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Purple mold?
    #26469429 - 02/04/20 10:59 PM (4 years, 12 days ago)

Hi, I inoculated my brf jars about a week ago and they're all showing this strange purple stuff at the inoc points and even at the bottom of one of the jars. I looked it up and got really paranoid about it being toxic mold, but I wanted some advice on that before I toss em. It doesn't look very similar to the posts that I've seen. Also, how can I avoid this in the future? Am I gonna die now cause I sniffed the air in the box? Lol. TIA

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Re: Purple mold? [Re: toads]
    #26471282 - 02/05/20 11:40 PM (4 years, 11 days ago)

Funky. Toss them yesterday.

Follow the TEK you’re using to a T and up your sterile procedure.
And most of all, learn and try again!


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Re: Purple mold? [Re: Maylink]
    #26471687 - 02/06/20 08:45 AM (4 years, 11 days ago)

Will do, thanks! I'm considering testing the syringe for contamination with agar. Got started recently but I'm really enjoying this hobby and this board :grin:


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Re: Purple mold? [Re: toads]
    #26471813 - 02/06/20 10:35 AM (4 years, 10 days ago)

Agar is the way to go. Syringes are often dirty.
I concur that this hobby and the Shroomery are awesome too. :smile:


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Re: Purple mold? [Re: Maylink]
    #26471933 - 02/06/20 12:11 PM (4 years, 10 days ago)

how did you sterilize the jars? it could totally be from improper sterilization, a dirty syringe could also be the culprit. if you bought a syringe from a reputable vendor on here it should be clean... but there’s never any guarantee i suppose

you should def work with agar & grains though, if you’re feeling up to it. PF was nice when i didn’t have a PC but grains & agar are definitely the way to go. the learning curve isn’t really that difficult either


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Re: Purple mold? [Re: hazyhorse]
    #26472682 - 02/06/20 07:45 PM (4 years, 10 days ago)

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how did you sterilize the jars? it could totally be from improper sterilization, a dirty syringe could also be the culprit. if you bought a syringe from a reputable vendor on here it should be clean... but there’s never any guarantee i suppose

you should def work with agar & grains though, if you’re feeling up to it. PF was nice when i didn’t have a PC but grains & agar are definitely the way to go. the learning curve isn’t really that difficult either





I sat them in boiling water for more than an hour (with the verm and brf already inside). I'm trying the agar thing today, fingers crossed I can salvage this syringe!


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Re: Purple mold? [Re: toads]
    #26473110 - 02/07/20 12:40 AM (4 years, 10 days ago)

you may have wanted to steam them a bit longer, still coulda been the syringe idk. agar is gonna be a great way to clean up anything that might be going on! what tek are you planning on using?


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Re: Purple mold? [Re: hazyhorse]
    #26473734 - 02/07/20 11:10 AM (4 years, 9 days ago)

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you may have wanted to steam them a bit longer, still coulda been the syringe idk. agar is gonna be a great way to clean up anything that might be going on! what tek are you planning on using?




Yesterday I put some spore solution onto an agar plate with ampicillin just because I have access to those. :grin:

After that, I would probably follow this tek for inoculating jars once I've done a few transfers. Considering not doing verm/brf and maybe just using grain, but then what would I do with my extra brf?


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Re: Purple mold? [Re: toads]
    #26473878 - 02/07/20 12:28 PM (4 years, 9 days ago)

nice! i don't know much about using antibiotics in agar but i wish you luck. tbh i would recommend grains over BRF any day. if you have a pressure cooker it's a no brainer. it does blow if you get left with a bunch of verm & BRF but oh well i guess


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Re: Purple mold? [Re: hazyhorse]
    #26474716 - 02/07/20 09:19 PM (4 years, 9 days ago)

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nice! i don't know much about using antibiotics in agar but i wish you luck. tbh i would recommend grains over BRF any day. if you have a pressure cooker it's a no brainer. it does blow if you get left with a bunch of verm & BRF but oh well i guess




Thank you! I've been looking at pressure cookers but they're kinda pricey for the larger sizes. Maybe I'll try the thrift store. Do you have any pressure cookers you recommend?


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Re: Purple mold? [Re: toads]
    #26474858 - 02/08/20 12:40 AM (4 years, 9 days ago)

definitely check the thrift stores!! i’ve never seen a 16 or 23qt at any of the ones near me but that doesn’t mean you can’t find them. you’ll probably see a lot of prestos, they’re solid PCs. all americans are apparently killer but usually pricey new

my personal PC is a 6 or 8 quart presto (can’t remember). i got it for $10 with the weight. a new weight & gasket are like $10 each. i can fit 4 pint jars (equaling 2 quarts) but can only do 1 quart jar. if you don’t need to grow a fuck ton, you can make the 6qt PC work. usually thrift stores have jars too, so you can actually see if the PC would work for you


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Re: Purple mold? [Re: toads]
    #26474880 - 02/08/20 01:22 AM (4 years, 9 days ago)

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nice! i don't know much about using antibiotics in agar but i wish you luck. tbh i would recommend grains over BRF any day. if you have a pressure cooker it's a no brainer. it does blow if you get left with a bunch of verm & BRF but oh well i guess




Thank you! I've been looking at pressure cookers but they're kinda pricey for the larger sizes. Maybe I'll try the thrift store. Do you have any pressure cookers you recommend?




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Re: Purple mold? [Re: Maylink]
    #26475203 - 02/08/20 09:37 AM (4 years, 9 days ago)

Thank you both so much for the advice, yeah I think I won't be growing much at first at least. Idk if it was because I ate too much, but yesterday some edibles gave me a killer headache and now I'm worried the mushrooms will do the same or something. :ooo: Will keep you updated with agar pics!


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Re: Purple mold? [Re: toads]
    #26475527 - 02/08/20 01:38 PM (4 years, 8 days ago)

lmao whenever i smoke too much i end up getting super anxious & worries tripping will do the same. but then i take mushies & it’s bliss lol

if you’re not gonna be growing a lot, a small PC from a thrift store should serve you well. only being able to do 2qt of spawn at a time sounds shitty, but if you’re doing shoeboxes that’s one shoebox right there. you do a few runs of grain during the days while your agar plates are colonizing you can easily have 6+ quarts of spawn by the time you need it


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Re: Purple mold? [Re: toads]
    #26475552 - 02/08/20 01:56 PM (4 years, 8 days ago)

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Thank you both so much for the advice, yeah I think I won't be growing much at first at least. Idk if it was because I ate too much, but yesterday some edibles gave me a killer headache and now I'm worried the mushrooms will do the same or something. :ooo: Will keep you updated with agar pics!




Cannabis vs mushrooms different animal, so I wouldn't worry. But it is important you are in the right headspace. Also, fasting 12-25 hrs does wonders (for the shrooms).

Keep us posted with your agar work!


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Re: Purple mold? [Re: Maylink]
    #26475578 - 02/08/20 02:11 PM (4 years, 8 days ago)

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Cannabis vs mushrooms different animal, so I wouldn't worry. But it is important you are in the right headspace. Also, fasting 12-25 hrs does wonders (for the shrooms).

Keep us posted with your agar work!





head space is huge!! i also agree with the fasting. personally i don’t time it out (& i don’t think i would want to go 24 hours without food either) but i know a lot of people swear by it. the way i “fast” is just by not eating in the morning & taking my dose within 2 hours of being awake. i think you technically only need to “fast” 3 or 4 hours until all the food has left your system, but waking up & tripping is my preferred method bc the day doesn’t have a chance to add any baggage or feelings going into the trip


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Re: Purple mold? [Re: Maylink]
    #26478811 - 02/10/20 03:46 PM (4 years, 6 days ago)

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Thank you both so much for the advice, yeah I think I won't be growing much at first at least. Idk if it was because I ate too much, but yesterday some edibles gave me a killer headache and now I'm worried the mushrooms will do the same or something. :ooo: Will keep you updated with agar pics!




Cannabis vs mushrooms different animal, so I wouldn't worry. But it is important you are in the right headspace. Also, fasting 12-25 hrs does wonders (for the shrooms).

Keep us posted with your agar work!




Its been like 4-5 days and the agar where I put the spore solution turned a darker shade of yellow-orange than the rest of the plate but nothing else has changed. Is that normal? I've been googling it and can't find much on that.


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Re: Purple mold? [Re: toads]
    #26479092 - 02/10/20 06:43 PM (4 years, 6 days ago)

don’t worry about it yet. my agar changes color after mycelium starts to colonize it. it goes from green to washed out piss yellow lol. it could be a contam since there’s no pic attached, but i’d give it a few more days before you start to worry. plus, as long as some spores have germinated you’ll transfer that growth to new plates anyways. hopefully you see some myc pop up in a few days!! i noticed myc on my agar spore plates after about 6 days, but this can take longer depending on temps & spore vigor & all that


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Re: Purple mold? [Re: hazyhorse]
    #26479249 - 02/10/20 08:24 PM (4 years, 6 days ago)

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don’t worry about it yet. my agar changes color after mycelium starts to colonize it. it goes from green to washed out piss yellow lol. it could be a contam since there’s no pic attached, but i’d give it a few more days before you start to worry. plus, as long as some spores have germinated you’ll transfer that growth to new plates anyways. hopefully you see some myc pop up in a few days!! i noticed myc on my agar spore plates after about 6 days, but this can take longer depending on temps & spore vigor & all that




Here's a pic

I was hesitant to upload one because I flubbed up putting a drop on there and ended up adding like a whole cc. That's the last time I try to use one hand. :blush: I was SO mad, this is my only GT syringe and now there's about 1 cc left. Though I'm starting to think I didn't get a good spore print or something, cause first my brf jars ALL got contaminated, and now I'm not seeing anything on a plate. Lots o failures.


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Re: Purple mold? [Re: toads]
    #26479418 - 02/10/20 11:31 PM (4 years, 6 days ago)

RR’s signature line:

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"I've never had a failed experiment.  I've only discovered 10,000 methods which do not work."




Think of every failure as an opportunity to learn?
And when you have success, it will be that much greater :smile:

And probably a dirty syringe. Are you able to clean it up on agar?


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