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Agent00dude
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LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER
#5814122 - 07/02/06 11:21 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Okay, so I've been on here for a couple months now just reading and brainstorming, keeping in mind all of the info and teks I've studied. I have discovered a VERY cheap and effective fruiting chamber. I would love feedback so maybe I could improve upon this idea or maybe get a pat on the back for my innovation Here's what I did...
At my local "everything is a dollar" store, I purchased two "Aero" brand Food storage Canister. Hexagon shape(4 Qt. size) - 2 dollars. At my local thrift store, I purchased an old glass sun tea container with built in spout. These can be found at almost any thrift store and I think Wal-Mart also carries them now too. -4 dollars. I basically only needed the rubber fitting that seals the hole to use for my new chamber. 1 rubber wine stopper to plug up hole used for misting.
DIRECTIONS:I cut one side of a canister off with an inch to the right and an inch to the left and measured the height 7 inches.(This is what I use for my spray shield see picture for visual) I cut a hole in the bottom of the canister about the size of a quarter to place the rubber stopper from the tea jar in. Then I flipped it over so the canister is resting on its lid. I then placed the cut out piece of plastic inside the canister at an angle underneath the cut out hole on the inside,to create a spray guard(See picture) and I pushed two thumbtacks into the side from the outside to create a small ledge for the bottom of the guard to rest on. (Also in picture as two blue lines. ) I filled a half pint jar lid with perlite then placed the cake and jar lid into the canister lid. When I mist, I remove the wine stopper and spray followin the directions of other teks, and to fan I simply unscrew the canister and remove the lid and the cake is still resting on the lid and the chamber is seperate. This is also good because I can pick up the 1/2 pint jar lid off of the canister lid and dump out any excess water that has accumulated. It also makes fanning easy too. I tried to be thorough with my explanation, but I know parts may be confusing. I tried to draw pictures to help clear up my words. I will gladly answer questions to clear up any confusion. This is a VERY easy method and works great and greatly reduces any chance of cantams and keeps humidity high with ease. Thanks for reading!

Edited by Agent00dude (07/02/06 11:32 PM)
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liamtheloser
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: Agent00dude]
#5814131 - 07/02/06 11:23 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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pictures
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Agent00dude
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: liamtheloser]
#5814154 - 07/02/06 11:29 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Sorry, I thought I attached the pictures, let me try to edit it...
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splifner180
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: Agent00dude]
#5814200 - 07/02/06 11:49 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Any way you can post a picture of the completed setup? This sounds interesting but I cannot follow your instructions. =/
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Atheist
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: splifner180]
#5814205 - 07/02/06 11:52 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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dude
2 huge rubbermaids
with perlite on the bottom
easiest way
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Agent00dude
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: Atheist]
#5814268 - 07/03/06 12:21 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Not everyone has the luxury of using up all that space and being so obvious. This is a space saver technique which also cuts down dramatically on the risk of contams and nosy roommates.
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: Agent00dude]
#5814535 - 07/03/06 02:00 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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i agree, your idea isnt bad and will work great, but rubbermaids and perlite is the best. If you want to talk about growing in limited space it maybe better just to case it, and engineer similar container for casing trays.
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: netherstrain]
#5814536 - 07/03/06 02:01 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Roommate prof
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: mikeownow]
#5814958 - 07/03/06 06:32 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
mikeownow said:

Roommate prof
awesome ahah
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UnderNose
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: rackemwillie]
#5815102 - 07/03/06 08:35 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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PMP all the way

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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: UnderNose]
#5815105 - 07/03/06 08:37 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
UnderNose said: PMP all the way

whats your RH in your PMP normally?
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: Yamidude]
#5815541 - 07/03/06 11:14 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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????? Wet
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: UnderNose]
#5815614 - 07/03/06 11:38 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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love the chest
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: UnderNose]
#5815748 - 07/03/06 12:11 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
UnderNose said: ????? Wet
hmmm ok? no hygrometer?
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: Yamidude]
#5816466 - 07/03/06 03:50 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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my shelf in my grow room, gonna take some more pics tomorrow
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Agent00dude
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: majlo]
#5818315 - 07/03/06 11:54 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Wal Mart has these new misting things they sell the same section with their fans. Its a little hand held pump connected to a container for water. You pump it up ten times and turn a valve and a super fine mist comes out. Works great! Just thought I would share the info. They have a website. www.mistymate.com the one I got was only ten bucks.
Edited by Agent00dude (07/03/06 11:56 PM)
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Agent00dude
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: UnderNose]
#5818348 - 07/04/06 12:04 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
UnderNose said: PMP all the way

How long after you began fruiting did it take to arrive at the point in the bottom picture? I've nevr grown before so I have another question. I've noticed that outside in the wild, shrooms seem to pop up out of nowhere and return to nowhere just as quickly. What kind of time frame is there when grown indoors? I mean, could there be nothing tonight and then tomorrow afternoon be a shitload, and then all gone by the next morning?
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: Agent00dude]
#5818483 - 07/04/06 12:36 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Misty mates are great...
but please don't support Walmart!~
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: Roadkill]
#5818582 - 07/04/06 01:20 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Whats wrong with Walmart?
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: Roadkill]
#5818593 - 07/04/06 01:25 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
Roadkill said: Misty mates are great... but please don't support Walmart!~ tc
seriously why the walmart hatred? They provide soo much for our commmunity? :-(
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liamtheloser
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: Yamidude]
#5818601 - 07/04/06 01:28 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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well, lets see, they put one in by my house about 5 years ago, and so far, 3 local nurseries, 2 local pet stores, and 3 local record stores have gone out of business directly from that. they ruined the life-work of all of the owners of these local businesses by undercutting everyone in town.
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: liamtheloser]
#5818621 - 07/04/06 01:37 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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They directly drive people out of business by selling below cost until all the local competitors fail, then they jack the prices up.
They drive companies out of business who actually care about the people they employ, and pay them a living wage.
All their stuff is cheap Chinese crap made by people who are basically slaves and get paid almost nothing.
Sure it's great to get really cheap goods, until your wages get driven down or you become unemployed.
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: Yamidude]
#5818630 - 07/04/06 01:44 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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seriously why the walmart hatred? They provide soo much for our commmunity? :-(
Man, I hope that was sarcastic.
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: faceyneck]
#5818643 - 07/04/06 01:51 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Sorry I bought my mister from Wal-Mart. Didn't realize the hatred toward them. I was just trying to share my info of a great mister, but you guys have fun...
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: Agent00dude]
#5818677 - 07/04/06 02:13 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I have been guilty of Wal Mart shoppin too, but I'm a college student so I have an excuse. Here's my cheap greenhouse. Better that a tub method.
This is a way to make a greenhouse cheaply that works great. Here's what it looks like:


As you can see I have 3 plastic hoses going from the vicks coolmist into the GH, one to each level.
What to get: this 4 tier plastic shelving thing at Wall Mart for $10.
plastic drop cloth-$1 at wall mart, in the paint section
Duck tape
You can cut the plastic support tubes to any length you need with a hacksaw.
This is about 3.5' tall and tucked neatly into the corner of my closet. You can fit a lot of casings on here.
I cut holes in the top 2 levels with a razor knife to promote airflow. It was a pain in the ass, so it's up to you if you wanna take it on or not. All you do is use your duck tape and plastic sheeting to enclose the whole thing. The only edges that aren't permanently taped down are the left vertical edge and the top horizontal edge. This is so I have a flap to open. I close the flap by taping it in three spots along the left side. Put tape on the plastic of the left wall in the spots where you will tape to sothat you can repeatedly open and close the flap (it will rip the plastic if you don't, and it sticks firmly to duck tape backing and can be removed many times before replacing duck tape strips). The only ventilation hole is a very small one in the bottom left corner above the bottom shelf. A little air will leak along the flap edges too. This keeps positive pressure in there and keeps the humidity at 96% for me.
Water pooling at the bottom is not a problem. There is hardly any condensation and the humidity stays high.
Hooking up those hoses without damaging the coolmist was a big ordeal, so I don't wanna get into that right now. A lotta duck tape mostly. I think having even mist distribution at each level is helpful though. The vicks CM was $26 by the way.
This beats the crap out of a monotub in my opinion and takes up less space on the ground.
Also, if you don't wanna mess with hookin up tubes from the CM, you could just set it in the FC on the top or bottom shelf. You still have plenty of room for your shrooms.
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Edited by MasFina (07/04/06 02:16 AM)
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majlo
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: MasFina]
#5819216 - 07/04/06 09:29 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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no one noticed my tubs?
 here as updat of the tub (cambodian on RYE, cased with verm/coir)
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: majlo]
#5820720 - 07/04/06 04:59 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Nice grow!
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Re: LOW COST FRUITNG CHAMBER [Re: faceyneck]
#5820846 - 07/04/06 05:39 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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ummmm.... ok its time to get old school. i'll show you guys a great grow setup complements of Magash.
http://www.shroomery.org/index.php/par/26177
thats the best setup i have yet to see. everyone can thank Magash!
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