209 replies to this topic

[doobydoobydoo]

The missing lime may come into play for 2nd-and latter flushes as the mycelium feeds and breaks stuff down and begins offsets the ph making it more prone to contams. Sometimes it happens, sometimes not. But lime almost always helps from what I've seen. Tis winter though, air fairly clean, may luck out. :)

[BuckarooBanzai]

Those are NICE. Great rhizo character, it shows even in the distance shots! Man, those are going to explode...

Are you going to case at all?

[doobydoobydoo]

Are you going to case at all?

So far they seem to be staying at a decent humidity level for me, so probably not.

Also, a prior batch which was done similarly and cased with verm showed few pins in the middle of the tubs and many on the edges. I never saw the creeper mycelium colonize through the casing layer at all either. (I've seen some strains agressively take over verm when cased this way, so it may just be Creepers or the type of them I'm working with.) Kinda odd since it eats through the compost something vicious. :headbang: :headbang::headbang:

So we see how these go with no casing this round.

It's also important to note that I've been misting the substrate directly on the top to aid it in keeping moist. This is in addition to just keeping the walls and lid bottom misted. So far, so good. :)


I've also noticed I put slightly more substrate mix in Tub B then in Tub A. You can sorta see the difference this made in the colonizing pics above. Tub A appears to have been quicker somewhat.

[papashroom]

Dooooooooooooobeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. The waiting stress is killing me! Wheres the new pix?

[doobydoobydoo]

Tis only day 11, only a few tiny pins popping up, not much serious activity just yet... very very very soon though... don't worry papashroom ;)

[MurCurY]

just got a print. Will be trying very soon.

[mayakujoshrooom]

Dooooooooooooobeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. The waiting stress is killing me! Wheres the new pix?

me too! I like the way you've done this and find myself thinking about things you could change and tweak.

Daily photo updates!

[Hippie3]

where's highflyer when you need him-
he always says he's never seen
bagged manure that would
colonize 100%
but that looks pretty damn close eh

archive material

[doobydoobydoo]

where's highflyer when you need him-
he always says he's never seen
bagged manure that would
colonize 100%
but that looks pretty damn close eh

Actually.......... I never got compost right from the bag to colonize completely. I had to cut/fluff it with peat moss to give it more "fluff". :D

[doobydoobydoo]

Day 12, here's a few assorted pics... Tub A and B high res and low res pics and some closeups of the pins forming taken from Tub A. You can see which pics are which by the names if you just leave the mouse over them for a sec or two.


:greenboun :teeth: GO PINS! :teeth: :greenboun

Attached Thumbnails

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

[JI_]

Really nice! I can't wait to see the result.

[doobydoobydoo]

... more of Tub A ...

Attached Thumbnails

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

[doobydoobydoo]

... and more of Tub B ...

Attached Thumbnails

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

[MurCurY]

could you go into a bit of detail on your poo pasturization method.

[Hippie3]

could you go into a bit of detail on your poo pasturization method.

some in-depth details/pix on pasteurization would be great,
the new vaults here are a bit short on such info

[doobydoobydoo]

some in-depth details/pix on pasteurization would be great,
the new vaults here are a bit short on such info

could you go into a bit of detail on your poo pasturization method.

I'll make a seperate thread about that soon.

Very nice doob!
Does the bagged manure you use come with humus added? Does it have peices of wood? If so do you remove this or just let it ride?

No. And yes, there are some wood bits in it, you can see some in the pics if you look very closely. I do nothing to it. Well, actually, I think the sticks are more from the peat moss. The compost itself is pretty clean.

[doobydoobydoo]

heh, here's some MONSTER early mushies coming off those bins... hehehe... so huge... LMFAO (sarcasm meter breaks) heh

I think this will be one of those odd flushes that goes for week or so b4 done. heh. Updates will keep coming...

Attached Thumbnails

• 

[BuckarooBanzai]

Wow, those suckers are huge!!! LMAO!!! GOOD STUFF!!!

What temp is that tub? Maybe it's a little cool?

[doobydoobydoo]

Wow, those suckers are huge!!! LMAO!!! GOOD STUFF!!!
What temp is that tub? Maybe it's a little cool?

Oh, there is nothing wrong... just showing some tiny ones...