LobstaBob said:

Hey man, I hope u don’t mind me asking u a few questions, I set up a sgfc and brf cakes before realising it wasn’t the most ideal for high yields and less chance of contamination. It’s a long story but these cakes dried out abit and started bruising. I saved them from turning completely blue and the Jack Frost has got pins and baby mush all over it. The other two are different t strains (country cock and lucid gates)

As you can see they don’t look incredible, am I misting and fanning too much too little?

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MycoKyle said:

How long after germinating should I expect to see some growth?

I have been making pasty plates and practicing just making agar. Finally decided to put some spores to it. And that was on 10/28.

Just looks like the same spore specs as when I greened them

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ansr said:

Anyone know what this ring around the mycelium is? I've seen this thread https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/26830564/fpart/1/vc/1
But there's no clear answer what it is?

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mushyum said:

First grow from lc and managed to get to this stage. Wondering if this bag is ready to fruit or should I wait for everything to go thick and white? It seems to have slowed and fair amount of yellow liquid starting to form. It's a diy aio bag of yellow oyster, 50:50 masters mix:millet. Or has my bag gone bad? Thanks

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mushyum said:

First grow from lc and managed to get to this stage. Wondering if this bag is ready to fruit or should I wait for everything to go thick and white? It seems to have slowed and fair amount of yellow liquid starting to form. It's a diy aio bag of yellow oyster, 50:50 masters mix:millet. Or has my bag gone bad? Thanks

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cronicr said:

I see those rings from wet agar from condensation

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This "ring" I mean. It's like very thin mycelium "hairs", you can see the light reflecting in it from some angles.
I only started this hobby earlier this year so I'm still new to this so I don't know if it was always like that or if it came in later since I didn't know to look for it before I noticed it a while ago. I get it on plates with and without condensation.

ansr said:

cronicr said:

I see those rings from wet agar from condensation

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This "ring" I mean. It's like very thin mycelium "hairs", you can see the light reflecting in it from some angles.
I only started this hobby earlier this year so I'm still new to this so I don't know if it was always like that or if it came in later since I didn't know to look for it before I noticed it a while ago. I get it on plates with and without condensation.

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Phaethon said:

That seems like a hell of a lot of millet. With unsupplemented fuel pellets, I usually use about a pound of grain spawn to 4 lb hydrated wood. Supplemented bags I have less experience with, but even a quarter of that has been plenty when it's supplemented. It probably won't hurt anything, but I imagine you could get away with a lot less grain with a masters mix all-in-one.

Anyway, it doesn't look bad, time to cut some slits or holes before it fruits in the bag!

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Phaethon said:

I've seen wispy halos like that on new mycelium (first transfer from spores) that gets less prominent after a couple transfers. Sometimes it's maybe bacterial, though I've seen it on cultures I'm pretty sure were squeaky clean, too - especially with certain agar recipes (for some reason everything grows prettier for me with a bit of yeast added to the agar).

In my experience, at least, nothing to worry much about unless it also looks kind of wet or shiny under the mycelium in the halo. Then it probably is bacterial.

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dream.culture said:

Hi sorry about reviving an old thread but I think I have the exact same problem going on with my agar plates. Never had it before but since the last six months it has been the same. A halo leading the mycelium eventually stopping it's growth. The halo looks like very fine rizhomorphic growth in under light. On the surface it appears very shiny and I have been thinking that it is bacteria. I changed pda to lme just to see if that was the problem but it didn't work. I also eliminated simple sugars like corn syrup just as an attempt to inhibit bacterial growth. I tried dipping transfer wedges in three percent hydrogen peroxide and another set of plates with antibiotic doxycycline 50mg/1 litre. Still am disappointed with the same shiny halo. I tried changing spores from 3 different sources and been paying all sorts of attention to sterile technique in my still air box. I'm completely lost here. My first grow as a complete noob back in 2017 went smoothly and I was able to isolate cube myc fairly quickly. But I have been dealing with this curse since more than a year and I am completely flabbergasted. Anyone here to help?

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