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Schultes
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A question about chlorine in tap water and using it to humidify a greenhouse
#21083288 - 01/07/15 05:02 PM (9 years, 4 months ago) |
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I have a 55 gallon drum with a pond fogger in it that I have been
using for the last month or so to humidify my greenhouse. I have been
successfully growing Lions mane in there. I would like to get into
Shiitakes. I bought a Shittake kit from Stamets just to watch their
life cycle and get comfortable with it and possibly take a clone from
it. I got a little freaked out after reading his kit instructions. He
says do not use tap water for misting or soaking because of the
chlorine in it. So I'm thinking SHIT my whole 55 gallon drum is filled
with tap water that has been humidifying my greenhouse for the last
month or so. I just figured hell, I'm drinking the tap water so why
can't my mushrooms use it. Can anyone elaborate on the chlorine and
how the mushrooms absorb it and how bad it really is before I start
dechlorinating my water?
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Re: A question about chlorine in tap water and using it to humidify a greenhouse [Re: Schultes]
#21083315 - 01/07/15 05:10 PM (9 years, 4 months ago) |
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Chlorine is poisonous to mycelium, however it evaporates out of tap water rather quickly. It is advised to let chlorinated water sit for a minimum of 24 hours prior to use in cultivation projects. Though I have never had a problem with it.
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Schultes
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Re: A question about chlorine in tap water and using it to humidify a greenhouse [Re: Faustoid]
#21083327 - 01/07/15 05:15 PM (9 years, 4 months ago) |
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So does that mean, if the mushrooms fruit well there is no problem? Or does the chlorine end up in the mushrooms I'm eating?
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Re: A question about chlorine in tap water and using it to humidify a greenhouse [Re: Schultes]
#21083359 - 01/07/15 05:24 PM (9 years, 4 months ago) |
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I am going to say they are fine. This is just my opinion though - If there was not enough chlorine to kill your mycelium, there is most likely not enough to harm you.
To get an scientific answer on that you may have to find out if the chlorine would even be present in the fruit at all, then ascertain the approximate dose of chlorine an amount of mycelium can have before it dies of exposure and work out how much would be present in the fruit after the surviving culture is harvested and compare that to the amount that is needed to cause a human any harm.
I assume the 55 gallon drum is allowing the chlorine to break down or evaporate though. Again my opinion, I think they should be fit for consumption.
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Schultes
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Re: A question about chlorine in tap water and using it to humidify a greenhouse [Re: Faustoid]
#21083401 - 01/07/15 05:33 PM (9 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yes, it's very probable that the chlorine is breaking down in the 55 gallon drum. There is also a bubbler and aquarium heater in there that maybe aiding the breakdown of the chlorine. Now that I think about it, in the past I've soaked cakes and blocks in fresh tap water and never had a problem. He is very adamant in the kit instructions NOT TO USE TAP WATER WITH CHLORINE, which is why I got so worried. It is very possible that these instructions are very outdated, I know that the pictures are very old. Maybe I just have less chlorine in my water here on the east coast than they do on the west coast. IDK but I sure would like to.
Edited by Schultes (01/07/15 05:34 PM)
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Re: A question about chlorine in tap water and using it to humidify a greenhouse [Re: Schultes]
#21085826 - 01/08/15 04:48 AM (9 years, 4 months ago) |
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You have no worries at all my friend, with a bubbler in your tub, the chlorine will be gone within 24 hours. it does not last very long outside of the tap.
Now im new here, and new to mushrooms and have a lot to learn about what they need and what is harmful so this advice needs to be checked with a mushroomer, but h2o2 is great for dechlorination and for adding oxygen to water...for dechlor put some in the water for the same said 24 hours and it will remove the chlorine and itself in that time.
h2o2 is bad for good bacteria it should be noted. h2o2 at 1 part 3% solution to 4 parts water is strong enough to kill fungus gnat larvae without killing plant roots and then it breaks down into harmless water and oxygen...however i do not know the effects of h2o2 on shrooms in any concentration.
-------------------- 15-jan-15 going awol to focus on a new business startup in order to finance my mushrooming.
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Schultes
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Re: A question about chlorine in tap water and using it to humidify a greenhouse [Re: GiGaBaNEuk]
#21085974 - 01/08/15 06:40 AM (9 years, 4 months ago) |
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It's funny you say that. I actually already add hydrogen peroxide to my 55 gallon drum, just to keep things clean. No it's not bad for mushrooms, in fact I believe that mushrooms naturally produce peroxide in tiny amounts.
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Re: A question about chlorine in tap water and using it to humidify a greenhouse [Re: Schultes]
#21086001 - 01/08/15 06:50 AM (9 years, 4 months ago) |
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sounds fantastic...im interested in trying out barley straw as a substrate too, because in pond maintainance and even some hydro grows, barley straw is put in the water for similar reasons and the catylist is fungal and bacterial growth.
-------------------- 15-jan-15 going awol to focus on a new business startup in order to finance my mushrooming.
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