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AEL1911
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Gymnopilus slow grain colonization
#19380933 - 01/07/14 04:44 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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**Spawned to pasteurized supplemented wood based substrate and failed with contamination on Jan 18th 2014** In case you didn't read carefully this isn't about cubensis.
My grain spawn jar is taking a long time to colonize. I'll tell you what I've done so far.
I measured about 160ml of dry WBS (mainly millet and canary seed with hulls) and rinsed. I then put in a pint jar, added almost a teaspoon of gypsum and soaked for 17 hours. After the soak I rinsed the WBS. (probably most of the gypsum off as well ) I then boiled the WBS for 30 minutes. I noticed the WBS had swollen up and I reduced the amount that I put in the jar to keep the 160ml measurement. Afterwards I drained the WBS and let it dry off. After I figured the WBS was dry enough I loaded it into the jar again, put 2 layers of tyvek as a filter(from coveralls) on top of a lid with four 2mm holes and P.Ced for an hour @ 9.42psi.
I let the jars cool overnight. Upon removing from the pressure cooker I noticed the WBS was clumped together in a big mass. I had to vigorously shake the jar to get the kernels to seperate.
On Dec 11th I made a spore syringe from my wild gym print and injected 2.5cc into one hole. The spore print is from one of the fruits from this post http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/19034155 I then put masking tape over the hole I made with the syringe through the 2 layers of tyvek.
I incubated the jar in a 3.4 liter box which had a lid on it. The boxes interior air temp is 26C (78.8F) It's a tub in tub method. Four and a half days later I could see colonization. I suspected it was probably noticeable a day previously but I didn't check.

The mycelium is fuzzy and has spread out from the injection point.
I have never shook the jar.
22 days later I noticed some the mycelium on the top of the kernels has become thicker. It looks glossy and smooth.
Today I noticed kind of a dry? yellow spot on the mycelium and some slight yellow, brown areas.
 I also noticed a wet spot. Maybe this is just condensation that has run down the side of the jar.

The box that it is incubating inside smells like mushrooms and nothing that would indicate mold or rot to me. Other than that the mycelium appears normal, but what do I know...
Tomorrow will be 28 days since injection. What is taking so long?! 
I suspect lack of gas exchange, dried out WBS or possibly genetics. Maybe there is some contamination...I don't know.
Edited by AEL1911 (01/18/14 05:58 AM)
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JMcDoogle
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Re: Gymnopilus slow grain colonization [Re: AEL1911]
#19381197 - 01/07/14 07:31 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I will post here because nobody else has to bump it up.
I have no experience in this species, though I would assume trying something along the lines of a sawdust / woodchip / straw mixture to inoculate next time to see if it takes to it much faster.
Other than that, watch your temps and observe whats working best!
Yellow could be yeast, wet spot could be slime mold?
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Edited by JMcDoogle (01/07/14 07:32 AM)
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Re: Gymnopilus slow grain colonization [Re: JMcDoogle]
#19381363 - 01/07/14 08:52 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I got some atl#7 going and yes it is much slower than my cubes I have sitting beside it IMO!
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Re: Gymnopilus slow grain colonization [Re: NOTFALL3N]
#19381380 - 01/07/14 08:57 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Seems like your moisture content is a little too high.
Strange that you can't smell any bacteria though.
That would be my first guess.
You are going to transfer the grain to wood right?
If so, you don't have to wait for the whole thing to colonized just pour off the un-colonized grain and use the colonized grain.
Are you in a hurry for any particular reason?
If you are not I would just say leave it be.
Also, don't use an entire print for something like this in the future.
It would make more sense to put some spores on agar and then transfer.
Unless you are drowning in Gym prints or something.
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Edited by Ganzig (01/07/14 08:59 AM)
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Re: Gymnopilus slow grain colonization [Re: AEL1911]
#19382329 - 01/07/14 12:56 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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AEL1911 said:
I let the jars cool overnight. Upon removing from the pressure cooker I noticed the WBS was clumped together in a big mass. I had to vigorously shake the jar to get the kernels to seperate.
Thats y it took long, you didn't rinse well enough, but at least you made it lol! if it smells good then congrats, here are my gym jars that took about 11 -14 days



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Re: Gymnopilus slow grain colonization [Re: cronicr]
#19383909 - 01/07/14 05:30 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I thought I rinsed pretty well. The water wasn't too dirty looking during rinsing. No I'm not in any particular hurry and yes I will spawn to some supplimented shredded oak and beech chips. No I didn't use the whole print, probably not even 25% of it.
I made some PF cakes (substituted verm with shredded and chipped wood) from the same print. They reached full colonization in 2 weeks or a day or 2 less. Unfortunately those cakes were made too wet and the bottom of the jar never colonized. I decided to let them consolidate for a week then birthed them. I did a 16 hour dunk then roll and they are currently in my SGFC. 21 days since birth they haven't produced any pins. Anyway that's another post.
About agar is it highly likely that a wild print would contain bacteria and or mold spores which could stop and or slow down colonization? I also heard MS inoculation is a crap shoot as compared to innoculating with agar. I'm pretty new to cultivation so I'm trying to pick up what useful information from this forum as I can (which is a lot)
Thanks for your response guys. Well if I never get any fruits or contamination at least it was a learning experience and I'll be trying again!
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Re: Gymnopilus slow grain colonization [Re: AEL1911]
#19383969 - 01/07/14 05:39 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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yes theres a good chance of contams with wild prints but it's not guaranteed, those pics i posted i didn't use agar and had some success
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Re: Gymnopilus slow grain colonization [Re: cronicr]
#19384074 - 01/07/14 05:56 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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what species is this anyway? nevermind i found it lol, mine was luteoviridis
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Edited by cronicr (01/07/14 06:01 PM)
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AEL1911
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Re: Gymnopilus slow grain colonization [Re: cronicr]
#19384804 - 01/07/14 08:10 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I see. Did you shake your jars? I decided not to shake mine since someone seemed to have trouble with the mycelium recovering and bloodworm stated the myc should not be disturbed. Of course I've read to shake the jars once.
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Re: Gymnopilus slow grain colonization [Re: AEL1911]
#19384819 - 01/07/14 08:13 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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yeah i shook mine without issue, stonesun told me it wouldn't be a problem and he was spot on i got his and java dogs grows in the info section under other species
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Re: Gymnopilus slow grain colonization [Re: cronicr]
#19384822 - 01/07/14 08:14 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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cronicr said: what species is this anyway? nevermind i found it lol, mine was luteoviridis
So what is it? lol I don't know and haven't send the spores to anyone for examination under a microscope.
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Re: Gymnopilus slow grain colonization [Re: AEL1911]
#19384824 - 01/07/14 08:15 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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AEL1911 said:
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cronicr said: what species is this anyway? nevermind i found it lol, mine was luteoviridis
So what is it? lol I don't know and haven't send the spores to anyone for examination under a microscope.
i just read your link lol!
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Re: Gymnopilus slow grain colonization [Re: AEL1911]
#19384854 - 01/07/14 08:21 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Well maybe i'll try again with shaking. Is it possible that a small amount of substrate or cake wouldn't produce fruits? Everyone else was doing bags. One of the wild fruits I found was fairly large, but I did find a few that weren't as large. I wanted to see if indoor cultivation was feasible before devoting a few quarts of substrate to inoculation.
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Re: Gymnopilus slow grain colonization [Re: AEL1911]
#19384864 - 01/07/14 08:23 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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mine was about 2-3 inches and fruited fine with a thin casing layer, and another fruited fine with out one
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Re: Gymnopilus slow grain colonization [Re: cronicr]
#19384927 - 01/07/14 08:35 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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cronicr said: mine was about 2-3 inches and fruited fine with a thin casing layer, and another fruited fine with out one
I found a wild fruit somewhere near that size. I was surprised at how long the larger wild fruits lasted. Maybe slow growth is a good thing. EDIT: I now think he meant the substrate depth.
I think I'll still wait a little for the WBS to colonize then spawn to bulk and case with a 50/50+ mix. What were your fruiting temperatures? I'd like to keep them in a certain room but that room ranges from 10-6 degrees Celsius. I think i'll have to keep them in another less than ideal place. At least it won't drop below 10 degrees Celsius.
Edited by AEL1911 (01/18/14 06:11 AM)
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Re: Gymnopilus slow grain colonization [Re: AEL1911]
#19384941 - 01/07/14 08:38 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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well the ones i had were tropical so i used regular room temps
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Re: Gymnopilus slow grain colonization [Re: cronicr]
#19384971 - 01/07/14 08:44 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I checked the temperature in the area about a month before I found the fruits and concluded that my previous choice for a fruiting temperature was probably less than optimal. Lots of trial and error
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Re: Gymnopilus slow grain colonization [Re: AEL1911]
#19385014 - 01/07/14 08:51 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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thats right! try at room temp alot of cold weather fruiters only fruit at those temps just because it's too dry in the summer
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Re: Gymnopilus slow grain colonization [Re: cronicr]
#19389609 - 01/08/14 05:43 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I have some BLG jars that are like a fucking year old I keep procrastinating on using. They look good still though. Ole Wiscokids Jilms from Wisconsin.
What Gym species is this? Why are you using wbs? No rye grain around?
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I never got a straight answer about the species. I can get rye grain if I order on the internet. I think it wasn't too expensive but it wasn't like a 50lb bag(not that I need it, yet)
I tried wbs because it's available at a local hardware store. The bag actually stated the nutrition levels!
I'll probably try rye soon. I want to make sure my methods work before I invest too much money. It's all about rice in this country but whole grain barley, corn and hemp seeds are available. Whole grain wheat and rye seem like it would have to be ordered. I've read corn, hemp and possibly wheat is a poor choice for grain spawn or substrate, I forget which right now.
Edited by AEL1911 (01/18/14 06:13 AM)
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