Harpo67 said:

RoscoeReturns said:

SkanskKorv said:

I'm not experienced enough to tell you that it is for certain but as far as I know you want a high Co2 level during colonisation and that's why you use the tape then you open the tape up to give it FAE ie more oxygen to trigger pinning and I've seen many people having growth issues due to a lack of FAE, including myself.

I use a water tub and there isn't anything filtering the air coming into it since the tub isn't as exposed to contamination after the colonisation phase so it's common to have open air coming into the FC and there is no real need to filter it after you've engaged fruiting at least.

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Most prefer fruiting conditions as soon as we spawn. No need for reduced airflow for colonization with cubes.

I do agree that those holes are likely too big to just rip off the tape. I use micropore to dial in my tubs. In Summer I need a few 1/4” holes open. In Winter with much drier air I can cover most of the with micropore to prevent drying out.

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I spawned 2 quart jars to 4 quarts coir. It colonized very nicely. Once it did that I should have opened up FAE with 1/4 inch holes?

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tubernaut said:

PuffM4gicDr4gon said:

It's one of the reasons I want to get a flow hood. My sab is too small to work with bags, so I'm stuck doing it the old fashioned way.

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I'd weigh that in my mind if I were you - not the worst problem to ponder/fantasize about throughout the day. Haha. I guess it all depends on how much spawn you want to create/have space for. One quart to one large spawn bag is somewhat tedious but certainly doable in most SABs. A dozen jars = a dozen bags is a lot of spawn. A dozen quarts is a years worth of magic for me. 🪄

I mean, you can always get a BIG SAB and find a way to make it work (bag-to-bag) but I understand 'elbow room' & the feeling of sweet relief freedom that comes with a flow hood - it's a real thing. 😎🤣

I'm just yapping and spit balling from an older guy tossing food salad for thought - don't mind me - but when I got a flowhood (ffu is smaller/lighter, I think) it was awesome but it was bulky, heavy, heat up the room & my zealous use had me SWIMMING in spawn with no place to fruit. "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom."  I've been much happier now that I'm cooking up smaller, more intimate batches in my SAB.

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nocap said:

Raspberry Pi is pretty cool for little projects like time lapse too.  My devices are currently in use for home automation, but I’ve been kicking around the idea of grabbing another for cult…

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evercloserutopia said:

Reishi

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evercloserutopia said:

🫡 thanks!

Was hoping for success with only 1 transfer, but a decent few seem to have been spotty. My technique still needs a lot of work.
I've only done GP, S2A, and T1 for now.

I do have notes about Cabin Sequestering. I almost bought the glass slides, so I could do the original method before I stopped myself from continuing to do frivolous purchases. 😅 If I do it, it'll probably just be with an agar roof for now.

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I can relate to that man, I buy a lot of shit I don't need, especially for cultivating and brewing

And I do have slides, but several bad ass growers around these halls say agar roof works just as well, so for the three last cabins I've done that to see if I can get the same results with agar roof, because it's less work

And they look good for T1, and I have sent some T1 to grains, but I've also had some persistent scalloping plates I took through 2 cabins and didn't see grains before T8 What I try do do is have enough projects at different stages going at the same time, that way if I run in to a problem with something, it doesn't halt the whole "operation".

Then again that is easy saying when I have more then enough shrooms. You'll get there in no time though and with that some of the SAB pressure go away and sterile technique gets better

tryptkaloids said:

What is "agar roof"? And how is it different than cabin sequestering?

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What you did is fine. What I’m saying is use the micropore tape to adjust the air/evaporation to keep good surface conditions in your climate, then leave them like that from the time you spawn to substrate until you harvest. We don’t all live in the same climate. My hole configuration might not work well for anyone else. That is what I would use the tape for. I don’t find value in changing configurations from colonization to fruiting. For my workflow it’s all one thing after spawning, and that is fruiting. Colonization happens first, then it fruits, but my tubs are set up to maintain good surface conditions throughout the process. It’s just easier to not have to keep track of and change tubs during the process. Plus I and others have shown there is no real benefit to restricting airflow for colonization to occur.

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nocap said:

I’ve been wrong before, and right now could be another one of those times…

But, I don’t think that a clone is necessarily an isolate.  Especially if starting from spore and haven’t been chasing sectors on agar.

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