Oh yeah flow hood was key to the success we had. We started with a little 12inchx18inch but eventually got a deal on a 3ftx8ft unit that was awesome. Really for smaller setups a nice 2ftx2ft would work really well, thats what a buddy of mine uses and has great success.
I started with little cubes of agar and little jars of grain that usually took 10ish days to colonize. When I moved to the Master bag system I started using a half a plate of agar in each bag, because it was fast and easy to make enough agar plates each week. I'd have full colonization of the 3lbs in a week or less, usually without shaking(other then at inoculation). Then G2G and another 7-10 days for the big bags to be ready, usually without a shake as well.
I have to Amend that. I have perpetually diluted a spore solution till I get a spore or two per mil and inject two or three mills into a small batch of lc. That limits my phenos and after fruiting I don't get all those freaks, late fruits and poor pin sets.
I did all my agar work, spore work, and even G2G infront of the hood. I was working a lot of bags and plates a week and couldn't afford a failure on my end. The only things we didn't do infront of the hood was building tubs, and harvesting. We also had the old smaller flow hood filter set up on the intake to the lab so the air coming in was filtered and we had posative pressure on the room too.
Yeah we specifically did strain selection for production that avoided strains that were heavy spore produces because of the mess.
I got very lucky. I worked for an electronics assembly house. They damaged a top flow 4 ft table and were about to toss it so I got it for free and only had to replace the damaged element.. but it is loud.
Oh man, it was so easy. I just poured grain from one bag into the others, or use a measuring cup that you alcohol between batches. I tried to pour the same amount in each, then heat sealed them and shook the hell out of them to spread the grain and moisture in the bag around. Then label and stack on the shelf for a week till its done.
That's exactly why I don't test my LC before Inoculating my jars Because that's risking Contamination also.
Theres a bunch of options just with a google search. Seems like quite a few under 1k. I would definitely get at least a 2'x2' for ease of working. Its tough to keep eveything in the air flow on real small hoods.
I picked up a 24x48 a couple months ago and already wish i had another one next to it. Would be a straight up assembly line going on.
I built this one for around 3 hundred. Has a really nice filter on it compared to the bigger complete units you see for sale online. It’s an 14”x24”. I had quickly outgrew it right after i assembled it. Never did make the pre filter box for up top.
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Haha, dude I thought you used an AC sleeve or similar til I saw the unpainted wood! Clean build
Thx dude. I even painted it inside and out with sherman williams emarald urethane. That shit is the bomb.
Sure is. Urethane fortified latex should be standard on interior trim imo.
I paint all trim with that stuff now. Painted my kitchen cabinets with it too.
