humidity problem

Started by mustang1986, July 31, 2009, 03:17:27 PM

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mustang1986

the humidity in my fc is droppin to 90 and i have misted but its not helping what should i do?

dub504

mustang, what's your fc setup, temp? How often are you opening it?

mustang1986

its a tubberwear container with about 5 holes in it but i open it about two to three times. the temp is about 75 to 78. i try to keep it closer to 75 though but it just has perlite in it. there is still condensation on all sides of tubberwear

nomoredroughts

i don't trust hydrometer. i had 2 digital that wouldn't go above 90% and a dial that wouldn't go above 75%. so i did the salt test with th dial an it only read 50%.so no when its in my f.c. reading 75% i know im in the zone
DID YOU SEE THE SIZE OF THAT CHICKEN!!!!

nomoredroughts

and if you ever take notice the next time you're in the pet store look at the ones they sell a whole shel of them an they all read  a different reading :huh:
DID YOU SEE THE SIZE OF THAT CHICKEN!!!!

dub504

So, you just fan for FAE?

mustang1986

lol whats FAE mean? i have been looking at the poor mans pod but i dont know where to get the materials or how to build it. should i just mist the hell out of my perlite?

dub504

FAE = Fresh Air Exchange... It sounds like your FC is pretty wet in there. Your hydrometer may not be working properly. If it is the type that can be calibrated you can wrap it in a wet towel for an hour and calibrate it. The Perlite should be moist, you don't want it sitting in water like soup it won't wick the moisture correctly.
    I use a poor mans pod. You can get the bubble wands and air pump at a pet supply store. It keeps the humidity constant and exchanges the air. I don't have to fan, but I do occasionally. I just put my casings in and away they go. Cakes do fine as well.

mustang1986

my hydrometer probably just sucks cuz it was really cheap lol but thank i will try the poor mans pod next with my kreepers. how many half pint jars can i innoculate with one syringe ? i used almost a whole syringe for three pint jars. i also think i might case my last jar of penis envy just to see the difference in casing them and just letting the cakes fruit them selves

dub504

It doesn't take much. Just observe the water/spores run down the side of the jar to the bottom in four spots. You're going the Brown Rice Flour route?

coyoteyogi

If you get your spores from Earthstongue you get 20cc in your syringe. I've had good results with them, others on this board_ not so much. They have a variety called "storm chasers" that is a very aggressive colonizer. My tubs have yet to fruit.

mustang1986

yes im using brf. i have had my cakes fruiting for 3 days now and no sign of pins. shouldn't they be pinning by now

room408

me and magic money have the same dilemma right now... its our first grow so we are just hoping the magic will happen soon. i hope we are not developing stroma. if there isn.t any progress in the next couple of days we will probably post some pics again for a diagnosis.

mustang1986

all mine has on it is this white fuzz stuff idk if its mycelium or what

dub504

Be patient. These things take time. You really should post pics.

room408

the ones on the left went in thursday and the others on friday i believe. or maybe wed and thu. it's written down at magic moneys house my bad on that. hopefully some pins will form in the next couple of days. i don't think it looks like stroma. in the mushroom cultivator, from what i could tell from the pics, stroma was thicker (hard looking) and flat. on these the myc still looks webby and is becoming bumpy.       for anyone who has had trouble with casings where do the problems occur? (these are brf btw)

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room408

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shroomzer

ROOM - photobucket .. get them there copy the IMG code and paste it into your post and wha-la pictures instead of links!


room408

BOOM BABY!! thanks a lot shroomzer