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MushGoblin
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Soda Bottles or Monotub for 12 small cakes?
#7643415 - 11/16/07 09:23 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Alright... all along I have been planning 12 half pint cakes, and I was going to flower them in 12 two liter soda bottles. I am planning on doing the dunk and roll with all of them after their fully colonized, and add a layer of perlite at the bottom of the bottles, and also cut some holes for fresh air flow. But now i'm seeing a lot of you guys are using monotubs with holes and perlite. My question is, will there be any benefit for me to use a monotub for my 12 small cakes, instead of the soda bottles. I've done a few searches, and I havn't seen many, if any, monotubs with multiple (small) cakes. What do you fellas think. It seems that doing the tub would be a lot less work, but what about results?
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Re: Soda Bottles or Monotub for 12 small cakes? [Re: MushGoblin]
#7643439 - 11/16/07 09:29 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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its called a fruiting chamber, not a monotub.
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Re: Soda Bottles or Monotub for 12 small cakes? [Re: insert]
#7643448 - 11/16/07 09:31 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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having 12 soda bottles will be a pain when u have to give FAE and mist.
Your better of making a fruiting chamber. Look up shotgun fruiting chamber.
With one of those u can put all cakes in it, and all u have to fan out is 1 container.
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MushGoblin
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Re: Soda Bottles or Monotub for 12 small cakes? [Re: insert]
#7643664 - 11/16/07 10:52 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Well..... a soda bottle is a fruiting chamber too. I didn't know what else to call it. Monotub... Rubbermaid container... whatever works. You knew what I meant.
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Re: Soda Bottles or Monotub for 12 small cakes? [Re: MushGoblin]
#7643679 - 11/16/07 10:56 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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A monotub is a self-contained FC... the chamber you were referring to is typically just called a "fruiting chamber" here... it's the basic chamber that is used in the MMGG and PF tek and like methods. That's probably your best bet if you have more than just a couple of cakes... as was said above, you're consolidating your misting/fanning/attention into one chamber, as opposed to having to maintain a favorable environment in twelve all at once. 
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MushGoblin
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Re: Soda Bottles or Monotub for 12 small cakes? [Re: veda_sticks]
#7643695 - 11/16/07 11:01 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I just watched RR's video on YouTube, I think i'm gonna go with the large plastic tub... drill some holes, use perlite for extra humidity. Basically exactly as the video described. The only difference is that i'll have to use a heating pad underneath the tub to get the temperature up around 80 degrees. I'm hoping for about 50 decent sized shrooms. We'll see what happens.
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MushGoblin
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Re: Soda Bottles or Monotub for 12 small cakes? [Re: MushGoblin]
#7643709 - 11/16/07 11:07 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Thanks everyone for the input, much appreciated!
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Re: Soda Bottles or Monotub for 12 small cakes? [Re: MushGoblin]
#7643871 - 11/16/07 12:02 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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don't heat ur fc.
room temperature is fine. 80 is for incubating although room temp is just fine for colising too.
heating the chamber itself can cause a lot of condensation. just keep the room its in at about 70-74. if its a little colder like 70 its not that big of an isua.
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MushGoblin
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Re: Soda Bottles or Monotub for 12 small cakes? [Re: veda_sticks]
#7643954 - 11/16/07 12:19 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Only problem is that i'm hardly ever home, and I leave the thermostat at 60 when i'm away, so the heating bill doesn't bite me in the a$$. I've read that a temp. of about 80 is just right. I was gonna use a heating pad on low temp, to add some warmth to the chamber. Is there a better way, or any other ideas? I was thinking about putting a damp washcloth between the heating pad and the chamber... that way I could re-soak the cloth every morning. Keep things from drying up.
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Edited by MushGoblin (11/16/07 12:30 PM)
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Re: Soda Bottles or Monotub for 12 small cakes? [Re: MushGoblin]
#7643985 - 11/16/07 12:28 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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you could pick up a cheap space heater and just keep your FC near it while you're away. I got one for $20, it's enough to keep a small room at a nice temp on it's own. just test it for several hours while you're there before you trust it on it's own. wouldn't want stuff drying out because you had it too close to the heat source or something.
just an idea. works for a friend of mine.
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