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Documentation of My First Grow (ADVICE GREATLY NEEDED AND APPRECIATED)
#27036185 - 11/13/20 12:21 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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This will be a Thread dedicated to documenting my first grow from beginning to end.
Currently I have 5 BRF jars inoculated 10/17/20 with GT Multi Spore Syringe (MSS)
The one jar in the back was inoculated 11/5/2020 with GT MSS as well.
These jars are incubating in a 2' x 2' x 4' Grow tent on a 3 tier metal shelf. with a sticky back LED strip lining the interior tent frame.
I have a very small space heater That I JUST PLACED IN TODAY due to cold temps at my location.
The small space heater is plugged into a thermostat which has a probe on a wire that is positioned near the middle shelf. I have it set to 73 degrees F. to be close to "normal" room temp. Its usually 62-67 in the room the tent is in. sometimes colder, so I feel the heater is a must.
I plan to spawn 4 of the BRF jars to coir in the tub that is holding the supplies on the middle shelf or a 15qt shoe box, still to be decided which tub I am using.
Hoping to use the best BRF cake as inoculate for 4 to 6 Sterilized Whole Oat Grain Jars.
I will update with pictures when I spawn to Coir.





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Today was time to spawn
I had 4 1/2 pint jars of BRF
Prepared my coir/verm using the Bucket TEK by puting a 650g brick of coir with 1 pint of verm and added 1 gallon of boiling water
waited an hour and mixed with a big spoon, broke up any small chunks.

waited 3 hours then I put 2 pints of coir/verm (4 cups) let it cool while I removed the cakes from the jars and grated the BRF cakes with cheese grater using 2 pints of spawn so it was a 1:1 ratio



(when I was pouring off the verm layer into the trash I saw a dark gray blob the size of a very small piece of verm hoping it was not mold) cut about half inch portion of the top layer of cake off and threw that away
once the spawn was grated I mixed the 1:1 ratio together verry well by hand
I leveled the surface and patted down the edges and snapped the lid on and labeled it and put it into the grow tent on the shelf. lets hope in 10 days its almost fully colonized and not molding.

how often does mold occur after spawning if the spawn looked good?
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Edited by DrunkMountainDude (11/30/20 11:19 AM)
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how often does mold occur after spawning if the spawn looked good?
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I think with cakes, youβd see the mold start in the cakes before they were fully colonized so not very often... maybe late in the game; third flush & up, but if you play the game right, you should never see it. Itβs a hard question to answer definitively though
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Re: Documentation of My First Grow [Re: fahtster]
#27064670 - 11/30/20 01:35 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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think I should be worried about the dark grey little fuzzball i saw in the top upper layer of verm when I opened the jar? it was about the size of a piece of verm, no bad smell just mushroomy smell
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If it wasn't transferred to agar and cleaned up, you are simply hoping that it's healthy. Just because you see white growth on the exterior, doesn't mean that there is only healthy mycelium growing in that 3 dimensional cylinder.
They all mold eventually - if there's no major issues you should get at least a flush or two out of them.
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Re: Documentation of My First Grow [Re: PBJ710]
#27064720 - 11/30/20 02:03 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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this was done using multi spore syringe to BRF cakes,thanks for the reply.
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Youβd more than likely notice mold as you grate the cakes.. the gray ball was probably just myc.. happens with most of my cakes. Youβre basically looking for peace of mind and Iβm trying to give it to ya because thereβs nothing for you to do but play the waiting game.. you canβt stop mold from happening at this point it itβs gonna happen, itβs gonna happen.. just gotta wait and see.
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Re: Documentation of My First Grow [Re: fahtster]
#27064812 - 11/30/20 02:47 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Thanks! Ill update this thread in 10 days with a pic of colonization progress
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Re: Documentation of My First Grow (ADVICE GREATLY NEEDED AND APPRECIATED) [Re: DrunkMountainDude]
#27086299 - 12/12/20 07:12 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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well its been 12 days, we have full colonization and mycelium is coming up through the casing, I have hundreds of what I think is primordia covering the surface...
it has been colonizing in the dark grow tent, should I now introduce the light 12hr/12hr ? should I mist at all? should I fan at all? zoom in on the pics. sorry for quality.




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Re: Documentation of My First Grow (ADVICE GREATLY NEEDED AND APPRECIATED) [Re: DrunkMountainDude] 1
#27086314 - 12/12/20 07:19 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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bodhisatta said: It shouldn't colonize in the complete dark. Light is good at all stages
You can do fruiting condition immediately or at full colonization or anywhere between.
Via: The search function  I typed in "fruiting conditions" posted by bod
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bodhisatta said: A light misting might be needed here and there at most Fanning is entirely pointless. The sgfc and monotub both receive 24/7 automatic FAE. Fanning is like rolling a window down on a motorcycle
"Fanning" posted by bod
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Re: Documentation of My First Grow (ADVICE GREATLY NEEDED AND APPRECIATED) [Re: DrunkMountainDude]
#27086316 - 12/12/20 07:20 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Most users just put the box into fruiting conditions once the spawn is mixed into the substrate. Keeping things in the dark is outdated information (for cubes at least).
If your tub is dialed in correctly you just need 1 heavy misting once introduced into fruiting conditions. A dialed in tub won't need additional misting and will never need fanning.
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Re: Documentation of My First Grow (ADVICE GREATLY NEEDED AND APPRECIATED) [Re: DrunkMountainDude] 1
#27086323 - 12/12/20 07:22 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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added a few better pics, removed micropore tape around the edges of the lid gap to introduce a little more fae and got the lights on and gave it a nice misting
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Re: Documentation of My First Grow (ADVICE GREATLY NEEDED AND APPRECIATED) [Re: DrunkMountainDude]
#27086326 - 12/12/20 07:23 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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DrunkMountainDude said: added a few better pics, removed micropore tape around the edges of the lid gap to introduce a little more fae and got the lights on and gave it a nice misting
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Re: Documentation of My First Grow (ADVICE GREATLY NEEDED AND APPRECIATED) [Re: CocaineBuffet]
#27086338 - 12/12/20 07:30 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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can the light just be on 24hr a day then?
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Re: Documentation of My First Grow (ADVICE GREATLY NEEDED AND APPRECIATED) [Re: Ababyphoenix]
#27086340 - 12/12/20 07:30 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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hope so!
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Re: Documentation of My First Grow (ADVICE GREATLY NEEDED AND APPRECIATED) [Re: DrunkMountainDude]
#27086353 - 12/12/20 07:40 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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also, how do my surface conditions look to the trained expert eyes? tinnnny little beads of water on top of the mycelium after misting just now.
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Re: Documentation of My First Grow (ADVICE GREATLY NEEDED AND APPRECIATED) [Re: DrunkMountainDude]
#27086397 - 12/12/20 08:18 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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I run my lights on a 12/12 cycle. I think CocaineBuffet was referencing keeping colonizing mycelium in darkness as Stamets originally suggested in his books. It's difficult for me to gauge your surface conditions from the photos you provided, but the mycelium prefers a stable high surface humidity indicated by glistening globes of water that are allowed to dissipate and evap off a bit.
Here's a good reference for surface conditions: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/23999053
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Re: Documentation of My First Grow (ADVICE GREATLY NEEDED AND APPRECIATED) [Re: Melliferous]
#27086546 - 12/13/20 12:17 AM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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sounds good, thanks! about how long until i can expect to see pins from this point?
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