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OfflineWyattsDad
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First try, 3 strains, 1 looks great, other 2 are flaky looking, need some advice.
    #27366641 - 06/28/21 06:56 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Hi,

I bought 3 syringes from a mid-western supplier. On arrival, they looked good.

I took the proper steps for a clean inoculation of the media.

1) the one with green looked bad from the first 4-5 days but I decided there was nothing to be done but see how things transpired. Now it is almost 100% blue/green, no white.

2) the off-yellow progressed slowly, looked contaminated at first in small places, and has now turned the dull yellow.

3) the 3rd (Maui Platinum) showed nothing for a long time but now it has progressed to looking like what I was told to expect and looks fantastic. I will be taking it to the next step.

I just need some advice as to whether the first 2 might just be off colored vs. what I was expecting? or if they are shot and I should cut my losses timewise & mediawise.

The bummer aspect is that when I contacted the supplier about the blue-green they said they could not help with any cultivation questions (which I kind of understand but still - ).

Since I used the same procedure on all 3 batches and the Maui Platinum (which was the 3rd inoculation) shows no contamination it is hard for me to think that the other 2 were somehow contaminated by me while the 3rd got by without an issue.

But since this is my first try, perhaps the above scenario is something that can happen?

Any and all advice is appreciated.

WD



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InvisibleAntsInYourPants

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Re: First try, 3 strains, 1 looks great, other 2 are flaky looking, need some advice. [Re: WyattsDad]
    #27366651 - 06/28/21 07:07 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

The ones on top are gone for sure, RIP mate. The one on the bottom looks like it has a bacterial contamination. Thick creamy looking mycelium with lots of condensation isn't what you wanna see. If you're desparate and want to fruit the bottom one you could look up top fruiting out of the bag it or just send it if you don't care about wasting substrate. Plenty of people have fruited bacterial spawn and got some fruits out of it but don't be surprised if it contaminates or throws out some weird mutants.

It sounds like your syringes are contaminated which isn't uncommon. I'd read up on using agar. It's more difficult than it looks and it'll let you avoid wasting so much spawn in the future. You can squirt some of that dirty syringe liquid onto an agar plate and then transfer the mycelium away from the contamination it until you have a clean plate. Highly suggest using the search in the top right of the forum and looking into agar.

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Re: First try, 3 strains, 1 looks great, other 2 are flaky looking, need some advice. [Re: WyattsDad]
    #27366653 - 06/28/21 07:08 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

I dnt knw wat maui platinum is suppose to be but you might get something outta it. You need to throw the other two in a dumpster and light it on fire.

Unfortunately you cannot count on your syringes from whatever vendor to be free of contamination. This is where agar work steps in. Read up on it.

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OfflineWyattsDad
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Re: First try, 3 strains, 1 looks great, other 2 are flaky looking, need some advice. [Re: AntsInYourPants]
    #27471129 - 09/16/21 10:10 PM (3 years, 3 months ago)

Say Folks,

I appreciated the feedback from both posters, and I ended up trying the one seemingly viable batch.

I got a decent result and ended up with perhaps 3 oz. dried which justified the expense and hassle. Especially since it was a first time adventure.

I have some photos below of the last small flush that ended up quite dark. I don't know if that is normal as the substrate gets depleted or if things went off the rails there at the end.

The first photo shows a comparison between the middle flush and the last. I got some of the dark debris on a surface and as you see it just brushes away.

Any comments are appreciated and I will end up investigating agar as suggested.

Thanks,

M./


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OfflineOra
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Re: First try, 3 strains, 1 looks great, other 2 are flaky looking, need some advice. [Re: WyattsDad]
    #27471131 - 09/16/21 10:23 PM (3 years, 3 months ago)

its just spores, when you wait too long to harvest after the veil breaks, the spores drop. i think it adds some bitterness but other than that its ok

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