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white buffalo
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heating for fruiting chamber ?
#21940509 - 07/14/15 03:27 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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soo its winter where i am at the moment and it just not getting to the right temps to heat my SG fruiting chamber for my cubensis to fruit.is there any suggested methods to heat the chamber eg fish tank heater ?
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DensePlacebo
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Most guys will tell you too heat the room not the FC. What are your room temps?
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Re: heating for fruiting chamber ? [Re: DensePlacebo]
#21940522 - 07/14/15 03:35 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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yeah thought that might be the case ..... during the day its around 12 c and gets even colder during the night
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DensePlacebo
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Ya that's a bit low. Uhm space heater? I live in a rather cold climate as well so I had to make the switch over to a poor mans pod. In that I have a fish tank heater. But its a completely different design than a SG.
-------------------- Alright then, picture this if you will: 10 to 2 AM, X, Yogi DMT, and a box of Krispy Kremes, in my "need to know" post, just outside of Area 51. Contemplating the whole "chosen people" thing with just a flaming stealth banana split the sky like one would hope but never really expect to see in a place like this. Cutting right angle donuts on a dime and stopping right at my Birkenstocks, and me yelping... Holy fucking shit!
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Re: heating for fruiting chamber ? [Re: DensePlacebo]
#21940592 - 07/14/15 04:26 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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You want the whole room at at least 70 degrees so... space heater indeed.
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Re: heating for fruiting chamber ? [Re: Inocuole]
#21940649 - 07/14/15 05:09 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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I've used a space heater in the past. The electric oil heaters are safer than others, however, electric space heaters can be expensive to run unless you have cheap electricity where you live. It's easy to work out how much it'll cost to run though. If you have a reverse cycle air conditioner (aka heat pump) then it'll be cheaper to use that for heating. Use a small room that doesn't allow heat to escape but don't forget your fresh air exchange.
If you want to get the most bang for your buck then it'd be prudent to grow as many mushrooms as you can whilst you have the heater running otherwise you'll end up with some very expensive mushrooms once you take your heating bill into account. Your other option is to wait for the warmer months and grow as many as you can whilst you have free heating.
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Re: heating for fruiting chamber ? [Re: migraineur]
#21940682 - 07/14/15 05:29 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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migraineur said: I've used a space heater in the past. The electric oil heaters are safer than others, however, electric space heaters can be expensive to run unless you have cheap electricity where you live. It's easy to work out how much it'll cost to run though. If you have a reverse cycle air conditioner (aka heat pump) then it'll be cheaper to use that for heating. Use a small room that doesn't allow heat to escape but don't forget your fresh air exchange.
If you want to get the most bang for your buck then it'd be prudent to grow as many mushrooms as you can whilst you have the heater running otherwise you'll end up with some very expensive mushrooms once you take your heating bill into account. Your other option is to wait for the warmer months and grow as many as you can whilst you have free heating.
That summer spore load though...
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Re: heating for fruiting chamber ? [Re: Inocuole]
#21941407 - 07/14/15 10:06 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Inocuole said:
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migraineur said: I've used a space heater in the past. The electric oil heaters are safer than others, however, electric space heaters can be expensive to run unless you have cheap electricity where you live. It's easy to work out how much it'll cost to run though. If you have a reverse cycle air conditioner (aka heat pump) then it'll be cheaper to use that for heating. Use a small room that doesn't allow heat to escape but don't forget your fresh air exchange.
If you want to get the most bang for your buck then it'd be prudent to grow as many mushrooms as you can whilst you have the heater running otherwise you'll end up with some very expensive mushrooms once you take your heating bill into account. Your other option is to wait for the warmer months and grow as many as you can whilst you have free heating.
That summer spore load though...
You aren't bullshitting man...lol. It's terrible here.
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You can buy a heating pad and run it 24/7 very inexpensively. It costs a bit more to buy one which will allow you to override the automatic shutoff.
It takes a while to get the setting correct but worth it imo.
Hell of a lot more expensive to heat an entire room.
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white buffalo
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Re: heating for fruiting chamber ? [Re: ShroominMe]
#21945474 - 07/15/15 03:29 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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sweet cheers for the feedback ...... decided to chuck the fc into my temp controlled fermentation chamber seeing ive been pretty slack on brewing lately it should do the trick nicely......
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Re: heating for fruiting chamber ? [Re: ShroominMe]
#21945479 - 07/15/15 03:32 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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ShroominMe said: You can buy a heating pad and run it 24/7 very inexpensively. It costs a bit more to buy one which will allow you to override the automatic shutoff.
It takes a while to get the setting correct but worth it imo.
Hell of a lot more expensive to heat an entire room.
Fuck off with that. That is exactly what he shouldn't do, and frankly, fuck you for recommending it right after it was suggested against by experienced people.
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Re: heating for fruiting chamber ? [Re: Inocuole]
#21945742 - 07/15/15 04:00 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Inocuole said:
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ShroominMe said: You can buy a heating pad and run it 24/7 very inexpensively. It costs a bit more to buy one which will allow you to override the automatic shutoff.
It takes a while to get the setting correct but worth it imo.
Hell of a lot more expensive to heat an entire room.
Fuck off with that. That is exactly what he shouldn't do, and frankly, fuck you for recommending it right after it was suggested against by experienced people.
Thank you very much. That needed to be said.
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Re: heating for fruiting chamber ? [Re: DensePlacebo]
#21945847 - 07/15/15 05:09 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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DensePlacebo said:
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Inocuole said:
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ShroominMe said: You can buy a heating pad and run it 24/7 very inexpensively. It costs a bit more to buy one which will allow you to override the automatic shutoff.
It takes a while to get the setting correct but worth it imo.
Hell of a lot more expensive to heat an entire room.
Fuck off with that. That is exactly what he shouldn't do, and frankly, fuck you for recommending it right after it was suggested against by experienced people.
Thank you very much. That needed to be said.
Whoa whats with the bad vibes mmkay?? its getting too cold where i am now so ill be making an incubator for my jars, i was just going to stick a fish tank heater in a bottle of water in a styrofoam box/cooler to inubate my jars. It cant be that fuckin hard can it guys?
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Re: heating for fruiting chamber ? [Re: Element1]
#21945909 - 07/15/15 05:33 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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See what happens and get back to us on that.
Spoiler:your jars will dry out from being warmer than the surrounding air, assuming you don't get contams from making the incubator too warm.
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Re: heating for fruiting chamber ? [Re: Inocuole]
#21945940 - 07/15/15 05:53 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Theres got to be a way besides using a space heater to heat the room though surely? O GREAT MODS I SUMMON THEE FOR THY WISDOM!!
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Re: heating for fruiting chamber ? [Re: Element1]
#21945946 - 07/15/15 05:56 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Mods don't have wisdom unless they're also trusted cultivators, and they ALL say to heat the room, not the chamber. How could you be here for 2 years and not know this?
Anything that heats the room will work, central heating is a GREAT idea because who the fuck sleeps in temperatures like 12C? Most people don't keep their grows in a room with a fireplace but I'm sure that would still be better than heating the jars or fruiting chamber directly.
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Re: heating for fruiting chamber ? [Re: Inocuole]
#21946031 - 07/15/15 06:39 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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If summer spore load is getting you down. Up your techniques
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Re: heating for fruiting chamber ? [Re: bodhisatta]
#21946039 - 07/15/15 06:44 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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bodhisatta said: If summer spore load is getting you down. Up your techniques
My issue with the summer spore load is that my subs can't last as many flushes without some of the aborts and shit molding over. During the winter I could leave shit past a 5th flush and it would still look okay, albeit old. Agar work and transfers is all still gravy though.
But given that, what technique could I possibly improve other than... I guess pulling off sidepin aborts regularly?
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Re: heating for fruiting chamber ? [Re: Inocuole]
#21946426 - 07/15/15 08:56 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Inocuole said:
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bodhisatta said: If summer spore load is getting you down. Up your techniques
My issue with the summer spore load is that my subs can't last as many flushes without some of the aborts and shit molding over. During the winter I could leave shit past a 5th flush and it would still look okay, albeit old. Agar work and transfers is all still gravy though.
But given that, what technique could I possibly improve other than... I guess pulling off sidepin aborts regularly?
Pick your mushrooms before they start sporulating everywhere.
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Re: heating for fruiting chamber ? [Re: migraineur]
#21946452 - 07/15/15 09:05 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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An oil filled space heater is your best option...I have one...It didn't raise my power bill significantly... It heats the room perfectly...You just have to play with it to find the sweet spot/best setting...The heater cuts on and off to maintain that setting/temperature...Only my humble opinion, so take it for what it's worth
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