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sakurabane
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Please help Brown discolouration forming in Jars
#18749467 - 08/23/13 10:51 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Whats up guys first post and unfortunately a sad one, i have 6 jars currently running in a plastic container with one home made heat bomb keeping the temperature perfect at around 29 - 30, i used the verm and brown rice seed flower method to make my cakes, sterilised in a pc, then inoculated with a needle i purchase from spores 101 (golden teachers) the jars started fine and began taking hold of the substrate about 8 maybe 10 days ago but around 6 days in i noticed a bit of brown in one of the jars which since has spread iv got a few pictures hopefully someone can let me know if its a contam and possibly the reason why i have encountered it

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Tmethyl
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Re: Please help Brown discolouration forming in Jars [Re: sakurabane]
#18749508 - 08/23/13 11:00 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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The discoloration is metabolites/enzymes, not harmful to your mycelium but rather created by your mycelium and exuded. Times to expect metabolites would be during the consolidation period (after it's fully colonized) or when you have some bacterial contamination.
Also, you do not leave the foil on after PC.
For now I would treat this jar as normal, if anything else develops just toss it, it's likely contaminated.
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rockstaradam
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Re: Please help Brown discolouration forming in Jars [Re: sakurabane]
#18749521 - 08/23/13 11:04 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Looks like contam to me, I would pc and toss it. Your first problem is using spores 101. 1, they arent a sponsor 2, they rip people off, 3 their "spores" aren't really spores. I made the mistake of ordering from them for my first grow and every single one of my jars turned purple... TERRIBLE! Use a sponsor. I know we shouldn't be talking about vendors.... butttt use freespores they have great spores and give you a free spore syringe with EVERY order. Good luck and don't give up, it will pay off. I'm probably wrong with everything im saying, but im a noob hey. You aren't me, so keep it for a couple more weeks
Edited by rockstaradam (08/23/13 11:05 PM)
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Kitten on Crack
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Re: Please help Brown discolouration forming in Jars [Re: rockstaradam]
#18749638 - 08/23/13 11:39 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I agree with Tmethyl, take the foil off and give it a another week under a close eye. Also is it me or does 30 degree's Celsius seem pretty dang warm for incubation...?
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sakurabane
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Re: Please help Brown discolouration forming in Jars [Re: Kitten on Crack]
#18749785 - 08/24/13 12:26 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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ok well the temperature is from 2 separate sources both being videos the older one recommending around 30 and the newer one around 28 so i dont know if these temperatures are inaccurate but is what i understand im supposed to maintain for this process then i believe it drops 2 for the fruiting stage?
n e ways ill keep posting pictures as they develop i have 5 jars 2 of which are showing this discolouration the others are not
i will also look into purchasing spores from a more reputable vendor, just hoping to see some return for the investments i made, as for removing the tin foil does that mean my mycilium will no longer be contaminated by the surrounding air in the container which holds my jars? i assumed the tinfoil just acted as another barrier to prevent contams, i change the foil every few days
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