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Sporetastic
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Mold or Bruising?
#7013029 - 06/05/07 06:47 PM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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On my casing today I noticed some areas that are very, very light blueish in color. I am hoping this is bruising and not mold, I am a nervous wreck over this because there are mushrooms that are only 3 days away from maturing. I noticed this same color on the myc near the bottom of a mushroom that I accidentally wiggled today. Does this sound like bruising or mold?
If it doesn't spread or turn green by tommorow would it be safe to say it's not mold?
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DiabloSmurf
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sounds like some bruising but.. you need some pics so that we can tell.
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Sporetastic
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its a very very light color. What color is mold when it starts out?
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DiabloSmurf
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depends on the mold, Some blueish grey colors. some green
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RogerRabbit
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Look closely at what you see. Think about when you hit your own body on something and it bruises. The color you see is your actual skin color. That's bruising.
Now think about when you get a bad scrape or cut and if forms a scab. The scab sits above your skin as a separate layer. A scab on your body corresponds to mold on your substrate. The mold will be a layer above the substrate. RR
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Sporetastic
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Ok then I am sure it can't be mold. Because it clearly looks like it's coming through from beneath the surface. It's been a hour or two and it hasn't grown or spread. I'll check on it tm morning. If I wake up and it looks the same I'll be one happy shroomer.
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Sporetastic
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I see some nicks I made with the wax paper in some areas of the my and its the same color as the area I suspected so I am kinda relieved cause I think it's just bruising, I feel as though trying to adjust the wax paper all the time so it's not touching the little mushrooms was a bit hard on the myc. I will be more careful not to bruise it anymore and hopefully I don't wake up to mold. I am taking the wax paper off because the 1 mushroom keeps touching the top of it. I have a small fc so I figure it will have enough rh now that its pretty much done making pins. I had some standing water on parts of the myc the other day could that have caused bruising?
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What does the blue area taste like?
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Re: Mold or Bruising? [Re: tibberous]
#7013587 - 06/05/07 09:13 PM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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It won't hurt a fruit to hit the wax paper. Just leave it in place and as the flush grows, they will push the paper out of the way. I once saw a Chanterelle mushroom half the size of a cube push a ten pound rock out of its way as it came up. The hydraulic force produced by mushrooms is incredible. RR
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jeetered
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to check for mold, or bruising, the qtip trick is tried and true.
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Re: Mold or Bruising? [Re: jeetered]
#7013701 - 06/05/07 09:43 PM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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what is this qtip trick jeetered i havnt seen anything bout that. rock shroomerites
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xaxphaanes
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wipe a qtip if the qtip turns green or whatever color that is mold spores,if it doesnt then it is bruising
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Sporetastic
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Re: Mold or Bruising? [Re: xaxphaanes]
#7013860 - 06/05/07 10:17 PM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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I'll put the wax paper on again next fan session.
Instead of the qtip I'll just wait till tommorow and see if there is anything that has spread or changed color. If not then I will be happy. It's already been several hours and I don't see anything different so I am assuming it's not mold because mold spreads fast from what I hear. I feel like I panicked way too much and spent way too much time looking at the mushrooms. I figure if they will continue growing for another 3 days or so then I can get a good trip. It would be really be terrible for something bad to happen this late into it. I will continue to worry for another day or so. I have 1 mushroom that is probly 3 inches, a few more that are an inch or more, and a few more that are really small like half inch. So I figure 1 or 2 more days of growth and I will have enough for a trip and then I can stop worrying. BTW how much would a 3 inch mushroom weigh? just wondering
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Blutjager
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A pic would really get the job done here,but as always RR is right,I have never seen anything as cool as then pushing a big rock out of the way but they certainly will move wax paper,I had to use wax paper when doing an experiment with uncased substrates and they moved it out of the way no problem at all,its not like the wax paper if gonna hold them down and hurt them or anything
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