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BigDD
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How many holes in FC?
#7539737 - 10/20/07 03:44 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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So I have this 64 quart FC that I need to drill holes in all sides per the buckshot FC tek. How many holes? I have seen a smaller FC pic on here lately and it appeared to have the same ratio of holes as the buckshot tek, and many replied that there were too many of them in the chamber. So approximately how many holes on say... the long side of the FC. Or can someone give me a holes per sq ft. digit. Thanks-
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veda_sticks
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Re: How many holes in FC? [Re: BigDD]
#7539764 - 10/20/07 03:51 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Thats a huge Fruiting chamber!!!, im using a 30 litre (31.7 quarts) houses 6 PF cakes, could do with not being as tall
I think as long as the holes are not too big, you can have lots of em,
If u have problems with humidity and you think too many holes, u can always tape them up. I would say space your holes an a few inches 3-4 inches apart.
But i wouldnt listen to me since i just used a knife to make holes in 2 rows on the all sides. But it seems to work for me.
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Re: How many holes in FC? [Re: BigDD]
#7546738 - 10/22/07 12:40 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Your 64qt FC is just fine. That's what I use on all of mine. On my longer sides, I have holes in a pattern of about 5x4, for a total of about 20 holes on the long sides. I have some that have 6x5. On the shorter sides, I use something like 4x3 or 4x4. Simply, I have about 25-30 holes on all four long sides and anywhere from 12-16 on the two shorter sides. When I first started I had to tape up some of them to help regulate my RH. You can always cover up the holes with some micropore tape if you think you have too many. Good luck
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Re: How many holes in FC? [Re: juris1]
#7547026 - 10/22/07 01:57 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I've got a similar container for a FC and a drill, can i fill the badboy up with perlite and put some cased cakes in there after i drill the holes and then just add tape/remove tape until humidity is good? Or MUST I get a pump and air strips to go under ther perlite (to go along with the holes)? I wan't a totally silent chamber that doesn't need to be plugged in =P
Been growing cakes ina 10g terrarium for a month or two now, cool learning experience but I've got about 4x as many jars that I want to try casing with in a few weeks. I've checked out RR's video and many other poor man's setups, but I want to make sure what Im gonna be doing isn't going to completely waste of resources. Thanks
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Re: How many holes in FC? [Re: pxlgod]
#7547312 - 10/22/07 03:12 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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You don't need air pumps. Use 1/4" holes. One common mistake many people make is drilling larger holes. Remember, a 1/2" hole is four times the size of a 1/4" hole. To tell you the truth, I've never counted the holes. I just drill them. You can get an idea of spacing from the video. If I remember correctly, the FC in the video was 128 quart. RR
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