Bulk Mono Tek Pictorial

11 days after spawn, by the way

canndo said:

(nice pics)

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(thanks C)

Hey bro looking good! Finally invested in a PC and think I'm going to try this tek out.

What's your opinion on using worm castings as a substrate? I have some laying around and thinking about using a 2:1:1 ratio of coir/castings/verm.

I really have no opinion having never used, but this tek is built for a specific nute and moisture content in the easiest possible pasteurizing method.

If you do this tek then use the specific ratios and ingredients and it will work

sonar said:

Hey bro looking good! Finally invested in a PC and think I'm going to try this tek out.

What's your opinion on using worm castings as a substrate? I have some laying around and thinking about using a 2:1:1 ratio of coir/castings/verm.

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I've used castings many times. It works quite well, although they are tempermental when it comes to moisture, even a little too much results in slime and if you get them dry to start with you will have problems bringing them up to field moisture. If you are just starting out with it, try 2 parts castings, 1 part vermiculite and 1 part coir (the finest you can bet) this will help your moisture issues and still give you a nutrient rich substrate. When you get the hang of it, just use a little coarse vermiculite to hold the stuff together (like 6 to 1 castings to vermiculite). When you are using this stuff I highly recommend casing (of course Choempi and I disagree on this point, and of course he is most likely right when using his Tek - after all). If you do case, then make sure you run in total darkness and don't case until you have 100 percent colonization - no less, unless you want anoying but still massive border breaks.

canndo said:

I've used castings many times. It works quite well, although they are tempermental when it comes to moisture, even a little too much results in slime and if you get them dry to start with you will have problems bringing them up to field moisture. If you are just starting out with it, try 2 parts castings, 1 part vermiculite and 1 part coir (the finest you can bet) this will help your moisture issues and still give you a nutrient rich substrate. When you get the hang of it, just use a little coarse vermiculite to hold the stuff together (like 6 to 1 castings to vermiculite). When you are using this stuff I highly recommend casing (of course Choempi and I disagree on this point, and of course he is most likely right when using his Tek - after all). If you do case, then make sure you run in total darkness and don't case until you have 100 percent colonization - no less, unless you want anoying but still massive border breaks.

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thanks canndo, I only don't case with hpoo

choempi said:

thanks canndo, I only don't case with hpoo

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I make it a point never to argue with sucess and it seems to one old shroom grower that you have had no small bit of sucess in your endeavors.

Bump for new peeps

I read this fully. I have a lot of Brazil Cubensis spores and think since this is my first attempt I should go pf tek for the easy factor. I want to try this one but I had to learn a lot more acronyms reading this one as opposed to others haha

Good luck, and don't let acronyms put you off, this tek is out of the box as written.

So i did this but my substrate came out looking alot more wet than yours x.x

choempi, if I follow your instructions to the t would you recommend it as my first grow? Usually when I do a project such as this I start it with much more knowledge and it comes out exactly how it should. This I jumped into out of excitement and got lured into settling for pf-tek as opposed to jumping in on the bulk-mono-tek. My first cannabis grow was great but I had a lot of knowledge prior, now that I'm learning about fungi I found a new world of beauty! So much I didn't know or realize about the kingdom and I am now an addict ^_^

timeismoney1 said:

So i did this but my substrate came out looking alot more wet than yours x.x

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It is more then field capacity as written, if you are uncomfortable about it the first time, then you can squeeze it out a bit as you spawn.

MasterS said:

choempi, if I follow your instructions to the t would you recommend it as my first grow? Usually when I do a project such as this I start it with much more knowledge and it comes out exactly how it should. This I jumped into out of excitement and got lured into settling for pf-tek as opposed to jumping in on the bulk-mono-tek. My first cannabis grow was great but I had a lot of knowledge prior, now that I'm learning about fungi I found a new world of beauty! So much I didn't know or realize about the kingdom and I am now an addict ^_^

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if you have grain jars, then yes.

This tek is just too easy

Well heres mine before i topped it off. I hope no contams

timeismoney1 said:

Well heres mine before i topped it off. I hope no contams

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looks fine, do the tek as written, put it in a garbage bag and stick away and do not peek for 10 days! I can't stress that enough!

You prob should put some more holes in the tub, like the pattern I posted.

I do have more holes.

8 - 3/4" holes

2 on sub layer and 2 on top. Same for other side. I followed they tek to the i and ts. So i cant wait to see my final product.

I prob wont touch for 2 weeks to play it safe

What size holes did you use?

timeismoney1 said:

What size holes did you use?

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1 3/8"

Check at 10 days at like average mid 70*s

If you wait too long, it will start to pin with no fae and the pins will be real skinny. 10 days is the #