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    #6281367 - 11/14/06 02:26 AM (17 years, 3 months ago)

I had a monotub that was ready for pinning (Actually it was overlayed somewhat, and then got pretty bad later) so I used christmas lights strung back and forth underneath the lid for a light source. Nothing happened and the overlay just got worse and worse. I was thinking maybe I should've taped up the polyfil holes until it was ready to initiate pinning and then put the polyfil in so it would be a more drastic change with all the extra FAE. Oh, i used the small kind of white christmas lights. About 12-15 lights were actually in the monotub underneath the lid. Does anyone see anything wrong with this? the lid closed almost as if the lights weren;t there.

So basically nothing happened and today I used a sterile fork to scrape the casing layer and dunked the whole thing for tonight. Tomorrow I'm going to put a light casing layer on and give it a day or two for myc to poke through, then try to initiate pinning again. any help is much appreciated.


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Edited by cookeman (11/14/06 04:08 AM)


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Re: Monotub ?'s [Re: cookeman]
    #6281430 - 11/14/06 04:12 AM (17 years, 3 months ago)

Well, the problem with those lights is they can give off heat, which could make your problem worse. FAE is more important than light when inducing pinning. Yes, you shouldnt have opened/polyfilled the holes until after colonisation. Are you using a casing? If so, what? A good patch would be in order after the scratching, which you prolly already knew.


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Re: Monotub ?'s [Re: FungusMan]
    #6281441 - 11/14/06 04:38 AM (17 years, 3 months ago)

I'm using 60/40 verm coir. I was planning on putting a light casing layer across the whole mono tub today after I drain it. I figured the heat given off by the lights wouldn't be that bad. maybe a couple degrees or so. I think I'm just gonna call it quits with that idea and pick up some plexiglass, cut out the lid, and insert the plexiglass like that like everyone else.


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Re: Monotub ?'s [Re: cookeman]
    #6281454 - 11/14/06 05:05 AM (17 years, 3 months ago)

i once had a tub overlay, that was during the time i was experimenting with the
ammount of holes needed for "passive" air exchange.

how many holes are there in your tub AND do you have holes placed at
your casing layer's level ? those are curcial to success.


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Re: Monotub ?'s [Re: ohmatic]
    #6281462 - 11/14/06 05:19 AM (17 years, 3 months ago)

i have 8 total. the four bottom holes are about 1 inch above the casing layer do to the fact that I underestimated the amount of poo I would need. It was overlayed pretty bad when I peaked at it on day 4 of incubation so I tried to innitiate pinning then, but my guess is that no change in air exchange until about 6-7 days later when I added a small oscillating fan just wasn't enough.

Is 1 inch really going to hinder me though? This is my first time and I only had 20 lbs. pre pasteurized for 3 68L tubs. I'm ordering 100lbs prepasteurized when I get my check this friday so i wont have that problem again.


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Re: Monotub ?'s [Re: cookeman]
    #6282176 - 11/14/06 11:53 AM (17 years, 3 months ago)

If you dont want to spend the time and money putting the plexiglass in, you can do what i do, use nightlights on the inside of the lid. They produce almost no heat, and provide ample light. I just run an extension cord on the underside of the lid, and i use these little plastic clip things that i got from somewhere to keep it in place. You could prolly use duct tape instead. Then plug a nightlight in and run the cord to a timer. I did it so i could stack my monotubs, conserve space and what not.

I have no exp using coir in my casing layer (peat/verm guy), so i cant offer any advice there.


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Re: Monotub ?'s [Re: ShroomsnotWar]
    #6282205 - 11/14/06 12:02 PM (17 years, 3 months ago)

next time, use a different casing layer mix, use peat/verm, coir tends to overlay rather often.


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Re: Monotub ?'s [Re: ohmatic]
    #6283380 - 11/14/06 05:50 PM (17 years, 3 months ago)

yeah. I plan on doing the peat/verm from now on, but for now it's verm/coir


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