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Grittyville, WA

Do you have a way to dry it with air? It wont take much for rot to begin. PS in the previous pic looks like your plant nutrients are perfect, and for a shady patch 30 lbs is great. Im not sure any of the top growers could get a better result than you are getting from that patch of ground. It seems about as dialed in as it possibly could be?? You're going to need to put an air hose in that hole though!

8/14/2026 1:57:43 PM

Topsfield, MA

Hey! Thanks man. I appreciate that a lot and your help has been really helpful all season long and I appreciate everyone's advice! I feel like I am definitely maxing the weight gain potential for this patch right now and feel lucky to be getting what I am getting. Just need to hope for some luck now! I just posted a new diary entry of a floor fan that I have been using since Monday when I split the stem open. It's a super strong floor fan that is blasting straight up into the bottom split of the stem and then out through the top. I think it's getting the job done but let me know what you think! I appreciate it

8/14/2026 2:17:22 PM

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Just for future thinking about it, I've always felt that a fan or air pump is blowing or pumping exactly the same air as is in the patch, so, very humid after a rain, etc., dew point, etc., and a really long, larger hose down to the size needed for the purpose, running from inside the HouSe, would not have that problem, if the ongoing, ambient humidity were a concern. eg

[Last edit: 08/14/26 3:18:56 PM]

8/14/2026 3:17:06 PM

Grittyville, WA

That should be ok. You might want to think of something clever for when it rains, if it rains! Rain might trip your circuit breaker. But I'm out of ideas at the moment.

8/14/2026 3:20:31 PM