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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: ShadOWCrack]
    #13507955 - 11/19/10 07:43 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

Hey LL,

Perlite bought right is very cheap!

Less that $20 will get a 2 cu. ft. bag == Huge

Look at Home Depot, and not on the shelf with all the
smaller bags of soil additives, but out with all the
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http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&productId=202187623&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&ci_sku=202187623&ci_src=14110944&cm_mmc=shopping-_-googlebase-_-D28X-_-202187623&locStoreNum=658&marketID=12

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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: Javadog]
    #13508390 - 11/19/10 09:50 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

Simply build your terrarium per the tek and it will be right.  I've used mine in less than 10% ambient humidity and it was still over 90% inside.

I suspect a crappy hygrometer, which is almost always the case.  In addition, don't hang the hygrometer on the side of the terrarium, since the air entering the holes will skew the reading.  Set the hygrometer on the perlite in the middle.  If you've built the terrarium to spec, it will work, period.

Furthermore, humidity is not the number one issue.  Fresh air is.  Blocking holes destroys both.
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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: Javadog]
    #13509609 - 11/19/10 02:02 PM (13 years, 3 months ago)

Hi JD
I guess the big bac was about right then. It was like a 16 cu ft?!!
When I asked HD about it they said they didn't have it( found the small bag myself)
I bet if I ask for thermorock they will know!! Thanks for the help inwill go there now and see if they have it!!!! If not I can order from there site. I will hit you up in a lil bit vea :pm:
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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #13509714 - 11/19/10 02:13 PM (13 years, 3 months ago)

Hey RR,
I did the SGFC per your TEK!!! ( thanks for the info on your site)
I made the first one like 3 wks ago but I didn't have a 1/4 in drill so I used a smaller one. It worked great.

The problem didnt start till I got the SGFC and drilled them both with the 1/4 I got when I picked up a few things.

There is holes on all 6 sides~~ 2in apart
There is only 4 in of perlite in them( that's all a $6.99 bag of 8 qt of per will fill them)

It maybe my hygrometer but I have two that are not the same( one analog one did) both from diff... Makers and suppilers. And they read about the same +- 1or 2%.
I will go check out the perlite now and see what's up. Thanks for the help RR!!!

Oh and the RH in ther now says 99% buiuuuttttt??????????
( it said 71% when I got up to mist fan and turn on the light at 6:30am


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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: ShadOWCrack]
    #13509817 - 11/19/10 02:30 PM (13 years, 3 months ago)

Toss the hygrometers out.  They're crap anyway.  Mist as required during fruiting.  If the cakes and fruits are dry within half an hour after misting, then you have good air exchange and humidity.
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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #13511828 - 11/19/10 09:42 PM (13 years, 3 months ago)

What if it takes hours for the cakes to try up? Mine seem to only dry up when I wake up and they haven't been misted in like 8 hours and even still then my hygrometer is still moist. I fan the fg hard for about 30 seconds after I mist also


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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #13511966 - 11/19/10 10:10 PM (13 years, 3 months ago)

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Toss the hygrometers out.  They're crap anyway.  Mist as required during fruiting.  If the cakes and fruits are dry within half an hour after misting, then you have good air exchange and humidity.
RR




RR is spot on LL, as usual.

I was uncertain about SGFCs at first, as I had some trouble
the first time around, and I live in a coastal desert.

This time I crowded 27 cakes into my SGFC and they are
producing huge fruits.

Onward and upward,

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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #13512586 - 11/20/10 12:29 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

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Toss the hygrometers out.  They're crap anyway.  Mist as required during fruiting.  If the cakes and fruits are dry within half an hour after misting, then you have good air exchange and humidity.
RR



To check thim you wrap a damp towl around them right?
Well i did and they read 99%, put them in my bedroom 30% put them in my bathroom said 48%  they where +/- 2% of each other.
Maybe i will put them out side and see what they say. The RH outside is 46% now, or will that not tell me anything? The RH has gone up since I our more perlite?

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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: Javadog]
    #13512617 - 11/20/10 12:38 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

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RR is spot on LL, as usual.
I was uncertain about SGFCs at first, as I had some trouble
the first time around, and I live in a coastal desert.
This time I crowded 27 cakes into my SGFC and they are
producing huge fruits.

Onward and upward,

JD

P.S. Watching Lou Reed's Berlin tonight.  He is a beloved nut.
I think that I have a soft spot for his troubles, as I married
my madchen.




Yeah I didnt have this problem until I re-drilled them with the 1/4 in
The new one I made was per RR' vid. 2in apart( even made marks every 2in):lol:
I will kelp you posted if your into-it
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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: Doc_T]
    #13512699 - 11/20/10 01:08 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

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Well then your holes are like 4 inches apart.
Get out a tape measure and check what you've got going on. No way that thing is built to spec.



what he said

the idea of a shotgun is that air wics moisture up off the perlite to create a high humidity level, taping the holes makes that not happen, build it to spec, and if it still isnt working because your ambient rh is shit, your fucked unless you just start misting alot more, if you have the money, build a gh they are amazing in the winter, evantually youll upgrade to bulk and in alot of places low ambient rh in the winter time will be your worst enemy, forcing you to run something in your grow room which sucks balls


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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: Montock]
    #13512761 - 11/20/10 01:26 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

i also agree with your holes definitely not being two inches apart, maybe on the top but definitely not the sides. Also you should probably have around 5 inches of perlite, yours does not even look like 4. 6.99 is not expensive honestly but your could get a massive amount at a nursery probably more than you could ever use for cheap.


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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: ShadOWCrack]
    #13512772 - 11/20/10 01:31 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

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I added more perlite and took the tape off. RH went up but it's not where I want it.
Maybe I will add more perlite in a few days when I can get some.





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My bad I was talking about the perlite being 4 in.
Sorry for the misinfo!:sad:




READ ALL OF IT!!

there is 4in of perlite in there and i took all the tape off, and i under stand how it works(thats why i went whit this one)

its all good though, i just feel like :zombie2:


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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: duck mama]
    #13512781 - 11/20/10 01:35 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

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i also agree with your holes definitely not being two inches apart, maybe on the top but definitely not the sides. Also you should probably have around 5 inches of perlite, yours does not even look like 4. 6.99 is not expensive honestly but your could get a massive amount at a nursery probably more than you could ever use for cheap.




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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: ShadOWCrack]
    #13512805 - 11/20/10 01:44 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

Not enough holes.  In a SGFC, your humidity is created by airflow.  So, you've got perlite, but not enough holes.  You need  air to enter the chamber in order to evaporate the water in the perlite, creating humidity.

Sure, the FC is smaller, but it doesn't dictate the spacing of the holes.


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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: tajmahal420]
    #13512822 - 11/20/10 01:51 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

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Not enough holes.  In a SGFC, your humidity is created by airflow.  So, you've got perlite, but not enough holes.  You need  air to enter the chamber in order to evaporate the water in the perlite, creating humidity.

Sure, the FC is smaller, but it doesn't dictate the spacing of the holes.



well i got a tape and looked at it it was off alil
but i got a ruler and marked aver 2in

. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
thats what every 2 in would be on the small side thats 30 holes(the way i did it, there where 34 holes) could that be why?

i did it like this

  X X X X X X 
    X X X X X 
  X X X X X X 
    X X X X X 
  X X X X X X
    X X X X X 

some thing like that(hope u can figer what i mean) i just made it fit the side

guess i will get a few more and try again. the first one i made did great but had a million hols bc  i didnt have a 1/4in bit.

sorry for the rambling i will get off this post now and quite waiting ppls time:)

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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: ShadOWCrack]
    #13512841 - 11/20/10 02:00 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

PS
would it be better to just mark 2in both ways and drill where they meet chris-cross them like the x's one(on the next row start 2in down and 2in over)
or iam i just using NOT USING "KISS"

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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: ShadOWCrack]
    #13514108 - 11/20/10 11:42 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

I don't even measure for the holes.  I just wing it.  As said earlier, stop obsessing over humidity.  Fresh air is what you need, and lots of it.

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What if it takes hours for the cakes to try up? Mine seem to only dry up when I wake up and they haven't been misted in like 8 hours and even still then my hygrometer is still moist. I fan the fg hard for about 30 seconds after I mist also



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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #13514739 - 11/20/10 02:12 PM (13 years, 3 months ago)

Well that's what I did there just winged it.
If my RH Is not like it post to be won't my mushies not grow right?


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Re: SGFC and RH? [Re: ShadOWCrack]
    #13515778 - 11/20/10 05:52 PM (13 years, 3 months ago)

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If my RH Is not like it post to be won't my mushies not grow right?




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If English isn't your native language, perhaps you can find someone in your country to help you post.  That makes no sense whatsoever.
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    #13515885 - 11/20/10 06:21 PM (13 years, 3 months ago)

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If my RH Is not like it post to be won't my mushies not grow right?




:shrug:

If English isn't your native language, perhaps you can find someone in your country to help you post.  That makes no sense whatsoever.
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Sorry LL, but I must agree. LOL!

Be patient.  You will get there.

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