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New(b) tek: PF early spawn
    #27788848 - 05/22/22 10:50 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

The back story is that I didn't let my first ever set of jars cool enough, and they took forever to germinate. I moved them around too roughly and most contaminated. I removed the healthy part from any contaminated at the first sign of contam and planted them outside in pots with compost as some people have recommended here. That got me thinking...

I have 3 more jars which have decent growth and no visible contam, but the timer has been running too long and I predict contamination will show up soon. Before that could happen I carefully removed the healthy fungus, wiped off every bit of BRF from the edges, rubbed down with a sterile rag and some dilute soap, and gave them a distilled water bath. Then I transferred them to fruiting chambers mixed with 80% coir and 20% verm with a thin layer on top. I used a ratio of 2:1 substrate and spawn, mixing them well.

I'll let you all know how this goes. I felt I should spawn my 'cakes' now before the contam becomes visible, and do everything to make them clean and shiny before mixing with sterile substrate.

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Re: New(b) tek: PF early spawn [Re: shroomduck]
    #27788857 - 05/22/22 10:59 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

First of all,
we´re not able to clean off contam from spawn to make it "shiny".
In most cases it´s sporulated mold you identify as a contam,
and that´s just the surface.
There will be more hidden inside,
having about the same colour as cube mycelium.
It will get even worse crumbling up an infected cake to bulk.

Maybe show us some pics of your jars,
and tell more about your whole procedure.

          :cookiemonster:


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Re: New(b) tek: PF early spawn [Re: Goatrider]
    #27788861 - 05/22/22 11:03 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

I'll post more details if it ends up working out. If not I'll let everyone know it failed and then slink away into the shadows.

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Re: New(b) tek: PF early spawn [Re: shroomduck] * 1
    #27788866 - 05/22/22 11:12 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

I hope that isn’t the case. This hobby is full of projects not working out. Most people don’t post their misfortunes, but they happen. If you slink away after the first failure, the learning curve will be steep indeed.


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