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[tripaholic88]

Thanks @HashMaster, glad to c ya back! and @Wienerwoods i havent and wouldnt be able to give ya any good advice... i say if you cant find the answer here go check out shroomery.org

 

[tripaholic88]

ok guys we got some great rhizomorphic mycellium going on in the Cambodian bags! The old spores i used must have been bad from improper storage o well i got the other 2 new ones in the fridge so ive learned from that mistake haha. i will let them colonise maybe another week and then i will squeeze and breakup the bags to aid in faster colonization of mycellium.

 

[XxxAuto]

ok guys we got some great rhizomorphic mycellium going on in the Cambodian bags! The old spores i used must have been bad from improper storage o well i got the other 2 new ones in the fridge so ive learned from that mistake haha. i will let them colonise maybe another week and then i will squeeze and breakup the bags to aid in faster colonization of mycellium.View attachment 644852 View attachment 644851 View attachment 644850 View attachment 644849 View attachment 644848 View attachment 644847 View attachment 644844

Keep going... never seen this before

 

[tripaholic88]

here it is @Dr. Babnik, Be lost no more!!!!

 

[Dr. Babnik]

here it is @Dr. Babnik, Be lost no more!!!!

Yeah!
I like fungus.
Never studied plants at school. Only animals. After becomming a grower, I also got interested in everything I missed in biology...plants and mushrooms.

 

[tripaholic88]

ok so today i crumbled the colonized grain in the bags because it was about 65-70% colonized. I do this to speed up colonization . by doing this its is like having multiple inoculation points, but be careful to not do this part too early or you could stunt Mycelial Colonization . Here are the cambodian cubensis bags that i just crumbled.

And here are the Mexi-Cubes, they are colonizing a little slower than the cambodians did but they are colonizing none the less!

I will be preparing my monotub this coming weekend i think
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[tripaholic88]

ok guys so today im making the mono tub and spawning the grain to my bulk substrate (coco and vermiculite) Im being forced to do this a day earlier than planned because something came up. so here it is
The mono tub is a 70 Qt/ 66L tub with holes drilled out with a 1.5" hole saw.

i put 1 reptile coco brick (650grams) and 2 quarts of Verm into a 5gal bucket and boiled 4.5 quarts of water and dumped that into the bucket with the coco and verm and sealed the lid...

After 30-45 mins i opened it up and stirred it so it was mixed well and put the lid back on for 3 hrs. this pasteurized or sterilizes ( i cant remember which) your substrate so that there is no contaminants/mold. heres the bags as of yesterday, im not gonna take pics today due to lack of time.

the 2 that are only about 85-90% colonized are pretty much done today, even though i would usually give the bags 1 more day so due to time constraints i gotta do them a day early. i will get pics up shortly when i spawn my grain spawn to the bulk substrate which im about to do now

 

[tripaholic88]

ok so im now about 225 miles from the tub and i will be until monday but luckily i brought the camera with me so i could at least upload the pic of the tub. What i did was wait till the bulk substrate was 80-90*F before i added the spawn. this is not all the coco from the 5 gal bucket, there is still some in the bucket that we will use for a top layer tocover the bulk substrate after we mix the spawn and bulk substrate together.

After mixing the spawn and bulk sub. and then topping with a layer of coco we left in the bucket to lightly "blanket" the mixed substrate and spawn. Having an even substrate is CRUCIAL to have an even pin set. I did this tub the best i could in a rush. i forgot to mention that your substrate need to be atleast 3" for cubensis mushrooms and the drilled out holes are right at the 3" line as you can see it scribed on the tub.I also placed a black trash bag on the bottom of the tub before i added the spawn and coco to not allow light on the bottoms and first 3 inches. this stops side pinning/mushrooms growing on the sides of the tub instead of the top ground

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[bubblekarma]

Very nice to see the master at work yet again! Hey I just got some new stuff in the mail. I think I need to get to work too.

 

[tripaholic88]

OK guys, the tub has been consolidating for 5 days now so i too a quick peak for you all and took a cpl pics of the progress so far. everything is looking great, here have a look @bubblekarma @Roark @Wienerwoods @Roasty McToasty @The Elvis @Bailey @XxxAuto @Starbreaker @Eyeoftheworld @A-Train and anyone else!

As you can see there is some nice growth in just 5 days. Im thinking i will induce fruiting conditions in 5-7 days!!!

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