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Misting + Ultrasonics Question
    #23889142 - 12/02/16 09:51 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

In my small indoor chamber I have been solely using ultrasonics to provide the humidity. A friend and I have built a 10ft x 6ft chamber in his garage and to provide the humidity we built an evaporative cooler + 5 ultrasonic heads. In doing so it clicked that in similar sized chambers, some people run just ultrasonics, just misting (non high pressure), or a combination of the two, but I didn't know why.

Are there pros and cons to these 3 methods in regards to pinning, fruit development, first flush yield? Does the misting along with the ultrasonic help to initiate pin sets? Is it just a heck of lot easier to spray it down?


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Re: Misting + Ultrasonics Question [Re: MorePies]
    #23889214 - 12/02/16 10:22 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Ultrasonic die pretty fast.  You might want to check out the small 'industrial' humidifier they sell on farm tek and other sites.  It will last longer , $300


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Re: Misting + Ultrasonics Question [Re: drake89]
    #23889258 - 12/02/16 10:39 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

When these die,  I'll check em out!


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Re: Misting + Ultrasonics Question [Re: MorePies]
    #23890151 - 12/03/16 10:15 AM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Yea ultrasonics are good but they last maybe 6-12 months before the disks need replacement or the housing is just too corroded. And mistiers actually wet the fruits and surfaces in your chamber giving the fruits water to absorb. Where humidification just increases the humidity to slow evaporation. For your typical oysters you want to firectly mist to bosst yields, shiitake too just not as much as oysters


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Re: Misting + Ultrasonics Question [Re: Gr0wer]
    #23890296 - 12/03/16 11:21 AM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Awesome!  I didn't know they did that,  thanks!


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Re: Misting + Ultrasonics Question [Re: Gr0wer]
    #23890306 - 12/03/16 11:27 AM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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Yea ultrasonics are good but they last maybe 6-12 months before the disks need replacement or the housing is just too corroded. And mistiers actually wet the fruits and surfaces in your chamber giving the fruits water to absorb. Where humidification just increases the humidity to slow evaporation. For your typical oysters you want to firectly mist to bosst yields, shiitake too just not as much as oysters




How about misting equipment. I'm in the market for a new mister bottle and I'm also looking into mister heads (The type that screw into PVC). What are your recommendations for misters grower? The finer the mist the better?


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Re: Misting + Ultrasonics Question [Re: katbusa]
    #23890536 - 12/03/16 12:44 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

If I remember right, he got them from sprinkler wharehouse online, and be sure to get the anti drip stoppers too. And yes, the finer the better. I was looking at this.


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Re: Misting + Ultrasonics Question [Re: katbusa]
    #23891377 - 12/03/16 05:15 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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Gr0wer said:
Yea ultrasonics are good but they last maybe 6-12 months before the disks need replacement or the housing is just too corroded. And mistiers actually wet the fruits and surfaces in your chamber giving the fruits water to absorb. Where humidification just increases the humidity to slow evaporation. For your typical oysters you want to firectly mist to bosst yields, shiitake too just not as much as oysters




How about misting equipment. I'm in the market for a new mister bottle and I'm also looking into mister heads (The type that screw into PVC). What are your recommendations for misters grower? The finer the mist the better?




Those netafilm mister look pretty top notch to me. I personally was on a tight budget when I set my foggers up so I went with these

Super cheap, they work very well and you just punch them into plastic mainline.
Although one day I reeaaally want a hydrofogger. But a guy can dream  :nyan:


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Re: Misting + Ultrasonics Question [Re: MycoFlora]
    #23891585 - 12/03/16 06:29 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

I'm actually very familiar with netafim. When I worked in the wholesale growing business we use netafim drippers to water hanging basket and a few field of mums that had about 10 thousand pots each. It was a pretty big operation.

We used similar foggers to control heat build up in on of our greenhouses. They were very nice. If I remember correctly they recommend putting a filter inline with some of their products to extend the life of the nozzle.


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Re: Misting + Ultrasonics Question [Re: katbusa]
    #23891703 - 12/03/16 07:09 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Ive got a bunch of high pressure brass foggers. If I remember they were like 1\2 gal per hour. Had a stainless screen inside them . Don't recall the brand. That was the new method back in the day. Shut down ventilation fill greenhouse with fog then cycle ventilation back on . Supposedly removing the heat.
I've still got drippers for hanging baskets too.


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Re: Misting + Ultrasonics Question [Re: Quadman]
    #23891921 - 12/03/16 08:22 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

mid pressure systems (200-300psi) are the best middle of the road solution but i guess the ones that run off line pressure are OK too.  The high pressure misters I have make 8 micron fog.  The humidifan I had made 50 micron fog, the reduced dripping with the high pressure system is noticable.  I can fog out the room and still keep the floors pretty dry.  previously I would have an inch of standing water at all times just to maintain 90% humidity.


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Re: Misting + Ultrasonics Question [Re: drake89]
    #23891998 - 12/03/16 08:43 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Which high pressure fogged did you go with Drake?


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Re: Misting + Ultrasonics Question [Re: drake89]
    #23892017 - 12/03/16 08:50 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Ultrasonic really seems to work very well for my Oysters and Shiitake. I use a combo system. The overhead misters are just there as a back up in case the fogger fails for some reason. Most foggers suck. The best one I found is the Frapaplas out of Quebec. Great people and all Canadian made. One disc. It's not a cheap unit, but it works consistantly for years without fail. Every part is replaceable. Water on the mushrooms will lead to issues and yields will not be as good without a fogger.


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Re: Misting + Ultrasonics Question [Re: Crispykoot]
    #23892095 - 12/03/16 09:11 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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Which high pressure fogged did you go with Drake?



the high pressure system from aeromist.com, 1000psi which is about $900 for the pump but it is like night and day from the humidifan ($1300).  I still use the humidifan to keep wind speed up, which helps with evaporation.  it's not a problem if you slightly wet your mushrooms as long as you have long enough to evaporate the water.

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Ultrasonic really seems to work very well for my Oysters and Shiitake. I use a combo system. The overhead misters are just there as a back up in case the fogger fails for some reason. Most foggers suck. The best one I found is the Frapaplas out of Quebec. Great people and all Canadian made. One disc. It's not a cheap unit, but it works consistantly for years without fail. Every part is replaceable. Water on the mushrooms will lead to issues and yields will not be as good without a fogger.




the system I have has droplet sizes about as small as the disc foggers.  But it is good to have backup.  Usually when a humidity controller or timer fails on me, it fails open though.  Which means on, so I come home to soaked shrooms.


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Re: Misting + Ultrasonics Question [Re: drake89]
    #23892098 - 12/03/16 09:13 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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mid pressure systems (200-300psi) are the best middle of the road solution but i guess the ones that run off line pressure are OK too.  The high pressure misters I have make 8 micron fog.  The humidifan I had made 50 micron fog, the reduced dripping with the high pressure system is noticable.  I can fog out the room and still keep the floors pretty dry.  previously I would have an inch of standing water at all times just to maintain 90% humidity.



I too am curious which misters you switched to.The ones i use make 70 micron mist, so 8 micron misters would be great!
disregard just saw your post


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Re: Misting + Ultrasonics Question [Re: MycoFlora]
    #23894200 - 12/04/16 03:06 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

I was just searching around to find basic 101 type information regarding setting up a misting system for a mushroom growroom but was coming up short. Does anyone know of a resource where there is information on designing a misting system?  - just the basic stuff like equipment sizing, timing, and sprayer distribution.


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Re: Misting + Ultrasonics Question [Re: poponon]
    #23895065 - 12/04/16 07:58 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

I use a hydroponic timer thats adjustable down to secods. I adjust it as needed depending on temps and phase of the grow.


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Re: Misting + Ultrasonics Question [Re: poponon]
    #23895328 - 12/04/16 09:57 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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I was just searching around to find basic 101 type information regarding setting up a misting system for a mushroom growroom but was coming up short. Does anyone know of a resource where there is information on designing a misting system?  - just the basic stuff like equipment sizing, timing, and sprayer distribution.




That kind of info could most likely be adapted from the manufacturers web page. For example, http://www.netafimusa.com/greenhouse/products/foggers

They show spacing and overlap for different applications. Timing will be dependent on your growing situation.


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Re: Misting + Ultrasonics Question [Re: MycoFlora]
    #23898426 - 12/05/16 09:53 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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MycoFlora said:Although one day I reeaaally want a hydrofogger. But a guy can dream  :nyan:




We use a hydrofogger and couldn't be happier with it! The owner is a really nice & helpful person too. I'm glad to no longer be using ultra sonic humidifiers.


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