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A point that might be worth mentioning is that next time you spawn make sure that you add a light final layer of the spawn on top of the straw. If the surface colonizes fast then that provides additional protection from contams. Don't take it from me... I was told this by an antelope. 

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Just wanted to jump in here and give my 2 cents!

I was looking at you pics of the spawn, and I would suggest perhaps letting those jars get completely colonized, from the pics, it looked like you had quite a lot of open rye grain. In my experience with bulk, this is always where it goes wrong, the rye getting contaminated.

With all of the grain totally colonized you stand a much better chance of fighting of contams!

Dave

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I'm telling ya theres somethign wrong with my camera and whites, but trust me those jars were fully colonized. They were even sitting for an extra half week before I used them. After I shake my jars they almost always look WAY less colonized, but I know better
 

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congrats Nixxon, you got there in the end

Zed 

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Tks Zed
First flush is long gone, and I should be expecting the beggining of the second flush soon, that is if the rotting shrooms at the bottom of the bin don't contaminate the whole lot first. I allready started anew bin, using pretty much the same method strain etc etc, that are colonizing really well due to temp control and being chopped up and packed down. I also used about twice as much rye grain as well. The pie pans of straw I started alil while ago are done colonizing the casing and are now in the fruiting chamber too. With the new straw bin I taped a double layer of black plastic garbage bag underneith the entire bin to stop light from reaching the bottom and sides. Learn from my mistakes I do :P