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Growingforfun
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Adding spawn to 90% done monotub
#24249680 - 04/16/17 06:18 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hello guys, i have a straw/coir monot7b Im working on, spawned with pf cakes grated up, i mixed it well and put the whole tub in a bag to block air. After about a week it looks ready to go except a bottom edge area that looks like the spawn missed. Its actually a fair size area, but everything else is thick. Can i mix everything up and add a qt or 2 of 100% done wbs spawn, case it, amd fruit? Im worried it will pin soon its so thick on top.
Edited by Growingforfun (04/16/17 06:19 PM)
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: Growingforfun]
#24249682 - 04/16/17 06:20 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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ive never done it.
try it and post the results.
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: mushboy]
#24255322 - 04/18/17 08:09 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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mushboy said: ive never done it.
try it and post the results.
Gave it 2 days to see what happened but it didnt seem to make a ton of progress into the area, even though it made some. It was still a 4 inch long wedge alonge the bottom edge of one side. The rest was thick white, and i could almost pick it up out of the monotub (~56qt~) then thought better and fliped it over onto the lid and picked it up and set it in a new tub with a liner this time! That put the bottom that was not done on top, so i scratched off a inch or so worth across the whole thing and set it aside, poured a qt of wbs spawn on, mixed it up, and covered with what i removed.
I only washed my hands an did it open air middle of a dorty as fuck room, because people keep saying ya can.
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: Growingforfun]
#24255392 - 04/18/17 08:38 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Bulk substrate will pin when its ready it would be fine if it does
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: mushpunx]
#24255450 - 04/18/17 09:02 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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You won't speed anything up. I'd leave the myc intact at this point. But try something different and report back soldier!
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: mushpunx]
#24255455 - 04/18/17 09:05 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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mushpunx said: Bulk substrate will pin when its ready it would be fine if it does 
That didnt hardly have the myc grow into it for several days though, and it was crazy thick everywhere else. I guess i missed an area while mixing even though i was trying to mix it well even on the edges. At anything its too late now, just gotta wait an see what happens. I figure it shouldnt hurt to add another qt of healthy spawn, an of it could i figured mushboy woulda clued me in.
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: Growingforfun] 1
#24255458 - 04/18/17 09:07 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Your adding a new contam vector too. Be safe! Wear protection haha
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: mynakedrat]
#24255466 - 04/18/17 09:09 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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mynakedrat said: Your adding a new contam vector too. Be safe! Wear protection haha
I was worried about that but i keep seeing it posted by TCs that spawning to bulk isnt sterile work, its dirty by nature. Idk tho im ignorant about it.
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: Growingforfun]
#24255513 - 04/18/17 09:28 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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spawning is not, and should not be 'sterile'.
i only use gloves because its like mixing up wet dirt. gets all under the nails and shit.
one time i spawned inside my SAB with questionable spawn thinking i was smart. still went green.
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: Growingforfun]
#24255514 - 04/18/17 09:29 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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If your new spawn addition is clean also, then blessed be!
I think it will be OK, I just feel like the newer spawn added will be behind, and not Be useful. Just fruit it the way it is, and take notes for next time...
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: mushboy]
#24255520 - 04/18/17 09:30 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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mushboy said: spawning is not, and should not be 'sterile'.
i only use gloves because its like mixing up wet dirt. gets all under the nails and shit.
one time i spawned inside my SAB with questionable spawn thinking i was smart. still went green.
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mushboy said: spawning is not, and should not be 'sterile'.
i only use gloves because its like mixing up wet dirt. gets all under the nails and shit.
one time i spawned inside my SAB with questionable spawn thinking i was smart. still went green.
Eww..
And mixing spawn a second time, have you tried it? I thought it would be stressing the myc too much. Make fruits meager
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: mynakedrat]
#24255526 - 04/18/17 09:32 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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mixing a second time? uh no. did i miss something?
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: mushboy]
#24255532 - 04/18/17 09:33 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Read Op again. He wants to add spawn and mix again
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: mynakedrat]
#24255540 - 04/18/17 09:34 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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 ya dont do that...
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: mynakedrat]
#24255543 - 04/18/17 09:35 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yeah I would just leave it. Breaking it all up again will just stress out your myc for no reason. Your myc will be wasting energy on recovering rather than pumping out a decent first flush.
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: mushboy]
#24255547 - 04/18/17 09:35 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Sounds bad... And prone to gaining. Unless he have some kind of super spawn we don't know about
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: mynakedrat]
#24255552 - 04/18/17 09:38 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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mynakedrat said: If your new spawn addition is clean also, then blessed be!
I think it will be OK, I just feel like the newer spawn added will be behind, and not Be useful. Just fruit it the way it is, and take notes for next time...
Thats the plan, its massive... nearly 7 inch thick sub. Wasnt any real plan going into it, i had 10 extra pf cakes, chopped a assload of straw for a few hours, pasturized in a bucket for a hour an a half, preped a bucket a cvg, i wasnt gonna use all the cvg but in the moment the massive mound of 10 cheese grated cakes told me fuck it use all the cvg. So yea. Near 7 inch thick. Going to expose to fae on 420, because obvs.
To the people wondering, no i did not end of mixing up the whole block, it was very solid and well colinized, i fliped the block and removed the untouched straw, added wbs, scratched it up and smoothed it out. Wasnt too destructive all said i dont think. If anything there is still a 6 inch block with a 1 inch casing layer.
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: mushboy]
#24255558 - 04/18/17 09:40 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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mushboy said: mixing a second time? uh no. did i miss something?
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mushboy said:
 ya dont do that... 
Done cuz you said to try it an post results lololol the mush blood is on your hands sir! Lol
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: Growingforfun]
#24255569 - 04/18/17 09:42 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hahaha. His life is in your hands dude.. Don't say that, man... His life is in your hands dude.
Awe man, naww
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Re: Adding spawn to 90% done monotub [Re: mynakedrat]
#24278407 - 04/28/17 10:27 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Heres a update 9 days after doing the deed. With flash and without

Seems like i slowed it was down, it may have been better to let that bottom area finish on its own, it likely could have in the last 9 days, but lemme know what you guys think. This will be my first thing bigger than a shoebox
Ive been rotating the lid 90 degrees fpr air exchange a few hours a day
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