I understand. I only use a closets worth of space for the shrooms. And it really doesn't matter how large they are when it comes to this hobby. As long as they get you gooooiiiiiinnnnnngggg!
Coir Monotub
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canndo
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Congrats - you shoud be proud, that is a damn nice pinset - but dude, what about those places where they didn't set?
DoomBrew420
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thats beautiful man!!
Great job. You bastard!
sonar
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about 5 1/2 oz dry from that flush.
Think I am going to go back to Ecuador though. The Golden Teacher is nice, but takes large chunks of substrate along with it when harvesting. Ecuador is very easy to remove without damaging the substrate. I also have some jars of a strain called R44 that I want to try out.
Think I am going to go back to Ecuador though. The Golden Teacher is nice, but takes large chunks of substrate along with it when harvesting. Ecuador is very easy to remove without damaging the substrate. I also have some jars of a strain called R44 that I want to try out.
emepher
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Any new "pin porn" to post, sonar?
How do your GT yields compare to Ecuador or other strains, all other things being equal? Any obvious difference in potency? Just wondering, because I have found GT to colonize very fast using LME-based LC and WBS, which I like. I only have experience with about a half dozen strains, Ecuador not being one of them, and have only a few monotub grows under my belt. Probably gonna try your way next, with just one quart of verm and five quarts spawn.
How do your GT yields compare to Ecuador or other strains, all other things being equal? Any obvious difference in potency? Just wondering, because I have found GT to colonize very fast using LME-based LC and WBS, which I like. I only have experience with about a half dozen strains, Ecuador not being one of them, and have only a few monotub grows under my belt. Probably gonna try your way next, with just one quart of verm and five quarts spawn.
sonar
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Glad you asked. Nope nothing yet. Maybe here shortly. Been pretty busy with work and planning on moving soon so having had much time to devote to my "hobby." The GT tubs had a much nicer pinset and pinned much quicker with smaller fruit. The problem is that the couple GT tubs I did I pretty much had to toss after the first flush because it damaged the substrate that badly. Ecuador seems to take a bit longer but throws off some massive fruit over 2-3 flushes and doesn't cluster as densely, so they are easier to remove. I'd say potency is about the same, although potency is very subjective to me and hard to measure. In my experience and from what my friends have told me, it seems like all cubes are pretty similar.
emepher
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Thanks, Sonar! Yeah, I keep reading that cubes are cubes are cubes, for the most part, and that repeatable methods and clean techniques are more important than anything. Glad to see you posting some details about what works for you, so we can all hopefully duplicate your success, to some degree at least. And I may try an Ecuador grow eventually (maybe a try at Pan. Cyan.???), if I start again. It has been a while, since I was running into a variety of problems: contams (at various stages, not catastrophic but hard to track down), the hassle and space requirements, having way too damn many mushrooms around, and not really even being a frequent mushroom eater (I just like to see them grow). But this is one amazingly fascinating hobby.
PlantMatter
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Loving the thread Sonar My tub that you were giving me info. on in my thread looks really close to how urs looks above maybe a little less colonized and on day 8 now.
LearyRed
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Nice tub.
Only a few things I would try to improve. The ratio of spawn to coir to verm is very important. Adding more of one thing or the other doesn't really help, it's all about the ratio you have.
I use 4 litres of coir, 4 litres of verm, and a cup of tea grounds in a very small bin, ends up about 3 inches deep in the end, and I can net that 115g dry off each bin.
Focus on hyphaes pinning strategy, it should get you some extra yield from what you have right away, especially if you change the ratios you could see yourself with 200g from the same monotub, or more.
One thing that improved my yield, and gave me an even pinset was keeping the surface of the substrate as flat as possible, and keeping a very small amount of the coir/verm mix to pour on top at the end. Not very thick, literally a 1/4 inch tops. It just helps to guide the mycelium upwards, and you'll see it reaching out with fingers that quickly turn into knots.
Only a few things I would try to improve. The ratio of spawn to coir to verm is very important. Adding more of one thing or the other doesn't really help, it's all about the ratio you have.
I use 4 litres of coir, 4 litres of verm, and a cup of tea grounds in a very small bin, ends up about 3 inches deep in the end, and I can net that 115g dry off each bin.
Focus on hyphaes pinning strategy, it should get you some extra yield from what you have right away, especially if you change the ratios you could see yourself with 200g from the same monotub, or more.
One thing that improved my yield, and gave me an even pinset was keeping the surface of the substrate as flat as possible, and keeping a very small amount of the coir/verm mix to pour on top at the end. Not very thick, literally a 1/4 inch tops. It just helps to guide the mycelium upwards, and you'll see it reaching out with fingers that quickly turn into knots.
killer clown 747
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dude this is great so if i have two rye grain spawn bags weighing 3 ponds each an a brick of coir weighing 350 grams what size bin should i use please help