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North Spore Shop: Bulk Substrate

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OfflineNebula
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Water droplets on lid
    #7621781 - 11/11/07 12:10 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Yesterday I inoculated 3 filterboxes using the PF-tek method. My first attempt!
However, on all filterboxes water droplets appeared on the lid. The water droplets are inside the filterbox.
The question is: is this normal?

The filterbox looks like this:



Thanks for the answer.


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Re: Water droplets on lid [Re: Nebula]
    #7621801 - 11/11/07 12:20 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Water droplets are very normal... The mycelium produces humidity in itself (this is the reason the self sustained bags work, they provide the humidity they need) so the smaller confines you have it in, the quicker that humidity is going to build up.. You do not want the water droplets on your cakes though.... Soooo.
If you can get away with it without cotams getting in.. remove the lid, dry it and coat it with a thin layer of Vaseline... This will keep the condensation from building up there :smile: If you can't remove the lid without contams.. Just let it be and be careful when moving it that the droplets to not rain all over your stuff.. A little bit wont hurt, just don't saturate it :smile:


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Re: Water droplets on lid [Re: Nwerd]
    #7622468 - 11/11/07 03:40 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Thanks for the reply. Good to know it's quite normal. I excepted water droplets on the sides of the filterbox but not on the lid.
Anyway, I find it too risky to remove the lid, let's wait and see. Maybe the droplets eventually disappear because air exchange is still possible through the white filter of the lid.


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Re: Water droplets on lid [Re: Nebula]
    #7622629 - 11/11/07 04:35 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

The condensation is also from heat produced by the substrate. The temperature differential causes it. It's also normal, so don't worry.
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Re: Water droplets on lid [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #7643146 - 11/16/07 07:21 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Up to now there has been no problem at all. Four out of five cakes are becoming white. The water droplets are still visible on the lid, though they have accumulated into bigger drops over the last couple of days.


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