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MycoMessiah


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My Fully Automated Grow Tent 1
#26648826 - 05/04/20 06:11 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Just thought I'd share my little accomplishment.... pretty proud of it!
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alephdog
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Re: My Fully Automated Grow Tent [Re: MycoMessiah]
#26650319 - 05/05/20 10:33 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Care to explain the different levels?
Is the plastic tote just a stool or is there stuff in there too? Looks cool
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MycoMessiah


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Re: My Fully Automated Grow Tent [Re: alephdog] 1
#26658462 - 05/08/20 08:41 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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The tote holds clean water as well as a 10 head ultrasonic mister,(picture bellow) which uses 10 piezoelectric transducers for a high frequency mechanical oscillation just below the surface of the water. This vibration creates a very fine fog that is instantly evaporated into the air. It also contains an aquarium heater to keep the temperature of the water about 28 degrees Celsius in order to avoid throwing off the inside temperature of the grow tent. Installed into the lid of the tote is a small waterproof computer fan (covered by a plastic bag with holes poked into it, to trap the humidity inside the tote) that blows the fog out of the tote and up the dryer vent tube into the grow tent. I also have a small heater and fan inside the grow tent. Both are plugged into an Inkbird thermostat allowing me to maintain my desired temperature. My homemade humidifier also runs off an Inkbird humidity controller. I also have the light inside the grow tent running on a 12 hour timer making this set up fully automated, maintaining ideal growing conditions and allowing me to go about my week without concern for my plants and/or fungi. Once a week I clean the system and change the bag over the fan to avoid bacteria build up and change the water in the tote.
Edited by MycoMessiah (05/08/20 08:50 PM)
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2Ape2
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Re: My Fully Automated Grow Tent [Re: MycoMessiah]
#26662048 - 05/10/20 10:15 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Really nice set up.
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Typerwritermonky
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Re: My Fully Automated Grow Tent [Re: 2Ape2]
#26726929 - 06/07/20 04:04 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Whats being grown?
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Awaken_Us
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very cool setup. is the bottom of the tent sealed?
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MycoMessiah


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Re: My Fully Automated Grow Tent [Re: Awaken_Us]
#26804414 - 07/04/20 11:14 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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i upgraded my setup, pretty much the same just a much better and spacious tent that fully sealed without me having to jerry rig it first .... anyway heres some pics



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DJ Ed
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Re: My Fully Automated Grow Tent [Re: MycoMessiah]
#26804630 - 07/05/20 05:28 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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I used to have a mini grow tent like that for my T5 bulbs for the seedlings
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LosTresOjos
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Re: My Fully Automated Grow Tent [Re: DJ Ed]
#26812897 - 07/09/20 01:07 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Nice. Can you give us an estimate on cost and cost of running.
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DJ Ed
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Re: My Fully Automated Grow Tent [Re: LosTresOjos]
#26814748 - 07/10/20 10:02 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Wow dude, it was a few years ago. Went up into the attic a few weeks back - I must have thrown it, because I only had my 3 big grow tents up there. And some air cooled 600W bulbs and expensive ballasts. Full hydroponic kit. I used to grow monsters, 8oz per plant (until my daughter became old enough to be aware!)
Back to the question! The mini grow tents are under £100, and the T5 bulbs from memory were quite expensive, but again must have been under £100. But I’m sure you don’t need T5 bulbs for mushrooms, though I don’t know I use sunlight. Reckon it would be easy to set up an automatic mister and fan; discrete and automatic. If only I had loads of money lol.
Mind you, I only grow for myself. Just replenished my mini fridge, and just about to start my first grow from single sector agar. So should have a couple of monotub with monster flushes in the next 3 or 4nweeks 
I’m imaging a few hundred dried gram equivalent fresh tea ice cubes. And maybe a kilo dried.
Should do me for a couple of weeks
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