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Reishiman
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Black spots on Reishi block 1
#28633969 - 01/25/24 02:38 AM (3 days, 14 hours ago) |
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Hey all, This is from a wild clone I found. The whole top of the block and some antlers is covered in black and brown holes. I have 3 other blocks going too and they all have the holes but this one looked particularly bad with some black tar like substance in a few areas as you can see in the pictures. This one also seems to be growing up the sides of the bag more than the others. This bag was just opened for the first time to get a better look and take some pictures.

Tried to get some pictures with the flash on and off. Was inoculated on December 27th with a pint of grain spawn to a sterilized sawdust block with %20 bran.
Btw this bag is growing up the sides worse than my other blocks. I thought about putting it into the fruiting chamber to see if it grows any better. Really not sure when to allow fae with these as it's my first time growing these despite my name. My goal is to get the highest yield of medicinals possible and think I read it's best to let them conk out for that but not sure when to do it. Also don't want to contam my whole grow area if that is mold or something. My hope is that it's just reishi spores causing the black areas but I honestly don't know. What think you? Contam or just reishi being reishi? And when should I put in fruiting, if I should?
Edit: I noticed that a piece of uncolonized sawdust that must have fallen on to the block from the side of the bag when I opened it this morning. It happened to land right next to the largest spot on the block. You can see it in the first picture towards the top middle of the picture. I think I'm going to keep an eye on it and if that spot is mold, I would think it would spread to that bit of uncolonized sawdust. Will update this post as changes occur. Thanks for reading.
-------------------- Animals are something invented by plants to move seeds around. ... Terrence McKenna A psychedelic point of view is one that values consciousness... Terrence McKenna
Edited by Reishiman (01/25/24 06:45 AM)
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Reishiman
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Re: Black spots on Reishi block [Re: Reishiman]
#28634691 - 01/25/24 04:04 PM (3 days, 43 minutes ago) |
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Guess I should be using the search function. Just found this grow from 2014.https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/19680739/fpart/3/vc/1 I think mine looks similar. Going to go by the advice given in this thread and give it some fae in the fc to try and increase my total yield. And the good thing is that I think they prefer similar temps to other mushrooms I'm growing.
-------------------- Animals are something invented by plants to move seeds around. ... Terrence McKenna A psychedelic point of view is one that values consciousness... Terrence McKenna
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Reishiman
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Re: Black spots on Reishi block. Put into fc [Re: Reishiman] 1
#28634722 - 01/25/24 04:49 PM (2 days, 23 hours ago) |
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Ok so decided to cut the top off the bags a few inches above the block but below the filter. Placed into fc at %90 humidity for a high. %85 for a low. With temps set to 73 degrees fahrenheit. Plan on trying to grow pans in there too so hopefully they can share the same fc. Here is a Picture of one of the blocks. Man these things look cool. Btw the black stuff on the other block would not rub off with a q tip so I'm not going to worry about it for now.(would be cool if it was excreting some kind of medicinal compound lol) Anyone know how much it would cost to get a lab analysis of the compounds within or is it doable for the hobby grower? I'd be interested in finding out how this wild clone might compare to other reishi strains.

-------------------- Animals are something invented by plants to move seeds around. ... Terrence McKenna A psychedelic point of view is one that values consciousness... Terrence McKenna
Edited by Reishiman (01/25/24 04:50 PM)
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Reishiman
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Re: Black spots on Reishi block. Put into fc [Re: Reishiman]
#28638332 - 01/28/24 03:25 PM (1 hour, 22 minutes ago) |
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Here's one of the blocks after putting into fc for a few days. Starting to look a little more yellow and seems to be growing faster and better now too.
-------------------- Animals are something invented by plants to move seeds around. ... Terrence McKenna A psychedelic point of view is one that values consciousness... Terrence McKenna
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