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Question on lighting can it be erratic?
    #22253646 - 09/17/15 10:10 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Simple question here how much am I screwing my tub by having erratic lighting? I need to be on the down low with my grow so because of this I can only have my lights on during the day while I'm at home when I leave for work I turn them off so my tubs get about 3 to 4 hrs of t5 grow light 6500k lighting then after I leave it gets turned off and I just leave my normal house lights on they are LED so it is a white/blue light but it's not as intense as the t5 is this OK or no?


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Re: Question on lighting can it be erratic? [Re: more4u2c]
    #22253668 - 09/17/15 10:15 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

I think if you turn them on and off at the same time everyday for the same amount of time you'll be ok. I could be wrong tho.


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Re: Question on lighting can it be erratic? [Re: PabloSumgie]
    #22253685 - 09/17/15 10:19 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Jars/bags/tubs/trays should colonize @ room temperature getting ambient/indirect light.

Main pinning triggers are full colonization, FAE and Evaporation off of the substrate.

Light is a secondary pinning trigger. For tropical species temperature is not a pinning factor.

P. Cubensis are a tropical species. You could colonize at 70F and fruit at 80F with great results.

Light has been proven beneficial during all stages of mycellium growth. Mushrooms like mammals have a circadian rhythm.

You want ambient/indirect light(on a 12/12 schedule preferably) for colonization and consolidation.

You want direct/intense 6500K light on a 12/12 schedule for fruiting.

Optimal temps are mid 70s throughout the whole grow, but anywhere from 65F-80F is acceptable.

Incubation is outdated/uneeded unless temps in the range stated above cannot be kept.

The inside of the jar is always a few degrees warmer than the outside because the mycellium produces heat..mycellium tends to stall at temps above 83F , and contams thrive.

Fruiting at cooler temps tends to produce denser, meatier fruits, while fruiting at higher temps will often produce hollow, less dense stems.


Mycelium should be exposed to ambient room light from day of inoculation as has been known for many years.  Light is not a pinning trigger until after full colonization and an increase in air is given, and even then it's a secondary pinning trigger.
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Re: Question on lighting can it be erratic? [Re: PabloSumgie]
    #22253691 - 09/17/15 10:20 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

They'll grow. 12/12 lighting is best. Any light is fine really. :thumbup:


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Re: Question on lighting can it be erratic? [Re: more4u2c]
    #22253698 - 09/17/15 10:21 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

even if you can leave a curtain or blind open so it gets ambient sunlight, it would help. There are some growers who only depend on ambient sunlight.


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Re: Question on lighting can it be erratic? [Re: PussyFart]
    #22253722 - 09/17/15 10:23 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

:whathesaid:
PF just dropped a ton of useful info for you!
I've had success with less lighting time, but 12hrs on and 12 hrs off is preferred...
You can get a cheap timer at Walmart...it works great and it was less than $5
Then the lights turn themselves on and off


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Re: Question on lighting can it be erratic? [Re: Darkhome]
    #22253924 - 09/17/15 10:55 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Yeah they are getting a lot more than 12hrs lol total light I'd say probably 4hrs intense 6500k grow light and then 12hrs of weak led light. Timers I have but can't plug timers into my LED lights :frown:


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