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occollegeboi
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Perlite question? fc opacity question?
#14528947 - 05/29/11 12:18 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I will be using 9 pf cakes made with TALL 1/2 pint jars, brf & verm. Not the short jars. My fc is 12 inches tall. It will be at a north facing window, so a lot of light will come in from the sides.
Should I still use 5 inches of perlite (for rh, I'll be doing the pf tek)? 5 inches would merely take up almost half the tup, and the tall cakes will take up the rest but a couple inches give or take. My phone in the picture is 4.5 inches. I'm worried that the tall cakes won't be able to produce tall shrooms if they are coming out from the top of the cake.
Is the plastic of my fc too opaque or will sunlight be able to penetrate? I know it cannot be white, which it doesn't look like it, but just want to make sure. Thanks.
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My sgfc:
   Here's without camera flash so you can see the color of the tub:
Edited by occollegeboi (05/29/11 12:27 AM)
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rambo__23
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Re: Perlite question? fc opacity question? [Re: occollegeboi]
#14528971 - 05/29/11 12:31 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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i dont think you need 5 inches of perlite to start.
but even if you do use 5 inches, your mushrooms will grow regardless of colliding with your lid....... theyll just kinda turn sideways and continue growing
and your opacity is fine.
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occollegeboi
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Re: Perlite question? fc opacity question? [Re: rambo__23]
#14529025 - 05/29/11 12:51 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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That's pretty cool. Are there any pictures of mushrooms growing to the side like that on here?
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Re: Perlite question? fc opacity question? [Re: rambo__23]
#14529027 - 05/29/11 12:51 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I just did my first grow and used only about 2" to 3" of perlite and got great results. Just fan + mist on a good schedule to keep the humidity up and you will be fine. You're using pretty much the same setup as I did except your container is slightly bigger.
And yea mushrooms are pretty strange when they hit things. For instance I've had caps fully develop underneath my cakes on the first grow and be fine, grow downwards into the perlite and be fine, and actually strart underneath the cake and find their way out into the open. Its crazy.
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Edited by Alex22 (05/29/11 12:54 AM)
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Re: Perlite question? fc opacity question? [Re: Alex22]
#14529627 - 05/29/11 06:59 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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You should get a taller tub. It's not about the mushrooms hitting the lid, but rather about proper dissipation of gasses. RR
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occollegeboi
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Re: Perlite question? fc opacity question? [Re: RogerRabbit]
#14582172 - 06/08/11 09:41 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
RogerRabbit said: You should get a taller tub. It's not about the mushrooms hitting the lid, but rather about proper dissipation of gasses. RR
Shit! Will this tub be fine though? Will I need to fan more often? What will I need to do to counter the shortness of the tub? I already spent the money on it and already made the holes.
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occollegeboi
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Re: Perlite question? fc opacity question? [Re: occollegeboi]
#14585049 - 06/09/11 11:35 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Bump. Roger rabbit stated that my sgfc is too short in his post above my last post. Is there anything I can do to counter the fact that it's too short? More FAE? What should I do...if anything?
Thanks.
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Re: Perlite question? fc opacity question? [Re: occollegeboi]
#14585080 - 06/09/11 11:40 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yes... Make a dub-tub.... take the same make/model tub and invert over the current one. Be sure to add appropriate FAE
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Re: Perlite question? fc opacity question? [Re: HorizonSpawn]
#14585106 - 06/09/11 11:44 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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itll be ok.
its just not ideal. check the SGFC i used in my gallery.
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