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x-mas light heater
    #14400042 - 05/04/11 01:42 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Hello everyone my 1st post. I have been moochin info from everyone to the point that i just inoculated my jars. I felt compelled to give some info back. Im trying to grow shrooms very discreetly and dont have alot of hiding areas to do this & i didnt want to buy a aquarium heater. Trying to get the jars at the right temp to store for colonization I found was a daunting deed I came across a site that uses a string of christmas lights as a heater for germination. all u do is place the lights in a pan or tray ( i used a stock pot) and cover with sand or kitty litter. Then i took the smaller stock pot & placed it on that, with my jars inside with a towel on top. a 25 string light with inside temps of my house at 68 got the jars to 80 degrees exactly & the lights are berried so no light is emitted. If it gets to hot i guess u could remove single bulbs, too cold  add another string.  The 6 jars are sitting in my utility room plugged into the sump pump outlet, no ones looking there! I googled the safety of this method & apparently 1 guy has used this method for 25 years.


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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: shroom ash]
    #14400064 - 05/04/11 01:47 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Anywhere from 65-75f is fine:thumbup:


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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: Carl Sagan]
    #14400084 - 05/04/11 01:51 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

68F is okay.:thumbup:
The light will be your problem.
They need light to grow mature.


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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: Carl Sagan]
    #14400132 - 05/04/11 02:04 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

i thought 68 would have been too cool?


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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: shroom ash]
    #14400176 - 05/04/11 02:13 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

68*F is fine.  They may colonize a little slowly compared to 72-75*F but you have a lower chance of contamination.


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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: Sillicybin]
    #14400230 - 05/04/11 02:27 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

ahh thats how it works. well I hope someone will benefit from the Xmas lights trick I just removed the towel covering the jars & the temps went to 78. Its pitch dark in that room so I think ill keep it there.


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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: Sillicybin]
    #14400246 - 05/04/11 02:32 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

hold on i shouldn't go over 75 degrees?


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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: shroom ash]
    #14400268 - 05/04/11 02:36 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

You can go higher, but the higher you go, the higher your chance of bacterial contamination.

I would not go higher than 80*F.  Mycelium consumes calories while colonizing new substrate, which generates heat.  This causes the temperature of the mycelium to be above the ambient air temperature.

I find that I have the best results right around 75-77*F, personally.  That just my experience.


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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: shroom ash]
    #14400276 - 05/04/11 02:37 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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Its pitch dark in that room so I think ill keep it there.



No, you need some light. Your jars are hotter inside because they make a bit of heat metabolizing the substrate. Keep that in mind when worrying about the temps. Incubators and darkness are old news. Great for growing bacteria and contaminants though. Room temp is fine. It gives the mycelium enough heat to get started but keeps contamination to a minimum.


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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: clueless]
    #14400351 - 05/04/11 02:51 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

One big bad idea... back to the shroomery board.!!!


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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: shroom ash]
    #14403809 - 05/05/11 06:15 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

ok my bad, it got cold as shit last night, for this time of year, the high 40S. After a little tweaking by simply setting a rack on the stock pot containing the xmas lights & sand mix, then elevating my jars above. I pulled a few lights above sand mix for ambient light, thanx to lugar & justnew, ( I cant believe i had forgot about that) any way the temps are holding at 76. This should work for people growing in cold areas, it provides a little heat about 10 degrees, & light. Thanks to all, I may had fried shrooms.


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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: shroom ash]
    #14403856 - 05/05/11 06:37 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

For when your jars are done and you go to fruiting check this out, everything bought at home depot for around $10, except tote.


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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: 3n1gm4]
    #14404012 - 05/05/11 07:40 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Way to go man, love those cheap alternatives. Id rather put the extra money in my gas tank. 8mpg is burnin a hole in my pocket


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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: 3n1gm4]
    #14404057 - 05/05/11 07:53 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

for fruiting conditions that should be around 74-78 im sure some tweaking would be needed or does the He light bulb give the right amount of heat? Btw sweet set up!


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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: shroom ash]
    #14404072 - 05/05/11 07:59 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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shroom ash said:
for fruiting conditions that should be around 65-78




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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: shroom ash]
    #14404074 - 05/05/11 08:01 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

I dont know, I only have one hydrometer and thermometer and it is in the SGFC. I just plug them into a 12/12 timer and finely mist them when they look dry:shrug:, then I take the light jar out of the hole and use this to slowly pull air in all the loosest holes for 5-10 minutes. That is pretty much it, I have no desire to make it perfect if it works with little to no effort:getstoned:


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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: 3n1gm4]
    #14404087 - 05/05/11 08:06 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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I dont know, I only have one hydrometer



Hygrometer*

(Hydrometers measure the density of a liquid.)


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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: Sillicybin]
    #14404103 - 05/05/11 08:13 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Thats what I meant, I have just been awake for over 24 hours.:homerdrool:


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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: 3n1gm4]
    #14404188 - 05/05/11 08:36 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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I dont know, I only have one hydrometer and thermometer and it is in the SGFC. I just plug them into a 12/12 timer and finely mist them when they look dry:shrug:, then I take the light jar out of the hole and use this to slowly pull air in all the loosest holes for 5-10 minutes. That is pretty much it, I have no desire to make it perfect if it works with little to no effort:getstoned:



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for fruiting conditions that should be around 65-78




fixd





looks good, Im definitely will build that design. Simple yet effective  & better yet i  already have all of the materials  except for the he bulb. Thanks for the pics


sorry I only read those temps in the newbie thread

thanx for the correction koolaid It just seems everywhere read is different, I dont need to b another placing wrong info.


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Re: x-mas light heater [Re: shroom ash]
    #14404200 - 05/05/11 08:37 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

well it wasnt wrong by any means.

74-78 are exceptional fruiting temps.

but it could be more right >.>


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