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Harlz
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is this a plausible fruiting chamber? please help
#10093015 - 04/02/09 09:11 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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im going to have roughly an inch of vermiculite that has been rinsed udner distilled water which my cakes will sit on,inside a rubber maid container with the lid middle cut out and generally pretty tightly sealed with saran wrap and keep at like 75-80 degrees? and indirect sunlight surrounded by tinfoil kinda but not very bright indirect light...please help
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Re: is this a plausible fruiting chamber? please help [Re: Harlz]
#10093033 - 04/02/09 09:16 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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hey it sounds alright
but why not use perlite instead of verm?? also put a peice of tinfoil on top of the verm and then set your cakes down on tht.
also what are you doing for fae?
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Harlz
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Re: is this a plausible fruiting chamber? please help [Re: mushman18]
#10093044 - 04/02/09 09:19 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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I cant get perlite and why use tinfoil? are you sure? and do i fully cover it all?
whats fae?
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Re: is this a plausible fruiting chamber? please help [Re: mushman18]
#10093054 - 04/02/09 09:20 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Use perlite, its everywhere garden supplies are sold. I use about 4-5 inches tho, with about 1/2 inch of water in the bottom. More surface area to evaporate from. FAE- fresh air exchange
Edit: ok no perlite, ive used verm before with success, but its messy as hell. well.. more so than perlite. Dunno about depth with it tho, youd probly need less.
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Re: is this a plausible fruiting chamber? please help [Re: Harlz]
#10093055 - 04/02/09 09:21 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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no just a little square peice for each cake so it doesnt become water logged or contaminated by touching the verm.
fae is fresh air exchange
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Re: is this a plausible fruiting chamber? please help [Re: mushman18]
#10093065 - 04/02/09 09:22 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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you would be much better off with perlite, verm is really messy
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Re: is this a plausible fruiting chamber? please help [Re: Harlz]
#10093067 - 04/02/09 09:23 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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an inch of verm wont supply you with the needed humidity. FAE stands for fresh air exchange. Your fruiting chamber's air needs to be replaced with fresh air many many times a day. How do you plan on achieving that?
The tin foil would be used as little squares with a cake sitting on each one, but you do need to rethink the way you plan on delivering humidity.
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Re: is this a plausible fruiting chamber? please help [Re: Harlz]
#10093070 - 04/02/09 09:23 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Perlite has alot of surface area which water sticks to and if there are holes all around the fruiting chamber including the bottom air will pass trough the perlie creating humidity. Verm soaks up water. also you should use a lid or tin foil pads that the cake sits on so they aren't directly on the perlite to reduce the risk of contam. I would turn that chamber in the a Shotgun Fruiting Chamber
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Harlz
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Re: is this a plausible fruiting chamber? please help [Re: mushman18]
#10093075 - 04/02/09 09:24 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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allright ill do the tinfoil thing thanks alot! and im just gonna manually air them out ever 4-6 hours or so? and spray bottle directly on the verm if it gets too dry but ill try to find some perlite before then.
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Re: is this a plausible fruiting chamber? please help [Re: Harlz]
#10093092 - 04/02/09 09:28 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Ok let me get this straight cut holes in the bottom and use perlite how can i get better Fae?
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Re: is this a plausible fruiting chamber? please help [Re: Harlz]
#10093106 - 04/02/09 09:32 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Don't invent your own terrarium on your first grow. There's too many other variables you need to learn. Build a shotgun terrarium, and that's one part you won't have to worry about. RR
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Re: is this a plausible fruiting chamber? please help [Re: Harlz]
#10093107 - 04/02/09 09:33 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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poke holes on all 6 sides
thats why its called shotgun terrarium cause it looks like someone blasted it lol
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Harlz
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Re: is this a plausible fruiting chamber? please help [Re: mushman18]
#10093246 - 04/02/09 10:13 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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does anyone here dunk their cakes immediately afterbirthing and also do you roll in verm.? I dont think im going to:O
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Re: is this a plausible fruiting chamber? please help [Re: Harlz]
#10093252 - 04/02/09 10:14 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Almost everyone here dunks and rolls after birth. You should too.
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Harlz
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Re: is this a plausible fruiting chamber? please help [Re: iskinbash]
#10093276 - 04/02/09 10:18 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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can you please lead to me the correct instructions for this method because that would be great!
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iskinbash



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Re: is this a plausible fruiting chamber? please help [Re: Harlz]
#10093301 - 04/02/09 10:24 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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http://www.mushroomvideos.com/BRF-Pf-Tek
Thats a link to a 4 part video segment on the whole process of the PF Tek. The videos were done by RogerRabbit, the mod who posted on this thread not too long ago. It has everything you need to know and it is all wonderful information.
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