Bulk Mono Tek Pictorial

CaptainCAVEMAN

CaptainCAVEMAN

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Cool thanks man. I just didn't see the sunflower seeds in yours. Probably wash out in the great wash.

While we're at it where did you get micropore tape? I know I can order it and wait but what kind of store in town?
 
choempi

choempi

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CaptainCAVEMAN said:
Cool thanks man. I just didn't see the sunflower seeds in yours. Probably wash out in the great wash.

While we're at it where did you get micropore tape? I know I can order it and wait but what kind of store in town?
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they float out for the most part.

Any drugstore. It is called paper tape sometimes and will have micropore some place on the pack, the stuff I get is NextCare, it is 3 or 4$, right in the bandage section. Ask at the counter for it if you can't find.
 
canndo

canndo

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choempi said:
it is easy to get in any town, is cheap, and works great- what don't you like about it c?
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It gets gooey, it tends to stick together, it is not homogenous, some people think they have to fish out the sun flower seeds. I live in a small town but it is next to a big town so I don't know what it is like really to not be able to get anything I want but I did perfect the popcorn Tek and I gotta tell you, once you get the hang of that one, you don't pay much (50 cents a pound) and the stuff has a very decent nutriative value. If you can shake or jumble around the stuff it collonizes in a surprisingly rapid way. And after it is finished, the stuff composts very well and my tomatoes just drool over the result.
 
choempi

choempi

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canndo said:
It gets gooey, it tends to stick together, it is not homogenous, some people think they have to fish out the sun flower seeds. I live in a small town but it is next to a big town so I don't know what it is like really to not be able to get anything I want but I did perfect the popcorn Tek and I gotta tell you, once you get the hang of that one, you don't pay much (50 cents a pound) and the stuff has a very decent nutriative value. If you can shake or jumble around the stuff it collonizes in a surprisingly rapid way. And after it is finished, the stuff composts very well and my tomatoes just drool over the result.
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rinse it well, it is very dirty I admit, and it will not be sticky, must drain well.
 
b0bdyl4n420

b0bdyl4n420

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subbed! read through the entire thread and choempi you the man.

i got some fanaticus tek half pints inoculated about 2 weeks ago and are just now almost fully colonized. will DEFINITELY be doing your tek in the near future.


I have a few questions,

is there something i could buy thats cleaner and just as nutritional as the bird feed?
seems like a very long task of rinsing and drying the bird seed.

how exactly do you inoculate the jars of grain?
i see you have drilled 3 holes in the lid and covered with white material (forget the name) then foil. do you puncture the foil and white material with the syringe?

When preparing the sub for fruiting, you break up the colonized mycelium into the bucket mix?
 
choempi

choempi

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b0bdyl4n420 said:
subbed! read through the entire thread and choempi you the man.

i got some fanaticus tek half pints inoculated about 2 weeks ago and are just now almost fully colonized. will DEFINITELY be doing your tek in the near future.


I have a few questions,

is there something i could buy thats cleaner and just as nutritional as the bird feed?
seems like a very long task of rinsing and drying the bird seed.

Ryeberries, millet, popcorn are all used for spawn

how exactly do you inoculate the jars of grain?
i see you have drilled 3 holes in the lid and covered with white material (forget the name) then foil. do you puncture the foil and white material with the syringe?

some of the holes are from different teks, you really only need 2 holes, micropore tape is used to cover holes and jars are innoculated after PCing and foil is then removed prior to noccing them up.

When preparing the sub for fruiting, you break up the colonized mycelium into the bucket mix?
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yes, after the mix is pasturized, it is layered in the tub with the broken up spawn.
 
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