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bodhisatta 
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fruiting chambers are only there to keep humidity just high enough to avoid cracked caps. otherwise you want as much air as possible to cycle through, ideally passive with just the use of holes and air currents since fans and forced air dry things out and then you have to use a humidifier then create a balancing act and that's just a waist of time in most cases. as your substrate evaporates since it's holding a bunch of water the humidity is 99% near the surface, a concentration gradient of humidity forms as water evaporates off the substrate. ideally if you made your substrate and monotub correctly you shouldn't have to do anything at all till harvest time as the moisture will be enough for humidity and fruits.
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partyboy420247
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Re: Monotub overlay help [Re: bodhisatta]
#23617773 - 09/06/16 10:58 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I have my holes drawn. I plan on cutting 6 holes, two on each long side and one on each small side. They are roughly 1cm above the substrate. Is this okay? I will go to the store and get the Poly-Fil, and then cut the 6 holes unless someone tells me not to.
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partyboy420247
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Here's some pictures
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partyboy420247
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Those pictures showed up very poorly. There are holes drawn in Sharpie, but my camera wouldn't pick them up very well. Sorry about that. I'll post another picture when I put the Poly-Fil in the holes.
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bodhisatta 
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There's an edit post button so you don't have to triple post
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partyboy420247
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Re: Monotub overlay help [Re: bodhisatta]
#23617812 - 09/06/16 11:11 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I apologize. I'm still pretty new here. I just wanted to explain the lame pictures.
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bodhisatta 
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no problem, just pointing it out for next time.
the first three links in my signature. the first two go to the AMU and then the TNF then those both have a recommended TEK list find the monotub threads.
also the third link in my signature
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Oregonic



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partyboy420247 said: I have my holes drawn. I plan on cutting 6 holes, two on each long side and one on each small side. They are roughly 1cm above the substrate. Is this okay? I will go to the store and get the Poly-Fil, and then cut the 6 holes unless someone tells me not to.
The short side holes should be near the top.
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Mad Season
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Re: Monotub overlay help [Re: Oregonic]
#23617888 - 09/06/16 11:37 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I don't even think he should have side holes with 4 top holes. That's like 6 bottom and 4 top.. kinda overkill
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partyboy420247
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Should I put the extra two holes on the ends, or is it not recommended? I don't mind making them if it makes things better for the mushrooms. I can make them up higher, too
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professorFATTYCAP
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partyboy420247 said: My apologies. I meant to post a picture with my first post. Here's what I'm looking at. And yes, I did notice those yellow splotches. I was told that the mycelium are fighting off bacteria.


That is an absolutely beautiful substrate surface ,the droplets are a tad big as mentioned but otherwise all looks great ,do what these guys are telling u and boost up ur evap rate and that tub will b full in no time. Youll b glad u didnt take the rake to it
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Mad Season
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partyboy420247 said: Should I put the extra two holes on the ends, or is it not recommended? I don't mind making them if it makes things better for the mushrooms. I can make them up higher, too 
It's recommended to have 4 bottom and 2 top holes. What you're doing is 6 bottom and 4 top holes. That is overkill. Do 4 bottom holes and use your already drilled 4 top holes.
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partyboy420247
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Thanks a lot. I was actually going to do the raking thing this morning when I woke up if I didn't see pins all over. I'm glad that I took a second to ask the professionals. I'll put the fork away and make the holes in the bin instead. Y'all saved my ass big time. I took some of the micropore tape that was on the holes off so they could breathe better, too. I can tell that there's more evaporation going on by the way the condensation is dissipating around the holes. And I guess the plan now is 4 top holes and 4 bottom holes. I have a feeling that the mycelium will be much happier
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partyboy420247
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All done. The monotub surgery was successful. Here's the patient 
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Inocuole
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You're gonna have to tape half those holes, with, like, non-breathable tape. That is walking the line of too many holes as is. Now granted, if open air grows can be done, so can that, but you may need to mist.
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partyboy420247
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Re: Monotub overlay help [Re: Inocuole]
#23619194 - 09/06/16 06:19 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I would rather just mist every so often if it doesn't make that much of a difference. I check the bin frequently, so I would rather my bin have the ability to get the extra fresh air. The more I think about it, the more that it makes sense that the lack of FAE is probably why I had any problems in the first place. I would probably have a carpet of mushrooms by now if I didn't maintain such a stagnant environment in the bin. Thank you for all the tips, I feel like I can make it through this grow successfully now
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partyboy420247
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I woke up this morning to see that I was wrong, and that you all are much smarter than I am. There are many more pins now, more than 10, and they just keep coming up. The extra holes were exactly what my monotub needed. So, the next time a noob comes here and asks why their grow kit bin isn't cutting it, tell them to get to cutting more holes in it. I'll say it again, coming here and asking the pros for knowledge saved my ass. I would have screwed up my project before I could even get a handful of mushrooms. Now I'll have at least one good flush of mushrooms, if not two or three. Thank you all for sharing your wisdom
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bodhisatta 
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 Much better than putting 12 people on ignore. Having a tantrum. Calling us all elitists that need to eat mushrooms to lose our egos.
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Mushierage
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partyboy420247 said: I woke up this morning to see that I was wrong, and that you all are much smarter than I am. There are many more pins now, more than 10, and they just keep coming up. The extra holes were exactly what my monotub needed. So, the next time a noob comes here and asks why their grow kit bin isn't cutting it, tell them to get to cutting more holes in it. I'll say it again, coming here and asking the pros for knowledge saved my ass. I would have screwed up my project before I could even get a handful of mushrooms. Now I'll have at least one good flush of mushrooms, if not two or three. Thank you all for sharing your wisdom 
-------------------- Don't like researching posts? Read this! . Also, if you're new and your posts contain the words: Humidifer, incubator, air-stone, or heater, then you need to read and UTFSE before asking people to review your setup. OR... You should be cultivating reptiles and fish, not mushrooms.
  
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partyboy420247
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Y'all are only elite at growing mushrooms, not at being elitists. I probably wouldn't have been harvesting these beauties this morning if it wasn't for all the help. They doubled in size overnight. I can't wait to see what my bin does next 
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