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mindcultivation
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An interesting idea for gas exchange
#10109719 - 04/05/09 10:28 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Alright, so I have about a 20 gallon grow chamber and I really don't have enough time in my day to fan because I am away from my home a lot. I also don't want to drill into my chamber because I may crack it and I don't really feel like pumping air into it because of contaminants that may be residing in just regular air.
SO to remedy this problem I came up with a very simple solution; a plant. Just get a plant that likes high humidity (probably a tropical plant, I chose the wandering jew, it set me back a cool 4 bucks and it has nice glossy leaves and puts out a good amount of oxygen, not to mention it doesn't grow fast at all, which is good) put it on a plastic tray that you can get at your local gardening store and just put in on the perlite or whatever you have in your grow chamber. Not only will it put out fresh oxygen constantly, it will thrive! I bought my plant and it was a pale green and not the healthiest in the world, now it is a deep green and very happy. It's still probably a good idea to fan it every now and then, just to offset any large buildup of CO2, but the plant should probably take care of it quite well.
Hope this helps.
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virus1824
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a plant also uses oxygen, and you dont want to pump air in it for contaminations, but you do want to put a plant in there? i think first is the better imho. i have read a thread about this before and it was discouraged.
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theratatat
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Regular air does indeed have many mold spores and bacteria but this isn't a problem once your substrate is colonized.
Healthy mycelium does a fine job at fighting off any contamination. The soil that your plant resides in probably has more contamination then the air you are pumping in.
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RogerRabbit
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Re: An interesting idea for gas exchange [Re: theratatat]
#10109784 - 04/05/09 10:42 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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I also don't want to drill into my chamber because I may crack it and I don't really feel like pumping air into it because of contaminants that may be residing in just regular air.
You don't want to do anything that's been recommended for many years due to a high success rate, but you want to put a mold infested plant with all sorts of parasites into your fruiting chamber? 
New growers need to follow the established procedures that have been proved. If you search for 'plants in grow area' you'll find this has been tried dozens, if not hundreds of times before with failure. Mushrooms require near 100% humidity, and plants can't survive in that without getting moldy. RR
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