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Mr.Raspberry
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My First A+ monotub (help)
#26372234 - 12/10/19 02:34 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hey guys, I have been trying to grow A+ lately, but I am sort of struggling with it. So this is my second try of a monotube. I used about 3 liters of spawn and about 1 liter of coco substrate for this tub, no casing. The layer happened to be pretty thick, so I hoped for a good harvest. 11 days past it was all white at the top and I had one fast-growing tiny mushroom, so I took the foil off and heavily misted the tub twice this day. Thought it will support the growth... In the following days I managed to collect my first tiny mushroom (doesn't look like A+ at all, but I was buying from a reliable online shop in Poland), I found some yellowish-greenish mold, and all other tiny pins just stopped growing. Pins are so slow. Waiting for another mushroom for almost a week already, but they are too tiny to collect. Thought I would have a big yield from such a thick layer. Now I just hope I will manage to collect another 2 mushrooms to have a mild new year's trip.) The mold started growing more. I tried to treat it with hydrogen peroxide and vermiculate, but i kept finding tiny spots around the contaminated area. Today I decided to cut a big chunk of the tub off to save what's left. Just want to sum up what I did wrong. Was it the misting that ruined everything or me opening it every day in the first 11 day period or did I take the foil off too early?
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Mycoactive
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Misting was likely unnecessary and probably harmful. The initial fruits should be able to draw enough moisture from the substrate provided that it was properly hydrated when you mixed in your spawn. Any additional water increases contamination risk. It's impossible to know exactly where the contamination came from based on the info you've provided, but over-hydration is a possibility.
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Growtech
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Re: My First A+ monotub (help) [Re: Mycoactive]
#26373105 - 12/10/19 01:13 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Is that green corner the corner you have the humidifier going into by chance?
To me, the main issue looks like you are trying to get out of misting by pumping a humidifier into it. Also, it looks like you are piping the end of the humidifier into polyfill? Do you think that's a good idea? That's going to cause the moisture to get caught in the polyfill and drip from it.
The end result appears to be you aren't misting, *and* you aren't humidifying, instead you are causing water to drip down onto your substrate. Probably causing pools of water and green shit growing in that area.
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Mr.Raspberry
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Re: My First A+ monotub (help) [Re: Growtech]
#26373292 - 12/10/19 02:35 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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The tube goes directly in the tub and provides fog. No puddles of water tho. Idk why I did it tho, it was most anyway. Now I took all the tape from the sides so it can breathe properly. Hope I won't get any more contaminants
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Growtech
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Mr.Raspberry said: The tube goes directly in the tub and provides fog. No puddles of water tho. Idk why I did it tho, it was most anyway.
Well if *you* don't know why you did it when it was already moist, we certainly don't.
I know it's tempting to automate stuff, but there's a lot to be said for keeping it simple (especially starting out so you can learn how everything works).
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feldman114
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Re: My First A+ monotub (help) [Re: Growtech]
#26373329 - 12/10/19 02:51 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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90% of the time, contams come from your spawn. Another fun fact: 100% of monotubs can operate without a humidifier.
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