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MysticMoteToter



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reishi myc smell?
#23730805 - 10/12/16 10:41 AM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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This is my first go at reishi and i spawned oats to alder about 3 days ago and it's starting to pick up. As it's my first time, i'm pretty unsure of how the tub should smell and how it smells is very hard to put my finger on. Its almost like a lightly sweet, cooked noodle/pasta smell? It's not very strong but is definitely a very unique smell. does this sound like bacteria is the culprit or does reishi has a sort of sweet, "grass-ish", wheat pasta smell? Idk it's really hard to describe other than a mix of very light smells of sweet grassy-ness, and somewhat like pasta when you boil it.
Heres pictures (3 days after spawning), sorry that they're not the best and thanks for any feedback! 
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Quadman
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Looks ok to me.
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tump
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Re: reishi myc smell? [Re: Quadman]
#23734926 - 10/13/16 06:10 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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Sounds weriod
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katbusa
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Re: reishi myc smell? [Re: tump]
#23735156 - 10/13/16 07:27 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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I think you're smelling your substrate mix. Reishi has a very unique smell. It smells literally like earth and mushrooms. A healthy clean mushroom smell. If you had bacteria more than likely you would know. Anaerobic bacteria smells horrid and rancid.
Everything in those pics looks fine.
Give it time and be patient. Once you are almost fully colonized give it another smell and you will then know what healthy mycelium smells like. However not all mycelium smells like reishi. Some strains smell different but they all have that same clean healthy earthy smell.
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Greg
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Re: reishi myc smell? [Re: katbusa]
#23735806 - 10/14/16 12:02 AM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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Reishi myc smells very strange to me, like mushrooms but different is the vague-ass way I'm going to describe it.
It will fill your entire grow room with the smell.
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katbusa
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Re: reishi myc smell? [Re: Greg]
#23736392 - 10/14/16 08:50 AM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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Greg said: Reishi myc smells very strange to me, like mushrooms but different is the vague-ass way I'm going to describe it.
It will fill your entire grow room with the smell.
I think it smells alot like Cubensis to be honest.
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MysticMoteToter



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well, pretty sure it's a goner gonna toss it. think i see some trich/mold about to blow up on it (last two pics) and it's still not colonized after about 8 days. Heres pictures of an agar plate i made when i put it to grain. The culture i got was called yellow reishi but idk, the plate looks pretty suspect to me. Anyways thats for the replies everyone, failed first go, gonna get another culture eventually and then try again. 
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Greg
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I'll send you a wedge of my culture if you'd like.
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MysticMoteToter



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Re: reishi myc smell? [Re: Greg]
#23745090 - 10/17/16 10:21 AM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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That would be extremely cool if it wouldn't be a pain. I've got some Redboy and PE6 i'd love to trade if you'd want em
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Greg
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Redboy would be awesome. I've got like 3 PE6 prints already haha.
PM me your address or whatever and I'll send the culture ASAP!
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Re: reishi myc smell? [Re: Greg]
#23745890 - 10/17/16 02:52 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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Your tub looks awesome I'm also doing a few tubs of reshi for the first time these thigs have taken offb like nothing ive ever seen b4 I used wbs and pasturized hardwood fuel pellets
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