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tonyperez420
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Why do my aluminum foil casings stop colonizing?
#7580185 - 10/31/07 10:53 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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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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NuKe_HaDer
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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) |
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I personally never cover my holes in the aluminum with micropore tape. Just my 2c though.
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tonyperez420
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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) |
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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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xaxphaanes
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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) |
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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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iluan
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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) |
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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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tonyperez420
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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) |
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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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