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shamanictendencies
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Incubating inoculated grain and grow area on a very low budget ideas?
#26445814 - 01/22/20 08:32 AM (4 years, 7 days ago) |
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Our living room (the only room other than bedroom in our place) is massive, it would cost a lot to heat. We normally keep the room at 10C-15C (50F-59F) and hang out in the room with jumpers and blankets and stuff.
So I've seen the advice about heating the room, not using an incubator, but that option is just too expensive, our electricity cost would go up too much.
I am currently keeping my innocced grains in a plastic tub I've insulated and keep wrapped in blankets and an old sleeping bag. I check the temp throughout the day and whenever it gets too cold, I'll fill an insulated jar with boiling water and pop it in.
I imagine this is working ok but it's a lot of labour and not as accurate as I'd like. I do have a space halogen heater but it's lowest setting is 400W which feels way too overpowered.
I have however seen heat mats as low as 7W.
My current idea for a cheap option is some second hand is a heat mat placed on the bottom of a second hand wardbrobe or maybe grow tent. Inoculated grain and monotubs kept elevated so the heat mat is heating the area and not the grain/grow tubs directly. Use a plug thermostat to keep temps at 21C or so. Would this be an ok solution?
Even if it's not ideal, I just need something that works at the lowest cost possible. Not doing this out of frugality, I just have very little money.
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Re: Incubating inoculated grain and grow area on a very low budget ideas? [Re: shamanictendencies]
#26445864 - 01/22/20 08:57 AM (4 years, 7 days ago) |
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I would rather have heat than mushrooms. Turn the thermostat up. Brrrr.
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shamanictendencies
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Re: Incubating inoculated grain and grow area on a very low budget ideas? [Re: WeavieWonder]
#26445923 - 01/22/20 09:22 AM (4 years, 7 days ago) |
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Me and partner are both fine in this temp, and are happy just wearing jumpers. You get used to it, I'm at a point where I'm pretty comfortable in just a tshirt at 12C or above. I also prefer being cold than being warm. It also doesn't make sense for us with our limited budget to spend a ridiculous amount of money heating this badly insulated space when we're just fine with a few layers on? Not everyone has the cash to be as warm as they want all year round you know.
So my question is how to get the mushrooms warm for as cheap as possible given that our "comfortable temperature" is lower than the mushroom's comfortable temperature.
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Re: Incubating inoculated grain and grow area on a very low budget ideas? [Re: shamanictendencies]
#26446050 - 01/22/20 10:25 AM (4 years, 7 days ago) |
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Maybe a seedling warmer mat? They can be purchased from most places that sell plant growing supplies and can be found relatively cheap
Edited by gasquatch (01/22/20 10:26 AM)
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Re: Incubating inoculated grain and grow area on a very low budget ideas? [Re: gasquatch]
#26446152 - 01/22/20 11:17 AM (4 years, 7 days ago) |
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Or what about an Aquarium heater thing. You could keep it in the jar so it stays warm. Or fill a tub with a few inches of water throw the heater in and put a metal grid over it to hold the jars like in a SAB.
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Re: Incubating inoculated grain and grow area on a very low budget ideas? [Re: A.k.a]
#26446157 - 01/22/20 11:21 AM (4 years, 7 days ago) |
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Search tub in tub incubator. Not sure what wattage an aquarium heater runs at.
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Re: Incubating inoculated grain and grow area on a very low budget ideas? [Re: HamHead]
#26446179 - 01/22/20 11:33 AM (4 years, 7 days ago) |
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You can grow just fine in those temps, it'll just be slow. Don't sweat it.
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