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Trippy_Smurf
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Won't be able to fan/mist for a week
#17167595 - 11/05/12 05:58 PM (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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I've searched, but haven't been able to find quite the same situation I've got.
I have 2 SGFCs with 34 cakes. 10 have been there for about a week and a half, and the rest have been there for about half a week. Friday, I have to leave town for a week and there's nobody who can fan/mist. Other than making sure the perlite has plenty of moisture, is there anything I can do to help my babies?
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Re: Won't be able to fan/mist for a week [Re: Trippy_Smurf]
#17167883 - 11/05/12 06:34 PM (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hopefully it's cause ur busy drawing me some cool art
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Re: Won't be able to fan/mist for a week [Re: Trippy_Smurf]
#17167886 - 11/05/12 06:34 PM (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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I've never been able to come up with any good solutions to this. Unless your going to get a humidifier and go through all the work of hooking it up to your fruiting chamber there's not much you can do. A week is a pretty long time to leave them I'd expect them to dry out but it's really not the end of the world you will usually get some mushrooms to grow regardless. Decreased yield is better than nothing I suppose.
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Re: Won't be able to fan/mist for a week [Re: Mycjunky]
#17168369 - 11/05/12 07:37 PM (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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Rig up a pmp with some fan automation.
Or rig up an "automated" GH.
They won't be perfect, but I'd imagine they would be better than just leaving them in a sgfc unmaintained.
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Re: Won't be able to fan/mist for a week [Re: buckwater]
#17168447 - 11/05/12 07:47 PM (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
buckwater said: Rig up a pmp with some fan automation.
Or rig up an "automated" GH.
They won't be perfect, but I'd imagine they would be better than just leaving them in a sgfc unmaintained.
A shotgun can be left alone for a week. It's not ideal, but it's also not a deal killer. Mist well before you leave and be sure the terrarium is in the middle of a room, and raised up on blocks so air can circulate well. RR
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Trippy_Smurf
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Re: Won't be able to fan/mist for a week [Re: RogerRabbit]
#17187731 - 11/08/12 10:57 PM (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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And, of course, the night before I leave, I get my first knot.
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Re: Won't be able to fan/mist for a week [Re: Trippy_Smurf]
#17187858 - 11/08/12 11:26 PM (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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i was actually wondering about this too as i may have to leave for thanksgiving break for a week.
if this will be a recurring problem for you, it might make sense to invest in a rigged set up for your chamber. i'm thinking about making a ghetto rig to automatically mist and fan my chambers.
first you would buy one of those spray fan misters for like $10 from amazon. these usually use 2 AA batteries which wouldn't really help us in this case. but you can create your own dummy batteries that are actually plugged into an outlet.
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Battery-Eliminators
not exactly sure how safe this is yet but i am researching it. once you rigged up the spray fan with these batteries, you could plug it into an outlet timer. then just use a bunch of electrical tape to get it set up inside the FC.
like i said, this might be overkill if you are only going away for a week. but for people like college students who are always on the go, it could be a good investment. i will take pictures if i build this rig and post it here.
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Trippy_Smurf
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Re: Won't be able to fan/mist for a week [Re: someguy1942]
#17217330 - 11/14/12 07:42 AM (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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This is what I came home to after 5 days. Not ideal, but I'll take it.
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Re: Won't be able to fan/mist for a week [Re: Trippy_Smurf]
#17217914 - 11/14/12 10:49 AM (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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Glad to know I can leave my FC for a few days. I've actually got someone willing to come mist and fan, but it would probably be more like once a day rather that 2-3 times a day. Now I know I don't have to worry about it overly much.
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