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When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing * 1
    #24259839 - 04/20/17 03:03 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Hello everybody! This is my first time growing ANYTHING, other than the growboxes, that you can order online from various shops.

I've been reading alot on shroomery, and saw a guy called Willy Myco on youtube, so i decided to give it a go. I didnt wanna go with the PF tek, because it had so little yield, eventhough, it might have been a good idea, to get some experience, but i thought, what the heck :laugh:

Im using Damions5050 bucket tek, because i didnt have the horse manure and straw, that Willy Myco was using in his videos, otherwise im trying to do as he does :smile:

I've used 1 brick, and 2 quarts of verm and 4 quarts of water in each monotub. I actually forgot about the gypsum, but that will be used next time :smile:

I used 4 quart jars of spawn in 2 of them, and 5 quarts in 1. And im using Rye berries btw :smile: i had 2 contaminations, thats why its only 4 in each.

I didnt really take alot of pictures, because i didnt think i wanted to post like a grow log or anything, but now my substrate has been colonizing, and im not sure when it is 100 % ready to put into fruiting.

So i want you guys to tell me when it is ready, i think it needs a few days, but here's what everything looks like :smile:

After mixing the spawn and substrate:





and here's the current status: it was set to colonize at 9/4








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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: Mckennai] * 1
    #24259899 - 04/20/17 03:39 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Don't get cultivation info off YouTube.
Welcome to the shroomery. Looks good so far

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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: Mckennai] * 1
    #24259900 - 04/20/17 03:39 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Very nice, looks like it's coming along pretty well.
You can take off the lid to get a better pic, you don't have to worry about contamination at this stage.
And for next time, I'd use more water, somewhere around 5 - 5.5 quarts to make sure your sub is hydrated fully :thumbup:

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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: Psilosoulful] * 1
    #24260120 - 04/20/17 05:36 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

yeah for me, everything looks like its going as good as i hoped :smile: Never tried it, so im glad everything is not contaminating, and things like that :smile:

Yeah well, i just got into mycology, and that guy Willy Myco, seemed as if he really knew what he was doing :smile: But from the next batch, i'll be following Franks bulk tek, that seems to be the best, and his way of dialing in his tubs :smile: but for these 3 tubs, i'll have to do the best with what i have :smile:

The next step i was gonna do, was to put a layer of wax paper, on the substrate, when its fully colonize, to make a perfect microclimate, to get a good pinset, and remove it when i see a nice pinset, and then put it into fruiting.

when i put it into fruiting, i was supposed to mist and fan every 4 - 6 hours.

Does this sound totally ridiculous or is there some sense to it ? :smile:

I just bought RR's videos, and been watching them, to lay a good foundation of knowledge :smile:

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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: Mckennai] * 1
    #24260124 - 04/20/17 05:38 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

If you can stay sterile or close to it, you are ahead of the curve

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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: Mckennai] * 1
    #24260138 - 04/20/17 05:44 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Hey and btw, i have these 6500 K 10 W LED  lights, 900 lumen each. can i just put one on top of each monotub or should it be in like an angle on the side of the tub, and like 50 cm away from it or ? i bought 3 of them, and i dont really know how much light each tub needs, maybe 2 tubs can share 1 light or ? Thank you for your input guys, really appreciate it :smile:


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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: Mckennai] * 1
    #24260140 - 04/20/17 05:45 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Strong light  is good. Also creates convection current in the tub. I put two of those directly on my lid.

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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: mynakedrat] * 1
    #24260146 - 04/20/17 05:48 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Yeah im really trying to stay as steril as possible, made a still air box, that i do everything in, and use isopropyl 90 %  for everything so its steril, so i just hope everything works out. next step is glovebox i guess :smile:

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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: Mckennai] * 1
    #24260149 - 04/20/17 05:49 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Do i really need 2 of those lights, PER tub ? that seems as pretty much? i should have bought some with higher lumen then? so i could just use 1 ?

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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: Mckennai] * 1
    #24260156 - 04/20/17 05:50 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Dilute it to 70.
90 isn't as good because of the lack of water.
Bodhi can add a link here. I can't find the post.
70 is simply better than 90 because chemistry. :smile:
Just FYI, I thought 90 was better and got Called out for good reason. No issues since.

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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: mynakedrat] * 1
    #24260177 - 04/20/17 05:59 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

hmm, what is at 90 ? are we talking lumen or what ? English isnt my primary language, so sorry if there is a misunderstanding :smile:

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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: Mckennai] * 1
    #24260182 - 04/20/17 06:01 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Sorry, the alcohol lol
As. For. Lights, mine are large tubs, I wanted enough on produce a small amount of heat

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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: Mckennai] * 1
    #24260301 - 04/20/17 07:09 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

I just park mine beside a window.  That's the best light you can possibly have.  All natural.  Man cannot reproduce what the sun can ...even on a cloudy day.

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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: mynakedrat] * 1
    #24260383 - 04/20/17 07:54 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

ah okay, the alcohol :laugh: i unfortunately just bought 2x those today, with 99 % alcohol it said, yikes, gotta look for some with 70 % i guess :smile:

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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: Mckennai] * 1
    #24260416 - 04/20/17 08:13 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

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ah okay, the alcohol :laugh: i unfortunately just bought 2x those today, with 99 % alcohol it said, yikes, gotta look for some with 70 % i guess :smile:




You can just dilute it with water, 2 and 1/3 parts 99% to 1 part water will get you 70%

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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: Psilosoulful] * 1
    #24260417 - 04/20/17 08:13 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

OP did 4 quarts water and its looking good so far..

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Psilosoulful said:And for next time, I'd use more water, somewhere around 5 - 5.5 quarts to make sure your sub is hydrated fully :thumbup:





Bod and others.. what's your thoughts on that much water?  5-5.5 qts?  for a 650gram brick and 2 quarts of verm that seems super wet.  I'm still tweaking mine, but i chip away at my bricks (they tend to be all over the place and closer to 700g when in those 3ks eco earth) until they are 650g.  With 4 qts of water it still varies from too dry to too wet, but its super close. I figure variations may be based on the coir having different moisture to start, or inconsistencies with absorption. 

Am I missing something?  Hydrating the typical 650g brick of coir and 2 qts verm with 5-5.5 qts wouldn't come out just sopping wet?  I feel like 4 qts gives me just about right, sometimes adding a cup (making it 4.25qts) or less.  And that is thru trial and error, I posted awhile back and was working with substrate that was indeed too DRY... my kung foo grip was my prob.. GENTLE SQUEEZE MEANS GENTLE, not trying to hurt it.:ooo:

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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: lastmanstanding] * 1
    #24260457 - 04/20/17 08:34 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

I do right about 4.5q per brick. It's what bodhi said on his tek, and amazingly. Perfect

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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: Hakiomo] * 1
    #24261777 - 04/21/17 12:54 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

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Hakiomo said:
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Mckennai said:
ah okay, the alcohol :laugh: i unfortunately just bought 2x those today, with 99 % alcohol it said, yikes, gotta look for some with 70 % i guess :smile:




You can just dilute it with water, 2 and 1/3 parts 99% to 1 part water will get you 70%




Oh okay, thanks buddy, i'll do that :smile: I just have to be certain that its still effective, at sterilizing everything? Do i have to boil the water or something before doing it ?

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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: Mckennai] * 1
    #24261815 - 04/21/17 01:12 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

It's more effective.
The water in it bonds to the bad stuff
No water, no worky.
Any water is ok, but you can use distilled or boiled yes.

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Re: When is my monotub ready to fruit? First time growing [Re: mynakedrat] * 1
    #24263706 - 04/22/17 10:07 AM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Thanks for the advice buddy, great info :smile:

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