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McKennaii Contaminated? Help
#25617894 - 11/16/18 04:51 AM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hello dear Shroomery community! I am a new member here and in a time of stress (sorry if I'm breaking any forum rules with my ignorance). Ive been suffering from treatment resistant mental problems for around 20 years and I'm doing this project in hopes of finding the cure. If you could PLEASE help me out by examining and confirming that my tub is not contaminated? I'm also partially color blind so It's hard for me to understand what's what. P.S. Any noob tips appreciated.

Edited by shishkebab (11/21/18 10:06 AM)
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Re: McKennaii Contaminated? Help [Re: shishkebab] 1
#25617931 - 11/16/18 05:48 AM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
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I am seeing a bit of discoloration in the bottom of the second picture. It is probably just bruising but keep an eye on it and if it gets worse let us know. Other than that it looks good in my opinion.
-------------------- Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
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Thank you so much for your answer, you are the best! OK your HIGHness, I will take another pic in a few days. Both of the images are the same only the second one is full-size. I wish I knew which exact spot in the image you are talking about the discoloration.
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Re: McKennaii Contaminated? Help [Re: shishkebab] 1
#25619817 - 11/16/18 08:51 PM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
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Good luck and make sure you keep up with your surface conditions.
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update: 2 days later
Edited by shishkebab (11/20/18 03:25 PM)
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Re: McKennaii Contaminated? Help [Re: shishkebab] 1
#25624017 - 11/18/18 07:52 PM (6 years, 1 month ago) |
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I think i see some knots forming. That fuzzy growth is a bit concerning though.
-------------------- Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
Edited by dont trust midgets (11/18/18 07:52 PM)
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Thank you for checking in on me. If you are talking about the "puffy clouds" I hope it's just due to poor FAE. Will try and give it more air.
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Re: McKennaii Contaminated? Help [Re: shishkebab] 1
#25627782 - 11/20/18 01:56 PM (6 years, 1 month ago) |
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Keep and eye on it and if those spots get bigger post a new picture for us.
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update: 3 days later, how does it look guys?
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Re: McKennaii Contaminated? Help [Re: shishkebab] 1
#25629959 - 11/21/18 01:06 PM (6 years, 1 month ago) |
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Look okay, but dry...you need to mist the surface and allow it plenty of fresh air, open the lid, or make holes in the bag etc..that's why its not pinning properly
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Thank you so much for the info, did everything you said.
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Re: McKennaii Contaminated? Help [Re: shishkebab] 1
#25630058 - 11/21/18 01:45 PM (6 years, 1 month ago) |
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Great..the key is mist, allow evaporation to occur until the surface looks dry, and then mist again..no schedule, just look at the surface and make a call. If you aren't getting evaporation, meaning you want to look the next day and if its still wet then you don't have enough airflow etc
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Thank you, will do. What is interesting that most instructions I read said that you should not mist the surface directly, only the bag.
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Re: McKennaii Contaminated? Help [Re: shishkebab] 1
#25630228 - 11/21/18 02:39 PM (6 years, 1 month ago) |
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And that's why grown kits mostly fail to produce anything substantial
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Guess they just want people to have lower yields so they would buy kits more frequently
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Re: McKennaii Contaminated? Help [Re: shishkebab] 1
#25630259 - 11/21/18 02:50 PM (6 years, 1 month ago) |
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I think you're probably overestimating the sellers..I doubt they know any good techniques, just dredged up stuff from 20 year old books..it's like buying a ready meal compared to cooking something from scratch yourself..you know which will taste better, but you pay more for the convenience and crap result
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hehe yea.. well at least they are making it more appealing, easy and accessible for people who just want to try it out.. and then you get to make spore prints and make it from scratch
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Re: McKennaii Contaminated? Help [Re: shishkebab] 1
#25631206 - 11/21/18 10:00 PM (6 years, 1 month ago) |
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Shroomspective is 100% correct. I should have said something about misting but I assumed you already knew proper techniques. My bad
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No problem Thanks for overestimating me  What about the fruit? Can they receive some mist while misting the substrate as well? The info I had was - don't mist substrate and fruit.
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Re: McKennaii Contaminated? Help [Re: shishkebab] 1
#25632185 - 11/22/18 10:13 AM (6 years, 1 month ago) |
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It's fine to mist the substrate and fruit..in nature they don't have umbrellas when it rains
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All i can say is DONT over do it when misting. People often mist too much and cause the sub to contaminate from being overly wet. You dont want a wet sub unless you are re-hydrating after a flush. The key is to give it a light mist and then allow that to evaporate before doing it again. I find i only have to mist 1-2 times a day (usually just once). It might vary depending on your climate but i doubt you will ever have to mist more than 3 times a day.
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Thank you nice people! What would I do without you.. probably would screw everything up real bad
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Re: McKennaii Contaminated? Help [Re: shishkebab] 1
#25632466 - 11/22/18 12:47 PM (6 years, 1 month ago) |
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You are welcome. Keep us posted if you have any more questions. I will try to answer what I can but my knowledge is fairly limited.
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Update: This is most recent picture, I'm leaving an Oreo sized opening in the bag at all times and misting 1-2x a day, how does it look? any advice?
Edited by shishkebab (11/23/18 06:50 AM)
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Re: McKennaii Contaminated? Help [Re: shishkebab] 1
#25633781 - 11/23/18 07:15 AM (6 years, 1 month ago) |
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Looking better, you have knots in the middle, but there's probably not enough evaporation around the edges, as lack of knots around the outside..So try and get your holes lower near the tub edges
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Thanks, great info, will do!
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