Seriously_trippin said:

That sucks i got a pretty good heater in the room working but even if I do get the wall heater up that closet will still be cold. I wonder if should find some battery operated space heater to put up there?

If that's not a good idea it may just be doomed and I'll have to wait till next year

I may try and move it to a different room and see if it's any better at all. In the front of the house it's 75 degrees atm but it dips pretty dramatically at night.

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You might want to consider something like this. I use it to keep my hedgehogs cage and area warm whenever it needs. It goes inside of a dome fixture.





You would have to run an extension cord or something to the closet and you can clip it on something or rest it on a safe rack.  and radiate soft consistent heat. Probably safer than putting a space heater un attended in a closet. As long as it's set up properly. Cuz They can still be dangerous..


You can see it set up on top of my cage. Basically the entire area directly under that Dome will stay warm and about half of the cage as well. It's plugged into a thermostat to maintain exact temperature. Once it reaches that temperature it turns off. And turned back on if it drops below.






Or I use this little tiny space heater. It does a good job for making a small area warm. It's got safety features like built-in automatic thermostat and automatic shut off if it's knocked over. As long as you can Ensure it's safe in there and not going to catch anything on fire these things are definitely useful.

AspectOfTheCreator said:

Recently, my projects have all been going bad after spawn. Wbs prepped fooman style. Itll recover and colonize the shoebox well before contaminating with trich right when they should be starting to fruit. They all look identical yet all but 1 will likely fail. The one that succeeds will do so as if nothing is wrong and give 1.5 oz dry yield. Any ideas?

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callmehippie said:

Seriously_trippin said:

That sucks i got a pretty good heater in the room working but even if I do get the wall heater up that closet will still be cold. I wonder if should find some battery operated space heater to put up there?

If that's not a good idea it may just be doomed and I'll have to wait till next year

I may try and move it to a different room and see if it's any better at all. In the front of the house it's 75 degrees atm but it dips pretty dramatically at night.

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You might want to consider something like this. I use it to keep my hedgehogs cage and area warm whenever it needs. It goes inside of a dome fixture.





You would have to run an extension cord or something to the closet and you can clip it on something or rest it on a safe rack.  and radiate soft consistent heat. Probably safer than putting a space heater un attended in a closet. As long as it's set up properly. Cuz They can still be dangerous..


You can see it set up on top of my cage. Basically the entire area directly under that Dome will stay warm and about half of the cage as well. It's plugged into a thermostat to maintain exact temperature. Once it reaches that temperature it turns off. And turned back on if it drops below.


Or I use this little tiny space heater. It does a good job for making a small area warm. It's got safety features like built-in automatic thermostat and automatic shut off if it's knocked over. As long as you can Ensure it's safe in there and not going to catch anything on fire these things are definitely useful.

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Thank you my friend I'll definitely look into those. I do have an outlet nearby but not in the closet itself and I'm sure I can just keep it open. I'm guessing its going to be too late for this bag but maybe not. I'll give it a search

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Arctic_Fox said:

Arctic_Fox said:

This thing has been totally stalled for weeks. It's a coir+grain cake in a water tub. You can see a couple of pins started but they aborted.

I'm not sure what the problem is. It has light. I have the lid on loosely. Condensation builds up inside, though not on the surface of the cake -- it did in the early days but not since then. Maybe the box is too big for one cake? What should I do with it?

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I was thinking maybe roll it in some damp coir and then put it back in the water box. Is that a good idea?

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How long has it been since it started pinning. How long did it take you to realize it aborted?

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ansr said:

This description matches what I got, from this thread https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/28834842#28834842

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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So anyone know what this is? You can only see it when the light reflecting in it.

Looks fine but got this ring around it.

Mr Piggy said:

Looks like a bit of the ol bacteria, the sub is way too wet.

What's with the green spot on the right side of picture two?

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