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Mccleanma
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Monotub contamination?
#26347860 - 11/27/19 04:01 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I made a monotub with an inoculated grain bag on a coco coir and vermiculite substrate. It has been innoculating for about 10 days. It looks good except for the bottom left corner which is yellowing. It has been like that, and about that size (ie it's not really spreading) for a few days. I have just noticed some green dots in it. There is no bad smell.
I assume this is not good. What should I do? Should I try to cut out the corner it is in? Extra air? Is it a write off? Any tips would be appreciated.

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Re: Monotub contamination? [Re: Mccleanma]
#26347902 - 11/27/19 05:07 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Toss. Cutting doesn't work. Tub is fucked.
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Mccleanma
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Re: Monotub contamination? [Re: bodhisatta]
#26373877 - 12/10/19 08:02 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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I have an update and a question. I was heading away for a couple of weeks, so I cut the corner that I was concerned about, salted that whole corner and beyond and put in in the garage for a couple of weeks. I thought if it was a problem I could just ditch it on my return. I got back and it now looks like the below. The bits where it is darker are where I salted and it looks sterile rather than concerning. My question is, is there anything to be worried about here? If the earlier green dots were trich, is this a concern for anything I end up with?
Edited by Mccleanma (12/10/19 08:05 PM)
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Re: Monotub contamination? [Re: Mccleanma]
#26373954 - 12/10/19 08:46 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Most TC wont explain why your grow is fucked.
What it appears you have is Trich, this is something ive been having serious problems with lately myself, and I believe it is because I sterilized my coir, which apparently encourages trich.
You need to pasteurize the coir, so you'll need a candy thermometer. Use 165°f water, or 170.. I dont remember the temp..
Pasturizing allows some of the flora to live while killing the bad stuff. I guess good stuffs are more resistant to heat or something. I'm not to knowledge on the matter, you'll have to find someone who is helpful.
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Re: Monotub contamination? [Re: Takkaji]
#26373984 - 12/10/19 09:05 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Thanks for the info. Is this grow fucked though? There are a lot of pins and mushrooms, they look healthy (see the pic on the right in particular where I have zoomed in) and the tub just smells like mushrooms. There Is there something other than what it looks like I should be concerned about?
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Re: Monotub contamination? [Re: Mccleanma]
#26374003 - 12/10/19 09:16 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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That whole bottom half has trich. It will take over that whole sub with enough time. Hopefully what you have will get bigger and you can harvest before it kills all your shrooms.
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Mccleanma
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I see, thanks again for the info.
Is there anything I should look out for? Is there a telltale development in the mushrooms or substrate that I should be looking out for, or is it just a case of watching for stalling of growth?
And I understand the presence of trich is not poisonous, it will just stall growth/kill mushrooms and means I will eventually need to do some extra cleaning or ditch the tub is that correct?
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Re: Monotub contamination? [Re: Mccleanma]
#26376141 - 12/11/19 09:56 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Isolate it from the rest of your tubs at the very least.
For all intents and purposes your grow is doomed. Take an agar clone of the biggest boy in a cluster you got.
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