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Fruiting chamber - work in progress.

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mahan

mahan

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Built this last night. It will later on be hooked up to an Arduino which will measure temp/humidity/co2 levels in the chamber and operate the machinery. This is version 1 (proof of concept). Version 2 will be a bigger box and will have a toilet tank filler to adjust the water level. Alternatively I may just get a water level measure device and hook that up to the Arduino to have it control a solenoid valve to refill.

Fog box version 1.0 - http://youtu.be/567KWef8VSU
Thoughts? Suggestions? :)
 
Looks like an interesting setup , my only 2 cents is
To make sure you sterilize the crap out of everything right before
You start the grow . Also filtering any air coming into grow chamber .
I always thought a UV purifier setup would be the best choice.
Contamination in indoor grows is the worst thing to contend with .
 
Felnik said:
Looks like an interesting setup , my only 2 cents is
To make sure you sterilize the crap out of everything right before
You start the grow . Also filtering any air coming into grow chamber .
I always thought a UV purifier setup would be the best choice.
Contamination in indoor grows is the worst thing to contend with .
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If the mycelium has taken hold then the chances of mould and other contaminants are highly reduced. Sitting water can create bacteria. I also do a re-dunk of the cakes once in a while, however right before the re-dunk I spray them with diluted peroxide. Also helps living in a brand new apartment. As far as UV goes, while it could be used to kill contams in your water supply it should not be used inside a FC as I have read that it will actually kill the mycelium, though I could be totally wrong about that.

There are actually guides out there on how to do mycology with peroxide to reduce risk of contamination. Growing Mushrooms with Hydrogen Peroxide
 
Peroxide is good I've used it with success in the past.
My thoughts on a uv setup would be to treat the air before it gets in
The FC . Also using some kind of HEPA filtering as well.
Good luck with your grow it's super satisfying once you get it dialed in .
 
Felnik said:
Peroxide is good I've used it with success in the past.
My thoughts on a uv setup would be to treat the air before it gets in
The FC . Also using some kind of HEPA filtering as well.
Good luck with your grow it's super satisfying once you get it dialed in .
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Ahh yes! I was thinking of having a UV light in the water where the ultrasonic misters reside and blowing HEPA filtered air into it.

Do you by chance know what PPM CO2 is bad for mushrooms? I wanted to add an exhaust fan to suck the air out once a certain CO2 PPM is reached in the FC.
 
In terms of co2 and air exchange I don't think you have to get that precise although it's a very cool
Idea . I guess your talking about a sensor that would monitor co2 levels .
As cool as that is I would imagine a simple timer system that would allow air
Exchange a couple times a day would be quite effective .
 
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