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Offlinepenlight438094
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Could it be the box???? **PICS**
    #3531600 - 12/22/04 12:02 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

The other day I posted a question of why are my casings only producing mini shrooms, this thread can be found at...
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/3527437/an/0/page/0/gonew/1#UNREAD



now the idea has entered my mind that it may be my box. The box is approx 1.5 feet tall and 2x2 feet wide. Lighting is 3 14 watt compact flouresents A fan is located in the top corner of the box as shown in the pictures. could this fan be the cause of the problems or could it be the box in general.

The fan


The outside of the box


The inside of the box


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Edited by penlight438094 (12/22/04 12:11 PM)

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Re: Could it be the box???? [Re: penlight438094]
    #3531627 - 12/22/04 12:10 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

Carpophore size/weight/potency varies depending on:

nutritional value of the substrate
availible moisture
amount of fresh air exchange

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Offlinepenlight438094
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Re: Could it be the box???? [Re: dmc_]
    #3531635 - 12/22/04 12:13 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

I should also say that my fish tank setup without a fan produces nice and big shrooms off similar casings, this is where i got my theory


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Re: Could it be the box???? [Re: penlight438094]
    #3531656 - 12/22/04 12:18 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

Should put that casing on the tin foil so its not in direct contact with the perlite.

With a substrate depth of what looks to be less than an inch deep, I wouldnt expect much bigger shrooms than that.

what was the media?

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Re: Could it be the box???? [Re: dmc_]
    #3531686 - 12/22/04 12:26 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

PF-Tek jars with brown rye flour replacing BRF cased with 60/40 verm/coir, deteils in the link posted, the thing is in the fishtank one of my casings had only a 1/2 inch substrate layer with a 1/4 inch casin layer and yeilded 5 inch tall shrooms, this only seems to happen in this box, i think the fan is drying ou my casing layer. also the only reason that the casing is sitting directly on the peralite is because i birthed it so people could see the depth of the layers


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Re: Could it be the box???? [Re: penlight438094]
    #3531693 - 12/22/04 12:28 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

this is a the fishtank



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Re: Could it be the box???? [Re: penlight438094]
    #3533205 - 12/22/04 07:58 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

anybody?


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Re: Could it be the box???? [Re: penlight438094]
    #3533225 - 12/22/04 08:04 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

Quote:

1/2 inch substrate layer with a 1/4 inch casin layer and yeilded 5 inch tall shrooms




Use a smaller surface area and a deeper substrate depth. Aim for at least 2 inches. I recommend a 3.5" minimum.

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Re: Could it be the box???? [Re: dmc_]
    #3533821 - 12/22/04 10:03 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

ok so it's not the box or fan


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Re: Could it be the box???? [Re: penlight438094]
    #3533970 - 12/22/04 10:32 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

The fan is a good thing. It is moving the air around, so your mushies aren't hurt from too much C02.

The box is very similar to many other successfully used fruiting chambers.

Lets put it this way. If other casing's could look at your casing and say one thing, they would probably say "eat and get off the crack". It's just way to damn thin :wink:


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I know what strikes me as odd about this. It is totally unnatural. The whole idea is just totally backwards.

So are historians going to look back at 'The Great Cake Eaters'? Damn. That was a backwards step in the evolutionary process. We left Shroomheads in the dust. Welcome to the new age of Vermheads.

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Re: Could it be the box???? [Re: ADoobie]
    #3534020 - 12/22/04 10:48 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

true dat.

my first casing only put of stubby mushrooms because i made the same mistake you did... too thin of a substrate layer. after another casing with a larger substrate depth, you'll really see the difference.

like dmc said, at least 2 inches, period.


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Re: Could it be the box???? [Re: ZeroArmy27]
    #3534146 - 12/22/04 11:26 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

1.5-2" is supreme IME


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Anyone looking to start bulk tubs/mono tubs/shotgun hybrids? Good tubs to use..
How I do grain (old still good tips)
Turn your closet into a fruiting chamber
Casing layer colonization and overlay

Edited by scatmanrav (12/26/04 08:16 PM)

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Re: Could it be the box???? [Re: scatmanrav]
    #3534369 - 12/23/04 12:23 AM (19 years, 3 months ago)

If those are genetically dwarfed mushrooms, please send them here! I'll take one spore syringe! (I like the dwarfed ones.)


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Re: Could it be the box???? [Re: LaughingJim]
    #3534580 - 12/23/04 01:20 AM (19 years, 3 months ago)

nope same casing procedure, same jars, same spores, in fish tank, grew a massive shroom with a stem girth of 1 inch in diameter and a stem length (without cap) of 8 inches


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Re: Could it be the box???? [Re: penlight438094]
    #3535118 - 12/23/04 07:45 AM (19 years, 3 months ago)

What is your relative humidity? I have been reading your thread and waiting to see if anybody concurs with my thoughts. I personaly think that your RH is too low. Low RH still produces shrooms, but fewer and smaller ones. From your pics all you are using to add moisture to your area is perlite. It appears that the top of your container is not tight, allowing lots of air transfer. You also have a fan (which by itself is okay) helping to dry out your box.

Just my thought and observations trying to help... any other ideas?

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Re: Could it be the box???? [Re: Dig]
    #3535372 - 12/23/04 10:32 AM (19 years, 3 months ago)

I think if you are producing healthy looking bigger shrooms in the past, your humidity is not an issue. It looks like you have a decent humidity tent up, plus that perlite should be rocking something fierce. Check your humidity...if it's too low, that could be your problem. Even if your humidity is low, there is no reason for casings to be less than an inch thick. I think that if you find your humidity too low and raise it, you will still suffer from strange yields on that casing.


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ADoobie said:
I know what strikes me as odd about this. It is totally unnatural. The whole idea is just totally backwards.

So are historians going to look back at 'The Great Cake Eaters'? Damn. That was a backwards step in the evolutionary process. We left Shroomheads in the dust. Welcome to the new age of Vermheads.

VvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVv

I ONLY STUDY legal, edible mushrooms and mycology. Any mention of any other kind of mushroom is purely fictional, and pictures are ripped from the internet. I do not grow mushrooms!

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