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Bulk subs won't colonize
    #24902582 - 01/10/18 08:35 AM (7 years, 7 days ago)

Hi guys,

I hope you guys can help me figure out what's keeping me from getting results. I will post some pics and tell you what I know; my agar seems a bit slow but is clean looking. I can pour petri's and keep them outside of the fridge for, a long time, without a problem (I lose a few eventually when I pour a big batch). I think my sterile tek is OK. My jars look fine when inoculated with a agar wedge. They recolonize nicely after shaking. Inoculation through G2G works well too it seems (just started with G2G). I use oats for grains (see pic).

It seems like the problem starts the moment I spawn to bulk. Everything I try (Equador, GT and also Pan Cyan) fails. I get very slow colonization of the coir I am using. I have tried numerous mono tubs with unmodified lids. Some a bit wetter and some well squeezed out (really dry). I also tried straw and dung. And dung/coir/verm. Not one single shroom to show for.

I keep the lid in normal position the first week or so. Then I flip them. I misted them once a day at first. I have also tried to leave a mono alone (no misting). Same result... Some seem to be needing more O2 I noticed btw.

What else can I do? I am thinking of putting some grain from a jar on agar to test. I am almost sure it's clean spawn... I hope you guys can direct me in the right direction cause I am at the point I don't know what to try different...

GT jar 5th day after G2G


GTmono there is a very thin layer of fuzz over the uncolonized looking parts of the coir too. Is that a hint of something? (spawned at 1-4-2017)


same GT mono


EQ mini mono (spawned at 12-15-2017)


EQ mini mono (side and underside)


2th EQ mini mono (spawned at 12-15-2017)


2th EQ mini mono (side and underside)


3th EQ mini mono (spawned at 12-15-2017)


3th EQ mini mono (side and underside)

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Re: Bulk subs won't colonize [Re: Shroomway]
    #24902597 - 01/10/18 08:40 AM (7 years, 7 days ago)

Contaminations before the first flush is indicative of dirty spawn.


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Re: Bulk subs won't colonize [Re: hamloaf]
    #24902616 - 01/10/18 08:48 AM (7 years, 7 days ago)

:whathesaid:

Or in some cases bad substrate prep. But if you're using coir... Probably your spawn

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Re: Bulk subs won't colonize [Re: hamloaf]
    #24902626 - 01/10/18 08:55 AM (7 years, 7 days ago)

Of course I knew "dirty spawn" would be amongst the responses of ppl. and I understand. You might (and probably will) be right. I mean what else could be the problem? But the thing is; I am so very precise in my sterile tek. I work very strict and the jars look fine. The agar looks fine. I do have success btw with sclerotia (I didn't even think of mentioning that!). It really seems to me that the myc almost stalls the moment I am spawning bulk sub.

I am thinking, is it possible that I am growing an almost invisible fungus as soon as I go to bulk because there is a high spore load in the air?

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Re: Bulk subs won't colonize [Re: Shroomway]
    #24902637 - 01/10/18 09:01 AM (7 years, 7 days ago)

Doubtful. Make a tub with just coir no spawn. Mix it up as if you're spawning to it but then use that one as a control. My guess is only the tubs with spawn go bad. The tub with just coir goes bad maybe you can blame your air.

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Re: Bulk subs won't colonize [Re: Shroomway]
    #24902651 - 01/10/18 09:09 AM (7 years, 7 days ago)

That’s sucks. Do you have pics of your agar?


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Re: Bulk subs won't colonize [Re: Shroomway]
    #24902661 - 01/10/18 09:15 AM (7 years, 7 days ago)

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I am thinking, is it possible that I am growing an almost invisible fungus as soon as I go to bulk because there is a high spore load in the air?




when i found myself pondering the same thing it turned out my definition of a 'fine culture' was woefully ill informed.

especially when i did the transition from minirounds to petris.

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Re: Bulk subs won't colonize [Re: bodhisatta]
    #24902670 - 01/10/18 09:19 AM (7 years, 7 days ago)

Wow, that was really helpfull! I am going to do that for sure...

I am also going to try the following: sterilizing a pp5 minitub with coir. Breaking a colonized grain jar up on a phone book. Then dropping the grain into the pp5 container inside the SAB. Then wrapping the pp5 container with some saran wrap....

But the "creating a control" idear really kicks ass! Thanks Bod!

Yeah it really sucks Jhova. I don't have a pic of the agar that is helpfull. only a fully grown plate but that doesn't show much. But I get a nice and circular growth... I will post some when I started my new batch. There might be a clue in the slow growth that I get. My plates take about 20 day's to grow out fully.

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Re: Bulk subs won't colonize [Re: mushboy]
    #24902672 - 01/10/18 09:21 AM (7 years, 7 days ago)

What exactly do you mean mushboy? That might be my problem; basically I say "fine culture" because it's nice and circular and white...

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Re: Bulk subs won't colonize [Re: Shroomway]
    #24902674 - 01/10/18 09:22 AM (7 years, 7 days ago)

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I am also going to try the following: sterilizing a pp5 minitub with coir.




just make a mini round with a spoonful of grains and the rest hydrated coir. PC that. inoculate with CLEAN LI or fuckit just spores and top fruit.

might not yield a ton but look for other pp5 that will fit into your PC. my local chinese joint delivers soups in liter pp5s with lids:thumbup:

bottle them bitches those do yield a ton:awesomenod:

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Re: Bulk subs won't colonize [Re: Shroomway]
    #24902678 - 01/10/18 09:25 AM (7 years, 7 days ago)



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What exactly do you mean mushboy? That might be my problem; basically I say "fine culture" because it's nice and circular and white...




yah thats what i mean.. its more complicated then a white lookin circle. not saying thats your problem. just sharing what mine was.




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Re: Bulk subs won't colonize [Re: mushboy]
    #24902719 - 01/10/18 09:48 AM (7 years, 7 days ago)

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I am also going to try the following: sterilizing a pp5 minitub with coir.




just make a mini round with a spoonful of grains and the rest hydrated coir. PC that. inoculate with CLEAN LI or fuckit just spores and top fruit.

might not yield a ton but look for other pp5 that will fit into your PC. my local chinese joint delivers soups in liter pp5s with lids:thumbup:

bottle them bitches those do yield a ton:awesomenod:



Good one! That saves a step :thumbup:. Thanks... Just as a method to eliminate the possibility that my air is loaded with spores..

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Re: Bulk subs won't colonize [Re: Shroomway]
    #24902730 - 01/10/18 09:56 AM (7 years, 7 days ago)

so is my air. just means i better be kickass in the SAB and know my cultures:thumbup:

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