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brognak
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First Grow - Health Check (Possible Mold?)
#27039055 - 11/14/20 03:53 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hi all,
Hopefully this is an asinine post and all is well, but first time so wanted to double check with those that know. Seem to be growing strong, but starting to see dark spots that I cant tell if its mold or just bruising, or even substrate showing through.
Thanks!
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Re: First Grow - Health Check (Possible Mold?) [Re: brognak]
#27039066 - 11/14/20 03:58 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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The pics are a little dark on my monitor but that definitely looks like the unhappy kind of mold growing alongside the happy
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that being said- someone smarter than I will arrive at a conclusion for you shortly, I'm sure. I have very little experience with BRF
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brognak
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Got a better light heres more pics. Now that I have seen a couple almost certain its mold, though it seems to only ever be on the bottom of the cakes near the pinning.
Edited by brognak (11/14/20 04:06 PM)
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Re: First Grow - Health Check (Possible Mold?) [Re: brognak]
#27039083 - 11/14/20 04:10 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Thats just bruising. Nothing to worry about. If it was mold those shrooms growing from those spots would look very sick.
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brognak
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Re: First Grow - Health Check (Possible Mold?) [Re: tiptrippy]
#27039087 - 11/14/20 04:12 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Whew! Was starting to panic . That said not a bad exercise I think they are way too dry in places.
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Re: First Grow - Health Check (Possible Mold?) [Re: brognak]
#27039095 - 11/14/20 04:21 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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That's some angry bruising from drying out. A quick dunk, shrooms and all, will do it good. You have to mist the cakes directly, are you doing that?
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brognak
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Re: First Grow - Health Check (Possible Mold?) [Re: Josex]
#27039117 - 11/14/20 04:35 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Josex said: That's some angry bruising from drying out. A quick dunk, shrooms and all, will do it good. You have to mist the cakes directly, are you doing that?
So just a literal dunk in and out of a big bowl room temp water? I wasn't spraying them directly just misting over the top as I read in some tek guide, now seeing where that was maybe not the best advice in a SGFC lol. Still, pretty happy that nothing has gone completely off the rails yet for my first time!
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Re: First Grow - Health Check (Possible Mold?) [Re: brognak]
#27039148 - 11/14/20 04:53 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yea you have to do something drastic with those cakes. They're so dry a misting won't even cut it. I'd leave them submerged in plain tap water for at least 20 minutes. If you don't do that your mushrooms are likely to abort.
After the dunk, proceed as per the PF-tek and spray the cakes directly. The walls of the fruiting chamber won't grow shrooms, so no need to mist them.
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Re: First Grow - Health Check (Possible Mold?) [Re: Josex]
#27039153 - 11/14/20 04:55 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'll do that now and report back in a few days, hopefully someone can learn from my missteps!
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