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gg2013
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Just finished FC, need some constructive criticism guys!
#19295582 - 12/18/13 10:48 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hey guys hope all is well, I wanted to post this up as I'm in the fruiting stages of my brf cakes. This is my second attempt with em and the first didn't make it due to dry conditions/low humidity. Well I built this FC this evening and wanted to swing it by everyone on here and see if everything should work.
Its a 30qt sterilite tub, I drilled 1/4'' holes every two inches on all six sides, soaked the perlite. Instead of putting the cakes on foil I laid down the jar lids and put a thin layer of verm on top of em. I have a 6500k light that I will be running 12/12 and will be keeping up on misting and fanning regularly.
All the cakes went thru the consolidation period and three of em got some pretty decent pins started on em in the jar. Any help or suggestions are appreciated 

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Re: Just finished FC, need some constructive criticism guys! [Re: gg2013]
#19295611 - 12/18/13 10:55 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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just do exactly what this champ did here..the dude nailed it!
Hey guys hope all is well, I wanted to post this up as I'm in the fruiting stages of my brf cakes. This is my second attempt with em and the first didn't make it due to dry conditions/low humidity. Well I built this FC this evening and wanted to swing it by everyone on here and see if everything should work.
Its a 30qt sterilite tub, I drilled 1/4'' holes every two inches on all six sides, soaked the perlite. Instead of putting the cakes on foil I laid down the jar lids and put a thin layer of verm on top of em. I have a 6500k light that I will be running 12/12 and will be keeping up on misting and fanning regularly.
All the cakes went thru the consolidation period and three of em got some pretty decent pins started on em in the jar. Any help or suggestions are appreciated 
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Re: Just finished FC, need some constructive criticism guys! [Re: cronicr]
#19295626 - 12/18/13 10:58 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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gg2013
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Re: Just finished FC, need some constructive criticism guys! [Re: silverstem]
#19295901 - 12/19/13 12:03 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Wooo awesome thanks guys! Fingers crossed for smooth sailing
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cronicr



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Re: Just finished FC, need some constructive criticism guys! [Re: gg2013]
#19295908 - 12/19/13 12:04 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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just keep us updated
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vikingsc
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Re: Just finished FC, need some constructive criticism guys! [Re: cronicr]
#19295932 - 12/19/13 12:14 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Looks like shit tonnes of perlite in there. You shouldn't have much trouble keeping the humidity up in there
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silverstem
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Re: Just finished FC, need some constructive criticism guys! [Re: vikingsc]
#19295978 - 12/19/13 12:24 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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vikingsc said: Looks like shit tonnes of perlite in there. You shouldn't have much trouble keeping the humidity up in there
it only looks that way because his tub is small.. compare to the pint jars he has his tub on..
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gg2013
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Re: Just finished FC, need some constructive criticism guys! [Re: silverstem]
#19296040 - 12/19/13 12:41 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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For sure I'll post as they make progress, I'm super stoked as things are going well, but I'm sure you guys remember the excitement when you were just starting 
Yeah there is quite a bit of perlite, most of the different FC teks I read people said use 4-5" so I put in 4.5", But the small tub does make it look like there is a lot in there!
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Re: Just finished FC, need some constructive criticism guys! [Re: gg2013]
#19296111 - 12/19/13 01:00 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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mist until the cakes glisten and wait for that glisten to go away before misting again fan your chamber out for about 30 seconds or so after each mist to promote evaporation from your mist harvest as the veil tares and shortly after the veil tares for printing after your first flush simply cut back on the misting for about a week say to twice a day, this lets your cake dry up a bit and take a well earned rest period leading to better future flushes, after the week is up dunk and proceed as normal, should pins show up in that week it's time to dunk just a few tips
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gg2013
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Re: Just finished FC, need some constructive criticism guys! [Re: cronicr]
#19297431 - 12/19/13 10:31 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Ok awesome that helps another question just wondering if any of you guys have ever seen it, I saw someone post up their FC and it was a tote container with only 3 holes on each side none on top or bottom and him and another guy sweared it worked better than a sgfc, anybody ever see or have experience with something like that?
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cronicr



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Re: Just finished FC, need some constructive criticism guys! [Re: gg2013]
#19297452 - 12/19/13 10:36 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Not i
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vikingsc
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Re: Just finished FC, need some constructive criticism guys! [Re: cronicr]
#19297499 - 12/19/13 10:48 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Usually a monotub or a doubletub. Those are usually used for trays or bulk. For cakes most recommend the sgfc. I'd stick with what you've got
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gg2013
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Re: Just finished FC, need some constructive criticism guys! [Re: vikingsc]
#19297706 - 12/19/13 12:00 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah I figured so, I've seen the monotub setups and this guy had cakes in it with 12 1/4" holes total, kinda a sketchy looking setup which is why I still went with the sgfc, why fix what's not broke
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gg2013
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Re: Just finished FC, need some constructive criticism guys! [Re: gg2013]
#19317486 - 12/23/13 06:02 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hey guys hopefully someone sees this tonight and can give me some insight, well most of the cakes are going good, the middle cake has 4 really good mushrooms growing and 3 others have nice pins going with some small fruits starting.
My concern is with one in the corner, it's got a few patches of abnormal colored pins growing together and they aren't really doing much, the biggest one is probly the size of a pencil eraser and it is brownish/green with a stem the same dark color. Do these sound like aborts or possibly contam? Thanks!
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cronicr



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Re: Just finished FC, need some constructive criticism guys! [Re: gg2013]
#19317628 - 12/23/13 06:27 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Fruits dont normally contam and aborts will have a black cap
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gg2013
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Re: Just finished FC, need some constructive criticism guys! [Re: cronicr]
#19317645 - 12/23/13 06:29 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Ok well I took these pictures a couple minutes ago, hopefully they make sense outta what I explained they looked like

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