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twenty9stars
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Forget about your contams!
#7389366 - 09/09/07 07:19 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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I posted on here a few weeks ago about my 2 jars that were 95% colonized when some greenish-blue mold decided to live in the last little spot. Sad, I know, but then someone (2012Shaman) told me about someone who's been growing mushrooms for a long time that said to keep them in complete darkness if mold grows, because mold needs light to grow... so, I wrapped them in a towel and put them between 2 buckets in my garage... and lo and behold (after 2 weeks of not even checking once), no more mold, 100% colonization, and pins! So just so you all know, if mold shows up, you should try that before tossing them. Mine are birthed and doing fine. No signs of mold coming back. Thanks 2012shaman!
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skuddo
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Re: Forget about your contams! [Re: twenty9stars]
#7390457 - 09/10/07 01:01 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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You still may need to be carefull for spores the infection may have left over. Make sure to get rid of all the verm layer. Perhaps a peroxide dip will be of benefit for later flushes.
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Chronic7
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Re: Forget about your contams! [Re: skuddo]
#7390814 - 09/10/07 05:18 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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i will try this as i cleaned all my stuff with 99.9% antibacterial house cleaner, washed it off, started growing agian and either my bricks are screwed or the propergators still contaminated cause im stilll getting brown/green mould. Ill try putting a tea towel over them and see if themould stops growing, in the past ive grown shroomz very succesfully in the dark and never with light have they grown properly so this makes sense.
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veda_sticks
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Re: Forget about your contams! [Re: Chronic7]
#7390847 - 09/10/07 05:51 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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1 of my jars done thise and the myc grew over the small green spot, be very carefull, maybe to be safe isolate this one in its on fruiting chamber. if u have some h202 u could dry dunking in that as a safeguard.
Im just waiting for it to colinise the last 5% I have a fair build up of metabolites in that jar which is starting to worry me but so far its looking good, one thing i noticed though was that a few peices from my dry verm barrier have droped down the sides, this may have contributed to contams - i didnt lightly press down the cake mix before put the verm in so i think there must be small gaps.
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antimatt3r
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Re: Forget about your contams! [Re: veda_sticks]
#7390871 - 09/10/07 06:11 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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no shit.......... very interesting..........
good point about being aware of spores left behind
and lets remember, H2O2 has NO effect on green (trich) mold
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veda_sticks
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Re: Forget about your contams! [Re: antimatt3r]
#7390880 - 09/10/07 06:21 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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thats a fair point, i never knew that,
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RogerRabbit
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Re: Forget about your contams! [Re: veda_sticks]
#7390896 - 09/10/07 06:40 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
but then someone (2012Shaman) told me about someone who's been growing mushrooms for a long time that said to keep them in complete darkness if mold grows, because mold needs light to grow.
That is absolutely incorrect. Mold does not need light to grow, and grows just fine in total darkness. It sounds like you mistook bruising for mold. RR
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twenty9stars
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Re: Forget about your contams! [Re: RogerRabbit]
#7400699 - 09/12/07 01:18 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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It was most definately mold. Greenish blue fuzzy mold. This was one of my jars before I put them in the dark: [image][/image]
I do have both cakes in their own little private fruiting chambers, and for another update, they're doing great!! No signs of mold at all.
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dysphoria
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Re: Forget about your contams! [Re: twenty9stars]
#7400736 - 09/12/07 01:30 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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this is more likely attributed to the fact that the mycelium dominated 95+% of the jar, and the mold barely had the last 1-5%. so one is about 100 times the others size.
so we have two organisms in a jar capable of secreting enzymes capable of 'sterilizing' and also digesting food, in this case...the other mold/fungus. both organisms do this via specialized enzymes capable of digesting only certain types of food. assuming you have a fungus that secretes enzymes deadly to the mold, and the mold doesnt/hasnt been able to manufacture the enzymes in abundance to harm the fungus....its quite natural that the fungus would win by killing the mold, then eating the mold, and the food the mold didnt digest.
as RR said, this had nothing to do with light.
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