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NewToMushies
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Is this contamination? (pictures inside)
#14464378 - 05/16/11 08:10 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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This is my first time growing, This is the growth after a week and a half and there is some dark looking stuff in the jars. I think it looks like the spores as they were a similar dark color should I be worried?


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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: NewToMushies]
#14464387 - 05/16/11 08:10 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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ya, them is contaminated y0
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: stranger_danger]
#14464418 - 05/16/11 08:15 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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That sucks, what are the proper way to dispose of the contaminated jars?
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: NewToMushies]
#14464505 - 05/16/11 08:26 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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PC them for 90 minutes to kill contam then wash the jar, sorry for your loss
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: 3n1gm4]
#14464530 - 05/16/11 08:30 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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As a side note to the contamination--why do you still have the foil on the lids? Your jars need gas exchange (GE). Did you do a dry verm upper barrier layer?
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: 3n1gm4]
#14464548 - 05/16/11 08:32 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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The onlyt hing i can think of that creates something looking like that is using a "new moon" syringe, which has an additive to make it black. its supposedly some secret ingredient to help prevent contamination.
A heavilt loaded spore syringe might cause that too. remember if it wasnt there before, its probably contamination.
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: pslyke]
#14464581 - 05/16/11 08:36 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I think I got overly excited and didn't do enough research. So I'll read and read on the forums to figure out my mistake. I think my problem was after inoculation I didn't pay close enough attention to them and one really contaminated jar infected the rest of them.
Right at the point of inoculation it did have the similar dark color where I put in the spores.
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: NewToMushies]
#14464613 - 05/16/11 08:42 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I had the same look from a new moon syringe, they add charcoal to the needle to prevent contams.
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: 3n1gm4]
#14464658 - 05/16/11 08:48 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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This is what the most infected jar looks like

The black part is part shadow I think you can tell the dark part in question.
Edited by NewToMushies (05/16/11 08:50 PM)
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: NewToMushies]
#14464680 - 05/16/11 08:51 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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what is that though, black mold?
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: ic3.qu33n]
#14464695 - 05/16/11 08:54 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Did you get syringe from earthstounge?
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: 3n1gm4]
#14464703 - 05/16/11 08:55 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yes I did get it from Earthstongue. And they PES Hawaiian's which has a dark spore color, I don't now what other syringes look like though.
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: NewToMushies]
#14464730 - 05/16/11 09:00 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Then the black is charcoal from the syringe you should be fine, always order from sponsers from now on ET sucks, they fill their syringes with charcoal to make them look like they have more spores.
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: NewToMushies]
#14464743 - 05/16/11 09:01 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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NewToMushies said: This is what the most infected jar looks like

The black part is part shadow I think you can tell the dark part in question.
thats not an infected jar and is infact how a new moon syringe should look like if that is a new moon syringe you used.
like previous poster said, they add extra ingredients to there syringes that make them go complelty black when yoiu shake it. its there additives that give this dodgy black looking stuff in your substrate.
So now if that really is a new moon syringe, then your jars are fine and just let them grow
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: veda_sticks]
#14464763 - 05/16/11 09:05 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Looking on the site I did use a New Moon Syringe. I have removed the tinfoil from the jars and are leaving them in a dark space. Do you think doing that is ok for now and I should just watch them for like 2 weeks. I inoculated 1.5 weeks ago.
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: NewToMushies]
#14464775 - 05/16/11 09:07 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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NewToMushies said: Looking on the site I did use a New Moon Syringe. I have removed the tinfoil from the jars and are leaving them in a dark space. Do you think doing that is ok for now and I should just watch them for like 2 weeks. I inoculated 1.5 weeks ago.
take the foil of the jars, its not needed. once you inoculate yoiur jars you dont need to put it back on.
Also its not nessesary to have your jars in the dark during colinisation, infact i recomend having them exposed to light, they seem to pin sooner once put into fruiting.
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: veda_sticks]
#14464788 - 05/16/11 09:10 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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NewToMushies said: Looking on the site I did use a New Moon Syringe. I have removed the tinfoil from the jars and are leaving them in a dark space. Do you think doing that is ok for now and I should just watch them for like 2 weeks. I inoculated 1.5 weeks ago.
take the foil of the jars, its not needed. once you inoculate yoiur jars you dont need to put it back on.
Also its not nessesary to have your jars in the dark during colinisation, infact i recomend having them exposed to light, they seem to pin sooner once put into fruiting.
Thank you that is what I'll do. I'm thinking I should leave them in my room so as the day goes on the sun will come up and give them a light cycle.
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: NewToMushies]
#14470352 - 05/17/11 10:04 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Also it has been almost 2 weeks since inoculation does this look like adequate myc growth?
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: NewToMushies]
#14470357 - 05/17/11 10:06 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yes considering you used the wrong jars and have been handling them...
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: 3n1gm4]
#14470378 - 05/17/11 10:09 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I understand this is my first attempt so I expected some problems but they should continue to grow even if its at a slower rate?
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: NewToMushies]
#14470538 - 05/17/11 10:35 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I used the tall jars my first grow and it didn't do too well, it took too long to colonize the cake and I barely got enough to eat 3 times, I moved straight to D5050's elementary coir tek and bulk monos with rye grain spawn and have gotten potent dry ounces from every flush since. I will never grow another cake unless it is in a short jar and I am going to crumble and mix them in a bulk sub. Best shroom I got off of any cake ever was an invitro, so if I have a tray fruiting in the SGFC I will put a few cakes that have been pinning invitro right in there jar and all sometimes.
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: NewToMushies]
#14470713 - 05/17/11 10:58 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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NewToMushies said: Also it has been almost 2 weeks since inoculation does this look like adequate myc growth?
Yes, it is a bit behind where you would like it to be. but this can be caused by packing the cakes, and by too much moisture too (and other causes).
Keep your eyes open and your chin up. You will get there.
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Re: Is this contamination? (pictures inside) [Re: Javadog]
#14470824 - 05/17/11 11:14 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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My last tall jars I had to slightly shake them when they were about 99% to get the bottom to colonize, I couldn't find short wide mouth half pints anywhere my first time and now I see them everywhere
Don't shake yours though, even though it probably wouldn't matter since you have already tilted them on their side but I do not use a dry verm layer and my lids have self healing inoc ports and SFD GE filters, so I am allowed to shake mine a bit to get the bottom loose from the jar and into some good ole stale air.
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