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OfflineCracked Egg
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A few questions... Will be spawning today..
    #26576895 - 04/04/20 08:58 AM (3 years, 9 months ago)

I have my 5 grain bags @ 100% and today will be the day.

I know a few of you suggested coir only, but I feel more comfortable adding some vermiculite. It won't hurt anything and it has worked time and time again.

The part I'm not sure about is the size of the tub I should get, and how much verm I should add for 1 brick of coir and 5 bags..

I also know I need to add 1 hole up high on both end caps and 2 holes on each side that runs flush with my sub. Do you guys pre drill holes or or do you wait for fruiting? If you pre drill, how do you know where to drill? Seems like it would be a shot in the dark so to speak.

It's simple, I know.. I don't think I'm missing anything..

Tub, bucket w/ lid, and verm. I already have my coir.


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Re: A few questions... Will be spawning today.. [Re: Cracked Egg]
    #26576897 - 04/04/20 09:00 AM (3 years, 9 months ago)

2 quarts vermiculite

I really dont want to answer the tub design question. I think Bod's unmodified tub is giving off the best results at this point in time.


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Re: A few questions... Will be spawning today.. [Re: Sockadin]
    #26576904 - 04/04/20 09:03 AM (3 years, 9 months ago)

I used spitballs

https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/20356759

Be careful though. I’ve cracked a few tubs before I started using the right amount of pressure to drill it.


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Re: A few questions... Will be spawning today.. [Re: Surf707]
    #26576916 - 04/04/20 09:11 AM (3 years, 9 months ago)

You don’t want to be drilling your holes with your colonized substrate in there, it will be a serious pain . And you can go the unmodified route though I have no experience with that yet.

How big are your grain bags? And I’d always add vermiculite unless I just couldn’t get any, it’s great stuff.


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Re: A few questions... Will be spawning today.. [Re: Roger Clemency]
    #26576943 - 04/04/20 09:32 AM (3 years, 9 months ago)

Put your lower holes with the bottoms sitting about 4.5”-5” from the bottom of the tub. You’ll ideally want about 4” of substrate, so that places your holes just above them with room for a casing layer. For the top holes, anywhere right below the handles is just fine. Tape over them while you’re letting everything colonize and you should be fine. After your tub is colonized you’ll add your polyfil.

Go for a 60qt tub if you’ve got 5bags/quarts of spawn available. Here’s an oldie but goodie coir/verm tek for your substrate. You’ll want to have a casing ready when you put the tub to fruiting, but that’ll be a couple weeks so you have plenty of time to do research on here.


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Re: A few questions... Will be spawning today.. [Re: George Sears]
    #26591714 - 04/10/20 06:01 PM (3 years, 9 months ago)

I didn't spawn that day, but I'm spawning now.


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