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checker_grower
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in my Fc i have an aqurium air pump pumping for 15 mins every 2 hours
i put 3 holes on the top of the fc and tapped cotton over them like a filter
is this going to be suffcient for the co2 to be pushed out? i understand its heavier so does that mean that the holes at the top are doing nothing? also the humidifier runs routinely some more air exchange from that?
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checker_grower
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my air pump does 5000cc/min and i have a 80qt fc
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That's not enough air exchange. In addition, you don't need to filter the air for a fruiting chamber. I'd suggest dumping the aquarium pump and just drilling holes and/or leaving the lid crooked. CO2 is only slightly heavier than normal air, and won't drain like water, even with holes at the bottom, which you should also have. I have LOTS of holes in my terrariums, including on the floor. I drill at least a dozen or more on all six sides. My larger terrariums have several hundred holes drilled into them. RR
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checker_grower
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so i should drill holes on the lower half of the terrium and put some kind of filter over those holes right ?
because i dont want the humidity from my ultra sonic just flowing out of the terrium
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checker_grower
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besides polyfill what would keep contams out and not restrict gas exchange?
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i have double tubs and just use cotton balls in the holes.
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checker_grower said: besides polyfill what would keep contams out and not restrict gas exchange?
When RR posted...I think you missed the point. You don't need to keep contaminants out during fruiting.
You can have 3/8" holes drilled all over your tub or terrarium or even slits cut in your greenhouse plastic (per RR...I myself could never cut into a martha).
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mycocurious
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put your fruiting chamber above waist height, where-ever your store it, no where near the ground. holes all long the sides AND BOTTOM and no polyfil used in any of the tubs.
Done right, the air rising through the bottom of the chamber (holes there, remember) will evaporate moisture off your perlite and keep the chamber steady at about 95%+ with occasionally supplementing with your humidifier in short bursts.
Here's what mine looks like, it sits at about a four foot level, in the middle of my living room, lol... not the holes and the fact that I make it "float" off the shelving unit so to not restrict bottom air flow.
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figgusfiddus said:
Keep in mind that inoculating or whatever in front of a flow hood won't help your bad substrate, your bad inoculant, your bad sterile procedure, etc. etc. etc. It's not a +3 flowhood of magic, it's just a tool.
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checker_grower
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well i just took out my casing and cakes n drilled 6 holes on the bottom and tapped cotton over the holes
i took these pictures of the casings one week fruiting


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checker_grower
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all those pins!!!! yayy!
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RogerRabbit
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RoachMan said: (per RR...I myself could never cut into a martha).
Knife too dull?  RR
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minesstudent
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RR, would your fruiting chamber work in a dry climate? It seems like it would work really well in an already humid climate but in, say, Arizona the outside air would be bone dry. It seems that it dry out really quick.
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minesstudent said: RR, would your fruiting chamber work in a dry climate? It seems like it would work really well in an already humid climate but in, say, Arizona the outside air would be bone dry. It seems that it dry out really quick.
Sometimes you need to use your own discretion bro, botton line the most important thing in growing mushrooms is high humidity FAE's come a close second! GL
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