My Mushroom Grow

Kind Sir

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Hey guys, so I’m growing some shrooms again and wanted to document it here mainly just for fun. It’s not currently started but I’m just excited, before I get going I have a question. (I’m doing my own research, it’s quite simple but still have a question.)

Has anyone done a bulk grow, which is a little more advanced that the PF Tek? And if so, what technique did you use for the bulk grow? I’ll be growing Golden Teschers/Penis Envy and whatever else if anyone has a suggestion. Thank youZ
 

Kretzlord

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Bulk can be more difficult, sterile work is a must! Are you planning on breaking up the pf cakes or doing grain/birdseed?
 

jtrizzy

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here is my steps for unmodified tub tek:

I use spawn bags with unmodified tub tek works marvelous. I always crop 4-5oz per tub these are only 14g tubs. Never once has one tub fallen to contamination. It is a set it and forget it process. You can literally use any plastic tote, preferably one of the ones I attached to this post. It works very well. You do not have to cut, tape or modify the tub in anyway shape or form.
  1. inoculate bags (use proper sterile techniques for god sakes) I use rye grain bags, pre prepped.
  2. 40-50 days to spawn bags and when they all nice and white you can spawn in your tub. ***TIP*** Break up your bags once they are about 40% covered with mycelium it will speed up the bag spawning by a good amount. Dont worry you wont damage anything. If mycelium is healthy she will bounce back in a day and start to really stretch out quick.
  3. I use coco,verm and gypsum for substrate. I don't even measure quantity anymore. But I do 1:1 ratio. SO if I have 5 quarts of spawn I use 5 quarts of substrate.
  4. Prepping substrate: I add my substrate mix ONLY to a 5 gallon pale, add 4.5 quarts of water for 5 quarts of substrate, and let the coco swell up and soak up all the water. I leave it over night so it cools down to room temp. You do this do pasteurize the substrate. The temp in the pale should remain at 170 F for a few hrs, I have tested this. When you ready to spawn into tub and are prepping your substrate, MAKE SURE substrate is field capacity moist not soaked. If you can squeeze it and a few drops of water come out perfect! If you squeeze it and water runs down your hand its too wet. People lose their crop because they added way too much water.
  5. Ready to spawn: Mix substrate thoroughly with bag spawn in the tub, keeping it even and level. Break up the bag spawn really really well NO CHUNKS. I wear latex gloves for this just incase (i am told you do not need to, but I do anyway)
  6. Literally leave the tub closed (not locked, but lid resting on it. I flip my lid upside down the whole grow) until all substrate is nice and white
  7. Wait until pins show. once pins show I increase FAE a little by cracking the lid to the side, if any at all. I literally leave the tub like this until I harvest. If you leave the lid upside down the ENTIRE grow you have enough FAE for all stages. If you are going to be tending to it constantly checking it, than you can increase if you want but you are risking drying out your substrate and needing to mist.
  8. Mist ONLY if you must, other than that's it.
  9. Keep humidity at 90-100% at all times.
  10. Do not leave tub on the ground! Put it up higher at least 3-4ft.
People fuck with their shit too much. Stop opening the lid, stop touching it. Just let it do its thing. Patience. It is a 8-10 week process depending on the spores or what culture it is. This is not rocket science. It is sooooo much easier than growing bud. DO NOT worry about light hitting it while it is spawning there is no issue with that. Light can hit it as much as it wants throughout this entire process. I put a small 24w 6400 CFL light about 10" above the tub for 12hrs a day from the time the tub gets spawned until I am done.
 

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mo841

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Bulk is all i have done, its pretty easy if you have all the stuff you need. I bought a 10 gallon pressure cooker to speed things up but you can get cheap ones from the second hand store that will do usually 4 jars at a time. I use bird seed tek and after its all white mix it into a standard mono tub bulk tek recipe.
 

jtrizzy

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Bulk is all i have done, its pretty easy if you have all the stuff you need. I bought a 10 gallon pressure cooker to speed things up but you can get cheap ones from the second hand store that will do usually 4 jars at a time. I use bird seed tek and after its all white mix it into a standard mono tub bulk tek recipe.
Don’t even need that if you just buy the bags online from a reputable company. $20 for two bags. Already done for you. Much easier and way less room for error.
 

canndo

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here is my steps for unmodified tub tek:

I use spawn bags with unmodified tub tek works marvelous. I always crop 4-5oz per tub these are only 14g tubs. Never once has one tub fallen to contamination. It is a set it and forget it process. You can literally use any plastic tote, preferably one of the ones I attached to this post. It works very well. You do not have to cut, tape or modify the tub in anyway shape or form.
  1. inoculate bags (use proper sterile techniques for god sakes) I use rye grain bags, pre prepped.
  2. 40-50 days to spawn bags and when they all nice and white you can spawn in your tub. ***TIP*** Break up your bags once they are about 40% covered with mycelium it will speed up the bag spawning by a good amount. Dont worry you wont damage anything. If mycelium is healthy she will bounce back in a day and start to really stretch out quick.
  3. I use coco,verm and gypsum for substrate. I don't even measure quantity anymore. But I do 1:1 ratio. SO if I have 5 quarts of spawn I use 5 quarts of substrate.
  4. Prepping substrate: I add my substrate mix ONLY to a 5 gallon pale, add 4.5 quarts of water for 5 quarts of substrate, and let the coco swell up and soak up all the water. I leave it over night so it cools down to room temp. You do this do pasteurize the substrate. The temp in the pale should remain at 170 F for a few hrs, I have tested this. When you ready to spawn into tub and are prepping your substrate, MAKE SURE substrate is field capacity moist not soaked. If you can squeeze it and a few drops of water come out perfect! If you squeeze it and water runs down your hand its too wet. People lose their crop because they added way too much water.
  5. Ready to spawn: Mix substrate thoroughly with bag spawn in the tub, keeping it even and level. Break up the bag spawn really really well NO CHUNKS. I wear latex gloves for this just incase (i am told you do not need to, but I do anyway)
  6. Literally leave the tub closed (not locked, but lid resting on it. I flip my lid upside down the whole grow) until all substrate is nice and white
  7. Wait until pins show. once pins show I increase FAE a little by cracking the lid to the side, if any at all. I literally leave the tub like this until I harvest. If you leave the lid upside down the ENTIRE grow you have enough FAE for all stages. If you are going to be tending to it constantly checking it, than you can increase if you want but you are risking drying out your substrate and needing to mist.
  8. Mist ONLY if you must, other than that's it.
  9. Keep humidity at 90-100% at all times.
  10. Do not leave tub on the ground! Put it up higher at least 3-4ft.
People fuck with their shit too much. Stop opening the lid, stop touching it. Just let it do its thing. Patience. It is a 8-10 week process depending on the spores or what culture it is. This is not rocket science. It is sooooo much easier than growing bud. DO NOT worry about light hitting it while it is spawning there is no issue with that. Light can hit it as much as it wants throughout this entire process. I put a small 24w 6400 CFL light about 10" above the tub for 12hrs a day from the time the tub gets spawned until I am done.
I like your tek but have a problem with your time to full coverage in the bag. 40 to 50 days? What temperature? At 80 degrees, and shaking the bag every few days, my oysters are ready to go in at most two weeks, do they grow that much faster than your species ?
 

jtrizzy

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I like your tek but have a problem with your time to full coverage in the bag. 40 to 50 days? What temperature? At 80 degrees, and shaking the bag every few days, my oysters are ready to go in at most two weeks, do they grow that much faster than your species ?
no idea. The fastest I have ever got them to spawn in two bags is 4 weeks.
 
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