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modsolution
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TO FRUIT OR NOT TO FRUIT?
#24030477 - 01/22/17 12:58 PM (7 years, 8 days ago) |
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This is my first blue oyster grow or any edible for that matter. I inoculated pasteurized straw in a grow bag on 1/14/2017 today is 1/22/2017 and the bag does not seem to me fully colonized. today I noticed it seems to be starting to fruit from the holes poked in the bag. I am not sure if I should have put holes in the bag because it has a filter patch on the bag, but i didn't know how the access water would have drained. that's why I poked holes in the bag (should I have done this or not?). Now on to the more daunting question. Should I cut holes in the bag an introduce fruiting or wait until the uncolonized straw has fully colonized.
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Stupendous-Yappi
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I would just fruit it. If you had excess water then that patch that's not colonized is probable contaminated with bacteria.
For me poking holes to drain excess water hardly ever helps much. Most bags still contaminate and/or don't fully colonize. But leaving the excess water is a sure way to ruin the bag.
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you wouldn't really need a filterpatch bag for oyster anyway. In my opinion they do more harm than just a perforated bag. oysters need quite a bit of gas exchange and are more than capable to outgrow contaminations if provided with enough oxygen. any plastic bag will do to grow oysters in: trashbags, shopping bags, ...
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RolledUhhp
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Stupendous-Yappi said: I would just fruit it. If you had excess water then that patch that's not colonized is probable contaminated with bacteria.
For me poking holes to drain excess water hardly ever helps much. Most bags still contaminate and/or don't fully colonize. But leaving the excess water is a sure way to ruin the bag.
Glad to see that my first thought was on the right track!
If you realized too late that your moisture content was too high, would compressing the bags a bit help at all? A wringing out the sponge type effect...
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Stupendous-Yappi
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Re: TO FRUIT OR NOT TO FRUIT? [Re: RolledUhhp]
#24034649 - 01/23/17 09:44 PM (7 years, 6 days ago) |
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If you realized too late that your moisture content was too high, would compressing the bags a bit help at all? A wringing out the sponge type effect...
It's never crossed my mind to try that actually. I suppose if you can get ride of the water you just rung out without contaminating the bag it should work.
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RolledUhhp
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If you realized too late that your moisture content was too high, would compressing the bags a bit help at all? A wringing out the sponge type effect...
It's never crossed my mind to try that actually. I suppose if you can get ride of the water you just rung out without contaminating the bag it should work.
The easiest way in my mind would be to poke several holes along the bottom of the bag, standing vertically, and then wrestle that sucker like you're putting two pillows into one pillowcase.
Start slow so you don't blow out the sides, and see if it's worth continuing.
****I have never tried this before, don't send any bad juju if this doesn't work!****
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