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EZRider
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Are there alternatives to tin foil to keep cakes from touching perlite?
#12590268 - 05/19/10 03:24 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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I've noticed that when I mist my SGFC, a bit of water almost always lands on the tin foil beneath my PF cakes. This will occur less often now that I've trimmed away the excess foil so there's just enough to do the job (I can barely see the foil if I'm looking into the chamber from directly above), but I water still lands on it when I spray. This is probably nothing to fuss over, but wouldn't it be better to allow as much air movement under the cakes as possible? What about some kind of grate or mesh raised a short distance above the perlite?
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Re: Are there alternatives to tin foil to keep cakes from touching perlite? [Re: EZRider]
#12590276 - 05/19/10 03:33 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
RR says: Don't put your cakes directly on the perlite. Your cake will waste its energy trying to colonize the perlite. You did the right thing.
from this thread https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/3012107
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Re: Are there alternatives to tin foil to keep cakes from touching perlite? [Re: EZRider]
#12590277 - 05/19/10 03:34 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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the reason for keeping the cakes off the perlite is to keep it from wasting time and energy trying to colonize the perlite... I wouldn't worry about a few drops on the foil.
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Re: Are there alternatives to tin foil to keep cakes from touching perlite? [Re: echoesSG]
#12590292 - 05/19/10 03:45 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yes, of course I understand that cakes shouldn't be placed on perlite. What I'm asking is if it wouldn't be even better to somehow raise them so as to allow free air flow under them than to place them on tin foil.
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Re: Are there alternatives to tin foil to keep cakes from touching perlite? [Re: EZRider]
#12590305 - 05/19/10 03:51 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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You can buy plastic mesh used in arts & crafts at about any craft store. It's very inexpensive.
EXAMPLES link
http://www.craftking.com/crafthtml/plastic_canvas.htm
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Re: Are there alternatives to tin foil to keep cakes from touching perlite? [Re: myco.alchemist]
#12590337 - 05/19/10 04:23 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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you could use a jar lid
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Re: Are there alternatives to tin foil to keep cakes from touching perlite? [Re: mazatec cubensis]
#12590466 - 05/19/10 05:49 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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IMO there should be more than enough surface area on a cake to allow for excessive pinning / fruiting given the proper genetics + environment. A cake can only give so much output, and if you suspend it and it decides to grow from the bottom, then imo you're just stopping fruits from popping up somewhere else.
Do you have an airflow problem, i.e: are you trying to compensate, or is this just an idea? i've less than 5 successful grows under my belt, but i've lurked, and from what i understand and have seen from suspended cakes (search them), putting them on tinfoil/jar lids is a good enough method.
edit: did it for you  http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/5894463#5894463 http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/4649257#4649257
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Edited by Kanker (05/19/10 05:53 AM)
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