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Drill holes in 6 sides of terrarium?
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This is for RR- I was looking at a post in which we had dicussed your DVD. You said you drilled holes in 6 sides of the terrarium. I am assuming that you used perlite. Why holes in the bottom? Does it really add a great deal of air flow? Is it sitting on a solid surface? How do you prevent water from comming out the bottom?

Didn't want to PM you. I thought we all might need to hear this.


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Re: Drill holes in 6 sides of terrarium? [Re: mikemushroom]
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I too was wondering this after seeing the pic that RR posted..the bottom confused me unless its a TiT type of thing

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Re: Drill holes in 6 sides of terrarium? [Re: fargone]
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Here is that post for inquiring minds. http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/6637232#6637232


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Re: Drill holes in 6 sides of terrarium? [Re: mikemushroom]
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Water doesn't drip out the bottom, because there should be no standing water in the perlite anyway.

We all (should)know that the key to preventing contaminants in fruiting chambers is fresh air exchange(FAE). Therefore, the more air exchange you can provide without loosing humidity is the best situation. However, fanning is a pain in the ass, and many of us must leave for 8 or more hours per day to earn a living, leaving the tubs to sit unattended. This results in molds such as cobweb and/or trichoderma from the stale air. Having the holes alleviates the problem.

The holes in the bottom increase humidity. How? It's a development from something I learned working on the Alaska Pipeline project in the 1970's, helping to engineer the supports that are actually self contained refrigeration units that keep the tundra frozen even in summer so they don't shift, thus preventing the pipeline from rupturing. The supports require no electricity to operate.

The methodology is this: Air currents travel from high pressure to low. Heat expands the air, thus causing low pressure. Cold compresses the air, thus causing high pressure. The damp perlite is cold, so the air surrounding the perlite is our 'high' pressure. The substrates within a terrarium produce heat, as does the lights shining through the sides or top, thus the air in upper terrarium becomes 'low' pressure. This causes air to want to flow through the perlite and into the terrarium, but only if there is an entry point at the bottom for the air to be drawn in. The air, by natural convection passes through the perlite, absorbing moisture as it does. It then enters the terrarium, and is expelled through the holes above. This natural circulation provides FAE without fanning, while keeping the humidity higher than it would otherwise be.

I developed this over the last year, but am just now releasing it after a full year of testing, so don't look for anyone else besides myself to have used this system yet. It works. Oyster mushrooms still should be fanned a time or two per day, but every other species has done very well with this system with no fanning, and humidity maintains between 95% and 98% provided four to five inches of damp perlite are used. Smaller depths may work with smaller terrariums, but with the 106 liter terrarium I've posted pictures of, four to five inches is best.
RR


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Re: Drill holes in 6 sides of terrarium? [Re: RogerRabbit]
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RR - What do you mean there should be no standing water in the perlite? In most of the teks I've seen theres an inch or two of water in the perlite.

Do you simply rinse/soak your perlite and strain it into the FC?

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Re: Drill holes in 6 sides of terrarium? [Re: shr00matik]
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Quote:
The air, by natural convection passes through the perlite, absorbing moisture as it does


any perlite thats submerged is useless. soak and strain is what should be done.


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Re: Drill holes in 6 sides of terrarium? [Re: farva86]
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Thanks. Can't wait to see whats next.


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Re: Drill holes in 6 sides of terrarium? [Re: mikemushroom]
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Good tip! I'm going to be building my fruiting chambers this weekend, I would have had a layer of water in my perlite if I hadn't known about this.

Thanks.

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Re: Drill holes in 6 sides of terrarium? [Re: RogerRabbit]
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In using this technique, would you still need to mist?

If so, how often?

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Re: Drill holes in 6 sides of terrarium? [Re: poopsmith88]
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if u can drill holes in the bottom and still have standing water you have problems... :poison:


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Re: Drill holes in 6 sides of terrarium? [Re: shagg]
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:rolleyes: the standing water is in a diff tech, like RR said he is the only one who had this tech until he released it. the one with standing water has been around a while.


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lol i just lied to whoever was reading that.....

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Re: Drill holes in 6 sides of terrarium? [Re: wikedferret]
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is it still safe to drill holes on the bottom if the terrarium is sitting on a carpet?  there'll still be slight elevation because my tub came with wheels :smile:

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Re: Drill holes in 6 sides of terrarium? [Re: Kinslayer]
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Looks like a suitable answer just popped up here:
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/6644412

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