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 cobweb? pics 
#13977404 - 02/17/11 04:36 AM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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I know there's a thousand of these but I'm new to monotubs and haven't had any real experience with contams.
monotub with 5qts of PF strain popcorn spawn, to 1 brick coir, 2 quarts verm, and 1 quart used coffee. this monotub is 6 days old. I took good precautions in my sterility but humans tend to error. basically I think (hope..) most of the developing myc is under the top layer of substrate, however there's this light fluffy growth i just noticed all over the top. looks like dust balls. not very cubensis-like. is this cobweb? should i hit it with some H2O2 just to be sure since there's no myc really colonizing the top yet?
monotub temp: avg 70 degrees F
monotub rH: 90%-96%
sub temp: avg 74 degrees F
thanks for your time
edit: for the record I'm not talking about the bright white fluffy spots, that's popcorn. I'm talking about the haze over the rest of the sub.
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Re: cobweb? pics [Re: henik0]
#13977569 - 02/17/11 06:59 AM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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Can you get a picture using bright sunlight?
Step back, then zoom in.
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Re: cobweb? pics [Re: Doc_T]
#13977618 - 02/17/11 07:51 AM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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looks dry from that pic
from my limited experience
u can spray a little part
if it bubbles and looks like it dissolves then its probably cobweb
ive had trays where i just sprayed the whole top just in case and it didnt seem to hurt anything
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Re: cobweb? pics [Re: ar1es]
#13988926 - 02/19/11 09:25 AM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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trust me it's not dry, it's just the light and the camera.
I sprayed it all down with h2o2 two days ago. it didn't really bubble or fiz or anything. i just saw droplets of h2o2 collect on the whispy stuff until i think i saturated it to the point where it just wasn't sticking up anymore? but it looked fine the other day no i see small little puffs of it coming back up. looks slightly grayish but I'm not sure. i think I'm going to let it go for a couple days just in case it's myc and I'm being paranoid..
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Re: cobweb? pics [Re: henik0]
#13989054 - 02/19/11 10:32 AM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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how often are you opening your Mono? How did you layer your spawn/substrate ?
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Re: cobweb? pics [Re: ar1es]
#13989085 - 02/19/11 10:45 AM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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My mono has a plexi glass window so I rarely ever open it. I have 8 holes (4 per side, two top two bottom.) The top holes have poly fil and the bottom are taped shut. I put most of my substrate in the tub wth all my spawn and mixed with sterile spoon. Then added remaining sub over top
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Re: cobweb? pics [Re: henik0]
#13989442 - 02/19/11 01:08 PM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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It's probably because you have your bottom holes taped up while the top holes are only stuffed with polyfill... while your tub is still colonizing you should have it in a dark place with all the holes taped up so there is no FAE, only GE... and don't open it until you're read to fruit in about 2 weeks. Then, you introduce to fruiting conditions: untape the holes, fan, mist, light.
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Edited by ambargh (02/19/11 01:09 PM)
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Re: cobweb? pics [Re: ambargh]
#13991382 - 02/19/11 08:15 PM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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i just use polyfill in all my holes and dont really have a problem
i use tinfoil with a bunch of holes as a lid
i used to mix the substrate and the spawn
ive had better results with layering after reading advice on shroomery
when i didnt layer i had problems with cobweb taking hold on the top layer
so now right underneath the top layer of substrate i put a pretty thick layer of spawn
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