|
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
|
mrbart4444
The mycelium whisperer


Registered: 09/13/14
Posts: 2,266
|
Spray and fan sgfc
#22234857 - 09/13/15 10:58 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Never really grew pf correctly i have a nice 58 qt sgfc with 6 cakes and 4 inchs of perlite. Now for my question; is it necessary to mist and fan before the cake colonize the verm casing layer? Is it necessary at all to mist and fan and what do you mist the cakes or walls?
(jus some porn)
--------------------
|
PussyFart
Retired Cultivation Extrodinaire



Registered: 04/08/12
Posts: 22,502
Loc: Orbiting Earth
Last seen: 17 days, 19 hours
|
|
Quote:
mrbart4444 said: Never really grew pf correctly i have a nice 58 qt sgfc with 6 cakes and 4 inchs of perlite. Now for my question; is it necessary to mist and fan before the cake colonize the verm casing layer? Is it necessary at all to mist and fan and what do you mist the cakes or walls?
(jus some porn)
1. Yes, you want to mist the cakes 1-2 hours after rolling and placing them in the fruiting chamber, we wait this hour or 2 so the verm sticks, and doesn't just fall off when it gets misted.
B. Yes, it is necessary, if you want optimal/descent results....and You want to mist the cakes, gently with a fine mist until they glisten, then fan out the chamber for a humidity drop, to make room in the air for evaporation of the water you just misted to take place.
X. Is that ur FC in the pic?
--------------------
THIS HOBBY IS NOT FOR THE IMPATIENT! PLEASE BE PATIENT, DON'T BE A PATIENT! A Tale of 10 Isolates, GT Cluster Clone Monotubs, RR's Let's Grow Mushrooms DVD, SGFC(Shotgun Fruiting Chamber), Monotub Tek, Damion5050's Coir Tek, TL's Tek List, Frank's Tek List, EvilMushroom666's Pasteurization Tek, How It Should & Shouldn't Look - NEW CULTIVATORS GUIDE *** *** AFGHAN KUSH GROW LOG *** ***
|
MajickMuffin
Edible Cult


Registered: 05/28/14
Posts: 4,345
Loc: North
Last seen: 2 years, 8 months
|
Re: Spray and fan sgfc [Re: PussyFart]
#22234896 - 09/13/15 11:07 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Thanks Pussyfart
|
mrbart4444
The mycelium whisperer


Registered: 09/13/14
Posts: 2,266
|
Re: Spray and fan sgfc [Re: PussyFart]
#22234907 - 09/13/15 11:11 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
PussyFart said:
Quote:
mrbart4444 said: Never really grew pf correctly i have a nice 58 qt sgfc with 6 cakes and 4 inchs of perlite. Now for my question; is it necessary to mist and fan before the cake colonize the verm casing layer? Is it necessary at all to mist and fan and what do you mist the cakes or walls?
(jus some porn)
1. Yes, you want to mist the cakes 1-2 hours after rolling and placing them in the fruiting chamber, we wait this hour or 2 so the verm sticks, and doesn't just fall off when it gets misted.
B. Yes, it is necessary, if you want optimal/descent results....and You want to mist the cakes, gently with a fine mist until they glisten, then fan out the chamber for a humidity drop, to make room in the air for evaporation of the water you just misted to take place.
X. Is that ur FC in the pic?
lol fuck no i think that is pic from the pf tek inventor
okay i will mist but first im going to have to wash my spray bottle since i use it to hold my BETCO Af79 disinfectant
im thinking i can spary and fan in the morning after work and before bed . They are by the window to so the'll have plenty of warm sunlight .
--------------------
|
braincrash
MindBlower



Registered: 06/15/14
Posts: 41
Loc: Sweden
Last seen: 4 years, 1 month
|
|
I would invest in a new spraybottle instead of reusing one that had chemicals in it.... but that's just me.
-------------------- [gradient:#07F24E,#]It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom...[/gradient]
|
mrbart4444
The mycelium whisperer


Registered: 09/13/14
Posts: 2,266
|
|
Quote:
braincrash said: I would invest in a new spraybottle instead of reusing one that had chemicals in it.... but that's just me.
im so done buying shit
--------------------
|
RMGtrippy
RMGtrippy


Registered: 04/27/14
Posts: 120
Last seen: 4 years, 3 months
|
|
You can get a spray bottle at dollar tree youndont want to ingest mushies with chems all over them.
|
mrbart4444
The mycelium whisperer


Registered: 09/13/14
Posts: 2,266
|
Re: Spray and fan sgfc [Re: RMGtrippy]
#22238838 - 09/14/15 09:51 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
RMGtrippy said: You can get a spray bottle at dollar tree youndont want to ingest mushies with chems all over them.
i cleaned the bottle pretty well i would say
--------------------
|
Pastywhyte
Say hello to my little friend



Registered: 09/15/12
Posts: 37,810
Loc: Canada
|
|
Quote:
mrbart4444 said:
Quote:
PussyFart said:
Quote:
mrbart4444 said: Never really grew pf correctly i have a nice 58 qt sgfc with 6 cakes and 4 inchs of perlite. Now for my question; is it necessary to mist and fan before the cake colonize the verm casing layer? Is it necessary at all to mist and fan and what do you mist the cakes or walls?
(jus some porn)
1. Yes, you want to mist the cakes 1-2 hours after rolling and placing them in the fruiting chamber, we wait this hour or 2 so the verm sticks, and doesn't just fall off when it gets misted.
B. Yes, it is necessary, if you want optimal/descent results....and You want to mist the cakes, gently with a fine mist until they glisten, then fan out the chamber for a humidity drop, to make room in the air for evaporation of the water you just misted to take place.
X. Is that ur FC in the pic?
lol fuck no i think that is pic from the pf tek inventor
okay i will mist but first im going to have to wash my spray bottle since i use it to hold my BETCO Af79 disinfectant
im thinking i can spary and fan in the morning after work and before bed . They are by the window to so the'll have plenty of warm sunlight .
Those are fahtsters cakes. Recognize em a mile off. Dude was the only person I ever saw rock PE on cakes like that.
|
PussyFart
Retired Cultivation Extrodinaire



Registered: 04/08/12
Posts: 22,502
Loc: Orbiting Earth
Last seen: 17 days, 19 hours
|
|
I knew that, I wanted to see his response....lol....I can spot em a mile away as well.....
--------------------
THIS HOBBY IS NOT FOR THE IMPATIENT! PLEASE BE PATIENT, DON'T BE A PATIENT! A Tale of 10 Isolates, GT Cluster Clone Monotubs, RR's Let's Grow Mushrooms DVD, SGFC(Shotgun Fruiting Chamber), Monotub Tek, Damion5050's Coir Tek, TL's Tek List, Frank's Tek List, EvilMushroom666's Pasteurization Tek, How It Should & Shouldn't Look - NEW CULTIVATORS GUIDE *** *** AFGHAN KUSH GROW LOG *** ***
|
mrbart4444
The mycelium whisperer


Registered: 09/13/14
Posts: 2,266
|
Re: Spray and fan sgfc [Re: PussyFart]
#22239091 - 09/14/15 10:49 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
PussyFart said: I knew that, I wanted to see his response....lol....I can spot em a mile away as well.....

The guy that lurks in the journal with a school bus in his profile pic (dont know his name) always talks shit on this pic lol
--------------------
|
NDStepp84
Stellar nuclear waste


Registered: 04/23/15
Posts: 4,956
Last seen: 1 month, 3 days
|
|
I remember seeing his cakes for the first time in the mushroom videos I was like Straight up dick treasure chest, can't see the perlite for the mushrooms.
--------------------
"I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. -Robert A. Heinlein
Links and teks ND's grow log and discussion Plant thread
|
RMGtrippy
RMGtrippy


Registered: 04/27/14
Posts: 120
Last seen: 4 years, 3 months
|
|
Quote:
mrbart4444 said:
Quote:
RMGtrippy said: You can get a spray bottle at dollar tree youndont want to ingest mushies with chems all over them.
i cleaned the bottle pretty well i would say
Im sure there will be some residual debris left in the bottle. But to each his own.
|
elasticaltiger
Like Tigers in Coitus




Registered: 06/24/13
Posts: 8,064
|
Re: Spray and fan sgfc [Re: RMGtrippy]
#22239339 - 09/15/15 12:12 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Am I the only one that thinks the effectiveness of the sgfc goes up when you have more cakes (eg more substrate) to supply more humidity?
When I grew three cakes in a 105 qt sgfc it seemed to hold humidity poorly but when I packed the damn thing with cakes wall to wall i got incredible results.
-------------------- First time growing cakes? DON'T make a Shotgun Fruiting Chamber The Shmuvbox. - The Old TC's Like it Afraid to Start Growing From Your Own Prints? Drop it Like a Tiger! No Pouring. No Syringes. No Cutting. No flaming. No Contamination. No Bullshit. "The best thing to do while your waiting is to start more stuff. I usually got so much happening that I have tossed projects simply because I didn't have time for them. -Pastywhite QFT Pastywhite's Easy Agar Tek (PastyPlates) Tiger Drop Video Demos By munchauzen Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.―Bill Watterson EZEKIEL 23:20
|
fahtster
Now With 33%More Faht



Registered: 06/17/06
Posts: 9,270
|
|
Nope. That's definitely true.
Faht
|
NDStepp84
Stellar nuclear waste


Registered: 04/23/15
Posts: 4,956
Last seen: 1 month, 3 days
|
|
Yes, the more cakes the stronger the natural air currents in the SGFC,the cakes put off heat that rises drawing more humid fresh air through the perlite. I agree more does better than less.
--------------------
"I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. -Robert A. Heinlein
Links and teks ND's grow log and discussion Plant thread
|
braincrash
MindBlower



Registered: 06/15/14
Posts: 41
Loc: Sweden
Last seen: 4 years, 1 month
|
Re: Spray and fan sgfc [Re: NDStepp84]
#22336399 - 10/05/15 10:47 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
I am actually making my very first sgfc's of my own right now, and I have some questions.. I am using rather small chambers, 15 liter/4 gallon each and made 20 8mm holes in them. I put a wet rag in one of them and put a hygrometer in it to test it. The RH landed at, just above 80% and I wonder if you guys think that is humid enough... Of course it ought to climb even higher with perlite and 4 pf cakes each in them. Any thoughts?
-------------------- [gradient:#07F24E,#]It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom...[/gradient]
|
NDStepp84
Stellar nuclear waste


Registered: 04/23/15
Posts: 4,956
Last seen: 1 month, 3 days
|
|
You could make smaller SGFCs that would work, read the link in my signature to understand the principles. Another thing is humidity of the chamber isn't that important, the only place it is important is on the surface of the cakes, this is why we roll the cakes in verm and keep them misted. It produces a humid micro climate on the surface, and allows for evaporation which promotes pinning. Build a proper SGFC and ditch the hygrometer.
--------------------
"I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. -Robert A. Heinlein
Links and teks ND's grow log and discussion Plant thread
|
DaveyJones6911
Nonconformist


Registered: 09/08/15
Posts: 690
Loc: EU
|
Re: Spray and fan sgfc [Re: fahtster]
#22336492 - 10/05/15 11:17 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
fahtster said: Nope. That's definitely true.
Faht
would it help to fruit low numbers of cakes with some sponges in the FC to act as dummy cakes?
-------------------- Creativity is a dangerous thing in the eyes of those who don't have any.
|
cronicr



Registered: 08/07/11
Posts: 61,436
Loc: Van Isle
Last seen: 2 years, 8 days
|
|
just colonize the sponges..
  just kidding
--------------------
  It doesn't matter what i think of you...all that matters is clean spawn I'm tired do me a favor
|
NDStepp84
Stellar nuclear waste


Registered: 04/23/15
Posts: 4,956
Last seen: 1 month, 3 days
|
|
It wouldn't be the same, sponges don't produce heat like mycelium. Warm humid air rises, drawing more air through the bottom and perlite. When I had my SGFC full of cakes and used to smoke cigs, you could see where the air was sucked in at the holes the perlite was stained with tar, lol
--------------------
"I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. -Robert A. Heinlein
Links and teks ND's grow log and discussion Plant thread
|
FreeWorldOrder


Registered: 12/24/13
Posts: 2,002
Loc: Indiana, USA
Last seen: 8 days, 8 hours
|
|
I too think the more cakes the better. I have tried with just a few and they didn't do very well. If I only have a few to fruit I now just use a 2liter bottles. (that is when I do cakes which isn't often these days.)
-------------------- "They who can give up essential liberty, to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin Lets Grow Mushrooms Videos PastyWhyte's Easy Agar TEK Agar's Liquid Inoculant TEK
Edited by FreeWorldOrder (10/05/15 12:15 PM)
|
FreeWorldOrder


Registered: 12/24/13
Posts: 2,002
Loc: Indiana, USA
Last seen: 8 days, 8 hours
|
Re: Spray and fan sgfc [Re: cronicr]
#22336715 - 10/05/15 12:15 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
cronicr said: just colonize the sponges..
  just kidding
lol... might be able to you could if you made up a nutrient solution. would be a cool experiment anyways...
-------------------- "They who can give up essential liberty, to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin Lets Grow Mushrooms Videos PastyWhyte's Easy Agar TEK Agar's Liquid Inoculant TEK
|
cronicr



Registered: 08/07/11
Posts: 61,436
Loc: Van Isle
Last seen: 2 years, 8 days
|
|
there is bran and agar in there
--------------------
  It doesn't matter what i think of you...all that matters is clean spawn I'm tired do me a favor
|
cronicr



Registered: 08/07/11
Posts: 61,436
Loc: Van Isle
Last seen: 2 years, 8 days
|
Re: Spray and fan sgfc [Re: cronicr]
#22336720 - 10/05/15 12:16 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
it is a rieshi jar and it is currently fruiting just fine
--------------------
  It doesn't matter what i think of you...all that matters is clean spawn I'm tired do me a favor
|
FreeWorldOrder


Registered: 12/24/13
Posts: 2,002
Loc: Indiana, USA
Last seen: 8 days, 8 hours
|
|
Right on brother!
-------------------- "They who can give up essential liberty, to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin Lets Grow Mushrooms Videos PastyWhyte's Easy Agar TEK Agar's Liquid Inoculant TEK
|
braincrash
MindBlower



Registered: 06/15/14
Posts: 41
Loc: Sweden
Last seen: 4 years, 1 month
|
Re: Spray and fan sgfc [Re: NDStepp84]
#22338801 - 10/05/15 09:37 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
NDStepp84 said: You could make smaller SGFCs that would work, read the link in my signature to understand the principles. Another thing is humidity of the chamber isn't that important, the only place it is important is on the surface of the cakes, this is why we roll the cakes in verm and keep them misted. It produces a humid micro climate on the surface, and allows for evaporation which promotes pinning. Build a proper SGFC and ditch the hygrometer.
Ok, thanx a lot man! I am trying to become a good cultivator and with help from people like yourself it feels within reach. Just a pic of my sgfc project
-------------------- [gradient:#07F24E,#]It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom...[/gradient]
|
LocN9ne
ɢᄋᄋd ԲᄋЯ ᄁᄋȚᅢΙᄁɢ ᄂᄋ₩ᄂΙԲᄐ



Registered: 04/17/15
Posts: 7,076
Loc: to the brain
|
|
--------------------
Q&A US vs. THEM The more I learn, the less I know.
|
Psilosoulful

Registered: 09/05/14
Posts: 7,205
Last seen: 1 year, 1 month
|
Re: Spray and fan sgfc [Re: LocN9ne]
#22338872 - 10/05/15 09:55 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
You need a LOT more holes all around the tub (1/4") separated by about 2 inches.
|
braincrash
MindBlower



Registered: 06/15/14
Posts: 41
Loc: Sweden
Last seen: 4 years, 1 month
|
Re: Spray and fan sgfc [Re: LocN9ne]
#22340688 - 10/06/15 11:26 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
LocN9ne said: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/20195542
Re-read that one.
Hmm.. thanx for the tip.. but in my defense the fc in the pic was made b4 my first post in this thread... I really like the design and understand the principles, I understand the airflow and evaporation etc... Unfortunately it got me a bit bummed out... Maybe this will make you spin, but I wonder if there is any adjustments to do to lower the mist and fan count per day? You see, I work pretty much, and are usually away from home at least 14 hours/day, does this mean that sgfc's are out of the question for me? Right now I run a very small improvised fruiting chamber with about 20 holes in it, I only have time to mist and fan 2-3 times per day, and that is just, barely, enough for that fc. With this design I am sure you get very much improved performance, but with no one to take care of the misting during day time I wonder if you could lower the amount of holes, or mabe make them smaller?; of course with some loss in performance, but still.?? Or should I just give up and go for other fc design, and if so, what fc would work best for me. I do some pf cakes and also cased popcorns. Best regards, BrainCrash
-------------------- [gradient:#07F24E,#]It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom...[/gradient]
|
Pastywhyte
Say hello to my little friend



Registered: 09/15/12
Posts: 37,810
Loc: Canada
|
|
A SGFC was designed to be left for 14 hours a day. Many people mist and fan them too much anyway. When you move up start monotubs which can be left for weeks.
|
braincrash
MindBlower



Registered: 06/15/14
Posts: 41
Loc: Sweden
Last seen: 4 years, 1 month
|
|
Ok, thanx! That sounds great and I am very relieved! The holes I have done so far are 8mm (there is a pic in an earlier post I did in this thread), according to the sgfc tutorial you should use 1/4inch holes, which is 6.35mm in metric, so it shouldn't make that much difference, but the rest of the holes I will make 6mm. I will post pics of the fc when it's done, which will be this weekend. Again, thanks for the help!
-------------------- [gradient:#07F24E,#]It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom...[/gradient]
|
|