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AnarchyAndPeace
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Still having issue with humidity, please help.
#14698764 - 06/30/11 08:21 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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hey guys, well I got the humidity up, but not far enough. I can get it to about 72% and my goal is 90. Earlier I was told to drill more holes, which I did, and after adding the cakes I went up a terrific 12% to get where it is now (how ever I'm not so confident in my hydrometer, fuck caligrowkits.) however, I know for sure it's not humid enough and the perlite really doesn't feel wet (i folllowed RR Lets Grow Mushrooms and the tek exactly, got the perlites surface area covered) and now they feel somewhat damp. I currently have 3 damp paper towls in there (i had two but a few minutes ago the humidity started dropping to about 65% so I added a 3rd). I don't have any holes plugged up (as instructed), which I have what I judge is enough for my grow chamber, and they're a little bigger than they should be but I composated for that. I'm going to try plugging some of them unless instucted otherwise again and explained what I should do. Please help this noob out have really nice pins though (that started devolping inside the jar, no new ones but the the ones that have started are getting bigger fast ) Btw, no verm roll, I don't have acsess to it right now. The cakes keep seeming dry about every 2 and 1/2 hours so I mist them. I've also had a fun running for about 5 hours a day, if that makes a difference. Advice please!
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: AnarchyAndPeace]
#14698780 - 06/30/11 08:26 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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you have it lifted off the ground (or whatever) 2" or more, right? if you do, or that doesn't work, you might have too many holes.
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: sage1o1]
#14698793 - 06/30/11 08:29 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I do. Should I plug em? Also what's a good way to tell if the cakes are hydrated? I don't wanna over water and is a fan that often too much?
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: AnarchyAndPeace]
#14698825 - 06/30/11 08:37 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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More holes lowers humidity. Tape some up. Also spray down the walls of your terrarium to help keep RH up. If it evaporates quickly plug up more holes. Use this method to calibrate your terrarium
Also make sure your perlite is still damp
Also re dunking a dry cake is a good idea, if they feel light they're dehydrated
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Edited by King Cap (06/30/11 08:38 PM)
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: AnarchyAndPeace]
#14698832 - 06/30/11 08:38 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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plug a couple of 'em, yeah maybe, or maybe more perlite.
you have to just kinda look at a cake to tell if it's hydrated. its appearance and weight is what we all go by. pics?
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AnarchyAndPeace
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: sage1o1]
#14698865 - 06/30/11 08:46 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'll try my hardest to get some up tomorrow. I have to work with limited omputer acsess and mobile phones. I plugged some, and imma spray the walls and watch em. Thanks guys. And what will the apperence be compared to a dry cake? How long should it take till I have fruiting btw?
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: AnarchyAndPeace]
#14699170 - 06/30/11 09:55 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I know I'm probably in the minority here, but with my FC I made a hole in the side for a fish tank pump, attached an air stone, and set it inside of a glass of water in the middle of the terrarium.
This constantly puts moisture into the terrarium and the perlite keeps the humidity at a constant 99%. I have forgot to put the lid of the terrarium on for 30 - 60 minutes before and the humidity bounced right back up every time. I do still mist and fan, but it is not necessary for humidity because I didn't for a while. But the cakes will dry out if you don't mist and the moisture might pile up if you don't fan.
Something you could try though, if you wanted to be sure your conditions were good.
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: Garfelt]
#14699302 - 06/30/11 10:15 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I assume you're using an sgfc. TAKE OUT THE TOWELS. you're blocking crucial airflow and lowering your rh. Might as well not even have holes in the bottom, jeez. If you have 1/8" holes every 2 inches, all six sides, elevated at least 2" off the ground, and 5" of damp perlite, your hygrometer is wrong. Mist heavier, till there are dew like little drops on the cakes surface. Mist the walls. I think you're worrying too much. Sgfc works beautifully. I've never had a hygrometer give a "proper" measurement but the humidity is fine *on the surface of the substrate", so long as you follow the guidelines above. Your cakes will turn blue if your rh is a problem. And FAE is a more important pinning trigger I've found than max rh. Mushrooms take a while. They know how to do it tho. Just breathe, smoke a bowl, chill out, give it time. People give such bad advice here sometimes
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: ISOfantastic]
#14701992 - 07/01/11 01:49 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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thanks . First time grow, very excited and a little nervous. Lost 3 cakes to contams early on but after more reading I have wonderful pins and hopefully will be expiericing my first trip in not too long
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: AnarchyAndPeace]
#14702051 - 07/01/11 02:04 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Why are you guessing about the RH with a hydrometer your not sure of? get a proper analouge one and calibrate it then go from there
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: steelmonkey]
#14702839 - 07/01/11 05:00 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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You should be excited! Did you take out the paper towels?? Seriously, you're risking your pretty pinsets if you leave them there.
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AnarchyAndPeace
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: ISOfantastic]
#14703120 - 07/01/11 05:51 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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yeah i took them out
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: AnarchyAndPeace]
#14703180 - 07/01/11 06:01 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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AnarchyAndPeace
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: ISOfantastic]
#14703222 - 07/01/11 06:09 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quick question btw, i threw one of my 3 contamed cakes out side under some durt, and it colonized the dirt to the surface and is actually starting to pin (a nice little cluster of 3 pins) but some of the myc that is showing on the surface is infested with a green mold (i dont think its trich, but thats what it was contamed with in the first place, and I cut it off. It looks much lighter and growing differently.) Anyway, if these mushrooms grow will they be safe to pick and eat even though im sure the cakes contamed with something? And does eating the mushies wet provide more potentcy? Everyone here screams dry dry dry but from what I understand that degrades on of the psychodelic chemicals in the mushies. Does drying them make them more potent? Id love to just pick em and eat em
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: AnarchyAndPeace]
#14703318 - 07/01/11 06:27 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Dude you were getting some bad advice at the beginning of this thread, luckily ISOfantastic and steemonkey jumped in to set you straight.
I told you in an earlier thread to calibrate that hygrometer, that's gonna be the culprit.
Oh and you can eat the outdoor mushies from your contaminated cakes
....and you got people on both sides of the dryness vs. potency debate. My opinion is that there is no difference, and if there is, it's just a very slight difference. If I notice anything, it's that wet shrooms sometimes seem to work faster, but that subjective and it could've been caused by setting and body chemistry. So I guess I think that wet ones are slightly stonger, but you can just eat MORE dry ones.
-Dry shrooms are just a "tiny snack" and wet ones can be a whole meal (I like to eat mine with ranch dressing). -Only way to long term store them is to dry them. _Can't do the lemon tek with wet ones.
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: Chez man]
#14703336 - 07/01/11 06:33 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah, im pretty good at filtering bad advice. I pride myself at being at least a semi-educated noobie. I dont like asking stupid questions and am anal about knowing everything I can about projects like this lol. Just all the differing answers in the searches confuse me sometimes.
And what I understand is that weight dry is aprox 1/10 of wet, so if I wanted to do a first timers dose (for me:2gs) I should eat 20gs wet correct? Couldnt this be one shroom?
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: AnarchyAndPeace]
#14703439 - 07/01/11 06:56 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I hope it wasn't me giving the bad advice... i said more perlite or maybe (big maybe) plug a few holes.
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: sage1o1]
#14703525 - 07/01/11 07:18 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Unless its penis envy, you'll get about 8% of your original weight. Eat 22g fresh. Wait two weeks. Eat 2g dry. Compare!
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: ISOfantastic]
#14703807 - 07/01/11 08:22 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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The ones fruiting from the dirt are proof that you're worrying too much about the ones inside the organism outside realized it needs to spread spores. 5" perlite, holes every 2", misting and fanning, and you should be golden! Good job too, and good luck!
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: ISOfantastic]
#14704075 - 07/01/11 09:22 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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ISOfantastic said: Unless its penis envy, you'll get about 8% of your original weight. Eat 22g fresh. Wait two weeks. Eat 2g dry. Compare!

I'm sorry, I've never heard of Penis Envy having a different wet:dry ratio. What's the ratio with PE?
Do you have any links?
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: Faaip_De_Oiad]
#14704085 - 07/01/11 09:25 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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PE generally have denser fruits thats why the different ratio
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: steelmonkey]
#14704163 - 07/01/11 09:45 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I think wet shrooms taste better than dry shrooms. They taste more like you would think a fresh mushroom would taste like if you just picked it out of the ground. Dry ones taste like you would think a piece of poop would taste like after you dipped it in more poop.
I would recommend blending it with a strong liquid and make a drink that you can just down real quick.
But everyone has their opinions!
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: Garfelt]
#14704568 - 07/01/11 11:07 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I got my personal experience and a thread I can't find for the life of me. My penii clock in at 9-10% consistently. They're fat, thick, slow and potent. It's all I cultivate any longer.
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: ISOfantastic]
#14704727 - 07/01/11 11:44 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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did you get those from a mono or gh? because that is really nice pin set.
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: ISOfantastic]
#14704735 - 07/01/11 11:46 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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People can give bad advise on this site u guys are right about that. Look, tape up all but 2 or 3 of those big ass holes in ur fc and put it buy a sunny window for 1 or 2 hours and watch that gauge go way up and ull see that all those holes kill the humidity. Dont worry about fae cause u can still take off the lid and fan it 2 to 3 times a day. Sometimes u just need to see for ur self man, and 100 people telling u what to do is no substitute for a little experiance. So take 2 hours out of ur day tommorow and ull see whats what. Not trying to piss anybody off I just know cause Ive used that same jug several times in the past. Just try it man for real.
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: the astronaut]
#14704752 - 07/01/11 11:52 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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the astronaut said: People can give bad advise on this site u guys are right about that. Look, tape up all but 2 or 3 of those big ass holes in ur fc and put it buy a sunny window for 1 or 2 hours and watch that gauge go way up and ull see that all those holes kill the humidity. Dont worry about fae cause u can still take off the lid and fan it 2 to 3 times a day. Sometimes u just need to see for ur self man, and 100 people telling u what to do is no substitute for a little experiance. So take 2 hours out of ur day tommorow and ull see whats what. Not trying to piss anybody off I just know cause Ive used that same jug several times in the past. Just try it man for real.
 No. The gauge goes all the way up because condensation forms on the sensor. You can tell when you remove it from the FC and it doesn't go down for an hour or more. Point being...the SGFC works fine as it is. FAE is just as / more important than RH. On top of that, we've already established the hygrometer reading is wrong, why the hell are you trying to fix a nonexistant problem? Did you miss this?
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AnarchyAndPeace said: [...]after more reading I have wonderful pins and hopefully will be expiericing my first trip in not too long 
Unless the cakes are turning blue, no need to toy with it. You are now the bad advice. Shut up.
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sage1o1 said: did you get those from a mono or gh? because that is really nice pin set. 
Thanks  It's a mono. Here's a few more cause I like to show off:
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: the astronaut]
#14705707 - 07/02/11 07:34 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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the astronaut said: People can give bad advise on this site u guys are right about that. Look, tape up all but 2 or 3 of those big ass holes in ur fc and put it buy a sunny window for 1 or 2 hours and watch that gauge go way up and ull see that all those holes kill the humidity. Dont worry about fae cause u can still take off the lid and fan it 2 to 3 times a day. Sometimes u just need to see for ur self man, and 100 people telling u what to do is no substitute for a little experiance. So take 2 hours out of ur day tommorow and ull see whats what. Not trying to piss anybody off I just know cause Ive used that same jug several times in the past. Just try it man for real.
Unfortunately, your knowledge of physics matches your spelling and grammar skills. Taping holes in a properly made shotgun terrarium reduces humidity and fresh air, both of which are very important.
Telling someone that fanning 2 to 3 times a day will in any way match the performance of constant fresh air leads one to wonder if you've actually grown your first mushroom yet. One would have to fan 2 to 3 times per hour to achieve the natural air exchange that a shotgun terrarium delivers.
The OP's problem is a bad hygrometer, probably a made in china piece of shit from walmart. No amount of 'fixing' the terrarium is going to satisfy a defective hygrometer. That is like changing the oil on your car because it has a flat tire. RR
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: RogerRabbit]
#14705844 - 07/02/11 08:35 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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has mad respect for RR
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: AnarchyAndPeace]
#14722796 - 07/05/11 09:41 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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how does taping holes reduce humidity? Do u know anything about physics cause a retard can grow mushrooms. And who gives a fuck about my grammer cant u find anything better to pick on? Like maybe my technique or opionions? Maybe if i stayed in school Id have mad grammer and no knoweldge of mushrooms. U might as well ban me cause Im sick of all the know it alls on this site who did it a few times and read a few threads so they think their a professor or somthing. Seriously if u wanna try to make fun of me cause of spelling or grammer then FUCK YOU RR. I thought u were more mature than most of these fools on this site man. U cant just say Im wrong like all the other threads I post on? So go ahead and ban me.
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: the astronaut]
#14722879 - 07/05/11 09:54 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Do you know what causes high humidity? Its evaporation of moisture from heat or air,how do you expect to get evaporation by closing up holes
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: the astronaut]
#14722930 - 07/05/11 10:05 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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the astronaut said: FUCK YOU RR.
 Wow dude.
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: steelmonkey]
#14722938 - 07/05/11 10:07 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I dont know man all Ive noticed is that the holes are important but not too many or too big, Im trying to speak on the same fc this guy is using cause ive used it before and I only put holes in the lid and not as big as his. And when I open the lid its like a steam chamber and the mushrooms get huge. U can really feel the humidity when u open the thing up and who cares about his rh gauge, its not so hard.
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: the astronaut]
#14722965 - 07/05/11 10:12 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Wow dude.
Hey u forgot to quote the part right before that stop trying to fan my flames. Im just tired of people using my grammer wich dont matter as an excuse to put me down on this site. It wouldnt bother me if it was just some ingnorant fool but everyone looks up to this guy and what he says goes so if he says fuck me then everyone else will to, so its kinda offending.
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: the astronaut]
#14723056 - 07/05/11 10:29 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I for one form my own opinions about people
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: the astronaut]
#14723098 - 07/05/11 10:37 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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the astronaut said: how does taping holes reduce humidity? Do u know anything about physics cause a retard can grow mushrooms. And who gives a fuck about my grammer cant u find anything better to pick on? Like maybe my technique or opionions? Maybe if i stayed in school Id have mad grammer and no knoweldge of mushrooms. U might as well ban me cause Im sick of all the know it alls on this site who did it a few times and read a few threads so they think their a professor or somthing. Seriously if u wanna try to make fun of me cause of spelling or grammer then FUCK YOU RR. I thought u were more mature than most of these fools on this site man. U cant just say Im wrong like all the other threads I post on? So go ahead and ban me.
I don't mean to nit pick but I believe he has actually lectured on Mycology. And this is how you spell grammar. I'm really sorry man and hope you don't get mad at me, but I just don't think you know what you're talking about.
Anyway on to a more positive issue... Why not think about going back to school? Do you live in the U.S.? We'll pay for G.E.D if you do. How old are you? You don't just want to grow mushrooms do you? If you're over 25 you should look into a Pell Grant.
here: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
If you live in the states and are over 25 check that link out, they'll pay for your school and some boarding as long as you don't make over a certain amount of money!! That's what I did. And of course there's always student loans too.
Get back to me on PMs if you're really interested and I'll give you the skinny. But seriously man, RR is a very respected guy because he knows his shit.
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: ISOfantastic]
#14723526 - 07/05/11 11:59 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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 Wow dude.
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: sage1o1]
#14723736 - 07/06/11 12:59 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Haha if I'm not mistaken didn't RR have something to do with the invention of the SGFC? I could be wrong.
Astronaut you said a retard can grow mushrooms, but there's questions the op has about it, so quit with the flaming other people. Rather than getting banned, why not bow out gracefully and call it quits. You've not only deferred this topic to OTD stuff, but you're attacking and flaming people whore trying to help. Way to let your true, educated, respectable colors fly buddy! You wonder why people who've been here a long time give people grief over questions that have 100's of teks and 1000's of posts about! If you want to be taken seriously at a job interview you would wear a shit that says "Fuck Whitey" on it to your interview (unless it was a NoI or BP deal). Spelling and grammar may not be a huge part of this, but type like you speak (which I can only assume sounds like you've got something in your mouth and only half the letters are enunciated) doesn't make your arguments hold any water. There's a check spelling button for goodness sake man (or woman) USE IT!!!
You've gone way far buddy, and for your sake and for your educational growth, banning isn't what you need, a little drive and acceptance of being wrong is a great place to start. If you learn to admit fault, weakness, failure, and other negative things in life, you'll learn where you can start developing a better you, and maybe not give up.
Back to why tape lowers humidity. Airflow going into the sgfc prevents you from having to heatthe water to roughly 86* (give or take) which is where water starts to evaporate. We know that growing mushrooms at 86* isn't as good as say 76*. Also when you have a sealed container you're not getting any air echange, nor are you getting adequate evaporation, which helps trigger the primordial formations. Hell if it worked that well, I'd just transfer pf cakes to larger jars or trashbags amd call it good. 1/4" holes every 2" apart, 5" pf perlite, shit 8" of perlite if you're that worried, misting and fanning and you're golden! RR grows for a living, and although he's a bulk organic farm and probably doesn't use the SGFC any more he's used it and I bet so have 90% of the "retards" here.
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: fngbronco]
#14730105 - 07/07/11 07:53 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I cover the holes on my box with 3M Tegaderm (Teg). Keeps in the humidity, lets the exchange of O2 & CO2 happen AND most important - it keeps out the nasty stuff. When cakes start to fruit, I just peel off the Teg on top to adjust the humidity. I also use the Teg post inoculation to keep the moisture in the jars and the nasty stuff out.
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: Cayenne Cuervo]
#14730163 - 07/07/11 08:23 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I only read the OP and RR's post so forgive me if I repeat answers. In the past I had some serious humidity problems with sgfcs because the holes on the bottom were covered, you need to make sure the terrarium is elevated so that air can rush in through the bottom. This air will flow through the perlite catching water off the rocks surface as it goes through. This should provide adequate RH levels for optimal shroom growth.
Like RR said make sure you have a good hygrometer, I bought a reptile thermometer/hygrometer at a pet store a while back and it has worked marvelously for me; guess I got lucky . Another idea is boris's $5 hygrometer
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: Wise Toad]
#14733499 - 07/07/11 09:13 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Look guys I wana make a formal apology to RR. I was wrong with my words just lashing out in frustration so I am sorry. I allready apologized with a pm but I thought I should do it in front of the comunity I used those words in front of. I did some research on RR and I understand he does know quite a bit about this shit. I hope I didnt give everyone a bad impression of me so peace guys.
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: the astronaut]
#14733527 - 07/07/11 09:19 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
the astronaut said: I did some research on RR and I understand he does know quite a bit about this shit.
bahahahahah, what a character
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: k00laid]
#14733573 - 07/07/11 09:32 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Im trying to play nice man be cool.
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Re: Still having issue with humidity, please help. [Re: the astronaut]
#14733594 - 07/07/11 09:37 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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It's all good.
The OP hasn't posted in this thread for awhile so I assume he's worked his problem out. Let's all stay on topic now please. RR
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