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pirate099 said:

colonized cake before roll

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pirate099 said:
i let them consolidate for about 10days. they were pretty slow to colonize so i let them sit a while longer before i dunked them. ok i'll see what i can do to raise it. would adding water directly to the perlite be acceptable?

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Violet said:
Too low humidity, too low fresh air exchange, way low temperature.

If the air is comfy to you, it is to them also.
You've got wet perlite going on there, so doubt it's the humidity.

I see no holes in your chamber. Your cakes are siting in stale air and building up CO2 until you come fan... Which will never be enough if you're the only thing supplying FAE. They can't breathe!

Turn your tote into a proper shotgun terrarium. It'll cover most of your fresh air, one or two fannings a day when called for will do the rest. It'll still keep the humidity up to 90-99% since your warm cakes put air out the top and sides, bringing new air in thru the perlite below which picks up moisture.

When you get a feel for it, you can try thugs such as pc fans, but without an idea of what kind of FAE is necessary but bottom much to kill your humidity and dry your substrates out, it's like riding a motorcycle with tricycle experience.

Again, build a shotgun fruiting chamber. It's the ultimate fruiting chamber for this sort of grow and is super easy and cheap - all you need to get there now is a drill.

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