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  • July 13, 2015 at 1:18 pm #683
    Anthony Campbell
    Participant

    One more picture from the farm . . .

    July 13, 2015 at 2:53 pm #685
    Adam
    Keymaster

    That’s ace!

    More happy customers and getting the little ones involved too – nice one 🙂

    October 18, 2015 at 7:23 am #830
    Julian Mitchell
    Participant

    Hi Anthony

    Awesome work. Can  just clarify does the pond fogger in your case replace the need for a humidifier?

    Love the pictures.

    Julian

     

     

    October 19, 2015 at 12:33 pm #834
    Anthony Campbell
    Participant

    Hi Julian,

    Yes, is the short answer to your question: in my farm the fogger is placed in a 50 litre container that is 3/4 filled with water, and a 4″ fan is attached to the container to push the air out of the container and into the fruiting chamber. The fan is in-line, that is it’s installed inside a duct or tube that is allows for air to come into the room from the outside. It’s also important to have a vent/ fan that takes air out of the fruiting chamber, or put more simply it’s important to have an air exchange system as the growing mushrooms will produce CO2 and will need oxygen.

    Hope this is helpful, let me know if you’ve got other questions.

    one more picture:
    wide angle view of the fruiting chamber

    October 26, 2015 at 1:01 pm #839
    Julian Mitchell
    Participant

    Hi Anthony

    That’s great information thanks. How often do you refill the 50L container? Would you be able to send a picture of the fogger / fan set up by any chance?

    Why did you choose this method over the humidifier?

    Thanks

    Julian

     

    October 27, 2015 at 9:33 am #842
    Eric Jong
    Keymaster

    Hi Anthony,

    another great picture! I love the idea of customers picking their own too 🙂

    We have a small set up with three tier greenhouse which uses a pond fogger and this is proving pretty effective too. They are of course not too dissimilar in how they work.

    Keep sharing!

    Best wishes,

    Eric

    October 27, 2015 at 3:37 pm #843
    Anthony Campbell
    Participant

    Julian,

    The frequency with which the container is refilled depends on variables including volume of air to be humidified (the size of the fruiting chamber), the external temperature, the windspeed or air currents (affected by the air exchange rate), and the number of foggers or misters used in each chamber.

    The important thing is to keep the humidity in the 95-100% range and at the same time to circulate (exchange) the air in the fruiting chamber to remove carbon dioxide, introduce oxygen and filter out spores in the air (you’ll need a filter system for the air being take out of the chamber).

    I would advise using a hygrometer and thermometer (can be found in one device), and start keeping a log to understand what humidity levels you get when the fogger’s on for 5 hours and off for 1 hour, on for 4 hours and off for 1 hour, etc. With the fruiting chamber I’ve been using the ratio has been 6. hrs on and 1 hour off. But the ratio that’s right for you will be dependent on the factors that I’ve mentioned above. In higher temperatures (approximately 24-26 C) we would go through 2-3 containers of water a day.

    December 11, 2015 at 1:06 am #944
    Mateo Milmo
    Participant

    First of all I would like to say your mushroom farm is very cool and the concept of picking your own is very neat as well. I have to say I really like the lights in the tube, it looks very practical. I was wondering what Eric and Adam are using in their farm as far as lighting and humidity production and exchange.

    I have a few questions on your setup, for the filter system do you filter beforehand (when introducing fresh air from the outside) and when draining it out again?

    what type of HEPA filters did you get or are there other other viable filters that you can recommend?

    How often do you give maintainance/cleaning to the farming space?

    Pardon all the questions, im still learning..

    Thanks for sharing and keep on rocking!

    edit: that last pic you uploaded of the room looks awesome!

     

    • This reply was modified 10 years, 5 months ago by Mateo Milmo.
    December 30, 2015 at 8:58 am #967
    Adam
    Keymaster

    Hi Mateo,

    the setup of larger growing spaces and creating the right conditions in them is such a big subject that it is beyond the scope of this course and is kind of difficult to give enough detail for via the forum as well. There are just so many variables and options, and it tends to create more questions than answers most of the time.

    We’re looking at creating a full comprehensive resource covering all of this and more as a follow up course during 2016, so keep an eye out and we’ll keep you posted.

    Best wishes,

    Adam

     

    December 30, 2015 at 9:57 pm #968
    Mateo Milmo
    Participant

    Hey Adam. I understand setting up a small/medium/large growing operation is a bit more technical than spraying with water for small scale growing but I don’t see why practical questions such as; “What lighting you use on your system” or “what type of machine you use to humidify the growing chamber” are disregarded as too complicated or out of the scope of the course.

    I thought this forum was intended to answer these types of questions…I’m thinking the next course that will be dealing with the answers to these type of questions is gonna have an implied cost to them as well.

    I’m just saying that information could be more open source and that it’s not necesarilly impossible to expatiate on more technical topics. Just my 2 cents though. Thanks for regarding my questions and thanks to Anthony Campbell for sharing his setup and story, keep on shrooming!

    • This reply was modified 10 years, 4 months ago by Mateo Milmo. Reason: spell check
    January 6, 2016 at 4:57 pm #972
    Adam
    Keymaster

    Hi Mateo,

    We have worked in a more open-source way in the past and found that it took up all our time answering the many questions that people inevitably have. While it was fun and great to be helping people out, we simply aren’t able to spend all our time like this. As a small non-profit organisation with plenty of overheads and a big ongoing workload, the only way we are able to spend our time sharing our knowledge is to create some structure to it – we’re not able to keep up with the demands that open source creates.

    This forum is designed more as a follow up space for asking questions related to the course content. This is explained a little more in the forum rules here: https://growmushroomsoncoffee.com/topic/forum-rules-how-to-use-this-forum/

    Anyway, appreciate your feedback and hope you understand where we’re coming from.

    best wishes,

    Adam

    December 7, 2016 at 8:58 pm #2030
    Madis Tilga
    Participant

    sorry, I actually found what I was looking for, did not see the related post before

     

    Hi,

    Great space and set up. How do you manage fresh air flow/air circulation for the fruiting part?

    Madis

    from Estonia

    • This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by Madis Tilga.
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