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yoyobumcowski
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Do these golden oyster pins look weird?
#23680481 - 09/26/16 05:05 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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First time grower here, do these look weird? I haven't seen any pictures of any pins with stuff kind of growing on the caps like mine.

Overview of my process: I used a glove box, being as sterile as possible and wiping everything down with alcohol before placing it in. I followed Doc's WBS tek and in the glove box dropped plug spawn I bought from a farmer's market into the jars. Got 7 1pint jars initially. Then I pasteurized some straw I bought from an art store (for Halloween decorations I guess?) and after it cooled, I placed it into a turkey bag and mixed in all 7 pints. Cut some holes in the bag and let it inoculate for a week. Then using a monotub I had from a time when I was younger, I placed perlite in the bottom to keep it humid and a crate for the bag to sit on. It's now the fifth day in the chamber, am I just being paranoid?
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Ferather
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Re: Do these golden oyster pins look weird? [Re: yoyobumcowski]
#23680503 - 09/26/16 05:12 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Looks like black or a dark is mold growing on them.
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yoyobumcowski
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Re: Do these golden oyster pins look weird? [Re: Ferather]
#23680554 - 09/26/16 05:28 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Are you certain? Should I throw this away or would more pictures help?
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Ferather
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Re: Do these golden oyster pins look weird? [Re: yoyobumcowski]
#23680559 - 09/26/16 05:31 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Sure if you can zoom in and make clear images safely.
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yoyobumcowski
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Re: Do these golden oyster pins look weird? [Re: Ferather]
#23680574 - 09/26/16 05:38 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Safely? Would this be dangerous if it's black/dark mold?
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Ferather
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Re: Do these golden oyster pins look weird? [Re: yoyobumcowski]
#23680610 - 09/26/16 05:51 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'm very sorry to say you have a fruit body disease, one of these.
You will need to get advice for trying to rescue that. Start by removing it safely. Wait for an expert.
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yoyobumcowski
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Re: Do these golden oyster pins look weird? [Re: Ferather]
#23680626 - 09/26/16 05:56 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Is it okay for me to continue keeping this tub in my room until I figure out what to do with it? I don't think I can simply remove it, everything looks like that to be honest. Here are better pictures:
Edited by yoyobumcowski (09/26/16 05:58 PM)
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Ferather
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Re: Do these golden oyster pins look weird? [Re: yoyobumcowski]
#23680649 - 09/26/16 06:06 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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No not after that last set of images. The longer you leave it the worse it will get. You need to put the whole thing outside, spores will be everywhere.
Here is a clean set of Golden oysters:
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Re: Do these golden oyster pins look weird? [Re: yoyobumcowski]
#23680662 - 09/26/16 06:09 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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You're risking your future grows by holding onto contaminated sub. IMO, put it outside and hope for the best.
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yoyobumcowski
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Re: Do these golden oyster pins look weird? [Re: shroombasa]
#23680688 - 09/26/16 06:16 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Thank you guys, it does get cold outside at night here so I doubt it'll survive out there. How would I go about finding out where I screwed up? Would typing up my entire grow log help anybody diagnose this? I thought I was extremely careful during this entire process. I would like to be able to grow golden oysters as I have another 2 bags of straw inoculating. I'm guessing if both of these bags do this then starting from plug spawn was truly a bad idea.
The one good thing I have going for me is this is in a room with a decent draft directed out the window via a fan, so hopefully any bad spores are sucked out.
Edited by yoyobumcowski (09/26/16 06:19 PM)
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Ferather
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Re: Do these golden oyster pins look weird? [Re: yoyobumcowski]
#23680701 - 09/26/16 06:20 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Dirty perlite, dirty water, dirty hands, dirty house, carpets, drywall, curtains, clothes you wear and so on.
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yoyobumcowski
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Re: Do these golden oyster pins look weird? [Re: Ferather]
#23680779 - 09/26/16 06:38 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Just for my sake, when you say throw this thing outside, do you mean the entire tub or just put the bag outside?
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