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audiosnipez
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Re: Bod's Easy AF SHOEBOXES STUPID SIMPLE [Re: audiosnipez] 1
#25387053 - 08/14/18 04:59 AM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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I to wanted show the early stages with y’all;
15 days after casing one pint of Ecuadorian rye with a half inch of 50/50 casing mix on top i have the below irregular MS pins starting to form. This is my first time fruiting and it has been such an easy method.
I also cased 5 more tubs with each having a quart of spawn put the tomb of the shoebox back on and put away until 90% colonization before fruiting, Also added calcium carbonate and gypsum, The colonization rates are very variety specific.
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Ginge
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Re: Bod's Easy AF SHOEBOXES STUPID SIMPLE [Re: audiosnipez] 1
#25388492 - 08/14/18 06:15 PM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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Looking good Audiosnipez! Your shoeboxes are a bit further along than mine at this point, I will take some pictures tonight. Mine have only been in tubs for 8 days, since I know we have a similar climate I am hoping that I also get to see pins at 15 days!
Actually I will take the pictures now. I would love some feedback on their condition. I moved them into a larger tub with 2 sub80% with lids on and colonizing and 3 that have the lids off that I hope are fruiting.
Here is an overall shot of the setup with the lid off.
And each tub.
Thanks community!
-------------------- Ginge
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audiosnipez
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Re: Bod's Easy AF SHOEBOXES STUPID SIMPLE [Re: Ginge]
#25389772 - 08/15/18 09:40 AM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hellz yeah man those are going to really take off soon. Bet you can’t wait haha. Here another picture of just that pint tub one day later. Nothing to brag about but a good first test case. I ended up patching some of the sides of the others with a 1/4 inch of casing and I am going to let them colonize a little longer like you did before fruiting.
Ginge once we get some good clones on agar that’s when we will be kings dude! Uniform thick pin porn baby. Keep us posted man.
Edited by audiosnipez (08/15/18 09:43 AM)
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Re: Bod's Easy AF SHOEBOXES STUPID SIMPLE [Re: audiosnipez]
#25394887 - 08/17/18 04:54 PM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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So, when it comes to these & misting, is this still supposed to be a set it and forget it kind of thing like a traditional mono? my little shoe box has some caps along the sides of the tub but no action across the middle. I've been trying to choose between opening it up for a spray and a fan, or just leaving it be until I harvest & float it.
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bodhisatta
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Re: Bod's Easy AF SHOEBOXES STUPID SIMPLE [Re: Abionicconcord]
#25394892 - 08/17/18 04:57 PM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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No need to float a shoebox lol just pull the entire substrate right out with your hands
Mist if needed. Its set and forget if you have some experience and skill in growing mushrooms. Like getting the perfect water content from the start. Or seeing that you might need to poke another air hole in a bag etc...
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Ginge
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Re: Bod's Easy AF SHOEBOXES STUPID SIMPLE [Re: bodhisatta]
#25394934 - 08/17/18 05:34 PM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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Speaking of more air holes in a bag Bod, I was thinking that was my problem with this tray. This was just an experiment with some colonized agar after transfer, topped by your oats and cased. I had a ziploc over them and when one got to ~100% I poked holes in the bag. I noticed the yellowing several days ago but saw several posts that had similar concerns and reported still having good flushes. Not enough FAE was my thought on the problem, can you please confirm or deny?
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bodhisatta
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Re: Bod's Easy AF SHOEBOXES STUPID SIMPLE [Re: Ginge]
#25394997 - 08/17/18 06:13 PM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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it got a little dry on some of the edges its fine tho
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Re: Bod's Easy AF SHOEBOXES STUPID SIMPLE [Re: bodhisatta]
#25400527 - 08/20/18 11:27 AM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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My box got a whopping 5.6 grams from its first flush lol I think my horse poo was too dry when I mixed it. Hopefully round two will be a little more bountiful! I would think my led grow light is fine for one of these set ups right?
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audiosnipez
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Re: Bod's Easy AF SHOEBOXES STUPID SIMPLE [Re: Abionicconcord]
#25400777 - 08/20/18 01:56 PM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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Dude I did a test run with just a pint of grain and got 2.8 g first flush lol. Just put more in Jah feel and use a good clone to get the results that BOD shows.
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drprobablyno
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Re: Bod's Easy AF SHOEBOXES STUPID SIMPLE [Re: bodhisatta]
#25404915 - 08/22/18 09:53 AM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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Thank you Bod, this is very useful. Amazing.
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Effigy of a Psyche
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Re: Bod's Easy AF SHOEBOXES STUPID SIMPLE [Re: drprobablyno]
#25407570 - 08/23/18 01:44 PM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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BOD, Would you recommend these shoeboxes as a fast way to test isolations from agar?
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gbu
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So, I did a bunch of stuff I shouldn't have done on the way here, but whatever, I'm learning. Started my first MSS PF jars (easy AF link) less than a month ago. Only two colonized fully so far, and even though it's MSS and the slurry tek says not to slurry until you get some experience, I slurried the first. Knocked up 17 RGS quarts with it (10 with boil water, dump grain, cover; 7 soak and boil). Probably had about 8 fully colonized QTs today. Used 6 with Bod's CVG tek. Still have a bit of CVG left. Should I dump it or save it a few days til I have more spawn? I have 3 more bricks laying around. Hope all that isn't too off topic.
Lighting is a tube. Got them under a table away from my colonizers for the temps. Cool?
If I did something dumb let me know. Oh, I mixed 1:1 2qts and added a little casing on top even though I don't understand casing.
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Re: Bod's Easy AF SHOEBOXES STUPID SIMPLE [Re: bodhisatta] 1
#25453621 - 09/11/18 09:46 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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Like the "cool/lay back" approach and the plastic bags chamber style, not to mention the bunch of goodies coming to say hello
Going to bookmark this one for sure
-------------------- ! When the system you live in has destroyed all the fun, the only fun left is to destroy the system !
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Re: Bod's Easy AF SHOEBOXES STUPID SIMPLE [Re: Casi Loco] 1
#25453749 - 09/11/18 10:57 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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I like leaving my lids on at first to keep the humidity up as they colonize the tub and then bag em as they pin.
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Re: Bod's Easy AF SHOEBOXES STUPID SIMPLE [Re: Failboat]
#25464288 - 09/16/18 11:44 AM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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This is great! Good to know that I don’t have to be a warden with this thing misting it all day
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Nice grow fella's
Thanks for sharing
Enjoy the little buggers
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Re: Bod's Easy AF SHOEBOXES STUPID SIMPLE [Re: bodhisatta]
#25473010 - 09/19/18 03:09 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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Hi defo not new to the Shroomery but VERY new to shroom cultivation, and had a bad beginning which I won't go into right now.
My main concern right now iti just have one jar about to get covering of mycellium and another one seems to be getting covered. So rather than do the whole fruiting chamber trip, I think a transfer of jar/cake to a shoebox would suit what I meed right now. Could you tell me the steps i need:
Ie when the substrate of jar gets covered in white, what then?
When cake is ready to be taken out of jar and shredded (?) how do I prepare the shoebox before i put it in?
And then what do I need to do to encourage fruiting?
have I asked the right questions?
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Re: Bod's Easy AF SHOEBOXES STUPID SIMPLE [Re: zzripz]
#25473041 - 09/19/18 03:31 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
zzripz said: Hi defo not new to the Shroomery but VERY new to shroom cultivation, and had a bad beginning which I won't go into right now.
My main concern right now iti just have one jar about to get covering of mycellium and another one seems to be getting covered. So rather than do the whole fruiting chamber trip, I think a transfer of jar/cake to a shoebox would suit what I meed right now. Could you tell me the steps i need:
Ie when the substrate of jar gets covered in white, what then?
When cake is ready to be taken out of jar and shredded (?) how do I prepare the shoebox before i put it in?
And then what do I need to do to encourage fruiting?
have I asked the right questions?
When the cakes are fully colonized (covered in white) simply shred them and mix it with whatever substrate you are using, such as coco coir. I usually do 3 or 4 cakes to 2 quarts coir. You don't need to prepare the shoebox in any special way. I usually just give them a quick wipe with rubbing alcohol to get the dust out, but thats probably not even necessary. Make sure your coir is prepared to proper field capacity, mix the cake and coir as evenly as possible, and try to make the surface as level as you can. You can also add a thin layer of just coir to the top, but thats personal preference. Then you can either put the lid on and wait until full colonization to fruit it, or put it directly into fruiting by immediately flipping the lid or grocery bagging it. I'd recommend trying both and see what works best for you.
Currently what i do is leave the lid on the shoebox until its around 80-100% colonized, and then i flip the lids. If your sub was prepped to proper field capacity you will most likely rarely have to mist, and possibly not even have to mist at all during the first flush.
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Re: Bod's Easy AF SHOEBOXES STUPID SIMPLE [Re: bodhisatta]
#25483468 - 09/23/18 04:39 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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I plan on taking my PF cakes that are currently colonizing, and use them with this shoebox method. Is Coco Coir still the substrate I should use with my verm/brf cakes? I'm assuming everything else is the same.
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Re: Bod's Easy AF SHOEBOXES STUPID SIMPLE [Re: dmar]
#25483471 - 09/23/18 04:40 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yes
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