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Glacier Creek
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1 Monotub with 2 bulk casings/strains . *updated 14 dec!!*
#7698515 - 11/30/07 11:37 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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After filling a couple tubs I had two pints of Malabar, and Pink Buffalos each left over, but only one large clear tub.
So after pasteurizing my coir/coffee/hdrated lime/gypsum, I filled two garbage bags with spawn and coir, one with the MB, and the other with PB.
They both colonized at about the exact same times "8 days" actually about 5 but I wanted to make sure they had both overtaken all the coir I couldnt see.
Once Initaited into fruiting , the malabar shot it's first pin after 3 days, and after five the pinset is looking like this.

The PB just popped it's first pins today, only one tiny cluster has formed caps, but there is lots of knotting going on, so I am not worried about them, but they don't move nearly as fast as malabar, when it comes to pinning.
I will update finnal wieght, ect. Enjoy.
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Edited by Glacier Creek (12/14/07 07:35 PM)
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7699291 - 11/30/07 02:24 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Just a cool pic I thought. These things are shootting up all over. The sub depth was the most shallow I have done yet. Only about 2 inches. Casing layer was about an inch. I think I may have fruited a little early, but things are still looking ok. What do you think?
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7700632 - 11/30/07 08:03 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Just having some fun with my macro. My cam isn't the best, but I think with a little trickery of the auto focus/macro setting, I might be able to get some cool pics. Just wish I could see what I was doing while i was taking it.
PB's are pinning nicely, so they are actually only about 3 days behind the Malabars. Hope the yeild is bigger or I will have to go with Mallys.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7700696 - 11/30/07 08:22 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Way to steal an avatar
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* *DELETED* [Re: TurntableJunky]
#7700747 - 11/30/07 08:37 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Post deleted by Glacier CreekReason for deletion: Was out of bud and in a bad mood. Sorry
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7701027 - 11/30/07 10:03 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Nice work my man. Lookin good! So this was after your flushes? You essentially reused your substrate? A
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7701127 - 11/30/07 10:28 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Just having some fun with my macro. My cam isn't the best, but I think with a little trickery of the auto focus/macro setting, I might be able to get some cool pics. Just wish I could see what I was doing while i was taking it.
PB's are pinning nicely, so they are actually only about 3 days behind the Malabars. Hope the yeild is bigger or I will have to go with Mallys.
Very nice! Hey, the pics kind of make the casing look a bit dry in my opinion. I hope that it's just the way the camera took the pictures! I would hate to loose such a beautiful grow to poor humidity! On a side note, you kind of went way off into left field with Turntable Junky. I really don't think he meant it like that.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: spitstix]
#7701139 - 11/30/07 10:31 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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No, I just meant that I had four jars of two different strains, but only one 18 gallon tub.
So I did half and half in really shallow substrate in two different garbage bags. Once colonized, I just cut the tops of the bags off, and cased then laying tinfoil on the top of the casing until it was about half colonized.
Patched once, and threw it in to fruit, and those pics are 5 days after initiating fruiting. From looking at the buffalos they will be at this stage in about three days, just as the MB are finished.
I did this more to show people who don't like tubs for the "all your eggs in one basket" reason that you can just divide your bulk into sections inside seperate garbage bags in one tub. Then you just cut away the tops as they are ready to fruit. If you contam one of the bags you just pull it out and discard the one section instead of your entire tub.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: The shroomy 1]
#7701207 - 11/30/07 10:45 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Very nice! Hey, the pics kind of make the casing look a bit dry in my opinion. I hope that it's just the way the camera took the pictures! I would hate to loose such a beautiful grow to poor humidity! On a side note, you kind of went way off into left field with Turntable Junky. I really don't think he meant it like that.
Ya the casing did dry out a bit today, but my tub is modified to provide humidity when needed. Instead of overspraying and aborting pins, I just turn on my bubbler and kick the humidity up and hold it at 94% so we should be good.
As for TTJ I deleted the worst part of that post, but the rest is staying. I feel that I am justified. He posted just to be rude, not to add anything to the thread topic.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7701453 - 12/01/07 12:03 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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wow dude, chill, dont we all steal our avatars from somewhere anyway?
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Ender Wiggin]
#7701482 - 12/01/07 12:12 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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This is the tub from the outside. It has been modified a little since, but thats the basic idea. The gauge is a five dollar hydrometer from petco. Those little things work pretty well.
Edited by Glacier Creek (12/01/07 12:54 AM)
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7701509 - 12/01/07 12:21 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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you let it get that way. just ignore the jerks and continue your post. we are reading YOUR thread to see YOUR results.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7701672 - 12/01/07 02:06 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hey nice grow man, lookin great!
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Wolfgang]
#7702187 - 12/01/07 09:47 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7704753 - 12/01/07 11:26 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Getting better all the time....
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7713750 - 12/04/07 12:44 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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ok, day seven, and the PB's have a mass pinset. They got off to a little slower start than the Mally's in the same tub, but they deffinatly have a better pinset going as of now. I heard this strain can abort a lot so I will wait until there is a little more growth before I snap pics. Wish me luck cause they are on thier way!
I have wanted to sample this strain for a long time.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7716596 - 12/04/07 05:42 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Ok, so the PB aren't looking too shabby.. A little behind the Malabars, but I am starting to think that was due to the mallys getting more MH light. Once I rotated the bin, pinning was out of control. Enjoy!
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7723804 - 12/06/07 10:19 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Like I said, Pinning out of control. The pinset isn't the greatest I have had but the fruit size is definatly better than the malabars. This is going to be an interesting dry weight comparison.
EnjoY!
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7723960 - 12/06/07 11:22 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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nice, keep the pictures coming.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: cosmoline]
#7728153 - 12/07/07 10:33 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Here you go,
PB's are doing great! Fruits are getting bigger than the mallys even though they are in very shallow bulk. Enjoy!
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7728251 - 12/07/07 10:57 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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nice,
but...
uh oh spores everywhere!!!
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: veda_sticks]
#7729734 - 12/07/07 05:24 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Sweet looking crop
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7731476 - 12/08/07 12:35 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Heh, Ya I pulled them a little later than I would have liked, but it couldn't be helped. Wait till you see the next double casing tub. Heh, this one is going to give "Big tub bashers" something to get fired up about.

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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7748640 - 12/12/07 10:33 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Again, the Malabar pins popped well before the PB. Although on the last split casing tub the PB actually finished before the MB,
even though the MB pinned three days before the PB.
Here is what it is looking like ...
 
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7748846 - 12/12/07 11:24 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Is that an airstone humidifier? I plan on making a FC similar to yours and lining the bottom with trays. How does it work for you? If you need RH+ I would consider perlite both above and below the water line which is my plan. I will have little columns of perlite rising out of the water, evaporation will be nuts.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: cosmoline]
#7752871 - 12/13/07 08:42 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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post deleted due to a board malfuncion...
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and the post was a double post.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: cosmoline]
#7752872 - 12/13/07 08:42 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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cosmoline said: Is that an airstone humidifier? I plan on making a FC similar to yours and lining the bottom with trays. How does it work for you? If you need RH+ I would consider perlite both above and below the water line which is my plan. I will have little columns of perlite rising out of the water, evaporation will be nuts.
That system keeps the tub at an even 90% RH with added FAE. I use 50/50 + peat verm casing on all my bulk spawn so the extra 5% isn't really needed, but what's not broke, don't fix. My flushes are great, so I am leaving everything just as is.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: cosmoline]
#7752937 - 12/13/07 09:32 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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cosmoline said:I would consider perlite both above and below the water line which is my plan. I will have little columns of perlite rising out of the water, evaporation will be nuts.
what do you mean by that? submerged perlite is useless....
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: flavoraid]
#7753525 - 12/13/07 12:36 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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flavoraid said:
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cosmoline said:I would consider perlite both above and below the water line which is my plan. I will have little columns of perlite rising out of the water, evaporation will be nuts.
what do you mean by that? submerged perlite is useless....
If by useless you mean it wicks water to the top of the column where it evaporates quickly then yeah, submerged perlite is useless.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: cosmoline]
#7753989 - 12/13/07 02:33 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Standing water will give you a higher rate of contamination.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: pazzy]
#7754512 - 12/13/07 04:28 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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This looks great. Gosh I wish I could duplicate this. I've been reading like mad, but still having a little trouble putting all the pieces together as far as the bulk teks go. Got a syringe coming from SporeWorks, going to use PF Tek first, but after that I'm still working things out... Any advice?
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: jlw]
#7755395 - 12/13/07 07:21 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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jlw said: This looks great. Gosh I wish I could duplicate this. I've been reading like mad, but still having a little trouble putting all the pieces together as far as the bulk teks go. Got a syringe coming from SporeWorks, going to use PF Tek first, but after that I'm still working things out... Any advice?
I have a basic overall explanation of what to do when you get a syringe here:
http://mountainmycology.forum2u.org/got-a-spore-syringe-now-what-t3.html
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7755478 - 12/13/07 07:33 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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is that just a cup of water with a hose from a bubbler in it to keep humidity up?
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: blood4blood]
#7755531 - 12/13/07 07:42 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Ya, just plain old distilled water from the grocery store.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7755536 - 12/13/07 07:44 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Was this mix just straight coir?
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: DigitalNomad]
#7756054 - 12/13/07 09:43 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Coir mixed with coffee at about 10%, and about 5% by volume gypsum. Seems to be consistantly working very well.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7756712 - 12/13/07 11:38 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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So you mixed all 4 of those things to make your bulk?
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: mad genius]
#7756784 - 12/13/07 11:56 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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mad genius said: So you mixed all 4 of those things to make your bulk?
you bet he does
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: mad genius]
#7757046 - 12/14/07 01:00 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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mad genius said: So you mixed all 4 of those things to make your bulk?
Yeup, I have to soak my gypsum in a little bit of water to get the "pebbles" to break up.
I use horticulture gypsum from do it best hardware stores. It comes in little pebble form, but a 10 minute soak in water dissolves the stones.
Then I use this water to hydrate my coir/coffee mixture inside a 21 quart pressure cooker/canner with the plastic handles removed, and the lid replaced with tinfoil.
I then stick the whole thing in the oven at 200 for about 3 hours. Seems to work very well.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7757080 - 12/14/07 01:10 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Glacier Creek said: Getting better all the time....
Damn those are Beautiful
Awesome work
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7757109 - 12/14/07 01:27 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Seems to be working, what do you all think?
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7757127 - 12/14/07 01:45 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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that looks awesome man. congrats brother.
so you say thats an 18 gallon tub. how many jars it that approx and how much coir? 1 brick, 2 bricks?
im about to do a monotub and i have 9 jars almost ready to go and thinking maybe spawning that to 1 brick of coir.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: johnnyboy]
#7757364 - 12/14/07 06:41 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I know this is a noob question, but how do you keep the RH up in the monotub?
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7757554 - 12/14/07 09:06 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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That little bubblestone, sitting in the water along with a properly hydrated casing layer give me 90% humidity. More than enough for a casing.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7757617 - 12/14/07 09:24 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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But ive seen monotubs without the bubbler. What about those?
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: mad genius]
#7757645 - 12/14/07 09:34 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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mad genius said: But ive seen monotubs without the bubbler. What about those?
Idealy the monotub humidity comes from the casing layer, which is why you aren't supposed to open them much.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: cosmoline]
#7757677 - 12/14/07 09:48 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yes, but I have found that a regular monotub cased, does not pin nearly as fast as one with the added airflow of a bubblestone. It is used as much for the FAE, as it is for humidity.
I tried the original set and forget monotub design, and it was taking me about 15 days to completely pin and harvest once fruiting was induced.
Now I have cut that to about 7-9 days totaly from triggering, to harvest.
Not to mention that my RH was only at about 65% when I tried my first cased bulk monotub. I ended up having to mist the casing anyways, because with the lower humidity, pinning took longer, and the casing started to dry out.
This prevents having to open the tub, but also keeps everything nice and humid, without any extra work. I dont fan, or open the tub now.
With just a casing layer for humidity, it is too difficult to balance humidity with airflow to get maximum results. IMO
Like I said before. Seems to be working right?
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7757883 - 12/14/07 10:55 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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If by useless you mean it wicks water to the top of the column where it evaporates quickly then yeah, submerged perlite is useless.
Perlite is crystalline, like glass or quartz crystals, and it does NOT wick water any more than broken pieces of glass will wick water. Submerged perlite is useless, period. Look at the picture of perlite below and describe how it would wick anything if you doubt the above. The perlite is on the left, while the 'mineral sponge' vermiculite which WILL retain and wick water is on the right. RR
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: RogerRabbit]
#7758265 - 12/14/07 12:47 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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If by useless you mean it wicks water to the top of the column where it evaporates quickly then yeah, submerged perlite is useless.
Perlite is crystalline, like glass or quartz crystals, and it does NOT wick water any more than broken pieces of glass will wick water. Submerged perlite is useless, period. Look at the picture of perlite below and describe how it would wick anything if you doubt the above. The perlite is on the left, while the 'mineral sponge' vermiculite which WILL retain and wick water is on the right. RR
Interesting, Id hate to doubt you as you seem like you really know what you are doing but If I am gona contradict you it will be after I try this personally, which I am going to do right now.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: cosmoline]
#7759452 - 12/14/07 06:08 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I have a feeling you are going find out the hard way that RR is correct.
Water needs to be able to evaporate from the perlite for there to be any increase in humidity. If it is submerged, there is only a tiny layer at the top that any water is evaporating from, instead of the much larger surface area of thousands of tiny spheres, coated with just enough water to create tons of evaporation.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7759825 - 12/14/07 07:28 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Still.... Going......

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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Glacier Creek]
#7759876 - 12/14/07 07:38 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Perlite doesn't wick, in fact you don't want wicking as that implies that the substance can absorb water, something we don't want. We want the water on the perlite to go into the air, not stay sucked up in it.
The reason perlite works is that it increases the exchange surface between liquid water and air dramatically.
Say your tub is 1m by 1m and you fill it with water. The surface of water exposed to air will be of 1 m2 irrespective of the depth of the water.
Now lets go to a piece of perlite. Let's idealize things a bit and say it is a perfect sphere. The surface area of a sphere is 4piR2. If the radius is 2mm (or 0.002m) it's surface is 0.00005 m2. Multiply that by the amount of balls of perlite in your 6 inches.
20.000 balls will have a total surface of 1m2, the same as the water on it's own.
If there are 100.000 balls the total surface is 5m2, five times that of a flat surface of water.
And I am sure that there are more than 100.000 balls in a 6 inch layer of perlite in a 1mx1m chamber.
See the difference? it isn't due to the wicking, it is due to the extra surface, and submerging part of your perlite essentially cancels out the effect of that submerged part
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Nibin]
#7759943 - 12/14/07 08:01 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Nibin I lost wat u were saying when ur 4piR2. lol i need to read more
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: wocka]
#7759984 - 12/14/07 08:15 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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It is 4 times pi times Radius squared. Basic elementary school geometry, but not having a Pi letter makes it a lot more confusing.
Sorries.
Area of a Sphere = 4*π*R2
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: Nibin]
#7761707 - 12/15/07 12:45 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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GlacierCreek was this a multispore or isolate? That is a pretty nice pinset you have there.
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: pazzy]
#7762965 - 12/15/07 07:21 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Re: Malabar VS Pink Buffalo *pics* [Re: pazzy]
#7764027 - 12/15/07 11:13 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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pazzy said: GlacierCreek was this a multispore or isolate? That is a pretty nice pinset you have there.
Yeup thats multispore. Not my best multispore pinset, but twas decent. It is all about patching, but not overpatching. Keeping air exchange down until your mycelium has evenly started to break through the top of the casing.
Although the next project is to fruit cloned bulk with no casing, just wax paper.
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