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sidehide
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1st grow 1st Q. Co2 Fruiting
#9868324 - 02/26/09 08:52 AM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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I sleep for 10- 12 hours a day so I cant fan during that time my question is: Do I add a air pump under the perlite? Do I have to make a shotgun style chamber? I see people use fans on timers and air pumps but I am scared of contamination... any ideas?
Also after fanning dose it take long for the Rh to get back up to high 90s , I am incubating now and it just seems to me that with all this fanning to get the Co2 out it will be hard to keep high humidity constant
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Re: 1st grow 1st Q. Co2 Fruiting [Re: sidehide]
#9868332 - 02/26/09 08:55 AM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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Theres a few different ways. The shotgun's design has holes everywhere and spaced evenly to better airflow but fanning is still needed. The PMP setup might work for you in this case.
http://www.shroomery.org/9047/Poor-Mans-Pod
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Re: 1st grow 1st Q. Co2 Fruiting [Re: sidehide]
#9868393 - 02/26/09 09:21 AM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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^^^^ there u go, shotgun works great tho look it up.... SEARCH
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I sleep for 10- 12 hours a day so I cant fan during that time
Danm u get a lot of fckin sleep lol
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sidehide
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there should be:
"I have a life and I am also employed like a normal person therefore I can only attend to my grow after work and before sleep about 3 hours daily TEK! call it 3outof24 TEK
lol
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13shrooms
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Re: 1st grow 1st Q. Co2 Fruiting [Re: sidehide]
#9868576 - 02/26/09 10:17 AM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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I do the same, they are fine until morning. just make up for it when you can.
the shotgunFC does FAE very well all on its own.
if your using perlite why dont you have a shotgun FC to begin with?
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Re: 1st grow 1st Q. Co2 Fruiting [Re: 13shrooms]
#9868748 - 02/26/09 10:54 AM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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i have a shotgun style chamber ... my problem is humidity is always low then I cover the holes and I have co2 issues its like that all the time the RH vs Co2 war constant fanning or have low rh
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13shrooms
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Re: 1st grow 1st Q. Co2 Fruiting [Re: sidehide]
#9869095 - 02/26/09 11:50 AM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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you should have 5" of moist perlite and holes on all 6 sides. if you have humidity prob it usually too many holes. but dont cover them use tyvek/polyfill or micropore tape that way gasses(co2) can escape.
hope this helps.
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Re: 1st grow 1st Q. Co2 Fruiting [Re: 13shrooms]
#9869152 - 02/26/09 12:00 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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dose the 5" of moist perlite rule apply only to certain size FC or all.
how deep is your FC supposed to be
ball park it or no less then..............?
Edited by sidehide (02/26/09 12:04 PM)
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13shrooms
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Re: 1st grow 1st Q. Co2 Fruiting [Re: sidehide]
#9869160 - 02/26/09 12:02 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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shouldnt matter on size. 5" is required to hold the moisture needed to keep RH @ 90+
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Re: 1st grow 1st Q. Co2 Fruiting [Re: 13shrooms]
#9869227 - 02/26/09 12:15 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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man... I think I just need a big ass FC like 2 70+ quart clear containers then I can dump a ton of perlite and not worry that my shrooms will try to grow higher then the top of my FC
ps I always see pictures on this forum with people having shrooms the size of my forearm and wonder how big their FC is.
I cant fit over 10 cakes in mine and they are still cramped not to mention you need uncover surface of the perlite for humidity .. right?
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Re: 1st grow 1st Q. Co2 Fruiting [Re: sidehide]
#9869395 - 02/26/09 12:46 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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you not going to get arm sized shrooms from cakes. I wish.
they are using bulk substrates in monotubs or martha-style greenhouses filled with trays.
I crumble my cakes in to a monotub using this tek and get some decent size mushies.
bulk sub tek
it was a nice step up from cakes. but learn all you can b4 going bigger. and if you chose a tek dont stray from what the tek says. thats where most mess up.
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Re: 1st grow 1st Q. Co2 Fruiting [Re: sidehide]
#9869474 - 02/26/09 12:58 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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thanks 13shrooms
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