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bacteria blues
    #23515549 - 08/06/16 10:00 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

I've been having bacteria problems characterized by stalled jars, rotten fruit smell, and weak mycelia. i use pf tec on small jelly jars w masking tape. i sterilize my needles w a propane blowtorch between jars. frankly, im at a loss. at times the method is almost flawless, on other occasions, bacteria is rampant(80%). id really appreciate any suggestions to prevent this.    Would H2o2 in the syringe or jar work?


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Re: bacteria blues [Re: mothballs]
    #23515558 - 08/06/16 10:02 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

H2o2 would hurt. It damages mycelium helping contamination out.

Pictures or explanation of everything start to finish would help


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Re: bacteria blues [Re: mothballs]
    #23515570 - 08/06/16 10:04 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Agar for syringe cleanup. Every project should be started on agar anyways. Also why masking tape? How permeable is it? You need a dry verm layer. That's it. No tape necessary.


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Re: bacteria blues [Re: bodhisatta]
    #23515573 - 08/06/16 10:06 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Yeah, give us a detailed guide of your sterile tek, spawn prep, and inoculation. Procedure.    We can help you out but we need more information.


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Re: bacteria blues [Re: Mad Season]
    #23515578 - 08/06/16 10:07 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

been useing masking tape for many years.... it works....pics wig me out


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Re: bacteria blues [Re: Mushierage]
    #23515585 - 08/06/16 10:09 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

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Yeah, give us a detailed guide of your sterile tek, spawn prep, and inoculation. Procedure.    We can help you out but we need more information.





No pics needed then.    Just write out your process.


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Re: bacteria blues [Re: mothballs]
    #23515593 - 08/06/16 10:11 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

1 part brf, 2parts verm, 1 part water in 1/2 cup mason jelly jars inoculated at 4 points (old school PF tec) with a dry verm barrier....pc-ed at 15 psi for for 1hr plus and knocked up as soon as cool. i use a propane blow torch to flame sterilize between jar innoculations


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Re: bacteria blues [Re: mothballs]
    #23515595 - 08/06/16 10:11 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Then explain your inoc procedure. Please tell me you don't use alcohol to wipe your needle.

Although posting a pic isn't bad.. lol@wigs you out. This site is HTTPS and exif free, as well as protected by the 5th.


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Re: bacteria blues [Re: mothballs]
    #23515597 - 08/06/16 10:12 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

I'm not asking for your sub ratios.    I'm asking for a detailed list that tells me your inoculation and sterile tek process. 

Can't help you figure out contam vectors if you do not provide this info.


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Re: bacteria blues [Re: mothballs]
    #23515599 - 08/06/16 10:12 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Keep foil on lids or keep foil off after inoculation
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Re: bacteria blues [Re: bodhisatta]
    #23515603 - 08/06/16 10:15 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

i use hand sanitizer,blue nitril gloves and a dustmask to innoc, pull the tape back, shoot em up, and cover back up. i leave the jars in a box in the closet till colonized. no finger fucking the jars. checked once every 4-5 days. i dont really mess w the temperature, my closet stays at about 75-78 degrees


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Re: bacteria blues [Re: mothballs]
    #23515609 - 08/06/16 10:19 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Are you inoculating in open air?    This is a contam vector. 


You are innoculating directly from spores to grain.  This is also a contamination vector.  To remove this vector, inoc to agar, then do agar transfers if necessary (most times it's not necessary) and inoc with agar wedge.


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Re: bacteria blues [Re: Mushierage]
    #23515614 - 08/06/16 10:22 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Also, 9 times out of 10 when you have bacteria, it's already in your spawn before even inoculating.      PCING for 1 he isn't long enough.    PC for 90 mins minimum.    Use foil over the lid to prevent anything falling onto it, and try inoculating in a still air box or in front of a flow hood.


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Re: bacteria blues [Re: Mushierage]
    #23515615 - 08/06/16 10:22 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

This is pf tek. No grains and no wedges.

Open air, although isn't ideal, won't be the reason why mass amounts of pf jars are going bacterial. Pf tek sterile tek is balls easy. If you don't alcohol wipe the needle, and flame between each jar, the problem is the syringe itself. Agar clean up and inoculating with LI would be the fix. Besides every project should be started on agar anyways.


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Re: bacteria blues [Re: Mushierage]
    #23515617 - 08/06/16 10:23 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

yes, open air. I've not advanced to agar yet... no flow hood.(working on it)... im a poor man, this is a hobby, not business... but im advancing slowly. i do bleach and clean everything surreptitiously


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Re: bacteria blues [Re: Mushierage]
    #23515620 - 08/06/16 10:23 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Inoculate in a still air box. Keep your jars on a shelf with ambient light not in a box in a closet

PC for 1 hour is fine for cakes.

The last thing you need is a flow hood. Build a SAB


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Re: bacteria blues [Re: bodhisatta]
    #23515625 - 08/06/16 10:25 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

A $5 tote with arm holes cut out is all you need for agar and cake inoc.


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Re: bacteria blues [Re: bodhisatta]
    #23515626 - 08/06/16 10:26 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Ah, missed the pf tek part.  The above info I gave is for grains, but sterility process still holds true.


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Re: bacteria blues [Re: bodhisatta]
    #23515627 - 08/06/16 10:26 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

why have so many people, lately, been thinking they need a flow hood to do agar work?

OP, SAB works perfectly fine for agar work, and everything else.


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Re: bacteria blues [Re: bodhisatta]
    #23515630 - 08/06/16 10:28 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

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Inoculate in a still air box. Keep your jars on a shelf with ambient light not in a box in a closet

PC for 1 hour is fine for cakes.

The last thing you need is a flow hood. Build a SAB





does light affect colonization rates??????????


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