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Last night, I took my first fully colonized cake and placed it in my grow chamber. Today, I came home from work and noticed 3 visible drops of water ON my cake. It has only been 24 hours since the cake was placed in the grow chamber.
At the time I noticed the drops of water, there was a drip shield installed in the grow chamber. When I started the construction of my chamber I had planned on using the "spray" method for humidification, due to my lack of space. Then, a day before my first cake was ready, I discovered perlite and immediately went and purchased some.
I filled the bottom of my cooler with 3.5 quarts of perlite and 1 quart of water with a cap full of H2O2 and with my fully colonized cake on it's 1/2 pint lid, placed it on top of the perlite. After that, I placed my drip shield in the cooler, sprayed the cooler for 5 seconds and closed it up.
Dimensions of the cooler:
Top: 10.25 inches by 13.75 inches
Base: 9.25 inches by 11.75 inches
Depth: 10.50 inches
Items inside the cooler:
Drip shield: 10 inches by 12.25 inches
(it was at a 3 inch incline in my cooler)
Amount of perlite: 9.25 * 11.75 * 0.5
I do not know the exact amount of humidity in my chamber right now because it seems that the digital temp/humidity gauge that I purchased only displays humidity up to 90%, after that it just displays "HI".
I know that water coming in direct contact with the fruit is undesirable. It seems to me that I wouldn't want any water to come in direct contact with the cake either.
Where did the drops of water come from? Could the water be left on the cake from when I took it out of the 1/2 pint jar?
Is the humidity too high? Did water just condense on my cakes?
Is my drip shield at too low of an angle? Did water drip from the shield and land on my cake?
Please note that the drip shield is not currently in the grow chamber.
At the time I noticed the drops of water, there was a drip shield installed in the grow chamber. When I started the construction of my chamber I had planned on using the "spray" method for humidification, due to my lack of space. Then, a day before my first cake was ready, I discovered perlite and immediately went and purchased some.
I filled the bottom of my cooler with 3.5 quarts of perlite and 1 quart of water with a cap full of H2O2 and with my fully colonized cake on it's 1/2 pint lid, placed it on top of the perlite. After that, I placed my drip shield in the cooler, sprayed the cooler for 5 seconds and closed it up.
Dimensions of the cooler:
Top: 10.25 inches by 13.75 inches
Base: 9.25 inches by 11.75 inches
Depth: 10.50 inches
Items inside the cooler:
Drip shield: 10 inches by 12.25 inches
(it was at a 3 inch incline in my cooler)
Amount of perlite: 9.25 * 11.75 * 0.5
I do not know the exact amount of humidity in my chamber right now because it seems that the digital temp/humidity gauge that I purchased only displays humidity up to 90%, after that it just displays "HI".
I know that water coming in direct contact with the fruit is undesirable. It seems to me that I wouldn't want any water to come in direct contact with the cake either.
Where did the drops of water come from? Could the water be left on the cake from when I took it out of the 1/2 pint jar?
Is the humidity too high? Did water just condense on my cakes?
Is my drip shield at too low of an angle? Did water drip from the shield and land on my cake?
Please note that the drip shield is not currently in the grow chamber.
