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Mycolorado
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Last few of the fruited shoeboxes harvested... the third one having the smallest fruits yet.
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mushboy
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the thing i like the most about this thread is all the people who post awesome grows. making shoeboxes has become more of a informational communal style grow log in a way. thanks for all the shrooms homies

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Hopeless_Hound
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Re: Making shoeboxes [Re: mushboy]
#24774594 - 11/10/17 08:22 PM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hey everyone awesome looking grow, I also pressure cook my sub do to issues with vert hiding in casing, works like a charm seems to get eaten quicker, these are some seriously sick shoeboxes great job PP and mushboy. Loving all the open air, there really isn't all that much more maintenance, and I got best results misting the entire time even as the shrooms matured, it really seemed to even put the pin set and fill in the tub when I managed to get the surface wet below the canopy, it seems pretty hard to overdo watering them open air, as long as the sub started at field capacity.
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TheMadHatter420
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It really is "bulk 101" Learn here and graduate on to mono tubs.
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Ehhhhh you know I don't see the appeal honestly, shoebox is perfect, not so large that surface conditions are hard to keep consistent, but not so small it can hold water affectively. I'm curious about unmodded open air monos(giant shoebox) and my next experiment will be seeing how difficult it is to keep good conditions in an open air mono, probably less misting? Anyone else try this before with success?
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mushboy
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Hopeless_Hound said: Anyone else try this before with success?
day 3
~50qt mono. 6qt spawn all coco. but its modded
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Re: Making shoeboxes [Re: mushboy]
#24774787 - 11/10/17 10:36 PM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
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Ahhhhh so it's not open air? Or is it open air and modded? I was thinking co2 sinking to the bottom might be more an issue in a monotub so holes + open air might be perfect, I'm sure the circulation would be very stimulating, and what variety mush? Can't wait to see your results your like 5 steps ahead of me, I haven't gotten as much myc work down dealing with work and life in general, so my experiments will be kind of slow but it's good to see the community coming together to innovate, we as a commmunity should strive for informative endevors, hell its amazing just to be apart of, we know so much more about cubes than 10 years ago, but sometimes it's like a lot of people forget that we are still growing in knowledge as a community, can't wait to see the body of knowledge accumulated from all of you hard working mycos 10 years from know, spread peace not love, we are the gatekeepers to a correspondence with god, I truly feel I'm doing the good work when I'm tending my cubes. 10 times more spiritually in touch than when I'm praying at an altar surrounded hypocrites who use god as an excuse for their own personal shortcomings. I tripped on acid and shrooms the other day and when I entered the other place I saw a utopian land where everyone grew gods gift, we didn't all get along but we all held unconditional empathy and the world was at peace, the thought made me cry as it's implausibility contrasted its utopian ideal.
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mushboy
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its colonizing but once its like 75% the lid comes off and its me and my mister. just like how i do shoeboxes or anything else these days
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Re: Making shoeboxes [Re: mushboy]
#24774800 - 11/10/17 10:52 PM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yea exactly what I did, I hope your flush is awesome bro, I need to make more time for myc work, it truly brings my soul ease, I'm clean 8 months(except 1-2 relapses) and after taking the gift god showed me the true worth of my soul, and after that it was clear as day. All the heroin ever made couldn't hold a candle to the worth of my soul, I refuse to cheapen the gift imparted to me for superficial pleasure, shrooms kicked my heroin habit, I figure the least I can do in return is distribute the birthright to his children. And btw mushboy even though sometimes you come off as a dick I've really learned a lot from you, other members may feel different but I feel a TC tag wouldn't be inappropriate at all for your contributions to the community, sometimes a bit blunt but always insightful, keep up the good work, this hobby is like no other that's for sure.
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dmppb
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Re: Making shoeboxes [Re: mushboy]
#24774817 - 11/10/17 11:10 PM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
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mushboy said: its colonizing but once its like 75% the lid comes off and its me and my mister. just like how i do shoeboxes or anything else these days
i like this idea and your work is awesome , quick questions ;
do you find strains that works better for open air ?
do you have a humidifier in the room ?
cased right ?
thanks
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Re: Making shoeboxes [Re: dmppb]
#24774879 - 11/11/17 12:11 AM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
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When y'all say "open air". What are y'all referring too?
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Hopeless_Hound
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open air=no lid, an open shoebox, try to keep the sub surface moist even as it gets blocked by the canopy. It seems more water is absorbed by the sun surface than by the shrooms themselves, but they do seem to benefit from direct hydration.
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I feel like even with my lid I am coming back to a dry top layer 4 times per day, how often are you guys misting if you're doing this open air? Are you casing?
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Prep_H are you going with 2 quarts/2quarts or 1 quart/1quart?
Psuedo cased top layer?
If warranted bottom watering is a great tool for heavy pinsets.
My 1 quart/1 quart is taking long to finish colonize right now its about 4 days behind my other tubs. If it gets crusted on top the flush will be shit and you wont be ae to come back from that.
I misted all 3 twice yesterday with the lid on. 1 not at all and the other 2 once today. It varies depending how heavily i mist.
Usually 3 times a day lightly on average. Just for microbeads of water like in CBK's thread.
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Re: Making shoeboxes [Re: JHOVA]
#24775244 - 11/11/17 07:21 AM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
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Mist very generously, if you see small pools don't worry, as long as there isn't a layer of water on the side of your sub the water will evaporate/absorb very quickly, don't be afraid to mist, you want to do your best to keep the surface completely hydrated at all times. What you don't want is standing water, but light pooling that evaps in hours is nothing to worry about.
-------------------- MS Brazillian shoebox
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mushboy
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Re: Making shoeboxes [Re: dmppb]
#24775277 - 11/11/17 07:39 AM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
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dmppb said:
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mushboy said: its colonizing but once its like 75% the lid comes off and its me and my mister. just like how i do shoeboxes or anything else these days
i like this idea and your work is awesome , quick questions ;
do you find strains that works better for open air ?
do you have a humidifier in the room ?
cased right ?
thanks
Any cube Nope No

And ya, open air would mean no lid. Or seldomly used lid. I put it on 7-8hrs per day max.
The rest of the time its just an open tote
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Re: Making shoeboxes [Re: mushboy]
#24775295 - 11/11/17 07:48 AM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
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 Love them spore patterns.
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Re: Making shoeboxes [Re: Germs]
#24775312 - 11/11/17 07:55 AM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
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I've noticed a bit of blue on some of my mycelium on one of my box's, and a tiny speck of green. Pics are very magnified on the green part.


I'm super paranoid and don't want anything spreading. What do you guys think.
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Bruising
Ive got the same blue bruising on one tub of AA+

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Hopeless_Hound
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Re: Making shoeboxes [Re: Germs]
#24775328 - 11/11/17 08:03 AM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
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Whoa those spore stains are totall psychedelic bro, I bet it's a message. I'm taking 2 hits of some good L and a Q of these mushies(along with a shitload of nitrous oxide/weed) in about a week or so. Maybe I'll be able to read it than lol. And that tub looks a bit bacterial imo and that speck does look very suspect but it almost looks like it could be mold or something? Is it growing? I'd definItaly isolate the tub, don't fuck with it yet though, increase the air exchange. No matter what it's gonna grow the knots are formed.
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