Home | Community | Message Board
You are not signed in.
Sign In New Account
Forum Index Search Posts Trusted Vendors Highlights Galleries FAQ User List Chat Store Random Growery

Cannabis Seeds Zamnesia
This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > Mushroom Cultivation
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: Mushroom-Hut Substrate Bags   Left Coast Kratom Buy Kratom Extract, Kratom Powder For Sale   PhytoExtractum Buy Bali Kratom Powder

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
perlite question
    #558202 -

ok i am a little confused

in the pf tek it says to use 1/2 inch of moistened perlite...

i have about 2-3 inches in my terrarium, and about 1 inch of water
will this hurt anything?

thanks guys i was just reading and realized what a boo boo i did ,but i really dont think it will matter will it?
peace
Lee
Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring


--------------------
I swear those mushrooms are going on my pizza officer!


Edited by tomatofarmer (02/21/02 05:19 AM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: perlite question [Re: tomatofarmer]
    #558210 -

You want the terrarium bottom covered by a layer of perlite. It doesn?t matter if 1/2 or 5 inches thick, but you should do the obvious.


--------------------
Grow Mushrooms from Spores - PF-Tek for Simple Minds

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: perlite question [Re: Anno]
    #558212 -

yea its covered nicely and very thick---the water is about half way up the perlite-i meant to say-will the standing water in the bottom hurt anything-i used h202 in it-
thanks anno and good morning :smile:(morning here at least)
-Lee
                       
Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring

 


--------------------
I swear those mushrooms are going on my pizza officer!


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: perlite question [Re: tomatofarmer]
    #558214 -

Well, I don?t think it will hurt anything, Many people advocate standing water. I tend more towards the thin layer of moist vermiculite without standing water.


--------------------
Grow Mushrooms from Spores - PF-Tek for Simple Minds

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: perlite question [Re: Anno]
    #558219 -

thin layer of vermiculite>?did u mean perlite?..lol...anyway, im still not sure quite how perlite works-does it give off humidity in the air? or should i just keep hand misting as well-and my dam accurite digital hygro/thermo went to hi% instead of a readout for humdity-
so ill have to judge it by the condensation
peace
Lee
how does perlite work anyone?
Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring


--------------------
I swear those mushrooms are going on my pizza officer!


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: perlite question [Re: tomatofarmer]
    #558220 -

oops, perlite.
Perlite has a large surface and thus evaporates more water than if you would simply pour some water into your terrarium.


--------------------
Grow Mushrooms from Spores - PF-Tek for Simple Minds

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: perlite question [Re: Anno]
    #558238 -

I allow the perlite to kinda float in the water. Some is below the water level and some above. If I understand this right the perlite kind acts like a wick for the water, then the air in your terraium being wamer from heater and bubbler the water evaporates from the top layer of perlite and adds humidty. If thats correct then the water on the bottom is like a resivor - dosn't matter how deep.

My Hygro/Thermo sounds like yours. When mine says high I know its over 95%. At least it keeps you in the ballpark. To check it just place in normal room air and watch it as it goes down when it reaches numbers you know the limit.
Hope this helps, I'm still learning the basics.

Peace,
Bob


--------------------
.

Edited by repobob (02/21/02 06:45 AM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: perlite question [Re: tomatofarmer]
    #558242 -

Quantity dosent matter...what does matter is that you have the h2o2 in it or else you WILL get unwanted visitors...i learned that the hard way :-(

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: perlite question [Re: Anonymous]
    #558262 -

yea...i gave it a good chug...chug...chug.... of h2o2
Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring

Free Spore Ring


--------------------
I swear those mushrooms are going on my pizza officer!


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: Mushroom-Hut Substrate Bags   Left Coast Kratom Buy Kratom Extract, Kratom Powder For Sale   PhytoExtractum Buy Bali Kratom Powder

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > Mushroom Cultivation
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* perlite questions LCid 1,219 1 10/01/01 04:17 AM
by psillyshroompha
* Sterilizing perlite with H202 parsonsproject 2,538 3 12/20/01 12:03 AM
by parsonsproject
* Perlite question Waters 577 1 10/24/01 09:59 PM
by fiddler4u
* perlite question cbull 1,668 10 05/17/02 08:49 AM
by TeRzMaStA
* How Wet is Too Wet- Perlite Question Anonymous 1,907 2 09/21/01 12:55 AM
by Anonymous
* perlite question cbull 551 1 05/18/02 07:09 PM
by Roadkill
* newbie perlite question Phlaxis 886 4 01/04/03 09:54 AM
by Phlaxis
* Re: Perlite Question.... Anonymous 739 3 04/05/01 08:19 PM
by Karen

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Shroomism, george castanza, RogerRabbit, veggie, mushboy, fahtster, the_chosen_one, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, hamloaf, cronicr, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a
1,163 topic views. 6 members, 335 guests and 47 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2026 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.023 seconds spending 0.005 seconds on 14 queries.