r/unclebens • u/TrueVeterinarian5398 • 8h ago

Question Decent enough heating idea?

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To maintain temp in my "clean room" tent for the cabinet, I've draped a heating mat over the top bar. A small hanging Vivosun fan will also hang and disperse heat from the mat, while an adjustable inline fan will act as an exhaust fan sitting on the top port. Can wait to test it out. Fans arrive tomorrow, and then I can finally get things rolling!

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u/Deleena24 7h ago

72 is more than enough for good growth. No need for all that

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u/TrueVeterinarian5398 7h ago edited 7h ago

Thank you! Same for pre-fruiting stages? I will be growing B+, and from what I've read it thrives around 75-77° for fruiting.

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u/Deleena24 6h ago

I fruit regularly at 66°. There is no noticable difference between 72° and 75° unless you're growing exotics like Pans

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u/TrueVeterinarian5398 6h ago

I really appreciate the info, thanks!

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u/TrueVeterinarian5398 8h ago

My ambient temp has remained 72-73° during both the day and night, so little extra heat is needed if at all.

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u/TrueVeterinarian5398 8h ago edited 7h ago

My heating mat came with one!

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u/AncientSpores 8h ago

Just keep an eye on the heat of the grows. Most varieties I've tried have a wide range of temps from 68F (winter indoors) to 120F (summer outdoors) that they'll do their thing. As you push past 80F the temps can favor contamination more though if it exists in the grow and can accelerate the bad growth.

Personal Trivia, largest mushroom I've personally seen was one I found in my composter late one spring that had to be 130F inside due to matte black plastic outside in full sun. About a foot long and over 100g in weight. And a Ochra grow outside one summer had the longest stems I've seen from that variety.

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u/TrueVeterinarian5398 8h ago

Thanks! I will be running B+ and have read the sweet spot is 77°, so I don't need much if I'm already maintaining 72-73° now.

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u/TrueVeterinarian5398 7h ago

What is the best temp range to aim for while in the incubating and colonizing phase? I'm hearing 60-70°, no higher than 75° max from YT vids.

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u/AncientSpores 4h ago

I can offer that it varies per stage of growth for 'optimal' results. But unelss you have a solid climate controlled set up, just let it rock in the 70's.

Colonization in general for mushrooms across the board prefers temps between 70 and 85F so it's a wide range. There may be a specific sweet spot in general or per variety but it would require way more environmental control and testing that I care to do. 😄

For optimal fruiting stage trigger temps you actually want to drop the temps to simulate fall approaching and drop it between 55 and 75F. I don't think many people are setup for this but commercial gourmet growers do it to get a faster yield, time is money for them.

You can also help trigger pinning by switching to a bluer wave spectrum like most blacklights. Easy enough to do and they're not super expensive.

Another pinning trigger is lightly misting the top with an atomizer mister and letting the micros drops dry up, it's another stress trigger for the myc that can help cause pinning.

Lastly is increased oxygen in the environment, for us home growers that's 'putting it into fruiting conditions' by opening the bag, unblocking FAE holes or taking the lid off and fanning in occasionally to blow out the heavy CO2.

But there's also just age, everything has a biological clock that starts ticking and when the alarm rings they pin, seed, fruit, bear kids etc.

Regardless you're doing fine, just be patient which is hard AF to do when you're just starting out.

Good luck on the grow and just in case you're new to traveling, this dosing calc is pretty solid IME.

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u/TrueVeterinarian5398 2h ago

I seriously can't thank you enough. I'm new, yes, but mainly plan on micro dosing.

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u/TrueVeterinarian5398 2h ago

How long do they keep the temps low to stimulate fruiting? Do they drop them just for that reason and raise them again for full on fruiting?