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Ambient room light for growing (let’s hear your thoughts and results)
#26920479 - 09/06/20 04:52 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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I would like to hear people’s opinions on ambient room light from the sun for grows. I’ve done it before with purple mystics and got great results in the past. I really don’t want to buy a light lol and am trying to keep it somewhat discreet.
Let me know if you’ve ever tried it and how your grows turned out. Add pics if you can. If I still had the pics of my PM’s I’d post them. The grew really strong with just the blinds open. Pretty much comparable to the 6500k T5 LED lights I had.
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Re: Ambient room light for growing (let’s hear your thoughts and results) [Re: MadHatter333] 1
#26920487 - 09/06/20 05:13 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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I have literally never used a grow light on any serious grow. A few of the tubs iv taken pictures of. If you have a window you can leave the blinds half open that should be enough light, or at least thats what I always did.



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Re: Ambient room light for growing (let’s hear your thoughts and results) [Re: MH5109]
#26920499 - 09/06/20 05:45 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Hell yeah bro glad I’m not the only one who digs ambient light. Who needs expensive energy sucking lights when you have the sun?
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Re: Ambient room light for growing (let’s hear your thoughts and results) [Re: MadHatter333] 1
#26920519 - 09/06/20 06:27 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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My first bulks were all done with ambient light and turned out great imo.
    
My room does get a fair bit of light and it was summer so day light was long. I'd be interested to see how things go this winter when the days shorten. I'm fairly opposed to getting a grow light at the moment as it's too bait for my current living situation.
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Re: Ambient room light for growing (let’s hear your thoughts and results) [Re: MadHatter333]
#26920533 - 09/06/20 06:45 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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MadHatter333 said: I would like to hear people’s opinions on ambient room light from the sun for grows. I’ve done it before with purple mystics and got great results in the past. I really don’t want to buy a light lol and am trying to keep it somewhat discreet.
Let me know if you’ve ever tried it and how your grows turned out. Add pics if you can. If I still had the pics of my PM’s I’d post them. The grew really strong with just the blinds open. Pretty much comparable to the 6500k T5 LED lights I had.
I’ve experimented with powerful lights, weak lights, ambient lights, and the regular old incandescent bulb.
My grow space is in a closet, though. Ambient light doesn’t actually work for me because there isn’t any.
In my experimentation, I have found that the amount of light does not affect yield much, but does affect the physiology of the fruiting body itself. The more light, the more pins will mature instead of abort, but the average mushroom will be smaller.
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Re: Ambient room light for growing (let’s hear your thoughts and results) [Re: coversall]
#26920536 - 09/06/20 06:46 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ooooo those have some gusto! I’m digging the ambient light grows.
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Re: Ambient room light for growing (let’s hear your thoughts and results) [Re: MadHatter333]
#26920540 - 09/06/20 06:49 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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The mushrooms evolved to grow on a black/brown cow plop, laying in direct sun out in the field in warm climates.
Just sayin’.
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Re: Ambient room light for growing (let’s hear your thoughts and results) [Re: Ep1429]
#26920543 - 09/06/20 06:51 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ep1429 said:
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MadHatter333 said: I would like to hear people’s opinions on ambient room light from the sun for grows. I’ve done it before with purple mystics and got great results in the past. I really don’t want to buy a light lol and am trying to keep it somewhat discreet.
Let me know if you’ve ever tried it and how your grows turned out. Add pics if you can. If I still had the pics of my PM’s I’d post them. The grew really strong with just the blinds open. Pretty much comparable to the 6500k T5 LED lights I had.
I’ve experimented with powerful lights, weak lights, ambient lights, and the regular old incandescent bulb.
My grow space is in a closet, though. Ambient light doesn’t actually work for me because there isn’t any.
In my experimentation, I have found that the amount of light does not affect yield much, but does affect the physiology of the fruiting body itself. The more light, the more pins will mature instead of abort, but the average mushroom will be smaller.
Interesting to hear your findings on lighting. Closet grows always seemed to yield less for me than out in the open grows. I’m going to get a room divider for the corner of my room and grow like that to keep them hidden.
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Re: Ambient room light for growing (let’s hear your thoughts and results) [Re: MadHatter333]
#26920548 - 09/06/20 06:54 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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MadHatter333 said:
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Ep1429 said:
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MadHatter333 said: I would like to hear people’s opinions on ambient room light from the sun for grows. I’ve done it before with purple mystics and got great results in the past. I really don’t want to buy a light lol and am trying to keep it somewhat discreet.
Let me know if you’ve ever tried it and how your grows turned out. Add pics if you can. If I still had the pics of my PM’s I’d post them. The grew really strong with just the blinds open. Pretty much comparable to the 6500k T5 LED lights I had.
I’ve experimented with powerful lights, weak lights, ambient lights, and the regular old incandescent bulb.
My grow space is in a closet, though. Ambient light doesn’t actually work for me because there isn’t any.
In my experimentation, I have found that the amount of light does not affect yield much, but does affect the physiology of the fruiting body itself. The more light, the more pins will mature instead of abort, but the average mushroom will be smaller.
Interesting to hear your findings on lighting. Closet grows always seemed to yield less for me than out in the open grows. I’m going to get a room divider for the corner of my room and grow like that to keep them hidden.
Here’s the link to the grow log I did.
https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/25855213
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Re: Ambient room light for growing (let’s hear your thoughts and results) [Re: Ep1429] 1
#26920575 - 09/06/20 07:12 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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I’ve never used lights on cubes, all my pictures are ambient sunlight.
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Re: Ambient room light for growing (let’s hear your thoughts and results) [Re: A.k.a]
#26920590 - 09/06/20 07:30 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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A.k.a said: I’ve never used lights on cubes, all my pictures are ambient sunlight.
All of my grows have been in a closet, or under my bed. No ambient light available.
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Re: Ambient room light for growing (let’s hear your thoughts and results) [Re: MadHatter333]
#26920836 - 09/06/20 09:49 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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A.k.a said: I’ve never used lights on cubes, all my pictures are ambient sunlight.
But you use lights on exotics? I'm slowly working on some pan cyans atm, will I need a light to grow them or are they good under ambient?
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MadHatter333 said: Ooooo those have some gusto! I’m digging the ambient light grows.
Hah! My brains agrees with the gusto within them as well, it's been great not having to worry about running out. God bless mushcult.
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Re: Ambient room light for growing (let’s hear your thoughts and results) [Re: coversall]
#26920848 - 09/06/20 09:53 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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I’ve done pans both ways, the ones in my signature were ambient light.
I got led lights mostly for stone producers and king oyster.
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Re: Ambient room light for growing (let’s hear your thoughts and results) [Re: A.k.a]
#26920853 - 09/06/20 09:54 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Nice nice. That's cool to hear.
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