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Grybachok
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Contam on the bottom of the tub :(
#28764169 - 05/06/24 02:01 PM (1 month, 20 days ago) |
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Hello, this is my first time growing and also first time posting on the sheoomery, so I apologize in advance if I'm doing something incorrectly here.
First about the grain jars. I pressure cooked the jars at 15 PSI for 1½ hours and inoculated with LC. Mycelium had no issues colonizing the jars.
Grains were easy to shake up and didn't smell/ have any visible conram before spawning to bulk. For bulk I used 100% coir pasteurized over night in a bucket with a lid on.
Now, it was still relatively cool in my room while the tubs were colonizing, so I came up with an idea to put the tubs directly on a heating pad on a low setting, which seemed to be working fine, until one day I set the temperature a little too high and left for the work. Upon coming back home the top of the cake was FLOODED, I drained the excess water, but the bottom of the cake looked dry. I guessed nothing bad will happen and it will eventually rehydrate from the moisture content in the air, so I turned off the heating pads and forgot about it.
About 6 days ago I saw first pins popping up and thought that everything is going according to the norms, but recently I started noticing odd cap shapes on the young mushrooms. Today I decided to take a look around the tub and saw patches of various mold on the dry uncolonized patch on the bottom of the tub. There's no visible contam on the sides and the top of the cake, no off smells.
Is there a way to salvage this tub? Will those little mushies even make it to their first flush?
Thank you all in advance. 




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alutis
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Registered: 11/04/23
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Re: Contam on the bottom of the tub :( *DELETED* [Re: Grybachok]
#28764197 - 05/06/24 02:19 PM (1 month, 20 days ago) |
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OlympusMyco
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Registered: 08/01/23
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Re: Contam on the bottom of the tub :( [Re: alutis]
#28764240 - 05/06/24 02:49 PM (1 month, 20 days ago) |
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Unfortunately, the safest recommendation is often to dispose of the entire tub. Trichoderma can deeply infiltrate the substrate, and spores can remain even after removing visible mold. Starting anew with sterile practices and perhaps a reassessment of your cultivation environment might be your best bet to avoid future contamination.
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