Tag: grow tent

More and More Heat

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Still an ongoing battle to see what I can do to lower the tent down a few degrees. I’m poking up to 81-82F and I’d like to keep it under 80F. I stopped the tent from leaking by taking down the “passive” exhaust hole I have from full 4″ opening to about 2″. I also improved the incoming fresh air by taking the thin filter I use on front end and moving it to back end, for some reason this fan performs better that way. I tried a make shift Styrofoam swamp cooler but the easiest solution right now is I put one of the ice packs I had on hand on the bottom shelf in the tent. I put the inside $ Walmart fan underneath that shelf and circulate air 5 min every 30 min. I usually put a fresh pack at 11am and that is enough to drop it from 80f to 74f-76f during the hottest part of the day. Will adjust as I go along.

Battling High Temperature

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It’s been a few days since I put the buckets in and I’m feeling the hit with degree change. I had the tent all dialed in prior to adding the buckets, but it’s a different ballgame with them in. I touched one bucket and can feel the warmth coming off of it, nuts!! I’m trying to increase the AFE but then, of course, the humidity drops. I also seem to be leaking too much humidity.. argh!

Bucket Day!

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Finally, all the math done, buckets prepped, today was the day to move my grain spawn into buckets (and a few shoeboxes)! In buckets, I put: Shittake, Lion’s Mane, Chestnut and Turkey Tail. In shoeboxes, I put: Golden Enoki, White Enoki and Turtle Shell Beech (not sure about this in a shoebox, might be better for a bucket, but we’ll see!). Overall, the recipe went well though i did seem to have more sawdust than needed. I think the baking of the bran (if there is no contamination) might be a new fave of mine and I’ve found a new source for bran.

Planning First Bucket Grow

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I was inspired by a video by GrowVeg on growing mushrooms in buckets and I’m really starting to break down what I want to do with the current jars.  I’ve updated my Inventory and am planning to divide my current jars into shoe boxes and buckets.  I have always wanted to stick to a smaller setup, so being conscious of this, I bought four 2.5 quart buckets and plan to drill 1/2 inch holes in them per the advice in a Northspore video I watched.  The buckets do fit on the shoe rack shelves I put on there, albeit tight, but I plan to use those mostly for shoe boxes, and maybe the top shelf for some buckets as well as the foot or so on side of empty space.

Tossed the Martha, Got a Tent!

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The Martha was rusted and just a pain in the ass to put back together after the move.  I also was tempted by the fact that I could have the lights covered and not bother the room it was in.  So, I got a 24x24x48 Melonfarm grow tent!  I’m using the same lights and fan I had before and a shoe rack with $1 disposable cookie sheets from Dollar Store for shelving.  I set it all up and will dial it in as the jars colonize.

Starting with a Martha

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After some research, getting started with a Martha.  The lights are from Walmart, humidifier from Amazon and fan from dollar store.  I used a pipe joiner from Home Depot, cut a hole in the top of Martha and put a black filter and fan inside it.  It helped to stabilize the fan and carry its weight.

Edit: (2023-07-14) The monitor seen here appeared to work properly but never was accurate when I used the corded sensor nor even setting it inside itself inside the Martha.