Home | Community | Message Board

MagicBag Grow Bags
This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: Kraken Kratom Kratom Capsules for Sale   OlympusMyco.com No Unicorns Here—Just Quality Bags That Work   Myyco.com Isolated Cubensis Liquid Culture For Sale   MagicBag.co Certified Organic All-In-One Grow Bags   Mushroom-Hut Substrate Mix   Original Sensible Seeds Bulk Cannabis Seeds   North Spore Bulk Substrate

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
OfflineKalypto
Psychonaut
Male


Registered: 09/19/12
Posts: 2,089
Last seen: 2 years, 11 months
sour smelling tubs after great smelling spawn
    #24106324 - 02/20/17 06:54 PM (7 years, 10 months ago)

I made some tubs about 2 days ago and decided to smell them incase they were going bad so they didnt get really nasty

Sadly they all smell slightly sour

I assume they are all bad

What tripped me out is that i smelled the spawn before i used it and they all smelled good not sour at all

Could i somehow be fucking up bucket tek ?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinemushpunx
Fungus Punk
 User Gallery

Registered: 04/20/14
Posts: 13,394
Last seen: 2 months, 7 days
Trusted Cultivator
Re: sour smelling tubs after great smelling spawn [Re: Kalypto] * 1
    #24106332 - 02/20/17 06:57 PM (7 years, 10 months ago)

No you can't fuck up bucket tek haha.

Its most likely the spawn. It probably had some bacteria. As long as your tubs don't get moldy you can try to get a flush out of them


--------------------

Amateur Mycologists United
AMU Q&A

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineKalypto
Psychonaut
Male


Registered: 09/19/12
Posts: 2,089
Last seen: 2 years, 11 months
Re: sour smelling tubs after great smelling spawn [Re: mushpunx]
    #24106338 - 02/20/17 06:59 PM (7 years, 10 months ago)

How am i supposed to identify bad spawn when it looks fine smells and grows fast

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineSchemenhaft
Oachkatzlschwoaf
Male User Gallery


Registered: 01/14/17
Posts: 339
Loc: Right side of the big poo...
Last seen: 3 years, 7 months
Re: sour smelling tubs after great smelling spawn [Re: Kalypto]
    #24106345 - 02/20/17 07:01 PM (7 years, 10 months ago)

Shake the jars, check recolonization-time.


--------------------

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineKalypto
Psychonaut
Male


Registered: 09/19/12
Posts: 2,089
Last seen: 2 years, 11 months
Re: sour smelling tubs after great smelling spawn [Re: Schemenhaft]
    #24106350 - 02/20/17 07:04 PM (7 years, 10 months ago)

Could soaking my spawn cause any problems?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinemushpunx
Fungus Punk
 User Gallery

Registered: 04/20/14
Posts: 13,394
Last seen: 2 months, 7 days
Trusted Cultivator
Re: sour smelling tubs after great smelling spawn [Re: Kalypto]
    #24106397 - 02/20/17 07:18 PM (7 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

Kalypto said:
How am i supposed to identify bad spawn when it looks fine smells and grows fast





It can be really hard, very tricky. That's why it is so important to use clean agar cultures and excellent sterile tek


--------------------

Amateur Mycologists United
AMU Q&A

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineKalypto
Psychonaut
Male


Registered: 09/19/12
Posts: 2,089
Last seen: 2 years, 11 months
Re: sour smelling tubs after great smelling spawn [Re: mushpunx]
    #24106408 - 02/20/17 07:22 PM (7 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

mushpunx said:
Quote:

Kalypto said:
How am i supposed to identify bad spawn when it looks fine smells and grows fast





It can be really hard, very tricky. That's why it is so important to use clean agar cultures and excellent sterile tek





I recently ran low and was using left over not so great agar which may be the problem , my agar very rarely gets contams so i think i have good sterile tek

Ive got some great clones now but damn , everything was going so well with the quick growth times and stuff , real bummer to have all four i made that day go bad , im not feeling very optimistic about all these bags that havent been made of my new better agar

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineDactylium
Don't touch me I'm sterile

Registered: 08/12/16
Posts: 696
Last seen: 1 year, 10 months
Re: sour smelling tubs after great smelling spawn [Re: Kalypto]
    #24106747 - 02/20/17 09:34 PM (7 years, 10 months ago)

The smell test ain't everything. I trust my eyes more than my nose. Got any pics of the spawn?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineKalypto
Psychonaut
Male


Registered: 09/19/12
Posts: 2,089
Last seen: 2 years, 11 months
Re: sour smelling tubs after great smelling spawn [Re: Dactylium]
    #24107427 - 02/21/17 06:48 AM (7 years, 10 months ago)

I already did it but I of course looked over it and found nothing but mycelium

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinelovelaughlibs
Dopamine Slave
I'm a teapot User Gallery


Registered: 10/14/15
Posts: 1,811
Loc: England Flag
Last seen: 6 years, 11 months
Re: sour smelling tubs after great smelling spawn [Re: Kalypto]
    #24107732 - 02/21/17 09:59 AM (7 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

Kalypto said:
I already did it but I of course looked over it and found nothing but mycelium



Was the mycelium too creamy/thick? Any wet grains/spots refusing to colonise or smushed up against the glass? Any metabolites?


--------------------
Ask and ye shall receive; Seek and ye shall find.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineKalypto
Psychonaut
Male


Registered: 09/19/12
Posts: 2,089
Last seen: 2 years, 11 months
Re: sour smelling tubs after great smelling spawn [Re: lovelaughlibs]
    #24121241 - 02/26/17 12:34 PM (7 years, 10 months ago)

Spawned the tubs at 2/18

2 days in had strong sour smell , decided to give it some time

I proceeded to drop my room temperature basically as far as i could with my little AC unit , often hovering around 65 instead of 72

I did this cause ive heard that bacteria grows slower at lower temperatures while i thought this temperature would be high enough to allow to mycelium to grow unfettered    , i also put these tubs right infront of the AC unit so they would be colder but i didnt blow air on them


Currently at day 8 now , 3 of the 4 tubs that smelled sour currently dont smell sour and the other tub is also almost smell free but i can smell a hint of it still , this tub i actually pointed the AC unit on to further drop its temp


Just a weird little thing i did , im curious of your thoughts on this

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleHighzenbergfungi
SpaceCadet
Male

Registered: 12/12/16
Posts: 36
Loc: Top of the mountain/botto...
Re: sour smelling tubs after great smelling spawn [Re: Kalypto]
    #24147353 - 03/08/17 08:15 PM (7 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

Kalypto said:
Spawned the tubs at 2/18

2 days in had strong sour smell , decided to give it some time

I proceeded to drop my room temperature basically as far as i could with my little AC unit , often hovering around 65 instead of 72

I did this cause ive heard that bacteria grows slower at lower temperatures while i thought this temperature would be high enough to allow to mycelium to grow unfettered    , i also put these tubs right infront of the AC unit so they would be colder but i didnt blow air on them


Currently at day 8 now , 3 of the 4 tubs that smelled sour currently dont smell sour and the other tub is also almost smell free but i can smell a hint of it still , this tub i actually pointed the AC unit on to further drop its temp


Just a weird little thing i did , im curious of your thoughts on this




I'm curious about this as I just opened up one of my tubs to a sour smell. Have left them all closed and lowered the temperature in the room

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineThedillestpickle
cultured
Male


Registered: 02/02/16
Posts: 1,170
Loc: Canada Flag
Last seen: 4 years, 6 months
Re: sour smelling tubs after great smelling spawn [Re: Highzenbergfungi]
    #24147399 - 03/08/17 08:36 PM (7 years, 10 months ago)

lowering temps might help but I never do that and usually a slightly smelly tub will be fine. 

A lot of my tubs will have a slight sour smell,  It's ok as long as it's only mild, but it is a good indicator of the health of the tub.  I always wait about a week before I test the smell otherwise all I'm getting is the smell of coir. 

Spawn can be visibly bacterial and I honestly can't smell anything from it, so I never smell test my jars.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineKalypto
Psychonaut
Male


Registered: 09/19/12
Posts: 2,089
Last seen: 2 years, 11 months
Re: sour smelling tubs after great smelling spawn [Re: Thedillestpickle]
    #24178637 - 03/20/17 06:42 PM (7 years, 9 months ago)

these tubs all failed before fruiting

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleHighzenbergfungi
SpaceCadet
Male

Registered: 12/12/16
Posts: 36
Loc: Top of the mountain/botto...
Re: sour smelling tubs after great smelling spawn [Re: Kalypto]
    #24186936 - 03/23/17 06:22 PM (7 years, 9 months ago)

Did some testing with my sour smell issue and lack of growth.
Definitely not contams.

Ended up being an extreme moisture issue. The substrate wasn't wet enough for the mycelium to take. Once I began misting and added a casing of super saturated verm the mycelium took off. So far all bad smells are gone and all tubs have recovered.

Edited by Highzenbergfungi (03/23/17 06:23 PM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinelastround360
Stranger
 User Gallery

Registered: 10/29/20
Posts: 56
Last seen: 3 years, 6 months
Re: sour smelling tubs after great smelling spawn [Re: Kalypto]
    #27311855 - 05/16/21 09:49 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

What do you mean the tubs all "failed before fruiting"? Currently got this issue going on with one of my tubs.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinemonkey_accident
seraphim


Registered: 05/10/19
Posts: 710
Loc: im here, bro
Last seen: 4 months, 9 days
Re: sour smelling tubs after great smelling spawn [Re: lastround360]
    #27311858 - 05/16/21 09:50 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

homie this thread is 4 years old lol

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineKalypto
Psychonaut
Male


Registered: 09/19/12
Posts: 2,089
Last seen: 2 years, 11 months
Re: sour smelling tubs after great smelling spawn [Re: monkey_accident]
    #27312583 - 05/17/21 01:35 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Lol I was surprised to see anything on this , though failed before fruiting to me is a trich contam before fruits

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: Kraken Kratom Kratom Capsules for Sale   OlympusMyco.com No Unicorns Here—Just Quality Bags That Work   Myyco.com Isolated Cubensis Liquid Culture For Sale   MagicBag.co Certified Organic All-In-One Grow Bags   Mushroom-Hut Substrate Mix   Original Sensible Seeds Bulk Cannabis Seeds   North Spore Bulk Substrate


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* normal sour smell vs "sour rot" CrazedGoat 6,178 4 03/13/03 05:17 PM
by Apocolypse
* Sour Smell KnobleJunga 7,769 6 02/04/04 10:57 AM
by MikeOLogical
* Sour Smelling Jars Waffles 2,626 5 12/08/01 12:11 AM
by Anonymous
* Mildew / Sour smell CaliLove 1,866 3 11/14/03 11:59 PM
by CaliLove
* Post deleted by Administrator psychodelic 954 3 03/21/03 05:34 AM
by DiarYofaMadmaN
* Sour Apple Like Smell MilhouseT1 1,480 1 03/02/02 07:26 PM
by bluhoney
* Sour smell Inverto,bleach results!! bluelou 1,149 3 06/07/02 05:07 AM
by _Lucid_
* Sour smell on cased PF cakes! HELP PLEASE shroomy1 2,430 10 04/16/03 08:47 PM
by shroomy1

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Shroomism, george castanza, RogerRabbit, veggie, mushboy, fahtster, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, hamloaf, cronicr, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a
1,986 topic views. 28 members, 88 guests and 46 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2025 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.026 seconds spending 0.004 seconds on 12 queries.