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chaosmagick
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preventing cobweb mold
#7559576 - 10/25/07 02:57 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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sup guys, I am looking for good ways to prevent cobweb mold on my BRF cakes(pf tech). I have heard about fresh air exchange. What is the best way to give my cakes fresh air exchange? Opening the lids every now and then outside? I have heard someone say to keep the lids on the jars loose. Are these ways safe and are there any others ways without letting my cakes get contams?
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jeetered
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Re: preventing cobweb mold [Re: chaosmagick]
#7559618 - 10/25/07 03:05 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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yeah u just open and fan with the lid bro. up to 8 times a day for best results.
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HappyHardcore
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Re: preventing cobweb mold [Re: jeetered]
#7559707 - 10/25/07 03:30 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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That depends on if you're talking about your cakes in the jars or your cakes while in the fruiting chamber. If you're talking about your cakes while still in the jars, there is no need for FAE and by all means, DON'T take the lids off and fan them. Keep them in the jars with the bands on a little loose or tight, that just depends if you have filter holes (for gas exchange) or on your own desired method. You shouldn't get contams if you leave your jars a little loose...
FAE in your fruiting chamber is a little different. Get as much FAE in there as possible while still maintaining your humidity at proper levels and other conditions. If you can fan 10 times a day, great. If you can fan once every hour, even better. As long as you maintain the other conditions while doing this, you're fine. It all comes along with finding your own methods
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veda_sticks
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Getting plenty of FAE is very important, not only in helping to combat contams, but its a very important pinning trigger.
If u have plenty of FAE you shouldnt see cobweb and wont have to worry about fighting it.
If u do somehow get bitten by cobweb, misting it with h202 should help fight it. There is more detailed instructions on fighting cobweb
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chaosmagick
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Re: preventing cobweb mold [Re: veda_sticks]
#7559922 - 10/25/07 04:46 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I had cobweb mold growing on my cakes after the 1st week of incubation. No contams other than that. My jar lids were kept loose and i still got cobweb on all of the cakes. Does anyone know any reasons why this would happen? Maybe my spores had contams?
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and0rr
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Re: preventing cobweb mold [Re: chaosmagick]
#7560015 - 10/25/07 05:17 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Assuming you sterelized your cakes before you knocked 'em up (sure hope you did) then your contams are introduced at inoculation or are the result of poor filtration (vermiculite barrier/microspore tape).
Keeping the lids loose will not prevent cobweb contamination if that contaminant is introduced to the nutrients of the cake. It's a sterile environment in the jars and by opening the lids before full colonization you destroy that.
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Re: preventing cobweb mold [Re: and0rr]
#7560031 - 10/25/07 05:22 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Once u have sterilised your jars, the lids should be tightened, there left loose at sterilisation as things expand when exposed to heat.
Cobweb is very uncomen in incubating jars, u are more likely to seee green mold.
Do your inoculations in a glove box and see if it improves.
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