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Indescribable smell
    #26535541 - 03/14/20 08:52 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

So 2 days ago I grated some BRF cakes that didn't grow any pins after 3 weeks in a SGFC (I think I overwatered and am leaving on a trip soon so it was either let them dry out and die in the sgfc or attempt a shoebox for the first time ever (a trial run if you must)) and mixed them with bucket tek-prepared straight coir (1:1 ratio) and put them in three shoeboxes. Before I put them in the shoebox, there were no visible signs of contamination and they smelled perfect. I opened one up today to flip the lid on it as I'd seen a few people recommend (skip straight to fruiting conditions) and it had a STRONG smell.
I thought the smell was akin to rubbing alcohol, my roommate said burnt plastic, but we both agreed it wasn't "sour", which I know is a classic sign of contamination. I probably smelled it a little too much trying to ID it. It is a smell that I have smelled before but I cannot ID it for the life of me and 2 of my roommates couldn't figure it out either.
After wafting it, the smell decreased in intensity, but it smells the same again. The smell was more prominent around the edges of the shoebox.
Since this is a last ditch effort, I took a fork to one of the shoeboxes and dug up some spawn. I smelled that away from the box and it had the familiar mushroom smell, with a hint of the mystery smell.
I didn't include pictures because there's nothing to see because it's so new. The stuff I dug up looked white & normal.


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