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HorusTh3Chrous


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ConTam?? or just blue bruising? help please!
#10111473 - 04/05/09 04:44 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Do i need more humidity, or is this a contam? never noticed untill close to the end of its first flush.. thanks!
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c1dh3d
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Re: ConTam?? or just blue bruising? help please! [Re: HorusTh3Chrous]
#10111642 - 04/05/09 05:13 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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It does resemble a mold sort of growth pattern, but then again it is blue, so I would vote bruising - especially if its at the end of the first flush. Probably just needs some moisture
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Re: ConTam?? or just blue bruising? help please! [Re: c1dh3d]
#10111659 - 04/05/09 05:17 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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take a dry qtip and rub the area and if the color dosen't transfer to the Qtip its just bruising if it does you have green mold
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c1dh3d
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Re: ConTam?? or just blue bruising? help please! [Re: T-Rex]
#10111731 - 04/05/09 05:27 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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In addition to the q-tip test, you should note that spores dropped from mushroom caps rub off just as easily as mold. This is where you may want to smell test it to determine whether it is still good or not.
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Re: ConTam?? or just blue bruising? help please! [Re: c1dh3d]
#10111793 - 04/05/09 05:36 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Even bruising can sometimes transfer to a qtip... I've seen it happen actually. I've even rubbed a bruised fruit with some toilet paper and seen the toilet paper stain blue... so the qtip-test is not a 100% sure way to test for contam. On the other hand if nothing transfers to the q-tip then you can be sure it's not a contam, but I wouldn't throw a cake away just based on a q-tip test...
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HorusTh3Chrous


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Re: ConTam?? or just blue bruising? help please! [Re: dead]
#10111824 - 04/05/09 05:42 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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thanks guys ill do the q-tip test.. although i had a cake do the same thing & tested it this way and it didnt rub off
this is the same blue stuff so im guessing its just bruising
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Re: ConTam?? or just blue bruising? help please! [Re: T-Rex]
#10111836 - 04/05/09 05:42 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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shroomngreen89 said: take a dry qtip and rub the area and if the color dosen't transfer to the Qtip its just bruising if it does you have green mold
THE Q-TIP TEST IS NULL AND VOID!
One of these days, that stupid q-tip test that doesn't work will no longer be repeated endlessly. Bruising will rub off on a q-tip because the cotton swab will easily lift some of the mycelium.
That cake has to win the prize for the driest cake ever. Your picture resembles bruising due to the pattern, but it's so dry I can't tell from the picture. Wash it under the faucet. If it's mold, the spores will fall off and the cake will be white or nearly so. If the blue stays put when you wash it, then it was bruising. If it turns out to be bruising, dunk 24 hours before trying to fruit it again. RR
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HorusTh3Chrous


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Re: ConTam?? or just blue bruising? help please! [Re: HorusTh3Chrous]
#10111843 - 04/05/09 05:43 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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nope nothing rubbed off! whew
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HorusTh3Chrous


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Re: ConTam?? or just blue bruising? help please! [Re: RogerRabbit]
#10111865 - 04/05/09 05:46 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
RogerRabbit said:
Quote:
shroomngreen89 said: take a dry qtip and rub the area and if the color dosen't transfer to the Qtip its just bruising if it does you have green mold
THE Q-TIP TEST IS NULL AND VOID!
One of these days, that stupid q-tip test that doesn't work will no longer be repeated endlessly. Bruising will rub off on a q-tip because the cotton swab will easily lift some of the mycelium.
That cake has to win the prize for the driest cake ever. Your picture resembles bruising due to the pattern, but it's so dry I can't tell from the picture. Wash it under the faucet. If it's mold, the spores will fall off and the cake will be white or nearly so. If the blue stays put when you wash it, then it was bruising. If it turns out to be bruising, dunk 24 hours before trying to fruit it again. RR
haha word thanks RR!!
yea i was thinking they might be dry.. both just finished their first flushes.. so i guess they just need that dunk bad!
I live in the desert, i have a humidifier going in my room & no job so i mist at least 5 times a day..
maybe ill add another layer of perlite i think im at 4 inches.. but my terr. isnt as big as the one in the video..
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Re: ConTam?? or just blue bruising? help please! [Re: HorusTh3Chrous]
#10112036 - 04/05/09 06:10 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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modsquad09 said:
I live in the desert, i have a humidifier going in my room & no job so i mist at least 5 times a day..
maybe ill add another layer of perlite i think im at 4 inches.. but my terr. isnt as big as the one in the video..
me thinks adding more perlite as the terrarium gets smaller is silly
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HorusTh3Chrous


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Re: ConTam?? or just blue bruising? help please! [Re: potatonet]
#10112566 - 04/05/09 07:43 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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yea i washed it & its just bruising.. thanks RR & everyone!
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