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MedicinalAndy
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Mixing grains?
#28001465 - 10/16/22 07:43 AM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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I have three separate grain spawn bags that were all injected with the same syringe. Is it ok to mix all 3 grain bags together when adding substrate? They’re growing at slightly different rates.
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Did you inject it with a spore syringe or LC syringe?
To directly answer your question, yes you can mix all three together. The only down-side to mixing is that if one of the bags is contaminated, you will contaminate all three by mixing them together.
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Re: Mixing grains? [Re: Hindsight] 1
#28001542 - 10/16/22 09:15 AM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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and grains injected with spores are by definition somewhat contaminated
pictures would help diagnose the situation. mixing different grains is not a problem but mixing ok spawn with not ok spawn is
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If you’re using bags you probably have enough sub to spawn to small tubs or something similar. Smaller trays/tubs can be easier to manage in my experience.
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So I asked this on Munch’s livestream and he suggested three separate shoe boxes if I couldn’t tell if they were contaminated. They look and smell good lol. But now my question is, is one pound grain spawn too much for a 6qt shoebox? My friend said I should’ve put it in two separate shoeboxes. But she’s new to the process too … So I wanted to get more experienced opinions …
Also, I didn’t know how much coco coir could expand!!
I used Munch’s shoebox tek. And I used the field capacity test I’ve seen on here. The inexperienced anxious part of me says it looks dry, but I should just let it be, right? 😬
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post pics of stuff if you want more than just speculative answers
usually we do 1qt spawn in a 6qt shoebox. idk how much a pound is in terms of qts. if it was at field capacity at spawn then it’s probably fine, just don’t open the lid a bunch all the time (let’s out a lot of humidity when you do it constantly) & let it do its thing. all you can do now is wait & see what happens
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Ok I’ll try to post in the next couple days. I have to go back to target in the AM — I bought 3 shoeboxes and only picked up two lids 😖
Edited by MedicinalAndy (10/18/22 11:11 PM)
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Yup 1 qt of spawn per shoebox, then add 1 to 4 quarts of coir. Personally for multispore grows, I would only add 2qts of coir. Makes the grow faster. Mix 1.5 qts of coir with the spawn and use the remaining pint as a top layer to cover your grains. Buy more 6qt tubs if your bags contain more than a quart.
As for the coir, if you grab a big handful and squeeze hard, you should get 1-4 drops of water drip out. Add more water or coir to get it there.
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That’s what I did, 2:1 … with 1.5 coir mixed with spawn, then 0.5 layered on top. Yeah I did the field capacity test.
Here’s a pic
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It does look a little light but photos can make it really tough to tell due to lighting and different cameras making things look different. Bottom line is if you squeezed it and got 1-5 or so drops out of it, it's perfect. Keep a lid on it until use or it will lose moisture to evaporation and get below field capacity.
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Thank you 🙏🏼
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ime even if its a touch below FC it will still colonize okay, youll just have to mist it more before it fruits
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How do you know when/if you gotta mist?
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if you see dry coir, like actually dry - light colored, mist it. once it finishes colonizing you should see lil beads of water collecting on the myc. if you dont, mist till you do
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How do you know it’s finished colonizing?
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the surface will be covered with myc
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MedicinalAndy
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I know you can’t see anything. But I still wanted to show you 😁. Like, “look, Ma!”


It’s only day 1 😁
Edited by MedicinalAndy (10/18/22 04:23 PM)
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those are some fine looking plastic totes there my friend (;
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Omg. Thank you. I’ll take all the encouragement and support and feedback. 😊❤️
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