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Land Trout
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I’ve got a really nice pin set, but trich just showed up. What should I do Cut out the trich and let it flush? Smother the trich in limestone powder? Toss it in my worm bin and let it flush In There?
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Pusynality
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Re: Recognizing and dealing with contamination [Re: Land Trout] 1
#25935227 - 04/14/19 10:32 PM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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So I already threw this jar away when I saw this,
But, what kind of contamination is this and what would have caused it?
I also have 5 other jars next to this one (like a few inches apart on the same table) when I discovered this particular jar. The other jars do not show anything similar, but would they be at risk for anything since they were so close to the contaminated jar (like maybe spread contamination airborne or something)?
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lightrises
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Re: Recognizing and dealing with contamination [Re: Pusynality] 1
#26033231 - 06/04/19 08:33 PM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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im guessing black mold? ive had a feew jars look exactly like that. I either get rid of the jar or deff isolate it from the others and out of your grow area
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Mycelial Messenger
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Re: [STICKY] Recognizing and dealing with contamination [Re: Kizzle] 1
#26038242 - 06/07/19 11:33 AM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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Great article
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Shroomterd
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Very nice write up I’ll definitely be saving this
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Zeak
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Re: Recognizing and dealing with contamination [Re: Shroomterd] 1
#26083857 - 07/01/19 09:36 AM (4 years, 8 months ago) |
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Seems like all of my grain jars have been contaminated. Trying to identify what with exactly and narrow down where could I have introduced it. It's very fluffy and appeared 4 days after ms injections in places of those injections. Rye was boiled for an hour and then PC'd for another hour. Any guesses? 😶
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the_mycologist
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Re: [STICKY] Recognizing and dealing with contamination [Re: Zeak] 1
#26086596 - 07/02/19 04:31 PM (4 years, 8 months ago) |
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My first real grow has been going really well until today when I noticed a couple of blue-ish spots in my tub. Do you think it's mold? If so, can I quarantine those spots somehow or should I go ahead and harvest what mushrooms have already grown and call it a bust?
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FryMe
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Re: [STICKY] Recognizing and dealing with contamination [Re: the_mycologist] 1
#26109935 - 07/15/19 03:47 PM (4 years, 8 months ago) |
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So I've been doing many bulk grows with cubes (B+, Treasure Coast, Golden Teachers, Blue Meanie, Koh Samui Super Strain, Pink Buffalo) and had great success on inoculating the jars in a SAB. Only contams I ever had was trich after many flushes of the tubs, so not big losses.
I decided to try out some Pan Cy's in agar dishes, inoculating directly from a syringe. All the plates I did turned to mold within 3 days. This is my first attempt with agar and my SAB was always nuked prior to working in it and I take many precautions, so I'm a bit confused. I used Bods methods for agar, following to a T and still got contams. Is there anything different with Pans? Should I just inoculate jars instead and then attempt to clone my Pans, since I know I don't get contams direct to jar?
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COGSx86
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Re: [STICKY] Recognizing and dealing with contamination [Re: FryMe] 1
#26129106 - 08/09/19 08:57 PM (4 years, 7 months ago) |
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Is this contamination?
If so, anything I can do, any suggestions?
First tub
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SamAtticus
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Re: Recognizing and dealing with contamination [Re: Zeak] 1
#26143012 - 08/19/19 02:41 PM (4 years, 7 months ago) |
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I have the same problem. And the really bizarre part is, if you let it grow, it sprouts these weird-ass mushroom shaped' things.
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COGSx86
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Re: Recognizing and dealing with contamination [Re: SamAtticus] 1
#26146496 - 08/21/19 03:05 PM (4 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
SamAtticus said: I have the same problem. And the really bizarre part is, if you let it grow, it sprouts these weird-ass mushroom shaped' things.
sane, ate the mushrooms, and Im still alive
Edited by COGSx86 (08/21/19 03:05 PM)
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Spiritualscience
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Re: Recognizing and dealing with contamination [Re: COGSx86] 1
#26150213 - 08/23/19 09:48 PM (4 years, 7 months ago) |
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Man, a guy just shared this and I have never seen anything like it. What in the holy Hell is this???? Looks like some alien bacterial blobs. I just can't put a name to it.
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peanutbutterwaferb
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Re: Recognizing and dealing with contamination [Re: Spiritualscience] 1
#26152935 - 08/25/19 09:06 PM (4 years, 7 months ago) |
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Does anyone have a name for this?
Here's another:
Edited by peanutbutterwaferb (08/27/19 09:00 AM)
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ontheinternet
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Second monotub grow and got some weird growth. It's almost like there are mushrooms heads growing on the mushroom heads. I don't think it's a contaminate, but not sure.
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Spiritualscience
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Re: Recognizing and dealing with contamination [Re: ontheinternet] 1
#26165126 - 09/02/19 10:43 AM (4 years, 6 months ago) |
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Totally normal. It will not hurt anything.
Here is a first flush from a tub. It is on its sixth flush now. Only the first flush had the growths. It could be high humidity, minor response to bacteria, etc. Whatever it is, it has no negative effects on the shrooms.
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Pastywhyte
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Re: Recognizing and dealing with contamination [Re: Spiritualscience] 1
#26165128 - 09/02/19 10:46 AM (4 years, 6 months ago) |
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Spiritualscience said: Man, a guy just shared this and I have never seen anything like it. What in the holy Hell is this???? Looks like some alien bacterial blobs. I just can't put a name to it.
Just looks like normal SW penis envy blobs. They are common on the first flush.
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Spiritualscience
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Re: Recognizing and dealing with contamination [Re: Pastywhyte] 1
#26165157 - 09/02/19 11:07 AM (4 years, 6 months ago) |
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Dang, I think he chunked it already, but I will let him know for sure. He said he put it outside, but that was over a week ago.
Thanks for letting us know!
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Pastywhyte
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Re: Recognizing and dealing with contamination [Re: Spiritualscience] 1
#26165185 - 09/02/19 11:24 AM (4 years, 6 months ago) |
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That’s a shame. Blobs will get some decent size and are just as potent and good to eat.
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ReptilianBrain
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Re: Recognizing and dealing with contamination [Re: Pastywhyte] 1
#26165897 - 09/02/19 07:47 PM (4 years, 6 months ago) |
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Would it be cause for concern if I’ve noticed a slight fermentation/ earthy/ musty smell coming off my substrate 7 days into the spawn run? Initially I had the lid gasket sealed for 4 days before finding out that was a mistake—opened it up and there was a strong fermented smell, but not sure it wasn’t just from having misted H2O2 over the walls and substrate before sealing it up. Now 7 days into spawn run it seems like everything is okay, still notice a slight smell just sort of earthy/musty—nothing crazy. At 4 days, I flipped the lid upside down for FAE, sprayed a bit more H2O2 and have since just been keeping a close eye on everything. Does thi sound okay by what I’ve described? Any suggestions on how to proceed? I’m not quite 100% colonized yet, temps around 75-78, humidity seems good. Did I dodge a bullet or Is it too early to tell? Below is a picture—seems okay? Anybody see something I’m missing?
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Kizzle
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Re: Recognizing and dealing with contamination [Re: ReptilianBrain] 1
#26169223 - 09/04/19 05:37 PM (4 years, 6 months ago) |
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ReptilianBrain said: Would it be cause for concern if I’ve noticed a slight fermentation/ earthy/ musty smell coming off my substrate 7 days into the spawn run? Initially I had the lid gasket sealed for 4 days before finding out that was a mistake—opened it up and there was a strong fermented smell, but not sure it wasn’t just from having misted H2O2 over the walls and substrate before sealing it up. Now 7 days into spawn run it seems like everything is okay, still notice a slight smell just sort of earthy/musty—nothing crazy. At 4 days, I flipped the lid upside down for FAE, sprayed a bit more H2O2 and have since just been keeping a close eye on everything. Does thi sound okay by what I’ve described? Any suggestions on how to proceed? I’m not quite 100% colonized yet, temps around 75-78, humidity seems good. Did I dodge a bullet or Is it too early to tell? Below is a picture—seems okay? Anybody see something I’m missing?
The fermentation odor was related to the lack of gas exchange. It's possible for a substrate to recover fully after fixing a problem like that but no guarantees.
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