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OfflineDaBawss
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Monotub gets close but no cigar. (new cultivator)
    #24869362 - 12/26/17 12:25 PM (7 years, 22 days ago)

Hey all, hope you had a happy holiday and made out with some good loot and a full stomach. I started learning and practicing cultivation about 4.5 mo ago and have been completely immersed. Its fascinating and I'm lovin it. I've tried my hand at a lot of teks and methods but i still can't seem to get anything to fruit.

I have 2 monotub grows currently running. I mixed these tubs on 12/7, 6 qt WBS spawn/ 6qt CVG, and let them colonize for about 10 days before i started cracking the lid. I'm following Bod's Unmodified Monotub TEK. I'm still training my eye and learning what proper moisture levels look like, but i think i've done pretty well at providing them.

Past tubs have all gotten either brown wet spots or had dried out and bruised at this point. I posted with pictures several days ago and was told that they look good and to be patient. I'm just checking back in with you guys to see what you think.

Still looking good? Should i be seeing change by now? I'm worried that i've stalled and am doing something wrong.

Tub #1:




Tube #2:




I apologize if i'm spamming or asking pointless questions. I'm just at my wits end checking these things all the time and wondering if i'm doing it right. Lol.

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Re: Monotub gets close but no cigar. (new cultivator) [Re: DaBawss]
    #24869387 - 12/26/17 12:35 PM (7 years, 22 days ago)

I see lots of knots. Won't be long now.


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Re: Monotub gets close but no cigar. (new cultivator) [Re: Chakatron]
    #24869474 - 12/26/17 01:18 PM (7 years, 22 days ago)

Looks nice and healthy to me my man, shouldn't be long till your seeing some pins! :laugh:

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Re: Monotub gets close but no cigar. (new cultivator) [Re: Shrooms4life]
    #24869509 - 12/26/17 01:36 PM (7 years, 22 days ago)

Yea that looks good. I would say it looks  a bit dry though. I understand you want a nice layer of beads on the surface .


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Re: Monotub gets close but no cigar. (new cultivator) [Re: DaBawss]
    #24899326 - 01/08/18 08:06 PM (7 years, 9 days ago)

I wasn't sure whether to bump this post or create a new one. I've kept going on these two tubs, keeping the lids upside down and misting once per day.

I'm trying to find the balance between too wet and too dry. But I'm not getting much feedback from the block. If that makes sense. Or I'm just missing it because I'm a newb.









Is there anything here that hints to what may be going wrong? I've got pretty decent success rates at every other step but this one seems to elude me.

Thanks for your help guys

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Re: Monotub gets close but no cigar. (new cultivator) [Re: DaBawss]
    #24899342 - 01/08/18 08:13 PM (7 years, 9 days ago)

Surface still looks kinda dry

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Re: Monotub gets close but no cigar. (new cultivator) [Re: Shrooms4life]
    #24899424 - 01/08/18 08:49 PM (7 years, 9 days ago)

Thanks I'll increase my misting. One 0f the things I've noticed is that when I get it to what I believe is the correct moisture, some spots will pool up and gain a brownish tint after a day or two. Following advice I've read somewhere on here I will dab it up with a paper towel.

If I try to adjust back a little bit to avoid standing water. Everything else, aside from the low spots, will start to look dry as you mentioned.

I paid close attention to how level I left it when I mixed but the knotting and growth seem to have created low spots anyway.

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Re: Monotub gets close but no cigar. (new cultivator) [Re: DaBawss]
    #24899428 - 01/08/18 08:50 PM (7 years, 9 days ago)

How long has it been fruiting now?

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Re: Monotub gets close but no cigar. (new cultivator) [Re: Shrooms4life]
    #24899478 - 01/08/18 09:09 PM (7 years, 9 days ago)

20 days since I flipped the lids and started allowing fae.

32 days since it was initially mixed.

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Re: Monotub gets close but no cigar. (new cultivator) [Re: DaBawss]
    #24899490 - 01/08/18 09:17 PM (7 years, 9 days ago)

Pick it up my guess is its heavier than when you started. The substrate is probably overly wet but the surface has been misted so much that it's a bit matted down. that kind of surface doesn't keep the morning dew look nearly as long. Hence the cycle gets more out of control. You could try really really late casing it.

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Re: Monotub gets close but no cigar. (new cultivator) [Re: bodhisatta]
    #24899523 - 01/08/18 09:27 PM (7 years, 9 days ago)

You're definitely on track they are heavy and both have standing water between the tub and liner, which I had planned to dump after the first flush.

I'll try to case these. But I also have other spawn jars ready to go. The next attempt needs to be left alone rather than misted so much. I've read that a monotub shouldn't necessarily need misting but I've found that they will quickly lose the dew look.

This Last step is tricky. I really appreciate all the advice.

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