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pf tek - fruiting chamber or no fruiting chamber? ...and why?
    #13031708 - 08/10/10 01:34 PM (14 years, 5 months ago)

A friend of mine used to grow the mush for both of us but now that responsibility will be mine.  I'm going to be using pf tek like he did but I'm curious as to what the purpose of the fruiting chamber is.  I didn't think going without one would give the mushrooms as much space to grow but he assured me there is no difference in yield whether you let them fruit in the jar or in a chamber.  He didn't use a chamber and while clearly he's right when he says I don't need to (since he did fine without one) I can't help but assume that if people go through the trouble there must be a reason.

So what is the goal behind using a fruiting chamber vs letting them fruit in their jars and what are the pros and cons of taking your colonized cake out of its jar and plopping it in a chamber?  All the tutorials I've read/watched use a fruiting chamber but none say why or even mention the option not to do it.

If I do decide to use a fruiting chamber would a plastic 4L (1 gallon) ice cream pail work nicely as a smallish one (for 3 to 4 cakes)?

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Re: pf tek - fruiting chamber or no fruiting chamber? ...and why? [Re: oGipRotRe]
    #13031781 - 08/10/10 01:51 PM (14 years, 5 months ago)

You'll generally get more and better results with a proper FC.


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Re: pf tek - fruiting chamber or no fruiting chamber? ...and why? [Re: Doc_T]
    #13031799 - 08/10/10 01:56 PM (14 years, 5 months ago)

and when people don't do the FC is it just out of lazyness and/or the convenience of having nice little jars that can fit anywhere, or are there any cons cultivating with an FC?

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Re: pf tek - fruiting chamber or no fruiting chamber? ...and why? [Re: Doc_T]
    #13031802 - 08/10/10 01:56 PM (14 years, 5 months ago)

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Doc_T said:
You'll generally get more and better results with a proper FC.




+1. Invitro fruiting is not recommended, unless you feel like experimenting. In that case it can be interesting.


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