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 Hertyar
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 Your Casing Setup??? 
#1982356 - 10/05/03 10:48 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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My friend has just birthed 3 PF cakes in a perlite poor mans pod w/ heater and air pump. 3 more will be ready soon. He would like to case these. I showed him the faq that says casings need to go into a different terrarium than cakes. And so his next question was, how does he set up a casing environment that doesn't require misting or fanning? He'll probably go with the 60/40 coco tec. Please share suggestions for casing environments that are low maint. and space conservative. Do you know anyone who grown casings in with cakes or is it just a sure fail?
Thank you!
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Re: Your Casing Setup??? [Re: Hertyar]
#1982405 - 10/05/03 11:05 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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i'd suggest a similar set up to your cake pod but without the perlite.
add a coolmist for humidity and air exchange as i belive that a coolmist will produce less humidity than perlite.
someone will be quick to correct me if i'm wrong.
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Hertyar
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Re: Your Casing Setup??? [Re: Hanky]
#1982593 - 10/06/03 12:21 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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I also can't seem to find a referance for the suggested humidity of a casing chamber???
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 GregHimself
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Re: Your Casing Setup??? [Re: Hertyar]
#1982598 - 10/06/03 12:23 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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i think casing chambers are like 75%rh because they create their own humidity.
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Hertyar
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Re: Your Casing Setup??? [Re: GregHimself]
#1983428 - 10/06/03 11:12 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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Thanks!
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Magash
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Re: Your Casing Setup??? [Re: Hertyar]
#1983509 - 10/06/03 11:53 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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You can put two holes it the top of the pod. One on each end about a inch around. Cut two pieces of rubber and put a screw threw them and mount them in a way that the rubber can slide over the holes making them bigger or smaller. By doing this you can control the humidity to the exact percent.
As far as casings and cakes growing together I?ve seen it done
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Re: Your Casing Setup??? [Re: Magash]
#1983631 - 10/06/03 12:59 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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Magash, I am sorry but as a Mets fan, so relatively impartial ot the A's, but I am sooo pulling for the red sox's because I want the Sox to beat the shit out of the Yankees and then end up with a Sox/Cubs WS, because then one of them HAS to win.
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Re: Your Casing Setup??? [Re: ar393]
#1983646 - 10/06/03 01:11 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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A Mets fan, ouch I didn't know there were any. 
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Re: Your Casing Setup??? [Re: Magash]
#1983665 - 10/06/03 01:16 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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Magash, thanks for the tip. What tec is used for those larger cakes? These look like casings but then again no...
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Re: Your Casing Setup??? [Re: Hertyar]
#1983722 - 10/06/03 01:40 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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The large cakes are just a bunch of small cakes broken up then allowed to grow together for a week.
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Hertyar
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Re: Your Casing Setup??? [Re: Magash]
#1983761 - 10/06/03 01:58 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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Does this increase yield?
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Re: Your Casing Setup??? [Re: Hertyar]
#1983804 - 10/06/03 02:19 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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Nope, just another one of my goofy tests. 
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Re: Your Casing Setup??? [Re: Magash]
#1984073 - 10/06/03 04:17 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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I used clear rubbermaid bins + saran wrap.
They're cheap and they work well. Fan + mist once a day.
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Hertyar
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Re: Your Casing Setup??? [Re: micro]
#1984222 - 10/06/03 05:26 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
micro said:
I used clear rubbermaid bins + saran wrap.
They're cheap and they work well. Fan + mist once a day.
So your pyrex or some other sort of tray in the bin and covering the tray with saran wrap? How long does the saran wrap stay on? how deep are the trays? When you say your misting once a day, I assume you're saying you remove the saran wrap and mist the casing?? Once it starts pinning, are you just spraying the sides or what? are you suplying humidity to the bin at all?
Thank you!
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