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Groundsgold
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Ways to COOL down an area fit for growing mushrooms
#23352423 - 06/16/16 08:20 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I live in Arizona & it's summer time right on. Are there any known methods to reduce the temperature of a cultivation spot for the few weeks necessary to grow mycelium? The temperature here is in the 90s-110 & ideally I would like to have it go down to 82*F max.
I'm stumped how to lower the temperature to start the growing process.
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Kush_Zombie
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Re: Ways to COOL down an area fit for growing mushrooms [Re: Groundsgold]
#23352437 - 06/16/16 08:25 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm in west Texas. I feel you.
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dankington
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Re: Ways to COOL down an area fit for growing mushrooms [Re: Kush_Zombie]
#23352445 - 06/16/16 08:29 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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So um, I take it you don't have air conditioning?
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Inocuole
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Re: Ways to COOL down an area fit for growing mushrooms [Re: dankington]
#23352473 - 06/16/16 08:36 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Somehow I think he's talking about outdoors... in which case I really don't think there's a way to do such a thing.
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dankington
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Re: Ways to COOL down an area fit for growing mushrooms [Re: Inocuole]
#23352478 - 06/16/16 08:39 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah. It's summer though. You may be able to do something in the winter, at least start in the fall. 
Are there any mushrooms native to Arizona? You could do culture work indoors to get spawn ready for the fall and winter though.
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Groundsgold
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Re: Ways to COOL down an area fit for growing mushrooms [Re: dankington]
#23352492 - 06/16/16 08:46 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Well, I do have air conditioning but it doesn't seem feasible to want to have it turned on for the next month non-stop lol. Also, im growing them indoors & I will be leaving this state in a few months. I want to grow a batch & gift some friends with some before I leave. So I kinda wanna do it now.
Are there any contraptions that can be bought, techniques I can implement to have the temp around my box cool down a bit?
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Munchauzen


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Re: Ways to COOL down an area fit for growing mushrooms [Re: Groundsgold]
#23352515 - 06/16/16 08:53 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
Groundsgold said: Are there any contraptions that can be bought, techniques I can implement to have the temp around my box cool down a bit?
a/c. alternatively, magic.
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FlyOnTheWall
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Re: Ways to COOL down an area fit for growing mushrooms [Re: Groundsgold]
#23352533 - 06/16/16 08:59 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
Groundsgold said: Well, I do have air conditioning but it doesn't seem feasible to want to have it turned on for the next month non-stop lol.
I'm curious what else you intend to do? Doesn't it get unbearably hot inside your place? I've lived in AZ and I can't imagine not having air conditioning on all the time during the summer.
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Inocuole
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Re: Ways to COOL down an area fit for growing mushrooms [Re: FlyOnTheWall]
#23352586 - 06/16/16 09:17 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I get uncomfortable and pissy if my thermostat reads above 75F. It gets just as hot where I'm at.
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maddchef
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Re: Ways to COOL down an area fit for growing mushrooms [Re: Inocuole]
#23353041 - 06/16/16 11:34 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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If you're in AZ I'm surprised no one has mentioned a swamp cooler.
They only really work in low rh dry places but I hear they knock about 20 degrees off the ambient temp
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MycoLoopology
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Re: Ways to COOL down an area fit for growing mushrooms [Re: maddchef]
#23353828 - 06/17/16 07:11 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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would a window AC unit be a terrible idea? not sure if thats just asking for contams to float in or what. the way they drip and such.. just an idea.
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Re: Ways to COOL down an area fit for growing mushrooms [Re: MycoLoopology]
#23353875 - 06/17/16 07:36 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Shit when I lived in Texas there were two air conditioners attached to the house and in July and August they never quit running
Window AC should not be dripping indoors. It drips outside. And they're fine to use.
A evaporating cooler (swamp cooler) works great if you're in a dry climate
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