Lenin1917
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Either the room your tents in or wherever your air intake is coming from.
Exhale CO2 bags
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Rufus T. Firefly
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Thanks for chiming in but I was looking for an explanation of speed triples set up specifically.
Hiphophippo
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I’ve ran them and haven’t and don’t see enough difference to notice if they matter
Speedtriplebbc
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I haven’t got a perfect environment for my setup with uk laws and teenage kids so I get a lot of temperature change. I added an old propagation tent to my intake so if it’s too cold I can use a heater in there so it’s not drawing in cold air that could shock plants. Obviously I could hear the tent but it still drawing in cold air in winter am that takes time to warm up, reduce the fan speed and there’s not enough air exchange so this “lung room” seemed a good option.
Speedtriplebbc
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To be honest, I agree with you but I don’t know anything about growing them and I’m currently in a situation where I have very limited time so looking at anything low maintenance.
Lenin1917
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Think you just spray them with water https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KWWGRLB/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_V133V2A26024CNRS0VF7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Speedtriplebbc
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That doesn’t sound too difficult, I expected to learn about environment and substrate alongside loads of factors I know nothing about. Seems like a better option, even if I don’t manage to eat the mushrooms through my lack of time at the moment it’s not much different in price.
pahpah-cee
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Growing mushrooms isn’t a great alternative. I’ve grown mushrooms in the past and I doubt the average cannabis grower is willing to dedicate the time that is needed for both hobbies. You can buy pre sterilized substrate kits but that is not much different than buying these exhale bags. To DIY it you gotta get a big ass pressure canner and then create a sterile environment. I keep my grow space neat but it is FAR from sterile. Do you know what happens eventually to all mycelium networks at then end of their life? They start losing the battle/control over the medium. Eventually other less desirable molds will take it over. This can happen in a short time period. You will be spewing billions of mold spores into the open air before you even catch it. I wouldn’t risk mixing their environments.
Speedtriplebbc
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Nearest I ever tried was psilocybin in a propagator on a windowsill a few years ago, actually they were pretty simple but requires daily maintenance and I’m in a temporary position that means very little spare time. I’m probably better off not bothering, I just wanted to make sure co2 didn’t drop much with it not drawing air from the house with little maintenance. To be honest, I’m probably better getting something than nothing anyway.
pahpah-cee
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I was running cubes as well. Lots of different ways to grow mushrooms. Way less information online unfortunately. I was doing monotubs (50 gal totes) and they only need CFL so they know which direction is up. I didn’t have to do any daily maintenance, i had plenty of moisture in my totes. The hard part with mushrooms is the preparation. Everyone saw how easy it was for the mushrooms to grow, while I sat back and did nothing. What they didn’t know is 3 months prior I started the process and spent countless hours preparing my substrate.
Rufus T. Firefly
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I've tried growing mushrooms a few times and failed miserably. Colonizing sterile bags is pretty easy but after transferring to the substrate it all goes south.
pahpah-cee
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Could be you need to revisit your substrate sterilization technique. I worked with mason jars and followed strict pressure cooking time frames. You could also cheat it, add less substrate or none and just fruit off your already successfully colonized sterile bags. Less overall yield but still a yield.
your overall goal is to nurture a very resilient mycelium that is a quick colonizer. Once you spawn that colonized mycelium, you are no longer in control. Either your mycelium beats the other fungus to fruit or it gets taken over and allows the wrong/uninvited fungus spores to consume it.
there is some old school pros who will spawn their mycelium outdoors in their gardens.
melaninTonic
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I've done well with just pouring boiling water over coco to sterilise, and using that for substrate. The mycelium has enough food from the already colonised rice grains to fruit a couple of flushes. But I do agree with @pahpah-cee : probably not worth the risk. When mould does strike, not only would it threaten your precious harvest... you'd also need to painstakingly clean your grow area before starting over.
Anyway, I think most people don't really need the extra yield: it's just fun to play with ways to get bigger buds... but not fun enough to risk a mould apocalypse in my view...
pahpah-cee
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Ah I forgot about the ol’ 5 gallon, coco, and boiling water sterilization. That tek worked great. I miss those crazy shroom hippies on the shroomery.
Funny story someone from a commerical grow was wanting prices on these bags at work the other day. It’s amazing the amount of people with money that think they can just spend a few million on equipment and buildings and be a growers. They don’t save any money for talented help they desperately need.
Hi there, how was your experience with the co2 bags ??
harrychilds
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I never got one in the end because apparently they only work in a sealed room and my room is not totally sealed. When I get some more money together I will take a look into it and buy a co2 monitor and run a few tests to see if they actually work
