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Purple Mystics stalling issue *DELETED*
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Based on the picture they are aborting because of the lack of FAE. But it is such a macro shot it is hard to tell. Usually if you get this far you are gonna get good mushrooms
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Looks kinda dry and not very colonized in that pic. Can we get a shot of the whole surface to see what it looks like overall?
How big is the tub?
What's your coir to spawn ratio?
Others may correct me, but afaik bubble wrap is outdated and not advisable for maintaining surface conditions.
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Re: Purple Mystics stalling issue *DELETED* [Re: Morbility]
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It looks quite dry to me as well. Definitely in need of some misting. Don't know what's up with that bucket, I guess you are doing the propped open lid thing for FAE and fanning it out? I find that very difficult to regulate in a 30-50% humidity climate where I live, I would convert that into a standard monotub type setup by making some holes for polyfill, and it will need a few good mistings to rehydrate at the surface.
You may not get much out of this flush but you'll prolly get a strong seconds flush if you take care of it correctly.
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There are people that make that unmodified monotub thing work. I've tried it with both bulk substrate and v-tek containers and had dryness or FAE problems depending on how open the lid was and how often I could check on it and fuck with it. Alternatively, with bulk subs, i find monotub setups very forgiving. Harvesting is no big issue around polyfill though slightly annoying.
I got these ironable sheets of polyfill stuff at michael's that can make great filters/restrictors for the bottom holes of a mono https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/22674781 ; I don't really use it much anymore cause it's more work than just poly-stuffing the holes, but it does a decent job, you just tape little squares on the outside.
Two 1" holes one either side will prolly do the trick maybe .5-1" over the sub, and two 1" holes at the top. Stuff the bottom tight and top super loose, like barely obstructed/almost falling out. They can be slits or whatever too, just calculate based on the area of a circle to know about how large of a slit to cut, as slits are often easier if you have no hole saw. Check out pasty's mini monotub tek if he still has it up, that's where I got my mini-mono specs from, though he also has some new thing that I know nothing about where he drills a bunch of little holes.
Edit: Your top holes should be fine on the bucket lid and easier to create up there.
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That bucket is going to continue causing you trouble, dude. Even though CO2 mixes with with O2, you're still going to run into issues getting proper FAE because of the shape and depth of the bucket.
The bucket is black. The lid is black. This isn't ideal since shrooms need at least some light to grow correctly. I guarantee that whatever tiny bit they're getting now through the propped lid isn't adequate.
Don't bother with a coffee filter or an air pump. The filter isn't going to do much and an air pump is just unnecessary complexity. There's also a such a thing as too much air... you're going to have problems getting an ideal flow figured out with all the other variables you're managing right now.
Surface conditions can be tough to get dialed in, I struggle with it myself. Even though cubes don't require a casing, it can be helpful to wait until your surface is colonized with mycelium and then add no more than 0.25 inches of "field capacity" coir. This will give some extra nutrition and maintain surface humidity. I did some more reading on bubble wrap, and it's definitely a dead tek. You need to get your tub tek figured out before you start playing with casings, though.
TL;DR: Ditch the bucket and get a regular tote, either what Bod recommends in his unmodified tub tek, or take Machiavelliavore's advice and do a PastyWhyte mono. Both will serve you well. Work on your tek of choice to a "T" and you'll have less problems figuring out what's broken.
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Re: Purple Mystics stalling issue [Re: Morbility]
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Hole placement in buckets Blake’s buckets
Use Saran Wrap or similar for the top to solve the lighting issue.
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Re: Purple Mystics stalling issue [Re: SynKyd]
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Pm is relatively new and I’ve seen a lot of people have trouble with it.
That said yours doesn’t look healthy. Like already said seems very dry and prematurely pinning.
I would just go buy a shoebox for 80 cents and use that. As long as you prep the coir to field cap all you have to do is put the lid on and wait.
Once you mix the coir and spawn level it out and add 1/3 inch of just coir on top and level that out. Huge help with conditions.
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