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Offlineformidablemuffin
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Shoe Box Health Check
    #28874837 - 07/20/24 08:17 AM (5 months, 25 days ago)

Hoping someone could tell me if these look healthy. Three different shoeboxes, started with 1qt grain jars each. 100% coir substrate.

The filamentous growth at the top of the first picture has me nervous, other than that they look ok to me but wanted more experienced opinions. Thank for any help!


Edited by formidablemuffin (07/20/24 08:19 AM)

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Re: Shoe Box Health Check [Re: formidablemuffin]
    #28874851 - 07/20/24 08:19 AM (5 months, 25 days ago)

The one in the first picture is probably toast the other 2 are fine .


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Re: Shoe Box Health Check [Re: vicepope]
    #28874913 - 07/20/24 08:30 AM (5 months, 25 days ago)

Thank you! I've moved it away from the others. Any idea what type of contamination it could be? I'd like to be able to research where I messed up with this one.

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Re: Shoe Box Health Check [Re: formidablemuffin]
    #28874938 - 07/20/24 08:35 AM (5 months, 25 days ago)

No idea what that growth is, but it looks badass.


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Re: Shoe Box Health Check [Re: UtahGetMeTwo]
    #28874950 - 07/20/24 08:39 AM (5 months, 25 days ago)

Haha glad someone enjoyed it

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Re: Shoe Box Health Check [Re: formidablemuffin]
    #28878937 - 07/21/24 01:16 AM (5 months, 24 days ago)

Looks like first phase of black pin mold.


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Re: Shoe Box Health Check [Re: vicepope]
    #28881037 - 07/21/24 06:30 PM (5 months, 24 days ago)

Thank you!

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Re: Shoe Box Health Check [Re: formidablemuffin]
    #28881290 - 07/21/24 10:24 PM (5 months, 24 days ago)

Quote:

formidablemuffin said:
Thank you! I've moved it away from the others. Any idea what type of contamination it could be? I'd like to be able to research where I messed up with this one.




Check and or post it here https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/23130868

They all look a little dry but maybe just the pics.

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Re: Shoe Box Health Check [Re: Bigdogg]
    #28882777 - 07/22/24 06:46 PM (5 months, 23 days ago)

Thanks. I've reviewed that post, didn't see anything that looked like my tub. I ended up disposing of that tub. It had stalled out colonizing healthy mycelium and the filamentous growth spread, so I figured I'd trash it before it had more of an opportunity to drop spores in the area.

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Re: Shoe Box Health Check [Re: formidablemuffin]
    #28882842 - 07/22/24 07:28 PM (5 months, 23 days ago)

That sucks. Better 1 than all of em tho. Good luck with the others. They are looking healthy.

Edited by Bigdogg (07/22/24 07:28 PM)

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Re: Shoe Box Health Check [Re: Bigdogg]
    #28889865 - 07/27/24 09:00 PM (5 months, 18 days ago)

An update to the thread:

If anyone has opinions on how the survivor is doing, sharing them is appreciated.

After dumping tub one, ten days after s2b, the tub in the 2nd picture in my OP came down with trich. I immediately removed this one from the area and dumped it too, then bleached the tub.


I was surprised since this one looked the healthiest to me at the time of my first post. It also surprised me it happened after the tub appeared fully colonized. However, the two tubs that failed were both from grains inoculated with LC from a vendor. The grains from the remaining tub were cleaned on agar prior to innoculating, with an agar dish that looked clean (in my eyes).

The remaining tub is 13 days into s2b. The myc on the side where the lid has been cracked is slightly yellow, I assume it got too dry, but I have been misting it any time it isn't sparkling like the surface conditions thread says it should. I'm not seeing any pins and the myc looks kind of clumpy / fluffy to me. Is it time to abandon this one? The following pics are  all from the one remaining tub, taken today.





As before, thanks for any input. I've learned a ton lurking this forum for months, any opinions are welcome.

Edited by formidablemuffin (07/27/24 09:03 PM)

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Re: Shoe Box Health Check [Re: formidablemuffin]
    #28891578 - 07/29/24 02:31 AM (5 months, 16 days ago)

There's no harm in letting your tub keep going until something changes. Good luck!


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Re: Shoe Box Health Check [Re: zendigits]
    #28901500 - 08/05/24 08:24 PM (5 months, 9 days ago)

Wanted to follow up in case someone read this thread and the pics looked like their tubs. Also wanted to say thanks to all the experienced people who spend their time contributing here. I've spent countless hours reading here. If you've ever taken the time to explain yourself to an ignorant beginner who argued with you, know people like myself read those posts and learn from them, even if the person arguing with you never appreciates it.

Tonight I harvested 125 (wet) grams of fruit from the one surviving tub in question above. It was the only tub of the three I started that was started from a clean agar plate. The two tubs I started from jars inoculated straight from the syringe contaminated. My experience lined up perfectly with the general sentiment I've read here: clean your syringes with agar and be clean. I know my yields are measly, and I've got a lot more to learn and finesse to gain, but I'm thrilled I got anything at all my first shot.

Thanks again!

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Re: Shoe Box Health Check [Re: formidablemuffin]
    #28901503 - 08/05/24 08:28 PM (5 months, 9 days ago)

Nice.

Good jobe keeping up on it and getting something out of it. Learn and move forward.

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Re: Shoe Box Health Check [Re: Bigdogg]
    #28901600 - 08/05/24 11:12 PM (5 months, 9 days ago)

:letsgo:

Trip once for us

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