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humidity problems in small single cake chamber
    #5548044 - 04/23/06 04:25 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

i have a single PK Tek cake in a small tupperware container, with about an inch of perilite saturated to about a 1/2 inch. For some reason, my humidity is only 50% after two days. I even spray a few times daily. My shrooms are growing fine, but no new shrooms are popping up (I'm sure bc of the low humidity)

is there anything I can do to fix this (that won't cost an arm and a leg)

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Re: humidity problems in small single cake chamber [Re: GirlNinja]
    #5548055 - 04/23/06 04:29 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

If the humidity was really 50% then it would show on the shrooms that are growing now..they would likely be stunted. And the caps would crack.

Could be just a bad hygrometer.


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Re: humidity problems in small single cake chamber [Re: musher_420]
    #5548079 - 04/23/06 04:35 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

maybe that's it, bc the shrooms are growing pretty fast.. i'll post progress on tommorow


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Re: humidity problems in small single cake chamber [Re: GirlNinja]
    #5548268 - 04/23/06 05:36 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

those hydrometers are bs. unles syou buy a really good one. if you have perlite in there then and a small container you will ahev close to if not 100% RH. do you have standing water in your perlite? if you do drain as much as you can. keep it as wet as you can with no standing water (least possible)


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Re: humidity problems in small single cake chamber [Re: skeletor]
    #5548811 - 04/23/06 07:46 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

If you've saturated the bottom 1/2" of your perlite, that section is no longer helping with the humidity. You should have zero standing water. Rinse the perlite, allow to drain, then dump in your container. 1 to 2 inches of damp perlite will deliver 98% humidity to a small terrarium.
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Re: humidity problems in small single cake chamber [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #5549671 - 04/23/06 11:34 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

k done - hope it works

i think my humidity reading thingy isn't working well

b/c those things are growing!

some mycelium is starting to form on the caps, so it still must not be optimal


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Re: humidity problems in small single cake chamber [Re: GirlNinja]
    #5549686 - 04/23/06 11:38 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Best to get a cheap mechanical hygrometer at a cigar shop. Calibrate by wrapping it up in a damp towel for half an hour, then adjust the screw on the back so the dial reads 98%. Repeat weekly.
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Re: humidity problems in small single cake chamber [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #5549719 - 04/23/06 11:44 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

if you take a soda cap full of salt and put both the hygrometer and the cap of salt in a small glad sandwich container, then wet the salt so it is moist but not swimming the correct hygrometer reading after about 4-5 hrs should be exactly 75% use this as a bassist for calalbration :smile:


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