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barielle
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Do I have enough spawn for a shoebox?
#26468587 - 02/04/20 02:08 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hi everyone!
I'm doing my first grow with a shoebox tek. I started with BRF cakes as well as uncle bens rice bags.
I currently have 6 folly colonized 0.5 pint jars and 2 colonized rice bags. The issue I didnt think of ahead of time is that they're multiple different strains.
2 jars of Ban Sa 1 jar alkabenzi 1 jar golden teacher 1 jar blue meanie 1 jar amazonian
1 rice bag blue meanie 1 rice bag amazonian
This is what I have left after contamination. I've read that people grate 3-4 BRF cakes into one shoebox (6qt?). I have also read that I shouldn't mix strains. I didnt really consider any of this when I was inoculating my substrate initially. Now I'm concerned that I dont have enough spawn to complete this grow. Are there any experienced growers who can help me reason my way through this? I was thinking that I could just use less substrate, so instead of multiple layers that I see people using in videos, I would maybe do 1 thin layer beneath and one above the grated spawn. I could also mix and do half the tub as one strain and half as another strain. Any recommendations ?
Also, I saw conflicting info about whether its good to dunk your cakes before you grate them up. I did dunk mine for 12 hours and will let them dry for a few hours before I grate them. Was I supposed to dunk first?
Thanks in advance!
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Re: Do I have enough spawn for a shoebox? [Re: barielle]
#26468590 - 02/04/20 02:11 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Two would be the minimum I would try, with less coir.
I did one half pint cake of PE as a test run in the bottom of a gallon jug.
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Re: Do I have enough spawn for a shoebox? [Re: A.k.a]
#26468669 - 02/04/20 02:51 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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I had the same issue - wanting to shred cakes to bulk but then only having 1 or 2 of each variety. I used small tupperware/lunchbox tubs instead of shoeboxes. One cake spawned to 1 scant jarful of coir in a 1 litre tub did quite well. I did this for a few of them, but other cakes I just fruited whole in a humidity chamber as I couldnt be arsed with all the grating!
I didn't soak the cakes before grating as I figured the coir was there to add moisture. Maybe prep your coir on the drier side if you have dunked the cakes already. Too much moisture can hold them back but as long as they are healthy they should be fine. If its your first grow just enjoy the process, write stuff down, learn more for next time, and enjoy whatever you harvest 
Edited to add:
I spawn small amounts to tubs like these. The blue lidded tub is 1 litre, the pink tub is like 2 litres or something. These have grain spawned in them but they worked when I did cakes.

The tiny tub was spawned using a little bit of spawn and coir. Size doesnt matter too much
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Edited by Tattersail (02/04/20 03:04 PM)
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Re: Do I have enough spawn for a shoebox? [Re: A.k.a]
#26469221 - 02/04/20 08:40 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Ok thanks! I’ll try one with 2 cakes in a 6 qt and one with 3qt
Should I keep the sub and spawn layered or mix it together?
How do I make up for not having the special lid with a gap for airflow that the shoeboxes have? Do I just flip the lip upside down? Or fan it?
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Re: Do I have enough spawn for a shoebox? [Re: barielle]
#26469403 - 02/04/20 10:34 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Mix it up, the lid on whatever should be fine as long as it doesn’t have rubber lining to seal it air tight.
Just use whatever and if it colonizes but won’t knot then worry about it.
Or you could use foil with a couple tiny holes for air.
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Re: Do I have enough spawn for a shoebox? [Re: A.k.a]
#26469420 - 02/04/20 10:50 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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you have enough for a shoebox of each really. just keep the ratio normal 1:1-1:3
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