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Stealth Closet Grow - Enough FAE?
    #14003494 - 02/21/11 07:36 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

I have just started my first grow using BRF cakes and PF Tek.  I am using a SGFC and will be able to go in the closet multiple times a day to fan it out.  My question is, will the air become "stale" in the closet and not allow for proper FAE or will me going in and out throughout the day be enough?  I can rig up a small fan to get some air circulation in and out of the closet.  I wasn't sure if that was even necessary or could it provide too much of a breeze and diminish the humidity. Thanks.


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Re: Stealth Closet Grow - Enough FAE? [Re: jef762]
    #14003587 - 02/21/11 07:55 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

You opening and closing the closet a couple of times a day will be perfectly fine.
Don't use the fan.  It will dry your perlite right out.


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Re: Stealth Closet Grow - Enough FAE? [Re: brewed4you]
    #14003744 - 02/21/11 08:26 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

You could run a fan on LOW in the room (not in the closet) and leave the closet door open by a few inches. In my experience, closets don't get enough FAE. But with the fan in the room and the door slightly open it usually is enough.


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Re: Stealth Closet Grow - Enough FAE? [Re: Smirnoff]
    #14005691 - 02/22/11 03:05 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

How come when I asked the same question a month ago RR and everyone else told me SGFC+fan or SGFC+closet=bad idea?


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Re: Stealth Closet Grow - Enough FAE? [Re: 3n1gm4]
    #14005701 - 02/22/11 03:08 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Both statements are true. A SGFC is designed for the air currents in a large room.


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Re: Stealth Closet Grow - Enough FAE? [Re: Masticore]
    #14005835 - 02/22/11 04:17 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Wow, kids shouldent be on this site k


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Re: Stealth Closet Grow - Enough FAE? [Re: jokefox]
    #14005872 - 02/22/11 04:33 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

a closet and a fan are both not ideal...but can work if it has to be that way.

I would suggest if you must do it inside a closet then leave the door cracked, and continue to mist and fan as much as possible..


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Re: Stealth Closet Grow - Enough FAE? [Re: biologys]
    #14006003 - 02/22/11 05:59 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

I would suggest if you have to do it in a closet to make sure there is a light on so you can see who is in there with you...:facepalm3:


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Re: Stealth Closet Grow - Enough FAE? [Re: 3n1gm4]
    #14006084 - 02/22/11 06:48 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

I had success with a SGFC in a closet without a fan in the room, I just went in and fanned it regularly. Unfortunately I only got one flush out of my poor cakes, so maybe they were killed by the lack of FAE lol. In any case, I grew about 20 dry grams, so I was happy. I'm waiting for it to warm up a little more in the midwest before grow 2.


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Re: Stealth Closet Grow - Enough FAE? [Re: jordanpoison]
    #14006124 - 02/22/11 07:08 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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I had success with a SGFC in a closet without a fan in the room, I just went in and fanned it regularly. Unfortunately I only got one flush out of my poor cakes, so maybe they were killed by the lack of FAE lol.



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Re: Stealth Closet Grow - Enough FAE? [Re: jokefox]
    #14012418 - 02/23/11 09:01 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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Wow, kids shouldent be on this site k




I would like to think that you arent referring to me as a kid just because you assumed that since I am stealth growing in a closet that I am some 15 year old kid.  Thanks for your insight. 

Thankyou everyone else for the ideas, I think I am going to see how it works without the fan, because it sounds like that is going to create too much air.


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Re: Stealth Closet Grow - Enough FAE? [Re: jef762]
    #14012611 - 02/23/11 09:48 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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Wow, kids shouldent be on this site k




I would like to think that you arent referring to me as a kid just because you assumed that since I am stealth growing in a closet that I am some 15 year old kid.  Thanks for your insight. 

Thankyou everyone else for the ideas, I think I am going to see how it works without the fan, because it sounds like that is going to create too much air.




You could just get some reflective duct tape and cover the FC in it except for the hole for the light at the top, then take some magic markers and decorate the visible side to look like a speaker box or something. Then put a speaker behind it and if anyone asks what it is just have it far enough away where they couldn't reach it and turn the music on. The tape would serve two purposes, one to disguise the FC and two, since its aluminum duct tape it would reflect the light from all sides on the inside. Just an idea for you because your FAE in a closet is going to suck. Unless of course you hook one of these up to your closet somehow to suck for you lol, look at my thread. http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/13940122


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Re: Stealth Closet Grow - Enough FAE? [Re: 3n1gm4]
    #14012870 - 02/23/11 10:43 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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jef762 said:
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jokefox said:
Wow, kids shouldent be on this site k




I would like to think that you arent referring to me as a kid just because you assumed that since I am stealth growing in a closet that I am some 15 year old kid.  Thanks for your insight. 

Thankyou everyone else for the ideas, I think I am going to see how it works without the fan, because it sounds like that is going to create too much air.




You could just get some reflective duct tape and cover the FC in it except for the hole for the light at the top, then take some magic markers and decorate the visible side to look like a speaker box or something. Then put a speaker behind it and if anyone asks what it is just have it far enough away where they couldn't reach it and turn the music on. The tape would serve two purposes, one to disguise the FC and two, since its aluminum duct tape it would reflect the light from all sides on the inside. Just an idea for you because your FAE in a closet is going to suck. Unless of course you hook one of these up to your closet somehow to suck for you lol, look at my thread. http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/13940122



I assure you that you can grow some FINE potent honkers and get several flushes from a closet chamber.  Monotubs kick ass in there.  True to namesake, I always used the closet or similar closed area.  Toss a small 6 inch fan in there to move air and occasionally exchange the air in the closet by opening the door and fanning it out.  Mist and fan as usual.  People who say it won't work obviously have not tried it.


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Re: Stealth Closet Grow - Enough FAE? [Re: Stealthgrower]
    #14012948 - 02/23/11 11:07 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Sure it'll work. But if you're putting the effort into growing mushrooms, wouldn't you rather do it right and get the most out of it?

As said above, growing in a closet will work, but you risk cutting off proper fresh air exchanges in such a cramped place. It's just not optimal, especially with SGFCs and monotubs. They're made specifically to allow a near-constant exchange of air over the substrate, and you're preventing that by leaving it in a closet.

Make two identical SGFCs to spec. Place the same number of cakes in each and leave one to fruit in a closet, and the other in an open room. I can almost guarantee the latter with perform better every time.

But do what you like, it's just my :twocents:


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Re: Stealth Closet Grow - Enough FAE? [Re: Boozie]
    #14013698 - 02/23/11 01:47 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

It sounds like it should work and I should in theory get good results.  I might do what Stealthgrower said and rig up a small desk fan on a timer just to get some circulation going.  Its a decent sized closet too.  I will keep this thread updated with my progress in regards to how its working in the closet for any other potential closet growers.


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Re: Stealth Closet Grow - Enough FAE? [Re: jef762]
    #15227680 - 10/14/11 10:45 PM (12 years, 4 months ago)

Sorry for bringing up an old thread but I have my sgfc in a closet right now, not one with a door but one with a curtain that opens into a bigger room. I have gotten 2 flushes but they were pretty small. Could that be the cause of the small fruits, not enough fae?


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Re: Stealth Closet Grow - Enough FAE? [Re: Shroom_Goon]
    #15227693 - 10/14/11 10:48 PM (12 years, 4 months ago)

What do your mushrooms look like? if they have a thin stem it is probably lack of FAE.


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Re: Stealth Closet Grow - Enough FAE? [Re: communeart]
    #15227706 - 10/14/11 10:52 PM (12 years, 4 months ago)

well a few of them had nice stems but most of them were skinny. I fan a lot and have quite a lot of holes in the fc.


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