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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Dragonaut] * 1
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nahhh its fine its just dust.  wouldnt use it without coarse verm


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: BeefExtreme]
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BeefSupremeJr said:
no sir im in a way drier climate than that.  talkin half that .  yes 12 holes. and ya, use micropore if youre getting dry.  i gotta wonder if your sub is prepped a bit dry?  do you weigh your brick and water?  i think a lot of people mess up at that phase using "recipes" based on a 650g brick. 
once you start weighing bricks you find out they range from 500-850g. makes a big difference.


Yep, per HHG, [brick weight x 4.25]mL H2O. Don't have much experience but I certainly squeezed it and it seemed about right. Same coir in the tub next to it which is doing fine, but I'm thinking it might have been sitting at the top of the bucket with the lid not perfectly sealed for a few weeks in my too-hot garage and gotten a little dry. It's colonizing well, but I gave it a thorough misting for good measure. We shall see!


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: sloug]
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sloug said:

no sir im in a way drier climate than that.  talkin half that .  yes 12 holes. and ya, use micropore if youre getting dry.  i gotta wonder if your sub is prepped a bit dry?  do you weigh your brick and water?  i think a lot of people mess up at that phase using "recipes" based on a 650g brick. 
once you start weighing bricks you find out they range from 500-850g. makes a big difference.


not only that but, ive found that certain brands of coir can hold significantly less water. i couldnt get canna coir brand for a while and tried eco earth using the same water ratio. totally fucked myself in the arse hah</font></font>


I am using coco bliss (mostly trying to follow your recommendations in the HHG Beef!)


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Synack]
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oh right on man.  surface conditions are everything at that phase


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Synack]
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AZ Starman2112 said:
That’s amazing! It’s all above me though. Wife and I are or were real big beer snobs. Been to hundreds of breweries. We used to travel just to go to breweries and bbq joints. Friends always asked me… “Why don’t you brew your own beer?”.  Basically, they knew I could cook, and my bbq game is better than most bbq joints as well as my jerky, pickle & sauce skills. My answer was always, “I have too many hobbies, so I’ll leave brewing beer to the professionals and just drink theirs!”


Yeah, I totally get that. As a hobby it takes a lot of space and are pretty expensive if you go down the rabbit hole with equipment :muppet:

Synack said:
So I wanted something bigger than a shoebox but smaller than the 66qt sterilite tubs so I could do more manageable grows.. so I went with a couple 27qt sterilite clearview. I think folks call them boot boxes? These seemed nice because they have a footprint a little larger than a shoebox but with a lot more headroom...

I initially tried a pasty-style hole pattern (5 on the ends at the top, 3 a couple inches above substrate level on each side), but it got pretty dry. Right now I've got all but two of the side-holes micropore'd.. but I seem to be bouncing between too wet and too dry.  Anyone have experience with these and have them dialed in? Got a hole pattern that seems to work well? TIA!


When I spawn to bulk I cover the top row of 3 holes on the short side, on the long side I cover both the left and right holes. Unless I get pooling or it's visible wet I leave it like that until I see pins.

When I see pins I open up the two holes on the long side, but keep the top row on the short side closed. Most of the time I only have all holes uncovered for species that need more fresh air exchange.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Kloakk] * 2
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Second ever grow and first of a blobby variety...

Are these ready to harvest, or can I leave them in the hope new fruit might pop up?
There's a large variation in fruit size.

This is a small ziploc grow. I think the variety is Shakti x TW (?tidal wave).

Thanks 🙏



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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: tinkscat]
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I just reread D3 tek just to make sure I didn't do anything stupid. And realize he starts by lightly boiling his water before throwing in any of his dry ingredients.

So that why I did it. And shouldn't be the reason they  didn't work.

I'm making my new plates now. hopefully Its  something to do with me not making it hot enough for long enough.

Anyways. To be continued


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: tinkscat]
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tinkscat said:
Second ever grow and first of a blobby variety...

Are these ready to harvest, or can I leave them in the hope new fruit might pop up?
There's a large variation in fruit size.

This is a small ziploc grow. I think the variety is Shakti x TW (?tidal wave).

Thanks 🙏





If you wanna get high, harvest as you please. If you want more weight, wait.

With albinos i wait till they start to soften before i pull em


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: tryptkaloids] * 2
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Just finished my plates. They came out perfect. set up perfectly within minutes. I think the problem was I just didn't bring the agar in the pot to a full boil and for long enough.

This time I let it really boil and start to foam up and then. took it off. Stirred. And repeated twice. then I could tell it was nice and thick and ready.


Lesson learned. Make sure it gets hot enough when preparing.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: callmehippie]
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I have read some brands need bloomed


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: tryptkaloids]
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Make sure to continue to stir as you pour them


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: callmehippie] * 1
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callmehippie said:
Just finished my plates. They came out perfect. set up perfectly within minutes. I think the problem was I just didn't bring the agar in the pot to a full boil and for long enough.

This time I let it really boil and start to foam up and then. took it off. Stirred. And repeated twice. then I could tell it was nice and thick and ready.


Lesson learned. Make sure it gets hot enough when preparing.



kinda thought that might be it.  did you notice how you can see little congealed bits on the walls of the pot until you hit a certain temp? 

anyway nicely done.  you asked for help. you took some advice, you fixed your issue.  thats whats up.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Kloakk]
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callmehippie said:
Just finished my plates. They came out perfect. set up perfectly within minutes. I think the problem was I just didn't bring the agar in the pot to a full boil and for long enough.

This time I let it really boil and start to foam up and then. took it off. Stirred. And repeated twice. then I could tell it was nice and thick and ready.


Lesson learned. Make sure it gets hot enough when preparing.


Glad that worked out for you! I follow his tek to the word. I also leave out the food dye, unless I’m making low nute or variation plates like with nutritional yeast. The color, which I add very little of, tells me which plates are which. Anyway, I do have an immersion blender and I put that into the boiling water on low as I add my dry ingredients. That made a huge difference from using a whisk, and a lot less effort. I also instead of water bathing them after pc’ing, I keep the media bottles in the pc and bring that next to my SAB and keep them in there as I’m pouring. As I pour, I take one out at a time, wipe it off, spray it with iso and move it to the SAB and then pour.


Kloakk said:
Yeah, I totally get that. As a hobby it takes a lot of space and are pretty expensive if you go down the rabbit hole with equipment :muppet:


Most hobbies tend to be expensive. And we all probably have too many of them. I know I do. Been down the rabbit hole too many times. Here I am on the Shroomery, like Alice in Wonderland, right down another rabbit hole. I keep saying I want to give some hobbies up so I have more time for the others. However that’s really hard. As humans we have attachment issues to things and we don’t want to give up. Especially things we feel define us as who we are as an individual. I know that’s a thing I definitely suffer with. I know for some it is even tougher because they become hoarders, which thankfully I’m not and never will be.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: catnip40]
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catnip40 said:
Make sure to continue to stir as you pour them


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: BeefExtreme] * 1
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BeefSupremeJr said:
nahhh its fine its just dust.  wouldnt use it without coarse verm


I've found it can only hold ~3.5x water weight compared to others


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: catnip40] * 2
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yea definitely holds less than canna brand. not sure what beef means by it being just dust but regardless, a quick squeeze after mixing will tell u a lot. i added some fine verm to it and performed just as good as anything else.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: AZ Starman2112]
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AZ Starman2112 said:
Most hobbies tend to be expensive. And we all probably have too many of them. I know I do. Been down the rabbit hole too many times. Here I am on the Shroomery, like Alice in Wonderland, right down another rabbit hole. I keep saying I want to give some hobbies up so I have more time for the others. However that’s really hard. As humans we have attachment issues to things and we don’t want to give up. Especially things we feel define us as who we are as an individual. I know that’s a thing I definitely suffer with. I know for some it is even tougher because they become hoarders, which thankfully I’m not and never will be.


Well said and I am just the same, fortunately what defines me and my hobbies the most, is deep diving and obsessing over whatever is my main hobby at the time, until I feel I master it or get stuck to the point where I give up(sorry Dala) and move on :muppet:

I've also been lucky in that my hobbies has changed with me, so I'm not actually missing or neglecting other hobbies, or almost, I do miss having a cannabis plant flowering(but I don't really smoke weed anymore), I still feel like writing lyrics from time to time(but I've said what I wanted to say) and I should brew enough beer so I don't need to buy it(but the fermentation fridge is now incubator for spawn and will soon be a cold fruiting chamber). :rofl:

It can be real exhausting though, deep diving I mean, hard to believe I'm not even a year in with this hobby, but I'm really enjoying the ride so far.
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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: sloug]
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sloug said:
yea definitely holds less than canna brand. not sure what beef means by it being just dust but regardless, a quick squeeze after mixing will tell u a lot. i added some fine verm to it and performed just as good as anything else.


it's very fine that's what I meant. So it tends to compact into a solid brick with very little structure. The last time I used it was back in 2018 so who knows what it is now

The concept of measuring your brick and using a metric for your water is that it gives you a much better starting point to figure out where the field capacity is for your particular brand.  Sounds like I probably need to revise some of my writings. 

It's not to say that you can't squeeze your substrate to test it.  It's just that I have my particular brand and metric dialed into the point that I really don't check anymore


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: catnip40]
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catnip40 said:
BeefSupremeJr said:
nahhh its fine its just dust.  wouldnt use it without coarse verm


I've found it can only hold ~3.5x water weight compared to others


also last time i used it it was full of sand and god knows what else.  it was very red.  didnt like it.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: BeefExtreme] * 1
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oh gotcha. and yea i totally agree, weighing out the coir is the best practice especially if using individual bricks. they vary like crazy. takes the guess work out. i used to do the original bucket tek, still weighing it out tho, with great results until using the same exact recipe with a different brand and was like.. wtf. thats when i def should have used the squeeze tek. shit was wayyy too wet but i ddnt realize it until i was ten totes in. but same, i rarely do it anymore unless under those circumstances

hah thas crazy. mine had actual rocks in them! this was like 10+ years ago so, like u said, who knows now

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