My Little Greenhouse

BatCave

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Penis Envy 8 pound cake, 3 pounds of spawn to 5 pounds of substrate, started in a extra large grow bag then moved to the greenhouse

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spandy

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So as far as FAE and humidity are concerned, what process(es) are you going through to keep these at ideal levels? I see you have a humidifier in there, do you like the one you have or would you reccommend a different one for that same size greenhouse? Same for FAE, how is that accomplished with your setup?

18-20 zips would last me a lifetime. Awesome grow in such a compact setup!
 

BatCave

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My humidifier is an old school Kaz from a second hand store, there are two slits in the plastic on both sides of the bottom of the greenhouse to allow FAE, a 4" waterproofed fan on a 15-on 45-off timer lightly circulating FAE, and a Hygrotherm humidity controller set to 92 RH. If the RH goes below 92 then the Hydrotherm kicks on the humidifier. It runs itself and I only add water every other day. The Hygrotherm will set you back about $80 from ebay but it allows me to have a mostly set-n-forget setup.
 

spandy

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so once your substrate has 100% colonized, what are the odds of a contaminate taking over at that point, or does the myc pretty much just hold it's ground?
 

BatCave

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so once your substrate has 100% colonized, what are the odds of a contaminate taking over at that point, or does the myc pretty much just hold it's ground?
Once they are colonized and consolidated they are pretty resistant. I havent had any contams in a long time
 

BatCave

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PE first flush for this block is at 39g cracker dry with at least another 15g still drying. Each PE fruit is chunky and weighs 2 to 2.5g each

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BatCave

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Golden Teacher clusters, these are actually from the bottom of the block, turned it upside down for its 3rd and final flush. These are in the dehydrator now

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canndo

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So is there any kind of expected yield from these?

Say you colonize a 16oz jar. Do you expect that a certain size cake will produce X # of grams? or is it kind of a crap shoot? From what I have been reading, it seems that people get more yield on the 2nd or 3rd flush, does that usually hold true in your experience? Sorry if these are silly questions, I'm just now getting my feet wet. thanks!

If your initial pinset is done well, you should get between 60 and 80 percent of your entire yield from the first two flushes. There is a formula for optimal yield based upon dried substrate to dried mushroom but I have yet to apply it.
 

BatCave

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Last block of Penis Envy on its first flush, going to be some fatties ready for the weekend

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