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MsMycelium
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MycoBags and Room Temp Struggles
#22398209 - 10/18/15 03:08 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hey Shroomery! I got a question about my set up right now. As winters on the way and I've already seen the first snow flurry today I'm worried about being able to provide enough heat for my bags. I've got 20 of them so I'm pretty invested and care about giving them the best opportunity to colonize and fruit. Right now I have them in a little crawl space, I set up a room heater near them and I have a thermometer that I use to check on their temp but I'm worried about several things. 1. The bags near the back are too cold 2. The bags at the front are too hot 3. They aren't getting any ambient light.
So the reason I'm worried about 1 is, the bags at the back are pretty cold to the touch, and sometimes the thermometer drops near 50 by them so I really started cranking the heat, but that lead to issue #2 being that the bags near the heater most feel pretty damn warm, not really hot but pretty warm, and I'm scared to burn the spores. Issue 3 is since they are in an enclosed area they won't be getting much light even though there is a window nearby.. and I can't open these doors really because I have 3 asshole cats that I'm worried will fuck shit up.
I'll post some pics so you can see the set up and what I'm working with and how to better arrange things. I've never grown in fall/winter except once and they all died but that was using the pf tek and I had to let someone else look over them for a week, but still I'm nervous.
I inoculated them on the 14th so we'll see how this goes in about a week.


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orison
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Re: MycoBags and Room Temp Struggles [Re: MsMycelium]
#22398224 - 10/18/15 03:12 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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heat rises, maybe get them off the floor but not so directly over top the heater.. mid 60s/70s be ok.. Oh I see you got no space there , maybe insulate the close ones with a carboard box 
mice dont need light
Edited by orison (10/18/15 03:15 PM)
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MsMycelium
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Re: MycoBags and Room Temp Struggles [Re: orison]
#22398306 - 10/18/15 03:25 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Thank you, I have put a piece of card board under them, which is about the best I can do with what I have around me. I'm considering wrapping a blanket around all of them or maybe some shirts around each individual bag to try and keep the heat in. Maybe some black garbage bags taped along the walls and ceiling could reflect heat also.. I just feel like a desperate mother trying to save her children from frostbite lol
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orison
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Re: MycoBags and Room Temp Struggles [Re: MsMycelium]
#22398381 - 10/18/15 03:43 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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long u dont block your air patch, and make sure that little room get some air too,,, ive had similar situations before.
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MsMycelium
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Re: MycoBags and Room Temp Struggles [Re: orison]
#22398546 - 10/18/15 04:19 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I just decided to play it safe and lay them all across the railing of my stairs, pretty sure my cats won't dare jump up there now since there isn't any room. Hopefully this way they get some indirect sunlight and also more heat, should be worth the riskier spot. Only question is now, will my lightbulb over head disturb them?
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filthyknees
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Re: MycoBags and Room Temp Struggles [Re: MsMycelium]
#22399058 - 10/18/15 06:00 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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All I read was cats.
I would use the crawl space. I've grown tubs in crawl spaces before. I used like 3inch thick insulation board to keep them off the ground- that's plenty. You could put a 1$ emergency blanket under the insulation.
If you want to cover your ass double put four bags to a tub and tape the holes - that will be plenty of insulation.
-------------------- But if you're in a hurry, and really got to go If you're in a hurry, might have to find out slow That it's one thing to try and another to fly You get there quicker just a step at a time It's one thing to bark, another to bite The show ain't over till you pack up at night
Edited by filthyknees (10/18/15 06:02 PM)
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