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Contam on casing...*sigh*
    #22226808 - 09/12/15 12:01 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Hello to all at the Shroomery!

It's been a while since my last post, but I will always be appreciative to the great folks here who helped me get started (without question a special thanks goes to RogerRabbit, whose DVD's could easily be entitled "the beginning mushroom cultivator's video bible."  I don't think I have ever bought anything where the return on investment was so disproportionately high).

That is in no way meant to diminish the invaluable help of all other members who offered their wisdom along the way.  I'm grateful beyond measure to you all.

Okay, so I have a bulk grow (combination of composted cow manure, chopped hay, verm, a small bit of coffee and the basic nutrients (gypsum and chalk). Inoculated bulk w/ratio of about 35% grain spawn.  FWIW I did pasteurize everything, and I sterilized the spent coffee grounds. 

It colonized beautifully.  I mean textbook-level amazing.  So I know I have the ability to prepare and inoculate a good bulk substrate (trying to look at the positive). 

Cased with a 50/50 mix of sphagnum peat moss and verm, plus some gypsum and chalk.

And out of nowhere I get an explosion of either trich or aspergillus, and the pinning process seems to have stalled. Last night I *carefully* wet the couple parts of the trich that were starting to turn green (BTW...color progression of the contam is white to gray to green).  I also covered the areas with hydrated lime.  But this AM, fresh myc from the trich has popped up. 

Should I just trash it (I already know the answer, but it really breaks my heart)?  RR I remember reading something of yours talking about how in the wild mushrooms have to compete with trich nonstop and they do just fine. 

It has not parasitized the actual colonized substrate, just the casing layer.  I am guessing that I did not have enough FAE and the still air plus high humidity were a dangerous combo for competitor molds.  The casing layer is now  much more saturated that it was when I laid it (probably due to natural thermal changes plus the inadequate FAE). 

There is no chance that I can just lift the casing off w/a spatula or something similar and recase, is there?  Or would I just be setting myself up for more heartache?  Honestly, I feel ashamed about how I am taking this...like I am a 18 y/o guy getting dumped by a girl (or in my particular case, another guy) for the first time!

I can post a picture if you like, but all you will really see at this point is hydrated lime.

One possible consideration is that I have moved, and I am now in a house that is in a heavily wooded area on the coast of Lake Michigan.  Is it possible that the spore load in the air (esp. given the massive amount of rain this summer in the Great Lakes region) is just too high?

Any feedback is appreciated.  Thanks.


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