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zoidberg666
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Bacterial Contamination
#26570295 - 04/01/20 01:38 AM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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I've noticed small areas of yellow oily deposits forming in my grow bag and I'm pretty sure it's contaminated. It's very small at the moment. There had always been a small amount of yellow coloration here and there but it was always dry. I noticed that the new yellow spots are wet and they formed where I had previously picked a few mushrooms. The bag is probably around 90% colonized, if it is bacterial, is there a chance the mycelium would be able to fight off the infection? The fruiting mushrooms seem for the most part uncontaminated. There is one with a slight brown streak before the cap but most of them have developed some yellow coloration on the base. Are they salvageable? If I were to make them into a tea or desiccate them would that kill off the bacteria making it safe to eat?
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rumfor69
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Re: Bacterial Contamination [Re: zoidberg666]
#26570336 - 04/01/20 03:06 AM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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Any colors in it other than white usually means contamination except blue bruising of course.
Your bag is fruiting before it's colonized which is also another sign it's contaminated.
The fruits you've already picked its hard to tell without a pic to see if they look good. But they're vegetables...if they look like bad vegetables then don't eat them its not worth it.
You could try spawning this bag to bulk if it reached 90% there is a chance it could grow and is just some bacteria and would give you a flush. Or you can start over that's pretty much your two choices.
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zoidberg666
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Re: Bacterial Contamination [Re: rumfor69]
#26571433 - 04/01/20 03:03 PM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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Got it, thank you. I just picked them I'll post some pics below. As of right now there is no obvious off smell in the bag or on the mushrooms. Included in the pictures is the one mushroom with the most obvious brown streak below the cap. I might just be over analyzing it though as it's not to unsettling but if it's a cause for concern let me know. If the bag had always been contaminated, I did eat a few mushrooms from it the other day and I'm not showing any signs of sickness... at least yet lol. I'm assuming if I were to cut out the brown spots then I would still be able to eat the mushrooms with no problems.
https://imgur.com/a/iYxqwTh
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rumfor69
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Re: Bacterial Contamination [Re: zoidberg666]
#26571662 - 04/01/20 05:23 PM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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Those look fine.
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zoidberg666
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Re: Bacterial Contamination [Re: rumfor69]
#26571811 - 04/01/20 06:54 PM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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Awesome, thank you.
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