BeefExtreme said:

Ive never felt that . Id say youre known for being thorough in your explainations.  On a personal level, youre just a thorough and exacting person in general which is why youre great at this craft. 

In my experience, when you speak, people should listen.  Those who do tend to succeed.

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mobyhat said:

Penis Envy Monotube/Shoebox - 12 days after S2B; when I can start the frutification/FAE?
only after the top case to be totaly colonized?
the top case layer (only cococoir) have +- 2cms tickness

thank you

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They should always have some passive air exchange, even during colonization. Some restriction is fine to keep things from drying out. Now that you are starting to have some surface colonization you'll get a better map to navigate how the conditions are inside the tub.

There's a great write-up here, it's basically keeping an eye on the surface as it's colonizing. You want small beads of water on the mycelium. If the beads get too big or start pooling it's time to increase air exchange, no beads less air exchange.

Tub is looking great though so for now you don't need to change anything

Mortifiied said:

I wonder if keeping the tub taped until I see it fully colonized with little droplets of its own making before I untape and from there maintain the droplets until it starts really pinning would be a good idea, I think I sprayed to early and made the mycelium get matted down because it wasn’t a proper mister. Do you all think a 18 qt tub pastey ez dial hole setup gives to much fresh air in the beginning?

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Belintaf said:

Cakewonder said:

DO MORE PF TEK

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DO MORE PUSH-UPS

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BeefExtreme said:

Me personally, i dont ever run tubs without holes in them and id still take a hot screw driver and put a pattern into that tub, even now.  A choked tub is gonna have isssues.

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I'm with you boss, ez dial tubs is all I use. But even if that tub above is unmodified, we all know we open it up like twice a day just to have a little peek



So my guess is that it is fine for now And remember we did that test some time ago, I believe it was Chris that started it. Here it is, and what we saw there was that there isn't much passive air needed. Completely choked and it will stall for sure, but one little hole was all that was needed, for colonization that is.

The way I look at it is this, I want to keep the evaporation as low as possible during colonization so I tape up most of the ez dial holes at spawn to lose as little water as possible but without pooling. As soon as I have my pinset I will give as much air as I can without the surface drying out

And I am too clumsy to work with unmodified tubs anyway, I would knock that lid right inside my tub fucking up my fruits at least twice a week