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TravelAgency
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If you dyed your agar will healthy mycelium change its color?
#22058392 - 08/07/15 11:51 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Here's some examples, when I did the transfer I left the discoloration out.



These are all oyster by the way if that makes a difference.
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bryanbzl
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Re: If you dyed your agar will healthy mycelium change its color? [Re: TravelAgency]
#22058427 - 08/07/15 12:04 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I assume you are referring to the colour in the agar itself changing. If so, then the answer is yes. I have had it happen many times with many strains. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it depends on what was used for colouring and whether or not the mycelium can consume the colouring agent. I believe I used regular "club house" spice brand blue food colouring.
-------------------- Cheers, bzl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "From 1898 through to 1910 heroin was marketed as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough medicine for children." conclusion: poor fucking children of the early 1900's.
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TravelAgency
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Re: If you dyed your agar will healthy mycelium change its color? [Re: bryanbzl]
#22058454 - 08/07/15 12:11 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ok cool, knowing what I know about mycelium I definitely thought that would be a possibility- but at the same time I wanted to ensure clean transfers. It does just look like the food colouring has been sucked out of it and from where the mycelium appears to be strongest. Thanks a lot! I appreciate it!
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bryanbzl
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Re: If you dyed your agar will healthy mycelium change its color? [Re: TravelAgency]
#22060624 - 08/07/15 09:14 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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No problem TravelAgency. I was actually surprised that I have not seen anyone post this question before. I guess not to many people colour their agar...
-------------------- Cheers, bzl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "From 1898 through to 1910 heroin was marketed as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough medicine for children." conclusion: poor fucking children of the early 1900's.
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TravelAgency
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Re: If you dyed your agar will healthy mycelium change its color? [Re: bryanbzl]
#22061123 - 08/07/15 11:41 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Appreciate it! The ones I already did agar to agar have already completely colonized the transfer and are starting to branch out into the new dish! Super excited this will be my first oyster grow.
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bryanbzl
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Re: If you dyed your agar will healthy mycelium change its color? [Re: TravelAgency]
#22062330 - 08/08/15 11:34 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I always recommend this grow for a few reasons:
1- ready out of the bag (pre-hydrated). 2- available anywhere in north America. 3- simple and DIRT CHEAP.
check it out Travel!
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/21846534#21846534
-------------------- Cheers, bzl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "From 1898 through to 1910 heroin was marketed as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough medicine for children." conclusion: poor fucking children of the early 1900's.
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TravelAgency
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Re: If you dyed your agar will healthy mycelium change its color? [Re: bryanbzl]
#22063787 - 08/08/15 05:42 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thanks a bunch! Wow- you don't have to pasteurize the substrate? Are oysters just that friggin boss? I also was recommended wheat straw as a substrate and there is a feed store near by- which do you think works better?
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