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For oysters, is CO2/FAE control the best ROI for automation?
    #28449731 - 08/28/23 10:37 AM (4 months, 29 days ago)

I inherited a Saturn 6 growroom controller this week, and am trying to plan the best use of it for oyster mushroom yield (focusing on largest first flush clusters possible). My previous grows were all unmodified monotubs, so I don't even have a SGFC or grow tent yet.

Controller has sensors and controller function for temp, humidity and CO2.

I've seen a setup on youtube that is a monotub with passive humidity control via perlite and automated FAE control via CO2 monitoring. Yield looks great, and I could replicate this grow chamber in the size I need for minimal $$$.

Is automated control of FAE/CO2 the best factor to automate for oyster production at monotub growchamber scale, or should I focus on humidity first?

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Re: For oysters, is CO2/FAE control the best ROI for automation? [Re: bubbleguts365]
    #28450167 - 08/28/23 04:34 PM (4 months, 29 days ago)

C02 is the enemy of oysters but you shouldn't think of these things as separate from each other.

If you focus solely on automating FAE (reducing C02 ) you will neglect to dial in your humidifier un less you just plan to constantly run a fogger. 
I'm no expert In this area tho, so take from this what you will. And good luck


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Re: For oysters, is CO2/FAE control the best ROI for automation? [Re: LewDoja]
    #28474005 - 09/18/23 05:47 PM (4 months, 8 days ago)

IMO you're thinking about this in a bit of a roundabout way. I don't think there's a single "best" parameter that you have to focus on automating first, 1 because it depends highly on the specifics of your setup, and 2 because everything is relatively simple to automate.

Because I'm growing mostly oysters and don't have any AC, I don't need to control my intake or exhaust fans at all. I just keep them on 24/7 to bring in as much fresh air/remove as much CO2 as they possibly can.

If I was actively air conditioning my tent though I would probably have to hook the exhaust fan up to a controller so that it only exhausts the stale air when it gets above a certain ppm of CO2--otherwise the AC would always be fighting an uphill battle with the exhaust removing the cooled air constantly as soon as it enters the tent.

That's just one example. If I was growing more CO2 tolerant species also, I may want the CO2 to stay around 1000ppm, in which case I should control whatever FAE mechanisms I have to achieve that.

A humidifier is super easy to control with something like an Inkbird that has an RH sensor and lets you program specific on/off thresholds. You can also just run it on an interval timer instead, which is what I do because those sensors get gunked up real fast.

I'm not familiar with the Saturn 6 controller but it sounds like it can manage everything from the AC to the humidifier to the intake/exhaust fans.

I'm not sure what scale you're trying to grow at but I'm assuming that it'll be fairly small scale, in which case my main recommendation would just be to keep it as simple as possible. Especially if it's only 2 or 3 blocks at a time, you really don't need to get sensors and all that, you just need to get close enough to the ideal ranges of the very basic measures of CO2, humidity, and temp


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