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Offlinetonyperez420
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Why do my aluminum foil casings stop colonizing?
    #7580185 - 10/31/07 10:53 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

happy hallo shroomerites....

I recently changed my FC setup from a monotub to a greenhouse.

I made a bunch of aluminum baking pans (20inch x 13) which I spawned with coir & hpoo from Tennstud.
They look like this...

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/files/06-30/430872275-DSC01678.jpg

I covered them with aluminum foil on top, poked holes on top and used micropore tape to cover the holes

THE PROBLEM- most of them start colonizing and stop halfway

Can it be that they do not have enough FAE?!?!
Do I need to poke more holes on top?
I poked 13+ holes in all of them

The hpoo is from tennstud, so I know it has accurate moisture %
And I did the squeeze test for the coir.

I am perplexed?!?!?!

Any advice?


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Re: Why do my aluminum foil casings stop colonizing? [Re: tonyperez420]
    #7580238 - 10/31/07 11:13 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I personally never cover my holes in the aluminum with micropore tape. Just my 2c though.


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Re: Why do my aluminum foil casings stop colonizing? [Re: NuKe_HaDer]
    #7580262 - 10/31/07 11:22 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

isnt that more contam prone?
and it might trigger early pinning?!?!

I am going to go poke more holes, maybe I could salvage these casings

thanks!


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Re: Why do my aluminum foil casings stop colonizing? [Re: tonyperez420]
    #7580335 - 10/31/07 11:34 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Thats not a gas exchange problem since i dont use any holes while colonizing i just check em every 3-4 days and that seems to be enough.You shouldnt have to worry about contams during spawn runs if you were at least fairly clean and used clean spawn.


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Re: Why do my aluminum foil casings stop colonizing? [Re: xaxphaanes]
    #7580367 - 10/31/07 11:40 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I would have to agree, i never poke holes just cover my trays with af and check em in a few days, never stall out half way.


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Re: Why do my aluminum foil casings stop colonizing? [Re: iluan]
    #7580567 - 10/31/07 12:28 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

thanks for the advice

btw what size holes are we talking about here?

I used a medium sized screw driver with the micropore tape

maybe I should use a small screw driver with no micropore and just make more holes

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