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contam or just bruising?
    #20549315 - 09/10/14 05:19 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)



Is this contamination or bruising?

About two weeks into colonizing the tub this was in broke so im fruiting it like a cake. Is this a contamination or just bruising from the fall that broke its box?

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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: lbigelow]
    #20551626 - 09/11/14 03:08 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Smell it, if you squint your eyes, it's a contam.
Also, blue is more likely to be a bruise and green is more likely - almost certain - to be a contamination.

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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: blue100]
    #20552351 - 09/11/14 09:45 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Use a Q-tip.  Rub it gently against the colored area.  If it is bruising, the qtip will remain white.  If it is contam, it will transfer to the Q-tip and you will have a colored Q-tip.


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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: Best Daddy]
    #20552688 - 09/11/14 11:14 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Use a Q-tip.  Rub it gently against the colored area.  If it is bruising, the qtip will remain white.  If it is contam, it will transfer to the Q-tip and you will have a colored Q-tip.




Bruising can rub off onto a q-tip, which would give a false positive for contamination. The q-tip test potentially misleading.

OP, is the area where the bruising occurred softer than the rest of the substrate? Often times a contaminated substrate, or area of substrate, will be basically falling apart and mushy.

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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: TheEaglesGift]
    #20555822 - 09/12/14 12:18 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I just checked and it is just as firm as the rest of the cake. I lightly swabbed it with a q tip and nothing came off...

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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: lbigelow]
    #20555838 - 09/12/14 12:24 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)



Also, off topic, why can i not seem to get an even pinset?!
The strain is penis envy and i spawned rye grass to cow manure, peat, and verm. This is my second grow and i am still have A LOT to learn. Thanks for the help...

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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: lbigelow]
    #20556587 - 09/12/14 07:09 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Is this in a SGFC? How is the humidity?

Maybe you should add gypsum to your bulk substrate.

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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: Kanji]
    #20556711 - 09/12/14 08:13 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Yes it is a SGFC. I have no idea where to find gypsum though. What is it used for?

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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: lbigelow]
    #20556712 - 09/12/14 08:15 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

And my humidity gage broke so i dont know exactly but it builds moisture up on the walls so i figger its pretty high...

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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: lbigelow]
    #20570636 - 09/15/14 01:00 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

If it was a contaminate it probably looks pretty bad by now. I think it was bruising.

You should get a humidity gauge. You should google gypsum. But like most supplies for growing, gypsum can be found at horticulture stores.

I have never grown Penis Envy but I think it does not fruit as well as normal Psilocybin Cubensis.

One last question, do you have a good light on a timer?

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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: Kanji]
    #20583464 - 09/18/14 12:06 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

No i dont. I just have ambient room light. Is that bad?...

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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: lbigelow]
    #20586506 - 09/18/14 11:36 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

12 hours on 12 hours off with a 6500k(blue spectrum) fluorescent would be ideal.

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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: TheEaglesGift]
    #20586652 - 09/19/14 12:47 AM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Does the number of watts matter? Or does it just need to be a 6500k daylight bulb? I found some at walmart that range from 45 to 65 watts but they all say 6500k daylight full spectrum.

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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: lbigelow]
    #20588737 - 09/19/14 02:09 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Stronger the better. Those will work well. Set the light as close the fruiting chamber as you can. Fluorescent bulbs give off very little heat.

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