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lbigelow
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contam or just bruising?
#20549315 - 09/10/14 05:19 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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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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blue100
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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: lbigelow]
#20551626 - 09/11/14 03:08 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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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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Best Daddy
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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: blue100]
#20552351 - 09/11/14 09:45 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.
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TheEaglesGift
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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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Best Daddy said: 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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lbigelow
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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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lbigelow
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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: lbigelow]
#20555838 - 09/12/14 12:24 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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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) |
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Is this in a SGFC? How is the humidity?
Maybe you should add gypsum to your bulk substrate.
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lbigelow
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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: Kanji]
#20556711 - 09/12/14 08:13 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yes it is a SGFC. I have no idea where to find gypsum though. What is it used for?
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lbigelow
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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: lbigelow]
#20556712 - 09/12/14 08:15 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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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) |
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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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lbigelow
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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: Kanji]
#20583464 - 09/18/14 12:06 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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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) |
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12 hours on 12 hours off with a 6500k(blue spectrum) fluorescent would be ideal.
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lbigelow
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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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TheEaglesGift
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Re: contam or just bruising? [Re: lbigelow]
#20588737 - 09/19/14 02:09 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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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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