inocuole]
#23598981 - 08/31/16 08:34 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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The bin is opaque. I need to get light to the mycelium, right? Do I just leave it totally uncovered? I thought that it could get contaminated that way. I'm confused
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: Inocuole]
#23598985 - 08/31/16 08:35 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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a mono tub should have large holes in the tub at sub level.. can you take a better pic of your tubs?
ive done alot of newbie shit with my grows but cling wrap is a new one to me.. what tek you use for the tub?
also the less you fuck with it the better. IME the more i messed with it.. the more i fucked it up.
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partyboy420247 said: The bin is opaque. I need to get light to the mycelium, right? Do I just leave it totally uncovered? I thought that it could get contaminated that way. I'm confused 
ahh i get you. some people cut a rectangular hole in the lid and tape something clear(i guess clingwrap) to it to make a 'lid' like a window. i prefer to use clear tubs w/clear lids.
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: partyboy420247]
#23599004 - 08/31/16 08:40 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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partyboy420247 said: The bin is opaque. I need to get light to the mycelium, right? Do I just leave it totally uncovered? I thought that it could get contaminated that way. I'm confused 
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/19140341#19140341
If you thought exposing colonized substrate to open air would contaminate it then you should really go over ALL the basics, there's no telling what else you're missing.
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: mushboy]
#23599018 - 08/31/16 08:44 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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The holes are 3-4 inches above the substrate. Here's a picture of the outside.

I used information that I got from the company to conduct this little experiment. I'll just leave the lid off and stop screwing around with it, I guess.
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: partyboy420247]
#23599032 - 08/31/16 08:49 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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dont get discouraged bro. my first grows were brutal but i learned a lot and still got fruits so it was worth it. read. learn. improve. repeat.
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: mushboy]
#23599051 - 08/31/16 08:56 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Thank you. I've been putting a lot of effort into not screwing this whole thing up, and it is pretty discouraging to get this far into it and screw it all up like I was being reckless or something. I'm doing my best to be patient and to not rush things. I'll keep the lid off and run the timer for the lights on a 12/12 schedule and cross my fingers.
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: partyboy420247]
#23599085 - 08/31/16 09:08 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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whenever i start a new grow or new tek i always stick with a basic grow while i tinker. like right now i got 8 pints about to be spawned to coir(first timers should really stick with cakes unless you are just that awesome) while i do agar plates and g2g with a massive amount of qt jars.
that way no matter how bad i fuck up i always have a 'basic' run going. the first tub i did gave barely half oz dry before it got fucked up/i fucked it up.
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Re: Monotub tek spawning to bulk - need help [Re: partyboy420247]
#23599096 - 08/31/16 09:12 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Check out Frank's dialing in your Monotub like a boss thread here to help you get some fruits out of your current grow
https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/17332777#17332777
And I personally would recommend studying Frank's 12 steps to shrooms religiously and following every step exactly how he explains when you are ready for another attempt. That is the thread that really helped me wrap my head around the process and end up with the couple of successful grows I've done so far.
https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/19792837
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