Fozi Presents...
UPDATE 8.3.06
From the author of this post.
PLEASE disregard all references to any part here that gives info on use of added OXYGEN. My lab study did show its worthless and can even cause problems in your environment. Not to mention Oxygen is very dangerous. So you know the Oxygen we breathe in our air is ONLY 21% Oxygen. Prolonged use of levels any higher will eventually if not immediately lead to death. So Please do not use the O part.. Also, do not use the auto mister unless you have misting issues. And don’t use the auto humidifier I don’t have the full directions and if you try it without them you will trash your humidifiers
Thanks,
FoziTutorial for My advanced martha wardrobe terrarium, with fully automated computer controlled
delivery systems, oxygen enriched air, auto watering, auto misting controlled, mushroom
system and so much more!! Full Detail photos below!!
This system is by FAR the best creation to date I have ever advanced upon. I am NOT the
original creator of the Martha, however, I have made MAJOR improvements and innovations to make this terrarium 100% FULLY AUTOMATED and worth using.
I would like to give the original BASIC design credit to Magash. Im not sure if it was his original design but it could be. If it wasnt for his post I wouldnt of thought to make it
better
Thanks Magash !!
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the amount of image uploads I have uploaded them to a private site. You will see much more
detail if you click them.. Thanks
Let tell you a bit about this terrarium. I say it is computer controlled because for the most part it is. I tried to find a way for my actual computer to control everything and realized that this just wouldn't be possible to achieve and still have the great features
my current setup posses.
My setup has has a huge amount of air exchange. Picture a trash bag filled with air by a
strong fan constantly blowing, then while the fan is still blowing cut a 3 inch hole into
the bottom of it. When you do this you will have a trash bag filled up like a balloon and
blowing out huge amounts of air. The whole time the trash bag never deflates. This is the
same idea here but way better. The wardrobe closet is all plastic, the cool mist
humidifier is blowing 24/7 and the ultrasonic humidifier turns on for me every 45 mins for
15 mins. So you are constantly allowing fresh air in and bad air out. To make the
nvironment even more oxygen enriched I have two 125 pound Oxygen Tank cylinders that are
SLOWLY flowing 99% pure oxygen into the terrarium 24/7 and I have a total of three large
tropical plants growing, releasing oxygen on the bottom shelf. This is still experimental
with all this oxygen and can be VERY VERY VERY dangerous to use if you are not properly
educated on oxygen use indoors and pressurized oxygen cylinders (20000 PSI!!! I did take a
class that involved this subject
To go even a step further to make this setup better than any setup ive ever seen I have a
total of six fluorescent grow bulbs surrounding the terrarium that cost $50.00 each bulb.
To go even a few steps more I have added an automatic, battery controlled automatic
watering system that will auto mist all the mushrooms, every 5 hours, for 2 minutes total
with an ULTRA FINE PURIFIED water mist!
I have taken out ALL reasons for HUMAN ERROR!! You could actually leave this setup alone
for 2 months without ANY maintenance.. I have the humidifiers kept full by turning on my
auto watering service's second controller for one minute a day which fills both
containers!!
I am going to include all detailed photos below to show you EXACTLY how to make this. I
ask only that you NEVER take credit for anything you did not create yourself and remember
to tell people that FOZI hooked you UP!!>.
Since I added this setup I have had 5 casings I thought were trashed pin. After 2 months I
was frustrated and this setup was my last chance at success. (This is only my second time
fruiting ever ) All other setups failed me. I read EVERY POST on this site for help. It
took me 3 weeks of reading. This saved me!! You and everyone else having fruiting issues
r not should take the time and money to complete this fine, fully automated terrarium. I will warn you, this was not cheap. I suggest saving some money up because I invested over $700.00 in this setup and will do it all over again if I could. Luckily you can learn from my mistakes as I have made many in this setup and had to start over. If you want exact detailed part numbers for everything I have I can give that to you . You can use the part numbers at ANY Home Depot. If im not lazy I will add all that info later. Im pretty beat up, bruised, cut up, tired, and broke after all of this so bare with me. I hope you all enjoy this and appreciate the time I put into this. Please feel free to PM me any time or reply to this post. Also, Please Comment on what you think about my setup (not the cost).
Thank You,
fozi
I now present to you.. My Tutorial for My advanced martha wardrobe terrarium, with fully automated computer controlled, oxygen enriched air, auto watering, auto misting controlled, mushroom system. (4.16.06 8pm EST)
This is what you get as your end product. Isnt it pretty?? I added a Vinyl Fish Aquarium Shower Curtin to cover up all the wires & tubing
This is what you are going to start out with. You can get any sort of wardrobe closet you want. You want to make sure it has a few things. You want it to be fully enclosed, meaning you need to have a bottom. Some come with cardboard bottoms. Mine was fabric. It makes it easier in the next few steps to have this option but if you cant find one with a bottom its ok we are going to add our own anyway later.
Here is a close up of the size you will want in regards to width and height. We will need to get this exact size or larger because we need to fit a shelf into it later. You want the 36 inch. They are sold in sizes 36 and 60 inch. DONT get the 60 inch. .its just too big for what we are trying to achieve. Make sure it has a zipper and be careful opening it (my first one broke and I had to start ALL OVER AGAIN!! @$$** ) I got my wardrobe closet at Bed Bath and Beyond. But I think K-Mart sells one by martha stewart for around 25-30 bucks (hence the name in the title martha)
Exact wardrobe closet size below
You will want to get a large STRONG trash bag to use for a liner on the bottom. This will be where we install our drain/air exchange hole. I didnt cut mine to fit. All I did was fold it to fit and used clear weather tape to secure it to be air tight. Tape extra in the corners as we will be placing our shelf legs here and need the support. (I used a tough contractor trash bag from home depot that was 3mil thick. I would suggest doing the same since we DONT want holes and we will be adding a heavy shelf holding our precious mushrooms.)
Here are a few pics of me cutting the small 3-4 inch hole in the center of the trash bag to fit my kitchen sink drain I purchased. Any standard kitchen sink drain will due. As long as it has a giant screw on lug on the bottom to secure it. I wouldn't worry all of them have it. I added clear bathroom tile caulk all over the thing and glue on top of that to melt the trash bag into the top of the drain edge. Any strong, clear, quick drying glue should do this. Let it dry for a good 6 hours before it sees water or your fuxored!
Make sure you clean any excess glue from the drain rim so water flows nicely out. We don't want stagnant water in there do we?
The finished product (Stick a kitty litter pan under it to catch the water and make sure the drain doesn't lay flat so air cant escape)
I am getting sorta impatient here so I am going to explain a bit less and put more pics in if I think I need to explain something I will. if you cant figure it out ask me. I will however explain to you now a few photos below and parts I used that aren't listed
You will see photos of clear tubes I used to put the air from the humidifiers into the setup. These are 1 inch clear tubs about 3-4 ft long. I suggest you install them on the top of the setup so any mist will fall down, I also used lids from coffee cans at first to secure the holes I made for the tubes. Make sure you do this. Glue them on good or your plastic will tear. On my second setup I used glad ziplock lids from those containers that you can buy from the grocery store. You will see photos of both. I suggest the Glad. When you go to home depot make sure you have ALREADY purchased your humidifiers. You will need to go to the plumbing section and size up some PVC parts so you can attach your clear tubing also found at home depot. Anything will work just use your head. I used Quick Set Epoxy and Clear weather tape to secure mine. I also bought a plastic 5 tier utility shelf from home depot and only used about 3 of the shelves. This will fit exactly into your setup! Don't put metal in it will rust.. eww... rust.. bad bad bad.. shame of you damn rust.. Ok this is getting so damn long.. Glad I didn't take any mushrooms or this may not of made any sense to you. Put an electronic temp/humd reader and an old fashioned non-electrical one in yuor setup. I used flukers and would NOT recommend them. You choose pal.. As for lights I used 6 Repta-Sun 5.0 Fluorescent bulbs on for 16 hours while pinning and 12 while fully fruiting. I have the ultrasonic humidifier on for 15 minutes every hour, the cool mist on 24/7... You can get an every 15 minute timer from home depot or PETSMART. PETSMART also carries the bulbs I use but they are $50.00 Each. (Ouch)
The watering system is sold at SEARS HARDWARE for 40.00. I ran the hose into my house from a window on my third floor LOL I wonder what the neighbors are thinking!!! I have it go off every 5 hours for 2 minutes. I bought the mister nozzle at PetSmart and tore it off of a pet mister bottle, and glued it onto a sidewalk power sprayer nozzle. You will want a Y-valve for your auto watering system. You will want one size open a little and the other to your setup on full. The reason is that if you don't have a way to relieve the pressure in the hose after the 2 minutes it will still go for another 10 minutes.. This fixes that (I am a thinker aren't I? heh)
As for the Oxygen tanks. You need a script for medical oxygen and you don't need it. Just go to any welding gas supply place and get yourself a 125 pound tank of oxygen. This cost me around 10 bucks but I think I got a deal. It shouldnt cost more than 20 bucks and there shouldn't be ANY bottle deposit. DONT LET THEM RIP YOU WITH A DEPOSIT!! ( I got jacked at first that way). I suggest reading up on the safe use of this as it is
VERY FLAMMABLE. We breathe in only 21% oxygen. This contains 99% pure oxygen and will
KILL YOU if used incorrectly and can
BLOW YOU UP if used incorrectly so beware!!!!!!!!
You will see photos of gauges on my tanks. This is called a regulator. This lowers the pressure of 20000PSI to a useable pressure of 1-900PSI. You DONT need this but I had one and they cost 100 bucks. It is easier to rig up the air tubes to use it but hey. its expensive. Use fishing air tubes and rig up some oxygen to flow into your setup 24/7. One tank should last you a week. If its gone any sooner that's WAY TOO MUCH oxygen your using. You shouldn't even hear it coming out. I used a cup of water to see it bubble every second.. THAT PLENTY!!!
FAILURE TO DO THAT WILL KILL YOU!! NO JOKE!!! Also I added some tropical plants. Well that's all I can think of for now.. Here are some pics.. Good Luck!!! I hope this made sense and you took the time to get to this part of the Tutorial.. Heh.. Yea.. 3 hrs later.. Im done.. you better read it.. By the way.. This has produced mushrooms way faster, bigger, and stronger than I have ever could of imagined!! TRY IT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT ALL OF THIS!
Honeywell Cool mist Humidifier and Epoxy
PVC Plumbing part to catch air from humidifier to send to setup
Plastic Delivery Tubes and Plumbing attachments to connecting to humidifiers
Elbow PVC for connecting to inside of setup
Coffee Lid Support for hoses
Glad Ziplock Support which I use and recommend
Side walk sprayer nozzle with spray mister hose glued on it. Notice how the nozzle is only on slightly. Behind that are check valves for the oxygen tubes.
The Auto Misting Sprayer in action!!
The Computer Controlled Watering Misting System Manufactured by NELSON
The Plastic Shelving unit from home dept. Remember we are not adding two shelve so dont worry about height
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THE MACHINES LOL
The two 125 Pound 20000PSI Oxygen Tanks
The Oxygen Delivery Tubes
More Delivery Tubes
The Plants at the bottom of the setup for more oxygen (make sure you get tropical plants)
The Finished Product!! TA DA!!
I give this a THUMBS UP!!
I have about 50 more photos that get more detailed as far as oxygen and part installation. If you want me to post just ask.
ENJOY
Love,
fozi