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PLEASE HELP ME, FIRST TIME GROWER
    #14411474 - 05/06/11 05:33 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Hi.

Please help me anyone.

I am a first time grower and first of all I would like to apologize for my english.

So. I bought a growkit and I did like they said. When I harvested mushrooms, something hapened with my growkit. It becomes very green.(see pictures 3,4,5). But not the same time I harvested but one day later. I was not doing in glowes and face mask. When I picked mushrooms from growkit, (which was in a plastic bag) I was doing with hands which I washed with soap and disinfectant earlier.
So please tell me what to do with growkit. Is this health or I have to throw away immediately. I wonder whether it could be harmful this. Maybe its poisoned.

My mushrooms become green on the bottom where I cut with scissors. I would like to know if this mushrooms are infected and if I can eat them. (pictures 1,2)

I would like to know also If I can eat mushrooms with open cap (see pictures 1,2) or this is not good. Because this is my first time and I do not know if the caps should be closed or open.

What do you think are white spots top of the growkit (picture 4) and around of the box (pictures 3,5 ).

And how to dry them not to lose potency or with minimum lost of potency.

Many thanks to everybody for answers.



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Re: PLEASE HELP ME, FIRST TIME GROWER [Re: galaktik]
    #14411540 - 05/06/11 05:48 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

wow you got alotta side pinning!  id take the cake out, clean it up and dunk it then maybe fruit it as a block with more surface area or at least duck tape the bottom of the container so it cant see light...  the blue bruising on the bottom of the shrooms is good!  it means presence of magic!:thumbup:  make sure you print some of those!!


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Re: PLEASE HELP ME, FIRST TIME GROWER [Re: galaktik]
    #14411573 - 05/06/11 05:55 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Wow that's some major side pinning! Next time try wrapping the outside of the container with something opaque (duct tape, foil, dark paper taped on) to reduce this.

The green is probably just bruising, which is fine.  I've noticed that sometimes the bruising look a little greener than blue if the stems have a really yellow color.

Open caps or closed doesn't matter, still safe to eat.

Dry with a fan, desiccant chamber, or dehydrator until they crack when you bend them. Make sure they aren't rubbery or soft at all. No matter how you dry them, it is unlikely you will lose much potency, as long as you get them cracker dry before storage. Depending on relative humidity, fan drying may not get them fully dry, but it's worked for me in the past before I bought my dehydrator


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Re: PLEASE HELP ME, FIRST TIME GROWER [Re: ranticalion]
    #14412087 - 05/06/11 07:40 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Take it out and fruit it as a block,the reason your getting side pins like that isn't so much light as it is simply ideal conditions for them moisture/humidity


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Re: PLEASE HELP ME, FIRST TIME GROWER [Re: steelmonkey]
    #14412231 - 05/06/11 08:07 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

thats blue, not green, which means its bruising. you are fine. just take it out and fruit as a solid piece in your fc


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Re: PLEASE HELP ME, FIRST TIME GROWER [Re: ihatethis]
    #14412259 - 05/06/11 08:12 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

If you break it up, would it do damage or simply prolong?


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Re: PLEASE HELP ME, FIRST TIME GROWER [Re: Rikktor]
    #14412277 - 05/06/11 08:17 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

na dont break it up just take it out..  put it in a milk jug or a small container that'll hold humidity and let it breath at the same time..  dunk it in tap water for 6 hours or so first :super:


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Re: PLEASE HELP ME, FIRST TIME GROWER [Re: wow]
    #14412372 - 05/06/11 08:40 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

I'd leave it in the bag and cover the sides.. he probably dosent know what dunking is and probably dosent have a Fruiting chamber accept for the bag.

I suggest keep it in that tub rehydrate it by filling it with water like you did in the begining poor off the water after 24 hours put it back in the bag. Its pretty much a sure thing.


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Re: PLEASE HELP ME, FIRST TIME GROWER [Re: skiddy]
    #14412578 - 05/06/11 09:16 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

to dry them just let them sit out in the open air. dont put them in a bag or container or paper bag drawer or fridge or anything eles that comes to mind just space em out and let em sit.


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Re: PLEASE HELP ME, FIRST TIME GROWER [Re: skiddy]
    #14412916 - 05/06/11 10:28 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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skiddy said:
I'd leave it in the bag and cover the sides.. he probably dosent know what dunking is and probably dosent have a Fruiting chamber accept for the bag.

I suggest keep it in that tub rehydrate it by filling it with water like you did in the begining poor off the water after 24 hours put it back in the bag. Its pretty much a sure thing.




lol i know he probably doesnt have a FC its a kit :lol:  anyways if I were you id make a small fc out of a milk jug or something similar that will let the sides fruit freely as well..  more surface area is better!  ive done this with bulk sub before and it works great!  the block will provide its own humidity just like in the growbag..  only it will allow more space for the block to fruit..  and if you wanna better second flush id reccomend just putting the block in some regular tap water or bottled water or whatever and weighing it down and let it soak for 6 hours..  the shrooms that grew took ALOT of water from the substrate trust me!  after the dunk you can even roll it in some verm if you have it..  if not its all good..  put it in the new fc and let er grow!  if the sub drys out it will just die and that'll be it..  the dunk is highly benificial!!  and if you have plans of continuing this hobby afterwards make a few prints!  its really easy and will help you avoid having to buy spores in the future!  heres a really good video that shows how its done!


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Re: PLEASE HELP ME, FIRST TIME GROWER [Re: wow]
    #14412948 - 05/06/11 10:36 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

and for the doubters..  heres a milk jug i spawned whole brown rice to poop..  it worked awesome!!
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