Ok just got back from class.
This recipe is really simple it's for one 105 quart monotub:
What you need:
I get 2, clear 105 quart rubbermaid containers at walmart.
I buy a 3 pack (3 bricks) of coco bricks at petsmart, they're used for reptile bedding. Each brick expands to 2 gallons when wet.
Calcium sand which I think is in the reptile section in a pet shop.
2 gallons of vermiculite which you can find at a garden store. I bought 4 cubic feet of that stuff for something like 30 bucks you can find it at the hydro store as well.
a jar of instant coffee, I think a large jar is 8 ounces.
A bag of polyfil, which is pillow stuffing and can be found at Walmart as well.
A large bottle of rubbing alcohol.
A roll of paper towels.
A two foot fluorescent light fixture and a daylight bulb. You can use compact fluorescent as well as long as it is a daylight cfl (6500K). You don't need a lot of light for shrooms for each tub. I use one two foot fixture, which is 1, I think 23 watt bulb.
I use generic black 30 gallon trash bags
Industrial 50 gallon black plastic bags, I like thick ones, I get the thickest ones they have which is usually 3 mm thick
A power drill
An attachment for the drill that cut's holes
Alright you have all of your supplies, I would recommend some large pots I have 2, 2 gallon and 1, 5 gallon pot.
1st clean the inside and lid of both tubs with warm soapy water, use a fresh sponge.
Set one tub aside for now...
In one of the tubs put in the following:
-3 coco coir bricks in one of the tubs, it's ok if the tub is still wet
- 8 ounces of instant coffee
-2 large tablespoons of calcium sand
-1.5 to 2 gallons of vermiculite
Now get out all your large pots and boil some water.
**What you are doing is pasteurizing the bulk substrate, which is around 160 to 170F. Some people never let the water get above this temp, but I've never bothered. I found a more simple tek. I've been using it for a 10 or so months now. Some people will disagree with this but it's worked just fine for me.**
Ok, your water has come to a rolling boil, take it straight from the stove
- pour it onto the coco bricks and other stuff in the tub
-once some water has expanded the bricks, break them up, stirring everything together
Keep pouring in boiling water
-Once the mixture has reached a stew like consistency you have enough water, when everything is settled there should be at least 2 or 3 inches of water above the mixture.
Let this sit with the top on until it cools down just enough so you can handle it, do not let it get cold, if it sits too long in the mixture bacteria will form.
While everything is cooling off, which will take somewhere around 4 to 5 hours or so, it's time to prep your other monotub
Prepping Your Monotub
Take the power drill and attach 2 inch circular blade on it
You're going to want to drill 6 , 2 inch holes around the tub around four inches from the bottom.
I drill one hole at either short end and 2 holes evenly spaced out on the long sides.
Don't apply to much pressure or the tub will crack, if it does it's no big deal
Get out all of the plastic bits from the inside of the tub
Dry the inside of the tub out with a paper towel
Take a fresh paper towel soak it with rubbing alcohol and thoroughly wipe the inside and the lid of the tub.
set the lid on top of the tub leaving the tub exposed to air and let dry.
Take a couple of trash bags and lay the on the bottom of the tub, you want to fully cover the bottom and bottom part of the walls on the tub. Ideally you want the bags to cover around 4 inches of the wall.
with a new alcohol soaked paper towel wipe the exposed parts of the bags, leave the lid cracked and let dry.
I am pretty stoned at this point, so I will continue this post later tonight or tom, if you need clarification ask away
To be continued...
learning already. probably going to do the pftek just to get the hang of it. and go from there. im not too worried on yeild.
