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OfflineJanus
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Bleach sterilization
    #9704367 - 01/30/09 06:53 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

I am a newbie, first try growing my own mushrooms. As expected, I made a silly thing: I decided to sterilize my needle with a small amount (just a drop) of bleach (NOT diluted). Then I flamed the needle before the injection. Now I am worried for two reasons: 1) Is it possibile that bleach penetrated into the jars or it just evaporated when I flamed the needle? And 2)(possibly more important) Can bleach be eventually harmful to health if the mycelium has absorbed it? In other words, are the mushrooms still edible if bleach penetrated into the jars?
Hope you can help me.
Many thanks

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Re: Bleach sterilization [Re: Janus]
    #9704376 - 01/30/09 07:00 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

If bleach got to the spores, the least thing you'd have to worry about is bleach in the mature fruits. But don't worry. Unless you actually sucked bleach up into the syringe it'll be OK.


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Re: Bleach sterilization [Re: German Kahuna]
    #9704727 - 01/30/09 09:30 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

you deserve to fail since you didnt follow directions.


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Re: Bleach sterilization [Re: tahoe]
    #9704752 - 01/30/09 09:36 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

you flamed after bleach wipe so your fine


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Re: Bleach sterilization [Re: bullfrog420]
    #9712187 - 01/31/09 02:29 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Bleach won't hurt mushrooms or you unless in large quantities and/or heavy concentrations. 

It will kill spores and bacteria.  You can't count on it to kill mold mycelium.

It readily breaks down into harmless compounds which is why it can be considered "organic" so to speak.

It is a oxidizer and will encourage rusting and destroy surface treatments like floor wax and varnish.

Edited by Terillius (01/31/09 02:31 PM)

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Re: Bleach sterilization [Re: Terillius]
    #19802293 - 04/06/14 05:43 AM (9 years, 11 months ago)

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Terillius said:
Bleach won't hurt mushrooms or you unless in large quantities and/or heavy concentrations. 





How much is a high concentration? I used 20% bleach/water in a glove box and I'm trying to figure out if it was too much.

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Re: Bleach sterilization [Re: ShitakeIncarnation]
    #19802438 - 04/06/14 07:02 AM (9 years, 11 months ago)

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ShitakeIncarnation said:
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Terillius said:
Bleach won't hurt mushrooms or you unless in large quantities and/or heavy concentrations. 





How much is a high concentration? I used 20% bleach/water in a glove box and I'm trying to figure out if it was too much.




A 20% bleach/water concentration isn't too much in terms of fungus health unless you poured it over your spores or something. However a 10% bleach/water solution is more effective when using bleach as a disinfectant.

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