RogerRabbit said:

You can get a self contained AC unit at your local home megacenter to use for your FC. It's what I do to grow edibles. Duct the supply and return into your greenhouse, and run a dryer vent hose from the condenser output to the outside. I keep my edibles FC at 58F.
RR

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PowRGnome said:

Good luck man, I've never heard people say growing morels indoors is easy. I've been wondering myself lately about using atomized spary nozzles on a timer in an FC, seems like a good way to deliver some water to the casing layer. And ruin your floors.

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exagram said:

A very exciting project indeed! I'd be interested in seeing the end products, and how they compare to commercially available morels.

O tempora, o morels.

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The_Jackal said:

exagram said:

A very exciting project indeed! I'd be interested in seeing the end products, and how they compare to commercially available morels.

O tempora, o morels.

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Thanks, take a look at this morel indoor/outdoor taste test movie!:

http://vvi.onstreammedia.com/cgi-bin/visearch?user=pbs-saf&template=template.html&squery=About+All+You+Can+Eat&page=2

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The_Jackal said:

Found out that I should be using the big buck ($125 versus $18) morel culture syringes for the morel experiments. Ouch!

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Jeremy_Davis said:

The_Jackal said:

Found out that I should be using the big buck ($125 versus $18) morel culture syringes for the morel experiments. Ouch!

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No, you're good, I just posted in another thread about this. I've seen a side by side thread running a Stamets $150 licensed strain of morel against the $18 Sporeworks strain. The poster said that the Sporeworks strain way outperformed Stamets strain.

Check it out here's what Brainbreath (the grower at the nook) said;
"I forgot to say that between a sporeworks culture, some cultures from stamets, and some wild clones I took, the sporeworks outperforms the rest. The ones I bought from stamets barely even produce sclerotia At $150 a culture it should do alot better, IMO. I need to call 'em and bitch about it.... "

From here:http://www.thenook.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=36717&st=30
Light and Love,
JD

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eltrkbrd said:

How much will a setup like that cost with the vortex and all?

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It's very expensive (small vortex tube kit ~250, 1.5 HP air compressor ~$200), and here are the latest plans from a post at topia):

"Propose a solution of using an insulated plastic cooler, with white elwire (http://www.elbestbuy.com/meleofretogo.html) lighting, and vortex tube cooling (http://www.exair.com/Cultures/en-US/Primary+Navigation/Products/Vortex+Tubes+and+Spot+Cooling/Vortex+Tubes/Controlling+Temperature+and+Flow+in+a+Vortex+Tube.htm), to create a grow chamber with with capabilities of cooling down to the 30-60F range required by some species. Add a computer controlled cool mist, ultrasonic , fan, etc., and your ready for performing automated cold weather species experiments.

The vortex tube is connected to a small 120 VAC 1.5 HP air compressor to bring the cooler down to the desired temperature. The vortex tube can also be used as a heat source and with a few solenoids could possibly provide a complete heating, cooling, and FAE solution."

Jeremy_Davis said:

The_Jackal said:

exagram said:

A very exciting project indeed! I'd be interested in seeing the end products, and how they compare to commercially available morels.

O tempora, o morels.

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Thanks, take a look at this morel indoor/outdoor taste test movie!:

http://vvi.onstreammedia.com/cgi-bin/visearch?user=pbs-saf&template=template.html&squery=About+All+You+Can+Eat&page=2

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excellent video! I really enjoyed watching that. I couldn't believe that he liked the cultivated morel over the wild. That's quite a coup for DNP (that grows the morels). I know the regular consensus is that the cultivated morels lack the taste of the wild...

In fact I belong to another message board ( a yahoo group - NAMA cultivation group) where on of the members fruited some morels from an outdoor bed. He said his morels paled in comparison to the wild ones, and I think he even went so far as to say they tasted like cardboard...

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Very nice set up there at http://www.echotech.org/greta/. That operation could probably be computer automated, if that were ever needed.

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Workman said:

You might consider an upright freezer and a Ranco digital temperature control.

http://pivo.northernbrewer.com/nbstore/action/search-do?searchTerm=ranco&x=0&y=0

A fridge could be used but an upright freezer doesn't have the seperate compartments for frozen and refrigerated foods.

You can get used freezers for under $100, sometimes free and a Ranco temp controller is only $99. Add some lights humidification and air exchange on timers and you are good to go.

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Jeremy_Davis said:

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Very nice set up there at http://www.echotech.org/greta/. That operation could probably be computer automated, if that were ever needed.

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Thanks man, I have a lot more pics, and one day when I get off my lazy butt, I'll start a new thread on all of it...

Also the computer automation is cool, but not for the ECHO project. We're trying to work in conditions somewhat similar to fruiting rooms that you may find in Zimbabwe, Ghana, or Venezuela, which are more minimalistic.

All the mushrooms we've grown at ECHO are grown with virtually no atmospheric controls other than a misting system. We just grow different species of mushrooms at different times of year. Besides South Florida is great for year-round growing of all kinds of crops. It only gets down to freezing temps on a handful of days each year. I have been know to cheat and throw one of those portable heaters in my growing house on those ridiculously cold nights. But really the cold for the mushrooms just slows the growth. if it is only intermittent cold, no big deal...just like refrigerating spawn, I'd guess...
Light and love,
JD

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