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dirtlambguy
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too much water? (bacterial smell)
#13154177 - 09/06/10 08:05 AM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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I recently made a tray from a bus-boy tub and about 11 quarts of substrate. It took off okay, some mycelium broke through the top layer, then it kind of stalled out. A friend of mine said the room smelled, so I lifted the plastic, and there was a sweet smell, similar to what bacteria infested grain smells like, but not as bad. So two questions:
Should I throw my tray away and start again, or wait and see if it colonizes? and: I believe that there is bacteria because I overhydrated the substrate. It only dropped a drop or so of water when I squeezed it hard, but there was a slight muddy texture to it. Does anyone know an exact amount of water to put with an amount of substrate? Or a guideline as to how properly hydrated substrate looks/feels? Thanks. -Nig
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Re: too much water? (bacterial smell) [Re: dirtlambguy]
#13154338 - 09/06/10 09:22 AM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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There's a video and verbal demonstration of field capacity moisture level in the casing layer prep video, as well as the manure substrate video. RR
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Re: too much water? (bacterial smell) [Re: RogerRabbit]
#13154421 - 09/06/10 09:55 AM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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heh ive had some luck with slightly off smelling wbs jars...but maybe i was just lucky i lost 1 casing to a very pungent bacterial smell, but my bulk colonized and fruited nicely...so its hard to say...if it smells BAD then toss it, but if its just a hint of the smell, at least see if it will colonize and fruit
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Re: too much water? (bacterial smell) [Re: CamKron]
#13154638 - 09/06/10 11:01 AM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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My first guess would be temperature. Higher temps will provide a great environment for bacteria or other contaminates to flourish while also stalling out the mushroom mycelium.
The smell is tricky too, my old room mate hated the smell of half the stuff I worked with so his advice on something smelling bad would have been useless.
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