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Incubation overheating
#28398309 - 07/17/23 04:57 AM (6 months, 9 days ago) |
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Hi.
I recently modified my oysters incubation room by lowering the unnecessarily high ceiling. It is a pretty much sealed space with exhaust sucking air out and a filter hole intake in the opposite corner.
After the weekend I came back and noticed it was so damn hot in the incubation. The bags had been causing a serious overheating. I measured 133F from the inside center of a bag. I know it's way too much, but is there any way those bags can survive? I opened the doors and dropped the temps back to normal but they've been hot for a day or two already.
If they're dead, I'm losing two weeks crop which would be extremely shitty. I gotta start saving any excess mushrooms from the two next weeks to maybe gather a little if the new bags turn out all dead.
What do you think, is all hope in vain?
Of course I gotta fix the incubation system asap, but this two weeks crop is what I fear of losing.
Edited by spasm666 (07/17/23 04:58 AM)
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Re: Incubation overheating [Re: spasm666]
#28398320 - 07/17/23 05:28 AM (6 months, 9 days ago) |
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Not good bro. That's really really high. I have no experience with bags getting this hot but I have noticed a difference in performance with my incubation room being upper 70s vs mid to upper 60s.id say if they do fruit it probably ain't going to be great. You have nothing to lose but try to fruit them at this point.
Get some ac in that room and shoot for those mid to upper 60s and have a small bit of spacing on those blocks. You'll save yourself a lot of stroma and headache. I think incubation temp is often an after thought with people but it's definitely important. Double so if youre running 10lb blocks
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Re: Incubation overheating [Re: Stromrider]
#28398575 - 07/17/23 10:35 AM (6 months, 9 days ago) |
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Yeah. Maybe some bags could be dead in the center but still alive on the sides and give even a little fruit. Just gotta pray and see.
I have two batches there, the first looked quite ready before this heat thing so I cannot tell from them if they colonize anymore. But the second batch is just 4 days old so I can see within a few days or a week if they colonize after this. But I guess even if I see more colonization, fruiting (at least at normal level) is not to be taken for granted.
I have the whole operation room set to 66F, just gotta increase ventilation in the incubation chamber to get that hot air outta there. Not much space between the bags but if there's enough airflow that should do the trick, right?
And yeah, I'm running 30lb logs.
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Re: Incubation overheating [Re: spasm666]
#28401668 - 07/20/23 11:02 AM (6 months, 6 days ago) |
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Thought I'd share how things go, in case you guys want to eat popcorn and see me struggling 
Today I moved the first batch to FC. Had to toss about every fourth bag, they were totally ruined. They had black, brown, grey, purple and green (mold) colors (wow). From the remaining bags about half looked normal(ish) and half partially good. I'll try and fruit those too, I duct taped over the green spots hoping the mold won't spead (I'm using perforated column bags. I'll get reduced yield for sure, now I'm just hoping to get any.
The second batch a week later, I think it's gonna be worse since it was that batch that started the overheating.
 Sadly, all the nice colors don't show in the picture very well.
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Re: Incubation overheating [Re: spasm666]
#28401700 - 07/20/23 11:53 AM (6 months, 6 days ago) |
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I think you’re a trooper for owning up to it and trying your best to fruit it the best you can. More power to you spasm, but most of all, a blessed harvest.
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Thank you. I really appreciate it. Gotta try my best to not let down the customers.
I'll be back with more.
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Re: Incubation overheating [Re: spasm666]
#28418704 - 08/03/23 12:41 PM (5 months, 23 days ago) |
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So this has been the first week with overheated bags fruiting. Believe it or not, I got a very nice yield this week and don't have any problems of getting enough yield for the sales. From this batch, I didn't have to toss that many bags and it seems 4/5 of the remaining bags fruited normally if not even better lol.
So crisis avoided this week, and at the end of the week I will have around 50lb to start the next week with. Which is golden, since next week is going to be the real trial. From next weeks batch I put only 1/4 of the bags in the fruiting so it's not going to be much. But when the overheating happened, I immediately set up an outdoor fruiting thing to have some second flush from earlier batch, and they might give me a little extra, it seems the timing is good. And I raised the temps in my FC which results in higher yield (although they'll get a bit paler but it won't be an issue). And I might get a little batch of fresh oysters from another farm with whom I collaborate with. Dunno how next week will turn out in the end, but I know I'll get at least half of my sales ok. So it seems I survived at least the majority of the disaster. Rock n roll.
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Re: Incubation overheating [Re: spasm666]
#28420083 - 08/04/23 06:30 AM (5 months, 22 days ago) |
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Good news
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Re: Incubation overheating [Re: Stromrider]
#28430980 - 08/12/23 01:32 PM (5 months, 14 days ago) |
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This was supposed to be the catastrophic week but I ended up delivering all my orders and had a surplus of 12 pounds in the end. I left a lot of bags for second flush since I knew I wouldn't have the normal amount of bags to be fruited this week. That worked out. I also put many bags outside for fruiting, that worked out too. And I had nice stock from last weeks batch which helped a lot. And I still got around 40 pounds of this weeks bags. And I raised temps to get bigger yield, worked out as well. I also tried to put some of next weeks batch into fruiting a few days earlier to have them harvested this week, didn't work out as they were not ready on friday - but in the end it was not needed. So I managed just fine and this was a very good drill and lesson. I learned not to overheat incubation (duh) and measures to compensate a loss. And I get to keep my status of no sales missed as it is. Victory!
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