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First time grower and have a contamination concern.
#22289692 - 09/25/15 06:55 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hello fellow shoomers, I'm currently doing my first grow. I did all the prepping of the substrate(2:1:1 PK Tek), sterilization and inoculation. I made 5 jars, they're on week 2 and I noticed some green mold on one of them and upon further investigation I saw a crack where the green mold formed(already dumped it). I started looking at the others and the one next to the cracked one had a little green spot near the top layer of the substrate(also dumped). Now I have 3 left, 2 in which I believe are doing very well. The 3rd one is the one in question because what I think might be mycelium looks a little more faint than the other 2 jars. So I've come for some advice as to if this is a mold or myc. I'd hate to dump another jar when it might not be necessary. I apologize if the pics are bad I used my cellphone. Thanks in advance.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22290957 - 09/25/15 11:18 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Looks like mold, but like you said, the pictures aren't the best.
Take a picture of all 3 of your jars together, it'll help show any contrast between the growths. If this one jars mycelium looks truly different in appearance than the rest, then it's probably mold.
Don't toss til you get a 100 percent confirmation though.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: TheEaglesGift]
#22291862 - 09/26/15 05:06 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Here is what my healthy jars look like.

Also the jar in question, the growth is right where the inoculation holes are if that might make any difference. The growth is more transparent looking which is why it's hard to see in the pics. I used a magnifying glass and the growth looks very similar to myc(stringy like) but it doesn't have a brilliant white color like my other two jars.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22293976 - 09/26/15 02:43 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Give it some more time.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: TheEaglesGift]
#22294003 - 09/26/15 02:52 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I think this is where the myc is growing toward the glass and not down it I've had several jars look like this it's fine just let it go
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: Tronix]
#22294515 - 09/26/15 04:36 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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OK, thanks guys. Yeah, I thought it was myc but it didn't look as bright white as my other jars but has the "stringy" look to it that myc has. I moved it away from the other jars just to be safe. Glad I'm not going to have to dump another jar though.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22297255 - 09/27/15 07:38 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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OK, a little update as I wasn't home for a day. I came home this morning and took a peek at the jars. From afar I can see the jar in question looked more white than a day or two ago. But upon looking closer I saw little orangish droplets where the myc is growing on the side of the jar. I thinks it might be metabolites or bacteria. What do you guys think?

Also, I apologize for sounding paranoid. It's just my first grow and I'm trying to learn from my mistakes(if I made any) for future grows. I did a lot of research and took the proper precautions, I'm just unsure of a lot as far as contaminats go and don't want to ruin the rest of my jars if it's not what I think it might be and could potentially contaminate my grow area. Thanks!
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22299593 - 09/27/15 05:16 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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What was your inoculation procedure dude? Whats your incubation temp?
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22300501 - 09/27/15 08:54 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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JacobStorm said: What was your inoculation procedure dude? Whats your incubation temp?
I kept the jars in the pot over night, cleaned the area I was going to use, I cleaned my glove box, sprayed the room with Lysol, put on gloves, wiped gloves with rubbing alcohol, cleaned the inside of the glove box and gave it a quick spray of Lysol, wipped the bag of syringes with alcohol and placed them in the glove box, placed jars from the pot to glove box, shook syringe(from sponsored vendor) and put in the needle, wiped needle with alcohol, flame sterilized the needle with a lighter torch, inserted and put .25cc in each hole, wiped needle, torched needle, ect, ect, until I was done.
I've kept them in my room on a shelf since. The temperature has been between 70-75. I have them when the room light reaches but isn't directly on them.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22301222 - 09/28/15 01:56 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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i say metabolites
it's a liquid
the one on the right looks fine, the one on the left probably too
the myc looks sparse but it is forming the same orange stuff
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: micro]
#22302134 - 09/28/15 10:29 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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micro said: i say metabolites
it's a liquid
the one on the right looks fine, the one on the left probably too
the myc looks sparse but it is forming the same orange stuff
Yeah, it's a liquid so I knew it wasn't mold or anything.
OK, cool. I'm glad they both look fine. I probably handled them too much which I'll avoid doing in the future. Ah, the woes of being a noob. Lol.
Thanks for your response. I thought a month of reading up on the process was enough. Seems there's still lots to absorb.
micro, since I have your attention, I saw in another thread you commented in that if using a SGFC you don't need to fan since it has adequate FAE, correct? I've been doing research all over the internet and I must be stumbling onto misinformatiin/outdated material. I have some time before I birth anything so I'm just trying to get my ducks in a row. Thanks again.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22302301 - 09/28/15 11:12 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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If you are using filters for air exchange then no, fanning it would be redundant.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: micro]
#22303171 - 09/28/15 02:28 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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micro said: If you are using filters for air exchange then no, fanning it would be redundant.
Wait, Filters in a SGFC too avoid fanning?
We don't fan for FEA. That's what all the holes in SGFC are for. We fan to encourage water evaporation which is one of a couple "pinning triggers"
I must be confused.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22303228 - 09/28/15 02:39 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I was under the impression FAE stood for filtered air exchange...
I also knew there was a chance I'd FCK the TLA's and that's why I spelt it out.
Also, who is "we?"
I feel like I walked into The Borg :V
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: micro]
#22303234 - 09/28/15 02:40 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Okay so see I thought it meant FRESH air exchange. lmao.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22303240 - 09/28/15 02:41 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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You're probably right
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22303243 - 09/28/15 02:42 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Oh and by "we" I meant anyone using a SGFC.
LIke I said Confused...
Lol well which is it?! I'd like to know if I should stop fanning my SGFC lol.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22303298 - 09/28/15 02:56 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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OBGYN
I'm sure you could come up with something...
Closed box, filters (this may be hard if it is thick plastic; you might have to melt it with a metal cylindrical object like a can, or use power tools if you have them) and possibly a (clean) fan, i.e. a power supply fan, behind the filter.
There are more clever ways to do it. When I was working in infectious disease research, we had to give a sow a sterile C-Section and put the kids in microbial isolation units. It was really just a bunch of plastic heat sealed together, and a heater and air compressor blowing hot air into the bubble. There were gloves attached to it with those metal ring clams with a screw. I assume it used HEPA filtration.
I'm sure any of this would work so long as you give it the optimal parameters you can.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: micro]
#22303319 - 09/28/15 03:01 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Very interesting. Wish I had a spare bedroom for experiments. I'd either blow you all out of the water, or just blow my self up... Probably the second one lol.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22308200 - 09/29/15 01:05 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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So then I will need to fan to encourage evaporation when using a SGFC? This is why I'm asking because I have been reading so much and I'm not sure if everything I've read is up-to-date information or obsolete. Thanks for the responses everyone.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22309292 - 09/29/15 04:09 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I fan my SGFC 3 times a day.
I'm 90% positive your supposed to do that after misting. However I only mist once in the morning and once at night. The water evaporation encourages pinning.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22309983 - 09/29/15 06:01 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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JacobStorm said: I fan my SGFC 3 times a day.
I'm 90% positive your supposed to do that after misting. However I only mist once in the morning and once at night. The water evaporation encourages pinning.
OK, that's what I thought I read.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22317987 - 10/01/15 09:00 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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So another little update. I've left the jars alone for a couple days and just took a peek at them to see if the myc has thickened up at all and upon looking I spotted what looks to be black mold that is along the top lip near the dry layer of verm. Just looking for verification before I sterilize and dump it. Thanks!
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22318153 - 10/01/15 09:40 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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yeah if that's not the substrate itself then its something you don't want >.<
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: micro]
#22318847 - 10/01/15 12:02 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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micro said: yeah if that's not the substrate itself then its something you don't want >.<
Yeah, it's definitely not the substrate because it wasn't there a couple of days ago. Oh well, I have 2 of the first 5 still so I'll just keep my fingers crossed. Plus I have 12 wide mouths going and they're doing way better than the tall regular mouths. I can see why the regular mouths aren't use in the PF Tek(anymore?). They take a while to colonize thus leaving them more susceptible to contamination. Live, learn, get wide mouths. Lol. Thanks for the input, micro.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22373911 - 10/13/15 03:16 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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OK, so I have a somewhat happy update. I birthed my first cake on Friday and one yesterday(dunked ATM). Now for the somewhat part, I have this kind of "fuzz" growing off of the first cake. Not sure if this is cobweb or another kind of mold or maybe just mycelium because it's either too dry or too wet? Any help would be great because I only have an hour until I have to roll the other cake and throw it in the SGFC. Thank you in advance.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22373935 - 10/13/15 03:20 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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We need a picture bud.
If its not grey its most likely mycelium. I remeber freaking out over that too..
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22374016 - 10/13/15 03:39 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Sorry. I'm on my phone, it doesn't let me post .jpg so I have to upload it to my pictures on here then I copy and paste and post it here. Took me longer than usual. Thanks for the quick response though, much appreciated.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22374205 - 10/13/15 04:21 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Your looking good man. BUT definitely cut that foil down to a little wider (1") to the cercumfrence of your cake. That fuzzy stuff your worried about is called " aerial mycelium" your cake is is literally stretching for fresh air. I'm experiencing this now. Either you arent fanning enough or your SGFC isn't set up properly dialed in via enough holes at the proper measurements ( 2" x 2" top and bottome side to side) like I'm experiencing.
Keep us posted
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22375541 - 10/13/15 08:22 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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OK, that's what I thought. I will definitely cut the foil down, thanks for the heads up. My setup right now is this, a small Rubbermaid tote with 1/4" holes spaced and drilled 2" on all 6 sides, I have dampened perlite that I wet and strained well at about 3.5" high. I've been misting but I'm not quite sure if I'm under/over doing it. I've read when misting to not let it puddle up(I'm assuming that means on top of the cake as well as the foil) so I've been holding the bottle away from the SGFC. When I'm at work I have a fan that blows very lightly that I place on the top of the SGFC. Water it definitely evaporating and then I mist again and fan it manually for a bit. How long should I fan for each time?
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22377469 - 10/14/15 08:49 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Are you letting the fan constantly run on your SGFC?
I mist and fan three times a day. You wanna mist first and then fan right, but if your over misting it won't really allow for evaporation so keep that in mind. It's mostly trial and error and just figuring out what works for your grow.
Your SGFC sounds good. I'd recommend another half inch of perlite to make it 4" total. I have a large tote so I have 5" of perlite.
Mist your cakes till their glistening and Fan for like 45 to 60 seconds.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22378891 - 10/14/15 02:27 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah, I kept it on constant but it's a very very very light air flow because the fan is messed up but enough to move the air and evaporate the mist. I did this only for Monday and Tuesday while I was at work. I didn't do that today though.
OK, so if I understand correctly now, the fanning is to replace the stale air with fresh air and encourage evaporation and the SGFC is going to do the rest of the evaporating because of the holes drilled into all six sides of the tote?
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22379455 - 10/14/15 04:06 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Don't run a fan on it. It will dry out your perlite. You might want to re wet it. I put my SGFC in the shower for a while. Take out the cakes of course and been quick.
The holes in your SGFC is for FEA. Fanning is too also help with FEA and also to encourage evaporation.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22379958 - 10/14/15 05:55 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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OK, no fan, check. The perlite believe it or not is still very damp. I just got a hygrometer/thermometer from Home Depot so I'm waiting to see what the humidity is in the SGFC. I also picked up a huge bag of perlite as I only had two little bags so I'll add some more to the SGFC.
OK, gotcha. There is a lot of old or inaccurate info out there and I'm just trying to understand the process as I have a shelf full of colonizing jars and these 2 survivors of my first attempt are my trial run.
Thanks for all the replies and suggestions.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22380303 - 10/14/15 07:16 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Oh got it man no worries. I followed a 5 year old tek my first time and had a horrible Time lol.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22383389 - 10/15/15 01:04 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah, it sucks. Lol. Hey quick question on humidity. I can't for the life of me get it up past 70%. Last night I had it at 80% but I added more perlite and it dropped to 70% and won't budge. Any advice on that? Thanks man, you're helping me learn a lot, it's much appreciated.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22383803 - 10/15/15 02:53 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Don't be too concerned about humidity so long say our getting great FEA.
But to answer your question it sounds like your humidity gauge needs to be calibrated. Your SGFC is most likely at 100% humidity but the gauge is off. The same thing happened to me lol.
Your gauge should have come with instructions to calibrate it but if it didn't google the brand and model for instructions.
Like mine, it wouldnt go past 80% but after calibrating it always reads between between 90-100
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22383806 - 10/15/15 02:54 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Do you have pins yet?
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22384351 - 10/15/15 04:47 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yup, hygrometer was off I did the wet towel test and it didn't go past 80% so I adjusted the screw for 100% humidity. And no, no pins yet. :/
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22384541 - 10/15/15 05:19 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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BL4Z3D247 said: Yup,hygrometer was off I did the wet towel test and it didn't go past 80% so I adjusted the screw for 96% humidity. And no, no pins yet. :/
Ah I figured. Well it sounds everything is as it should be.
Keep misting and fanning and you'll have pins in no time I'm sure.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22384627 - 10/15/15 05:36 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Thanks man, will do. I'll keep you posted.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22415932 - 10/21/15 10:06 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hi all, just have an update. Been in the SGFC a week now. Not much happening pin-wise but these cake are starting to look ugly. What do you think?
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22417120 - 10/22/15 07:58 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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You just have to be patent. A week is nothing. It will pin I guarantee it you just have to be PATIENT! lol
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22417190 - 10/22/15 08:21 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Oh by no means am I trying to come off impatient it's just that these two cares were from my first run(trial run) and they look discolored. I just don't want my other cakes that were noc'd up 3 weeks after these and already have pins to get contaminated if these cakes have anything wrong with them. I've noticed they're not as white and the one with the red line on it looks like it's a tanish brown on the top half. The other one has a greyish color to it also. I'm just going to put them in the small SGFC I made for now and wait and see. I was just looking for input on how their appearance looked since they've changed over the last week. Didn't mean to sound impatient.
Edited by BL4Z3D247 (10/22/15 12:49 PM)
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22417284 - 10/22/15 09:03 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I have a couple cakes Witt the same tan/brownish thing goin on and their fruiting just fine IMO.
I bet there fine man. Once the cake is fully consolidated it's incredibly hard for them to get contaminated. They might have a bacteria but the fruits are safe to eat
By chence did you put coffee grounds in your sub?
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22418170 - 10/22/15 12:48 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Oh OK, that's good to know. Thanks for the assurance. 
No, no coffee grounds but I did use a tablespoon of gypsum for every 2:1:1 mix I did. The cakes in question were from my first mix(5 jars). 3 got contaminated and these 2 are what's left. I've since mixed and birthed 4 much healthier looking cakes that are pinning and fruiting great. I'll move these guys away from my others just to be safe. I have a smaller SGFC that I made to start off.
Thanks for the response. I'll post when these suckers pin up.
Edited by BL4Z3D247 (10/22/15 12:49 PM)
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22418541 - 10/22/15 02:25 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Oh okay. Yeah definitely report back with photos!
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22419337 - 10/22/15 05:47 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Huston, we have pinnage. Awesome!
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22423078 - 10/23/15 01:47 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Woot woot! Yay pins! Make sure and keep those cakes moist! Keep picture updating.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22423344 - 10/23/15 02:55 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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So keep misting them like I have been, until the cake glistens? And will do with the picture updates. Also my other cake feels lighter than the one now pinning, should I redunk it? If so what's the process, do I dunk and roll or just dunk it? Thanks for all the help you've given me, much appreciated dude.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22423404 - 10/23/15 03:20 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah keep misting till it glistens, let it dry out and then mist again.
If you already dunked then I wouldn't worry about the lighter cake.
Usually the dunk and roll is done after birthing.
I dunk the cakes in the same jar they colonized in with a bottle cap onop of the cake so when you screw the jar lid on it submerges the cake fully.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22423641 - 10/23/15 04:20 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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It was dunked but I used a fan that was broken and blowing very very lightly for 2 days(10 days ago now) while I was at work(when I first put it in the SGFC). I think that might've dried it out a bit. But I'll give it some time if you don't think there is an issue.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: BL4Z3D247]
#22424182 - 10/23/15 06:30 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah that was probably it. Maybe you should re dunk it.
Fans are not good for SGFC.
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Re: First time grower and have a contamination concern. [Re: JacobStorm]
#22426233 - 10/24/15 08:44 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah, I think I'll redunk it. I'll update when that sucker pins. Thanks.
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