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Found contamination...any hope of recovery?
    #26744891 - 06/14/20 08:26 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Got some sickly looking green mold that showed up on one of my cakes. The spot in the photo is the only place from what I can tell. Is there anyway to remove the contamination without tossing the entire cake?



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Re: Found contamination...any hope of recovery? [Re: SLM]
    #26744934 - 06/14/20 08:50 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Cut off the contamination then bury the cake in some coir/Hpoo outdoors


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Re: Found contamination...any hope of recovery? [Re: Shroomhunts]
    #26745298 - 06/15/20 12:17 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

I can definitely cut off the contamination, but I'm in the desert presently, so there is no outdoors that will be conducive to burying the cake anywhere. Alternatives?


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Re: Found contamination...any hope of recovery? [Re: SLM]
    #26745301 - 06/15/20 12:19 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

I'm no expert, but I've read on here that you can bury it in potting soil. May have to water it in the desert though!


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Re: Found contamination...any hope of recovery? [Re: Radsquatch]
    #26745400 - 06/15/20 02:10 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Out of curiosity, why is there the need to bury it after cutting off the contamination?


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Re: Found contamination...any hope of recovery? [Re: SLM]
    #26745469 - 06/15/20 03:25 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

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Out of curiosity, why is there the need to bury it after cutting off the contamination?




When we grow, we usually sterilize (grains, agar, etx), sanitize (shoebox, growing environment, etc) and pasteurize (coir, wood, and other substrate). What this does is that we decrease the number of active and alive organisms substantially. For instance on agar and grains we want nothing but mycelium to grow. In a perfect world, on all stages of growth we want the mycelium to have the upper hand.

However, in reality, other organisms are actively trying to establish themselves. Some of these we can live with, others are too aggressive and the myc will be losing the fight. In nature, things are balanced differently depending on the environment, but in general, there are millions of other organisms around, and some of these put breaks for contaminants. So more often than not, burying a cake or wte in soil heps bringing it back to life.


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Re: Found contamination...any hope of recovery? [Re: redhandmat]
    #26767757 - 06/21/20 07:46 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

I found a source for some coir. Once I bury it, should I keep the coir moist or add anything else to it to increase microbial diversity? In a very dry environment.


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