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randy420rhoads


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Scots woodchips/yard mulch
#14025330 - 02/25/11 12:48 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Just opened my bag to use as secondary spawn, and it has mycellium already on it. It smells distinctly mushroomy. What are my options? Should I just toss the bag and get a new one? Has tis happened to anyone before?.....
I was hoping theres a chance when I came into contact with it all the spores on my clothing landed on it but that doesn't seem too likely....
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Tangich


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Sterilize and use.
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randy420rhoads


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Re: Scots woodchips/yard mulch [Re: Tangich]
#14025362 - 02/25/11 12:54 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Damn 40 pounds of chips would require ALOT of PC loads. Also I read the mycellium only really thrives when it comes into contact with raw unsterilized chips. (after already having started alot of fully colonized primary spawwn)
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Tangich


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That is a lot. I don't think that sterilization would hurt the introduced mycelium, in cultivation of edible mushrooms sawdust and woodchip substrates are always sterilized. I guess that it's easier for contaminate mushrooms to attack sterilised woodchips. You may try soaking them in bleach water, but I'm not familiar with the exact procedure, search it.
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ehtdaedlufetarg
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Re: Scots woodchips/yard mulch [Re: Tangich]
#14032078 - 02/26/11 06:59 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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You could go ahead and try anyways. Woodlovers MYC is agressive so it will probably work to a degree anyways. Start with a good solid, fat chunk of healthy spawn. Boiling would be good if it makes it possible in comparison to a PC.
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randy420rhoads


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Not sure what you mean by it's agressive anyway. Are you saying just add spawn to the chips that have a foreign mycellium on it and it will over run it? Idk what i'm doing wrong my woodlovers take FOREVER to colonize and it was healthy aggressive chips i started with. is 70 degrees too high for them? should I move them outside to the low 50's?
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Primal Call
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stamets recommends 60-70 for woodlovers IIRC. as for the chemical additions, I have had some bad experience with using it... tried a couple "woodlover smoothie" teks and nothing came from them. too much chemical was probably my bad.
me being the curious soul that I am, I would toss down the already colonized chips and let them eventually fruit just to see what they are. then get some new chips for my intended culture
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