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Dirt-Simple Way To Cool a Monotub for Fruiting
    #5778497 - 06/21/06 10:39 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

I've been reading a lot and from what I've seen, cubes can (and do) fruit in fairly warm temps but cooling helps trigger the pinning (along with a reduction in CO2 and introduction of light).

So I'm thinking there are three ways to accomplish this in a monotub setup.

1. Be lucky and have a spot in your house that stays a consistent 75F year-round.

2. Spring for a nice CoolWorks IceProbe.

3. Go DIY/ghetto.

While I'm sure there are a million ways to skin a cat, but not finding a lot of posts on the subject, here is my solution.



That's right. Two sets of 2 icepacks that rotate in and out of my freezer very 10-12 hours. A dry Igloo cooler holds both the freezer packs and the monotub. The Igloo is left open to encourage a bit of FAE and to allow light.

This, of course, scales like shit but it's good for the bigger-than-cakes, smaller-that-HC's-gigafruits grower.

I'm considering adding water to the Igloo but of course I'll be limited to only as high as the polyfill holes.

My temps generally stay in the 68-73F for about 10-12 hours, even with a weak breeze through my house, and that's in the mid-80's. If it gets hotter the temps will stay in that range, the packs will cool faster but that's not a problem. Which means I can leave for work and come back and the temperature only fluctuates over 5 degrees.

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Re: Dirt-Simple Way To Cool a Monotub for Fruiting [Re: splifner180]
    #5778524 - 06/21/06 10:46 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

My house sits at a consistant 68F. So I'm constantly struggling to warm things up.


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Re: Dirt-Simple Way To Cool a Monotub for Fruiting [Re: kranked]
    #5778599 - 06/21/06 11:03 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

my monotubs had trouble when they had walls around them, i think you might have FAE issues with that. a fan would fix that well enough i suppose.


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Re: Dirt-Simple Way To Cool a Monotub for Fruiting [Re: Omnicracker]
    #5778664 - 06/21/06 11:18 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

That would definitely require fanning.

I would consider removing the motor from a coolmist and modifying a Styrofoam cooler to be used as the base. The out put would be a PVC pipe. You could refill the coolmist with ice instead of water. Run that to cheap large cooler or possibly a burnt out fridge.


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Re: Dirt-Simple Way To Cool a Monotub for Fruiting [Re: musher_420]
    #5780481 - 06/22/06 01:22 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Ok, back to the drawing board.

I've come up with a new method but I'm testing it out before doing a writeup. Probably a good idea. =P

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