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Maya Boomba
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Bad FAE or Bad lightning?
#18917628 - 10/01/13 06:25 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hey guys! So I am spawning this tub and it's by the wall, I have a fan in the room and 6500k bulb on top. I am wondering why all the shrooms are only growing on one side of the tub, while near the back they look in really bad shape and almost no pins... Should I put my tub in the middle of the room instead? Here's a pic!

There was something on top that was covering the light, so i'm thinking maybe since it was only getting light from the side it could cause that... but i feel like it's FAE and my polyfill is always too tight...
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Re: Bad FAE or Bad lightning? [Re: Maya Boomba]
#18917743 - 10/01/13 06:51 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Same thing happened to me, the mushrooms don't NEED light to grow like plants do. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but the light is mostly used for giving the mushrooms direction to grow. I had my FC tucked away in a corner like yours, with light coming in from the side and only mushies grew there. Place a light on top and wait a few days.
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Re: Bad FAE or Bad lightning? [Re: heylowery]
#18917747 - 10/01/13 06:52 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Also I don't think having a fan on in the room constantly is recommended. Just fan before and after misting.
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Re: Bad FAE or Bad lightning? [Re: heylowery]
#18917776 - 10/01/13 06:59 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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They might not need light per se, but it is beneficial for them.
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Re: Bad FAE or Bad lightning? [Re: heylowery]
#18917781 - 10/01/13 07:00 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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heylowery said: Same thing happened to me, the mushrooms don't NEED light to grow like plants do. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but the light is mostly used for giving the mushrooms direction to grow.
Yes, you're wrong and I'll correct you.
When people forget the relationship of light to plants they can finally learn to appreciate the relationship of light to fungi.
Mushrooms derive energy from light all the way to harvest. Mushrooms grown without sufficient light look like the original poster's. The caps are thin, narrow, and light in weight. They don't need light to tell them which way to grow. Mushrooms grown in total darkness will always grow straight up, opposite gravity. Mushrooms orient their caps toward light in order to absorb as much of it as possible.
Mushrooms grown without sufficient fresh air have long, twisted stems as the ones above. It's not a question of light or FAE in this case, it's both. RR
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Re: Bad FAE or Bad lightning? [Re: heylowery]
#18917803 - 10/01/13 07:05 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Good info drop too 
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heylowery said: Also I don't think having a fan on in the room constantly is recommended. Just fan before and after misting.
No, this is a monotub the OP has, not an SGFC.
For a dialed in monotub you do not mist for the first flush, nor do you need to fan.
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Re: Bad FAE or Bad lightning? [Re: RogerRabbit]
#18917809 - 10/01/13 07:06 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Interesting. I read on here a few minutes ago about UV lights creating mutations. I used this light for my grow just now: http://www.verilux.com/light-therapy-lamps/happylight-6000/
I got a significant amount of mutants. Pretty cool!
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Re: Bad FAE or Bad lightning? [Re: heylowery]
#18918183 - 10/01/13 08:32 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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That's just a daylight CFL, not a UV lamp. Mutants were a roll of the dice. RR
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Re: Bad FAE or Bad lightning? [Re: RogerRabbit]
#18918367 - 10/01/13 09:10 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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What is the cause of mushrooms with soft white fluffy mycellium 1/3 of the way up the stem?
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Re: Bad FAE or Bad lightning? [Re: refried]
#18918373 - 10/01/13 09:12 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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refried said: What is the cause of mushrooms with soft white fluffy mycellium 1/3 of the way up the stem?
Either lack of FAE or just genetics.
Usually that is a sign of needing more FAE.
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Maya Boomba
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Re: Bad FAE or Bad lightning? [Re: PussyFart]
#18919343 - 10/02/13 01:12 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ok well thanks a lot guys I am glad to be giving it an other shot and I want to do everything I can to make it work. Frank; I am following all your teks word by word. The only thing I can't seem to get right is how I position my tub. I have a shelf with 3 tubs on top of eachother, and it's in the corner of my room. I am thinking to put it in the center of the room so that the light can come from every side, but what about those 2 tubs under the top one? Should I just remove the shelf? I'm sure some of you figured a good way to get the right light from every side of your tub on shelf because I've seen some people stacking them on top of each other. And I am going to loosen my polyfil, although the top ones are already more loose then what Frank shows and the bottom ones are also loose (tighter then the top ones tho)
I just can't seem to get the right FAE ever, and before when I removed the polyfil top, the tub started pinning so much it was fucking insane i was getting 8 zip on 2-3rd flushes... now it's just sad to pick up 1z on my 2nd flush, but I know I can still save those tubs... I'm just worried to remove the polyfil cuz that's how I got trich all over my room last time and I just finally got rid of it...
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