Celestialexplorer1 said:

I always wait a little longer for printing they always take a little longer to produce a good spore drop. What kinda light do you have on those costal

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@Celestialexplorer1 The 6500K T5 led's that I use for my plants and also a separate blue led light that is just above the shrooms.

@Yugambeh That stellar flush is what I hope to see one day maybe, but I don't think it's in the cards for this shoebox I'm afraid, hehe-- at least not judging by the appearance so far.


Here's the box tonight:

Some of the fruits have reached the top of the larger box almost-- making them almost 5 or 6 inches tall maybe--

Should I pull out those ones that look unusual--bluish/dark-- are they aborts?


And another close-up (they're really beautiful little mushrooms!)

coAsTal said:

Celestialexplorer1 said:

I always wait a little longer for printing they always take a little longer to produce a good spore drop. What kinda light do you have on those costal

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@Celestialexplorer1 The 6500K T5 led's that I use for my plants and also a separate blue led light that is just above the shrooms.

@Yugambeh That stellar flush is what I hope to see one day maybe, but I don't think it's in the cards for this shoebox I'm afraid, hehe-- at least not judging by the appearance so far.


Here's the box tonight:

Some of the fruits have reached the top of the larger box almost-- making them almost 5 or 6 inches tall maybe--

Should I pull out those ones that look unusual--bluish/dark-- are they aborts?


And another close-up (they're really beautiful little mushrooms!)

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Ambrose567 said:

Damn those are some beautiful caps! Looks like lots of spores!

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c10h12n2o said:

yeah the blue soft ones are done growing (aborts)

A few of those healthy ones, id harvest.  Leave the ones that arent open yet tho, hopefully theyll keep growing

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Ganja420Boy said:

Where can I purchase some of these led lights for a reasonable price?

Right now I have a a full spectrum led light that cost $39+@x and seems to do ok but I feel as if I need more light because I'm having to shine the light through the side causing the mushrooms to grow somewhat sideways.

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I use 4 foot T5 format to fit under my shelves--I was almost going to go with the flouros, but they were so expensive at ~$80 to $100 for each 4-bulb 4-foot unit, plus the thickness of the enclosures would have taken away valuable vertical space (3 to 4 inches each)-- requiring nearly a foot of lost vertical room with my 4 seedling levels. 

I went with the budget LED T5 bars instead. They're sold as shop lights. They come in 8-pack cases for less than $50 on sale-- it's insanely cheap for what you get.

They can be easily connected from either end with the included 3-prong connectors to operate in series or individually-- there's 4 dedicated power switch cables so you could set it up any way you like-- all four on each level with one switch, or multiple levels with a single switch, or a half/half
They are only 1.4 inches deep-- (barely more than the lip of my wire shelving), light as air, super bright 2200 lumens each, and only cost 25% of what the flouros would have!

I can't speak highly enough of them--

The stats:
Model: Barrina LED T5 Integrated Single Fixture
Weight: ~0.5lb each.
Dimensions: 46.1" x 0.9" x 1.4"
Wattage: 20W each
Output: 2200 lumen each
Color/Spectrum 6500K


Hope that helps!

c10h12n2o said:

I love those things. I use that + led strips. Only issue is heat on shelves. My sub hits 95 sometimes lol

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Yeah, I have 5 of them side-by-side on some shelves, and it gets pretty warm for sure-- but my shelves are made of wire, and I put plastic 10x20 plant trays under my seedlings to help insulate/divert the heat-- so I usually see it in the lower-mid 80's at the trays.
My shroom projects are on sections with no lights under them, so they reach the upper 70's max-- just right

Ganja420Boy said:

I weighed mine this evening and got 8.5 grams so far and damn when I thought they slowed down on pinning I came home to even more

Now I'm just trying to figure out how much to eat as I have no experience with these only cubes, kind of thinking 5g but on t sure yet. Not looking for dosage advice but curious to know what others average when taking atl7 mushrooms?

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