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Majestick
Mycelium Masonry



Registered: 11/21/07
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cardboard box+trashbag=ghetto fruiting chamber?
#7743398 - 12/10/07 11:57 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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hypothetically with the right materials could one do this?
I was thinking of using perlite and fanning it or possibly rigging up some bubble wands into this thing.
I am weary on the trash bag being able to withhold the moisture and liquid of the perlite/water mixture. can anyone speak on this?
Edited by Majestick (12/10/07 11:59 PM)
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kane.ish
the ish


Registered: 10/20/07
Posts: 60
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Re: cardboard box+trashbag=ghetto fruiting chamber? [Re: Majestick]
#7743627 - 12/11/07 01:18 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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A post from mycocurious from a different thread: Thoughts on Cycling Humidity
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mycocurious said: until I built that humidifer, I used perlite as my only source of constant RH supplemented only through misting.
I will tell you though that in order to make it work at it's peak, you'll want to have the container holding the perlite having evenly spaced holes drilled on all sides, including the bottom. To "hydrate" the perlite - for lack of a better term - simply get it wet and let it drain in a colander / strainer and then dump it into your containers.
You'll hear talk of a "shotgun" style terrarium and I can attest to how well they work but the real key is the perlite's container being able to draw up air from all sides and through the bottom via convection (hot-air rising). Just dumping some in a dishpan won't give you the desired result because there's no way for the air to be pulled through it.
No standing water, no standing water, no standing water. Perlite does not work in standing water. It works by holding little mini-droplets of water on it's hard, pockmarked, crystalline crevasses. Because it doesn't actually absorb water it won't "wick it up" as some posts/teks in the archives suggest and at that point the only source for humidification is the water-vapor that's evaporating of the surface of the water... which is relatively low because of the surface tension of the water.
If you do the whole box/trashbag thing, just put a dishpan full of holes at the bottom filled up w moistened perlite
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