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OfflineMyHeartsInBarca
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7 days monotub, look ok?
    #26790719 - 06/28/20 07:10 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Some cube spawn (brf tek) doing their thing in a monotub. Today is 7 days. I've never done a monotub before, so not sure what I'm looking for or watching out for. It's been pretty constant at about 70 degrees (21c) and 99% humidity with the lid on and polyfill on the side holes. A friend mentioned today that it looked like it needs more FAE, and that there may be contam. What say you all?


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Re: 7 days monotub, look ok? [Re: MyHeartsInBarca]
    #26790733 - 06/28/20 07:15 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

I should add that I've kept the tub in regular room lighting. Not totally dark, and not direct sunlight or bulbs.


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Re: 7 days monotub, look ok? [Re: MyHeartsInBarca]
    #26790747 - 06/28/20 07:25 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

As long as you built a popular/ recommend shroomery fruiting chamber its probably getting enough fresh air. Sometimes the mycelium is super thin and it looks contaminated when its actually not. Just give it more time and see what happens. You have nothing to lose. If it fails you can always do another one. A lot of people fail with their first monotub so don't get down on yourself if you screw it up. If I was you I would start preparing grain right now so you can keep going if something goes wrong or if you get a low yield.


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Re: 7 days monotub, look ok? [Re: Shenmue]
    #26790755 - 06/28/20 07:28 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Good idea, thanks! I'm fascinated with the whole process, bad or good, so it's not getting me down at all. :smile:


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Re: 7 days monotub, look ok? [Re: Shenmue]
    #26790760 - 06/28/20 07:29 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Your friend might be trying to sound like an expert when he's actually not lol. Without telling us how you built your monotub we cant tell you if its getting enough fresh air or not.


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Re: 7 days monotub, look ok? [Re: MyHeartsInBarca]
    #26790773 - 06/28/20 07:34 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

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MyHeartsInBarca said:
Good idea, thanks! I'm fascinated with the whole process, bad or good, so it's not getting me down at all. :smile:




I failed when I first started. Even experts and recommend cultivators fail once in a while and get contaminated tubes. That's why you always do more than one monotub. Shoeboxes are the way to go!! I would go with shoeboxes next time  :smile:...


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Re: 7 days monotub, look ok? [Re: Shenmue]
    #26790779 - 06/28/20 07:37 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Oh, ok so I'm pretty sure it's a 64 qt lidded tub, with 6- 2" holes placed around the sides and polyfill stuffed in the holes. Plastic liner. Coir/verm substrate about 1/3 of the way up. I believe I used Roger Rabbit's method? I started out with the intention of doing cakes, but then decided to do 1/2 cakes & 1/2 monotub, just to see the difference. Cakes appear to be doing fine in a perlite tub, BTW. What else would be helpful to know?


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Re: 7 days monotub, look ok? [Re: Shenmue]
    #26790794 - 06/28/20 07:44 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

This batch is in 3 different tubs. This monotub, then a perlite tub with cakes, and then a shoebox WAY far away that contains spawn that had a little bit of contam in the jars, which I cut out. That little shoebox, I propped the lid on sorta sideways and kind of just ignored, but it looks as healthy or healthier than all the rest so far. Go figure.


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UPDATE Re: 7 days monotub, look ok? [Re: MyHeartsInBarca]
    #26810856 - 07/08/20 11:34 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Just thought I'd follow up. Pins arrived at day 15, and this is day 18. All is well. 😊


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