Home | Community | Message Board


This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: North Spore Bulk Substrate   Mushroom-Hut Substrate Bags   Left Coast Kratom Buy Kratom Extract   Kraken Kratom Kratom Capsules for Sale   Original Sensible Seeds Autoflowering Cannabis Seeds   PhytoExtractum Maeng Da Thai Kratom Leaf Powder

Jump to first unread post Pages: < Back | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Next > | Last >
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
InvisibleSupalemonhaze
Spore syringe hater.
Male


Registered: 10/02/15
Posts: 6,725
Loc: 12" down Europe's butthole
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: GreenRabbit]
    #23055676 - 03/28/16 04:41 PM (7 years, 9 months ago)

Quote:

GreenRabbit said:
Whoa, how did thread slide past me for 6 months?

I'll add some new pics soon.

For now, here's some old ones of what happens to a PF jar if not sterilized (not inoculated either).
I can see at least 5 different contaminants.






That's just gnarly.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisiblePastywhyteMDiscord
Say hello to my little friend
Male User Gallery


Registered: 09/15/12
Posts: 37,810
Loc: Canada Flag
Trusted Cultivator
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: Supalemonhaze]
    #23055789 - 03/28/16 05:19 PM (7 years, 9 months ago)

TBH grain water agar should also get longer than MEA as potentially high endospore counts can be an issue on occasion. Of course grains like brown rice will be more forgiving but with most you are playing with fire by shorting the run.

I use MEA, GW, potato, dog food, cornstarch, brown rice, honey, SITR, karo, and occasionally carrot as my typical ingredients. I mix and match most with the exception of malt and grain water. Be sure to pair starches and sugars, you never want a sugar heavy recipe.

Changing media regularly keeps vigor high and some also simply do better on some over others. You won't know this unless you try. Dog food sounds weird but is one of the best.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleSubnet Mask
 User Gallery

Registered: 05/08/15
Posts: 903
Loc: Flag
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: Pastywhyte]
    #23055971 - 03/28/16 06:09 PM (7 years, 9 months ago)

Don't drink and transfer, kids. 







Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleSupalemonhaze
Spore syringe hater.
Male


Registered: 10/02/15
Posts: 6,725
Loc: 12" down Europe's butthole
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: Pastywhyte]
    #23056398 - 03/28/16 07:42 PM (7 years, 9 months ago)

Quote:

Pastywhyte said:
TBH grain water agar should also get longer than MEA as potentially high endospore counts can be an issue on occasion. Of course grains like brown rice will be more forgiving but with most you are playing with fire by shorting the run.

I use MEA, GW, potato, dog food, cornstarch, brown rice, honey, SITR, karo, and occasionally carrot as my typical ingredients. I mix and match most with the exception of malt and grain water. Be sure to pair starches and sugars, you never want a sugar heavy recipe.

Changing media regularly keeps vigor high and some also simply do better on some over others. You won't know this unless you try. Dog food sounds weird but is one of the best.




Whoa, that's a lot of recipes! Guess I have a bit of mixing to do.

Edit:

Does using something like dogfood screw up visibility in the agar? I'm guessing it doesn't fully dissolve, right?


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisiblePastywhyteMDiscord
Say hello to my little friend
Male User Gallery


Registered: 09/15/12
Posts: 37,810
Loc: Canada Flag
Trusted Cultivator
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: Supalemonhaze]
    #23056459 - 03/28/16 07:53 PM (7 years, 9 months ago)

Ya need to filter it. I crush it, then boil, then filter, then add the broth to the agar and usually a simple sugar. Tho I think Muda doesn't filter his and he swears by it for getting invitro pins. So maybe I might try that myself. Certainly if you are leaving the solids use a longer cycle.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleSupalemonhaze
Spore syringe hater.
Male


Registered: 10/02/15
Posts: 6,725
Loc: 12" down Europe's butthole
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: Pastywhyte]
    #23058011 - 03/29/16 07:50 AM (7 years, 9 months ago)

I see. I used to love my premade sabouraud agar, crystal clear when you look through it with a light but once I compared it with MEA I noticed how slow it was for the mycelium to colonise it.

With sabouraud agar the mycelium colonises the whole thing as it goes rather than colonise on top.

Tried to get some agar additives today at the health shop but only found dextrose so far.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisibleblindingleaf
blue collar underworld
 User Gallery

Registered: 07/19/13
Posts: 22,008
Loc: sub-surface unseen
Trusted Cultivator
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: Supalemonhaze]
    #23058057 - 03/29/16 08:13 AM (7 years, 9 months ago)

little bastards tunneling thru my shit



--------------------
A few thoughts on cultivation
MICROBIAL HUSBANDRY!!!!

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineSloppyJoseph
Non-sporalator
Male User Gallery

Registered: 12/08/15
Posts: 8,511
Loc: Flag
Last seen: 3 years, 7 months
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: blindingleaf]
    #23058070 - 03/29/16 08:17 AM (7 years, 9 months ago)

Quote:

blindingleaf said:





SNIPED

:snipershot:

Right between the fucking eyes, that's gnarly as hell!


--------------------
AMU Q&A


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisiblePastywhyteMDiscord
Say hello to my little friend
Male User Gallery


Registered: 09/15/12
Posts: 37,810
Loc: Canada Flag
Trusted Cultivator
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: SloppyJoseph]
    #23058074 - 03/29/16 08:19 AM (7 years, 9 months ago)

Fuck I hate dealing with fucking rodents. . .


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisibleblindingleaf
blue collar underworld
 User Gallery

Registered: 07/19/13
Posts: 22,008
Loc: sub-surface unseen
Trusted Cultivator
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: Pastywhyte]
    #23058080 - 03/29/16 08:22 AM (7 years, 9 months ago)

i found a nest with babies in worm castings bin. took the babies out, put in plastic bag and crushed them with a brick. GTFO!!!


--------------------
A few thoughts on cultivation
MICROBIAL HUSBANDRY!!!!

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleSupalemonhaze
Spore syringe hater.
Male


Registered: 10/02/15
Posts: 6,725
Loc: 12" down Europe's butthole
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: blindingleaf]
    #23058303 - 03/29/16 09:41 AM (7 years, 9 months ago)

That's horrible. Rodents just love to tunnel through shit, never had problems with them at home but my dads old company was just teeming with the fuckers. They got inside these enclosed shelves where he stored seed pouches and they all had this hole in the middle, just tunnelling through like no one's business.

Fucker in the last pic got what was coming to him, perfectly split his skull in two :lol: what are the chances.

Edit:
Quote:

blindingleaf said:
i found a nest with babies in worm castings bin. took the babies out, put in plastic bag and crushed them with a brick. GTFO!!!




When I was young we used traps to catch them, throw them in the loo and pour boiling water on them. The screaming used to make me feel bad afterward.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineKizzle
Misanthrope
 User Gallery

Registered: 08/30/11
Posts: 9,855
Last seen: 19 hours, 55 minutes
Trusted Cultivator
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: Supalemonhaze]
    #23082688 - 04/04/16 02:24 PM (7 years, 9 months ago)

Poofy pin


--------------------


Edited by Kizzle (04/04/16 02:32 PM)


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleGrey
⇜ ✯ ⇝
 User Gallery


Registered: 11/06/14
Posts: 6,223
Trusted Cultivator
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: Kizzle]
    #23083081 - 04/04/16 04:09 PM (7 years, 9 months ago)

What's going on in that gif?
It's hard for me to see it well.


--------------------


:takingnotes:  AMU Q&A  :takingnotes:


If you don't have a plan of your own, you'll become a part of somebody else's.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleSnazz
Polymath
Male User Gallery


Registered: 11/24/15
Posts: 1,584
Loc: Canada Flag
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: blindingleaf]
    #23083476 - 04/04/16 05:37 PM (7 years, 9 months ago)

Rodents!  Not the usual contam  :P


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineSloppyJoseph
Non-sporalator
Male User Gallery


Registered: 12/08/15
Posts: 8,511
Loc: Flag
Last seen: 3 years, 7 months
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: Grey]
    #23083500 - 04/04/16 05:42 PM (7 years, 9 months ago)

Quote:

Grey said:
What's going on in that gif?
It's hard for me to see it well.




I think he flicked the mold fruiting body with a knife and made it disperse a shit load of spores into the air.


--------------------
AMU Q&A


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisiblePastywhyteMDiscord
Say hello to my little friend
Male User Gallery


Registered: 09/15/12
Posts: 37,810
Loc: Canada Flag
Trusted Cultivator
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: SloppyJoseph]
    #23083916 - 04/04/16 07:25 PM (7 years, 9 months ago)

Except mold doesn't produce fruit bodies. Pretty sure that was a higher fungus however I can't really make out many features.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleLocN9ne
ɢᄋᄋd ԲᄋЯ ᄁᄋȚᅢΙᄁɢ ᄂᄋ₩ᄂΙԲᄐ
 User Gallery


Registered: 04/17/15
Posts: 7,076
Loc: to the brain Flag
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: Kizzle]
    #23083955 - 04/04/16 07:37 PM (7 years, 9 months ago)

Quote:

Kizzle said:
Poofy pin




Wtf is that kizzle?


--------------------


Q&A
US vs. THEM

The more I learn, the less I know.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisiblePastywhyteMDiscord
Say hello to my little friend
Male User Gallery


Registered: 09/15/12
Posts: 37,810
Loc: Canada Flag
Trusted Cultivator
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: LocN9ne]
    #23083961 - 04/04/16 07:39 PM (7 years, 9 months ago)

Shit looks creepy as hell :uhoh:


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineKizzle
Misanthrope
 User Gallery

Registered: 08/30/11
Posts: 9,855
Last seen: 19 hours, 55 minutes
Trusted Cultivator
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: LocN9ne]
    #23086238 - 04/05/16 02:10 PM (7 years, 9 months ago)

Quote:

LocN9ne said:
Quote:

Kizzle said:
Poofy pin




Wtf is that kizzle?



Cobweb disease. I've been seeing a lot of it lately. Fortunately it's mainly in the later flushes when the substrate is pretty much spent anyway.



--------------------


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleSupalemonhaze
Spore syringe hater.
Male


Registered: 10/02/15
Posts: 6,725
Loc: 12" down Europe's butthole
Re: contamination pic of the day [Re: Kizzle]
    #23086290 - 04/05/16 02:25 PM (7 years, 9 months ago)

Never had a mold that attacks the fruits so far.

Anyone know if this looks like yeast/bacterial contam? Dunno if you'll be able to see it in pic but it looks like very small white dots.


Doesn't look like any bacteria I've seen before since the spots seem dry. The mycelium is regular oyster mycelium. This is my first time growing these but I noticed none of tje other jars have these white spots so far. Probably won't use it in any case since I need the best looking jars to do g2g. I am just curious if it is a contam since it is pretty hard to spot in a jar filled with mycelium.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: < Back | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Next > | Last >

Shop: North Spore Bulk Substrate   Mushroom-Hut Substrate Bags   Left Coast Kratom Buy Kratom Extract   Kraken Kratom Kratom Capsules for Sale   Original Sensible Seeds Autoflowering Cannabis Seeds   PhytoExtractum Maeng Da Thai Kratom Leaf Powder


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* ARE THESE CONTAMINATED (PICS)!? ShroominSpradl 3,481 3 11/17/01 01:22 AM
by flaw
* Is my mycelium COntaMinated ( PiCs_) T0aD 4,072 13 12/08/02 08:45 PM
by MuShARoom
* Is my mycelium contaminated ? ( PICS ) T0aD 3,375 4 12/08/02 08:38 PM
by MuShARoom
* Re: Do these look contaminated (Pic 2 - 6) MindQuester 1,323 3 12/29/99 11:15 AM
by Anonymous
* Re: Do these look contaminated (Pic 1 of 6) Anonymous 1,434 2 12/28/99 09:45 PM
by Anonymous
* possible contamination(pics) tayua 1,404 8 11/19/02 01:44 PM
by lvleph
* Novice suspects poss. contamination, pics included zodiac312 3,556 6 02/15/02 11:49 AM
by Seuss
* Re: help with contamination (pic) lostlogic 1,647 5 04/05/01 05:41 AM
by lostlogic

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Shroomism, george castanza, RogerRabbit, veggie, mushboy, fahtster, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a
56,800 topic views. 31 members, 290 guests and 42 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2024 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.033 seconds spending 0.007 seconds on 13 queries.