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    #14163789 - 03/22/11 10:16 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

First of all I know that there are allot of people out there that DO NOT recommend adding compost to a substrate. My opinion on this is that if it has the right nutes, correct PH, is made of completely organic material, and has been composted for at least almost a year, depending on what nitro rich ingredients you add to the mix to break it down, just be careful not to add too much or it will burn myc due to too much nitrogen still in the compost. (no red meats, have heard of adding chicken fat or fish but I won't do it untill I research allot more about it)

The best things to put in a composter is everything that you can think of that is organic and grows, banana, apple, carrot, squash, broccoli peelings or scraps. Allot of people add hay when the compost begins to break down to aerate the mixture, and I suggest to add a tablespoon of powdered Chicken poo or a hand full of shredded Hpoo every few months to aid in the speed of the decomposition of the organic material as it gets more and more full.

The design is very simple, all you need is some scrap wood for building a frame like an old saw horse or some 2x4s and 1x2s, a five gallon bucket with a locking lid, a drill with a small bit and a hole saw drill bit (like the ones used to drill a mono hole or a doorknob hole) Screws or nails, and the most critical part is the plumbing supplies you will use to suspend the bucket from the frame, you will need to get pipes that will fit into your holesaw drill bit hole(not too lose or tight), and you will need to get threaded ones with the fixtures to fit them(if they are PVC, shorter pipes and frame are recommended to keep them from bending under weight) If they are metal you can either get some plumbing fixtures or washers and nuts to keep them from slipping out of the frame holes. (Two L joints that fit your pipe and two short threaded pipes*6 inches or so* work great for one side to use as a crank handle for mixing and turning the bucket. You will also need a pressure coupler fitting for PVC (threaded type unless you have PVC cement) or two skinny washers and nuts to fit your metal pipe threads to secure the pipe to the inside of the bucket in the two holes you make with the hole saw in the bucket just above the middle of the bucket so it will hang with the lid up and drainage holes down.(PS you can just use one long metal pipe and run it straight through the bucket)Mine only cost me 3$.

Next assembly, start by drilling the pivot holes in your bucket just above the middle attach pipes or insert pipe and measure so that you can fit it in the frame with extra pipe for adding crank and retaining bolts. Build your frame, not an exact science, you could even suspend it from rope wires or chains from the pipe/s in a tree somewhere. Whatever you decide to do just make sure that the bucket has a locking lid and you drill plenty of small holes in the bottom for drainage and a few holes near the top under the bucket lid to allow GE.

I think building a frame is much better because you can use cheap plumbing fixtures to make a great crank for mixing and it is easier to mix if the bucket is secure to the pipes.

Then just throw your food scraps in, add some lime or other N rich ingredient after your bucket gets about 1/4 full to aid in decomposition (careful with lime, teaspoon or so). Keep adding all year long, grass clippings leaves, whatever you want, and the next year you will have a N and nutrient rich compost to add to your sub after testing PH and pasteurizing.


I will be building one of these in the summer sometime, and I will add a step by step pictorial.
I think that compost would be a very good substrate as long as you add the right things to it, I think the reason people hate compost on here is because they have used store bought and it isn't as good as home made. If mixed with coir/verm a 3/4 full bucket will be enough for quite a few bulk subs. I myself am going to use allot of banana peels with some other organic vegetables from garden in mine along with some hay and horse manure to speed up the decomp.

































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Re: Home made compost as a substrate ingredient, how to build your own composter for bout $20 [Re: 3n1gm4]
    #14163837 - 03/22/11 10:26 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

I'd recommend the addition of earth worms.

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Re: Home made compost as a substrate ingredient, how to build your own composter for bout $20 [Re: Belief]
    #14163940 - 03/22/11 10:50 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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I'd recommend the addition of earth worms.




Certainly, after the compost is almost fully decomposed, worm castings would be great for the mix. I would probably add them when I added the shredded hay around the last few months before you use it. I would also like to add some banana tree bark and leaves if I could find some. And if my zoo has a zoo poo sale this summer I will substitute elephant dung for the Hpoo, if you have enough compost in the bucket you can even add green manure the first time you add a N additive, it will speed up the process allot.


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Re: Home made compost as a substrate ingredient, how to build your own composter for bout $20 [Re: 3n1gm4]
    #14163965 - 03/22/11 10:59 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

you can add worms right at the beginning actually.  they will eat anything you put in quickly

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Re: Home made compost as a substrate ingredient, how to build your own composter for bout $20 [Re: Belief]
    #14189674 - 03/26/11 11:42 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

MMH (Mini Mono House):

Made with a $3 9"x9"x12" tote

Lid made into a rectangular latch hole...

Scrap plastic triangles and a piece of plastic coat hanger for roof frame.

Some painters drop cloth

And duct tape of course

A little Velcro to hold the lid in place during fruiting

When I use this in a week or so I will tape all the way around after I spawn, when it is colonized I will take off tape and maybe stuff poly in the gap around the lid and see where RH goes, and I will post some more pics of it in action.


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Re: Home made compost as a substrate ingredient, how to build your own composter for bout $20 [Re: 3n1gm4]
    #14205936 - 03/29/11 08:44 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

I just thought of the easiest way to get your light closer to your sub and it is so simple.

All you need is a quart jar a 6500k CFL and a light fixture with some pieces to attach the light fixture to a hole in the lid of the jar(too keep glass and glass from hitting together).I have checked the light fits.

All you would have to do is cut a circle in the lid of your mono or SG just big enough to screw the threads from the jar into, screw the jar into the bottom of the lid. Then attach your CFL and fixture to the quart lid and screw on the lid.

It would protect your CFL from moisture, and since glass is an insulator I think a few vent holes in the jar lid would keep it from heating the FC too much. I will try it out and make a tek thread for it if it works. It would look sorta like this(paint lol)



Or use a 12V PS and just use one or two of these http://gadgetloversguide.com/19-10-h4-5w-102-smd-led-6500k-460-lumen-white-fog-lights-for-car-12vpair-2/


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Stealth is in my future. [Re: 3n1gm4]
    #14209287 - 03/30/11 12:21 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Well I have to do something while I am waiting, here is yet another crazy idea implementing this http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/13940122 and a tropic aire humidifier into it too. This is by no means finished or even checked, just an idea.



I think I might use LEDs on this bucket, if anyone asks, it is a minnow bucket because it has the air pump going, you just put the intake and exhaust tubes that are stuffed tight with polyfil and put them on the same side pointed at a window, so what little air that was moved by the humidifier and exhaust would be being sucked in from a fresh air source and then blown out the bottom.
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TImber (USA) 7/28/2009 8:21 AM
I purchased this tropic Air and silent air pump to go with it. I have tried so very many humidifiers and none have worked as well as this one. Normally I end up with a horrible water mess or a temperature that is elevated far to much. This one works as quiet as the air pump you attach to it, no water messes, just the product you are after, Humidity. Thank you, I have purchased three more. Your shipping was fast, and I always knew where it was thanks to your one click tracking.
http://www.reptiledirect.com/tropicairhumidifierandairexchangernopump.aspx
Those are built for 55 gallon tanks, I think it can handle the humidity for a bucket, if it works I might try a 50 gallon drum next.
Using the exhaust positioned the way it is will spin the fresh humid air from the top down to the exhaust giving the sub fresh humid air by drawing it from the top past the humidifier and spiraling the air down, I will test it with smoke when I build it, I am going shopping for some of the stuff tomorrow.

You could just put it by a window and stack stuff on it with one of these http://besthongkong.com/product_info.php?products_id=287 wrapped around inside it, on a timer covered with a blanket with a lamp on top. I would need a hydrometer with a lead on it, and have to find a way to have a peep hole. Maybe a hole drilled with a piece of plastic glued to it. My other projects that I haven't finished are on hold for this one at this time.

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Re: Stealth is in my future. The Quart Jar Light Tek (QJLT) [Re: 3n1gm4]
    #14216725 - 03/31/11 07:22 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

I made the jar with a CFL inside, I am going to test it out for 12 hours with nothing in it but the tropic aire humidifier. If it works and doesn't raise the temp too much then I will change this message into the tek, I took pictures of every step and the parts are easy to find. If you have the money to buy a piece of plexiglass you can easily afford this.
The light bulb fixture is securely attached to the lid. For the jar I am just going to use duct tape, less permanent.

I just hope that it doesn't heat the glass up too much. I may just go ahead and drill a couple vent holes in the lid where the light fixture is when the Silicone and the epoxy dries completely and then test it. If it works I will post the results and pics if it doesn't then I will probably laugh and erase this post and start on my other one. I will post results here for sure, the temp directly under the jar at 12 hours is the only thing I am worried about. It was really cheap and if you have the internet or a home depot nearby you can get everything.

Since this is stealth I think that the fact that all solid color tubs are easier to cut than the clear tubs I have had is nice, I think I will line the inside with a mylar blanket from a survival kit you get from sporting goods for $1, to reflect light and further block the light from getting to the outside.


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Re: Stealth is in my future. The Quart Jar Light Tek (QJLT) [Re: 3n1gm4]
    #14216757 - 03/31/11 07:28 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

im using this right now. puts off very little heat, and the few degree it does raise the fc, i could use so its a win win


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Re: Stealth is in my future. The Quart Jar Light Tek (QJLT) [Re: curiousgeorge91]
    #14216881 - 03/31/11 07:45 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

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im using this right now. puts off very little heat, and the few degree it does raise the fc, i could use so its a win win



Dangit, it has already been done, figures. Is there a tek thread with the materials and pics on here?

How big is your FC.


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Re: Stealth is in my future. The Quart Jar Light Tek (QJLT) [Re: 3n1gm4]
    #14216945 - 03/31/11 07:55 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

mines real small. Trace the top of a half pint jar on the lid, cut it and save the cut out piece. Drop the jar in the lip catches it. Cut a hole in the plastic cutout the same size as the threaded part of bulb and use it for the new lid. Put the bulb in the jar, slip the plastic piece over so its snug, thread the top on. Its pretty basic:shrug:


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Re: Stealth is in my future. The Quart Jar Light Tek (QJLT) [Re: curiousgeorge91]
    #14217008 - 03/31/11 08:07 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

I didn't think of using the cut out piece, I used the lid for the jar.


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    #14217032 - 03/31/11 08:12 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

that works too, i just found the plastic easier to work with. and its an insulator so u wont get zapped:shrug:


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    #14217085 - 03/31/11 08:27 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

This is the socket I got and a 1 1/2 inch hole saw worked perfect for drilling the hole, the rubber wedged right in. I used glue but duct tape would have worked just as well.

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053&productId=100356874&R=100356874


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