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help!!!!!!really quick noob question
    #15755289 - 02/03/12 10:12 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

ok I am almost ready to birth my first grow

I have NO perlite and I cannot get any will paper towels work for 2 cakes in a small terrium?

please don't tell me perlite is everywhere or the internet
I know i just can't get it now
thank you!!!!!!!!!!!


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now chew 'em up and slam the orange juice
vitamin c chase
kill the taste
you can tell its nasty by the look on my face
dont get it twisted like a nigga coked up
and druggied down
see cannibus and mushrooms be comin from the ground
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Re: help!!!!!!really quick noob question [Re: lysergic-25]
    #15755336 - 02/03/12 10:26 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Perlite is not a requirement, ive fruited cakes without it although it will help a lot for humidity. Just make sure your cakes dont dry out.

As soon as you can get perlite.

Or even better, try to find perlite vefore you birth your cakes. You dont have to birth them right away...

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Re: help!!!!!!really quick noob question [Re: kdmmontana]
    #15755355 - 02/03/12 10:33 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Maybe you could put a few glasses of water in your FC to help improve RH. Changing the water often to try and keep contams at bay. You are going to dunk and roll your cakes after birthing them, right?

Good luck!

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Re: help!!!!!!really quick noob question [Re: Shamrocker]
    #15755374 - 02/03/12 10:38 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

yes I plan on the dunk and roll and a few paper towels on the botom.  misting quite offten will this be ok????


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now chew 'em up and slam the orange juice
vitamin c chase
kill the taste
you can tell its nasty by the look on my face
dont get it twisted like a nigga coked up
and druggied down
see cannibus and mushrooms be comin from the ground
-XZIBIT

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Re: help!!!!!!really quick noob question [Re: lysergic-25]
    #15755398 - 02/03/12 10:41 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Are you able to get hydroton/geolite? There's some at every hardware store/hydroponic store. Get some of that and make a PMP, works great for keeping RH high

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Re: help!!!!!!really quick noob question [Re: Shamrocker]
    #15755414 - 02/03/12 10:44 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Quote:

Shamrocker said:
Maybe you could put a few glasses of water in your FC to help improve RH. Changing the water often to try and keep contams at bay. You are going to dunk and roll your cakes after birthing them, right?

Good luck!




He doesnt need glasses of water or paper towels at all. As long as he sprays his subtrate with water every now and then he will be fine. Ive done this, without perlite in a box without holes already. All he has to do id fan and mist a couple of times a day and if mushrooms dont appear its something else thats wrong.

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Re: help!!!!!!really quick noob question [Re: lysergic-25]
    #15755416 - 02/03/12 10:45 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

It might work out for you. But as kdmmontana pointed out, you could hold off birthing them until you can get perlite. If that's not an option, go for it

Good luck!

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Re: help!!!!!!really quick noob question [Re: fr0st]
    #15755422 - 02/03/12 10:46 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

thanks guys!!"


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now chew 'em up and slam the orange juice
vitamin c chase
kill the taste
you can tell its nasty by the look on my face
dont get it twisted like a nigga coked up
and druggied down
see cannibus and mushrooms be comin from the ground
-XZIBIT

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Re: help!!!!!!really quick noob question [Re: kdmmontana]
    #15755430 - 02/03/12 10:49 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

All you need is a wet environment that can keep moisture, eg. a clear plastic box, a light and some holes and then you are good to go. Perlite is hard to get sometimes here, so last time I didnt use it but normally I do and I say that you can do this without perlite if you want. All you have to do is make sure the cakes are moist and not dry and make sure there is air circulation. Eg. I grow in my closet, which many people say is a bad place but if you do just fan more and youll be fine. :smile:

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Re: help!!!!!!really quick noob question [Re: kdmmontana]
    #15755437 - 02/03/12 10:51 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

kd,without perlite did you still rest the cakes on foil or jar lid, or could he just rest the cakes on the bottom of the tub?

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Re: help!!!!!!really quick noob question [Re: kdmmontana]
    #15755446 - 02/03/12 10:53 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

thank you I though every was going to ask me if I'm supid or lazy

so thank you your very helpful:smile:


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now chew 'em up and slam the orange juice
vitamin c chase
kill the taste
you can tell its nasty by the look on my face
dont get it twisted like a nigga coked up
and druggied down
see cannibus and mushrooms be comin from the ground
-XZIBIT

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Re: help!!!!!!really quick noob question [Re: Shamrocker]
    #15755447 - 02/03/12 10:53 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

I've never had a problem finding perlite, just curious lol

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Re: help!!!!!!really quick noob question [Re: Shamrocker]
    #15755455 - 02/03/12 10:56 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

should I use the foil like shamrocker said to be safe?


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now chew 'em up and slam the orange juice
vitamin c chase
kill the taste
you can tell its nasty by the look on my face
dont get it twisted like a nigga coked up
and druggied down
see cannibus and mushrooms be comin from the ground
-XZIBIT

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Re: help!!!!!!really quick noob question [Re: Shamrocker]
    #15755459 - 02/03/12 10:58 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Quote:

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kd,without perlite did you still rest the cakes on foil or jar lid, or could he just rest the cakes on the bottom of the tub?




No not directly on the tub, on foil or on the jars lids. After a while water would become plenty so then I took the cakes out, emptied the tub and set them back...

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Re: help!!!!!!really quick noob question [Re: lysergic-25]
    #15755461 - 02/03/12 10:59 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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lysergic-25 said:
should I use the foil like shamrocker said to be safe?




foil is fine just make sure your cakes dont stand in water, it tends to pool in the foil. If you see pooling or cakes that are drowning. Take the cakes out, remove the water and place them back.

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Re: help!!!!!!really quick noob question [Re: kdmmontana]
    #15755482 - 02/03/12 11:07 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

should I make a shelf in there then about one inch high???


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now chew 'em up and slam the orange juice
vitamin c chase
kill the taste
you can tell its nasty by the look on my face
dont get it twisted like a nigga coked up
and druggied down
see cannibus and mushrooms be comin from the ground
-XZIBIT

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Re: help!!!!!!really quick noob question [Re: lysergic-25]
    #15755489 - 02/03/12 11:10 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Yep, wire racks work wonders.

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Re: help!!!!!!really quick noob question [Re: fr0st]
    #15755497 - 02/03/12 11:11 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

ok :smile:


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now chew 'em up and slam the orange juice
vitamin c chase
kill the taste
you can tell its nasty by the look on my face
dont get it twisted like a nigga coked up
and druggied down
see cannibus and mushrooms be comin from the ground
-XZIBIT

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