lushmush said:

Hey all, this is my second grow and my first time dealing with contam. My first grow did amazing but this time I have a dime size spot of contam. How would you go about dealing with this? Is there a way to take care of it or is it is what it is?

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Axman said:

Interesting, for some reason I must've remembered reading that somewhere, so it doesn't spread like that once it sporulates?

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LadysKnight said:

Axman said:

Interesting, for some reason I must've remembered reading that somewhere, so it doesn't spread like that once it sporulates?

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That was certainly previous consensus, at some point. I mean, it seems logical. But the truth is, we are constantly swimming through a soup of contam known as air. It's just everywhere all the time anyway.

2nd part is, if your spawn is clean and fully colonized, you can fruit it in the toilet and it will not contaminate until the mycelium gets weak enough to allow it.

Your efforts are appreciated Mr Axman, thank you for helping out around here.

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Huskies said:

LadysKnight said:

Axman said:

Interesting, for some reason I must've remembered reading that somewhere, so it doesn't spread like that once it sporulates?

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That was certainly previous consensus, at some point. I mean, it seems logical. But the truth is, we are constantly swimming through a soup of contam known as air. It's just everywhere all the time anyway.

2nd part is, if your spawn is clean and fully colonized, you can fruit it in the toilet and it will not contaminate until the mycelium gets weak enough to allow it.

Your efforts are appreciated Mr Axman, thank you for helping out around here.

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What do we know about mycelium gets weak enough to allow it? I know that with my Ochras, even though I was getting full canopies and 1000g wet, they would almost always mold immediately after the first flush. Perhaps it was leaving stems.

Should start again from spore, been focusing on other things.

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Stipe-n Cap said:

Positive pressure in your "lab" space certainly helps keep airborne particles out of your sterile media when working.

People don't think of cross contamination.  If you have spawn on deck, enough for multiple tubs, each tub is mixed by hand, usually without gloves. Then you load up the next tub and do the same, repeat until finished. Your first 2 tubs may have been spawned with clean spawn, but the 3rd had a single jar with a slight bacterial infection that went unnoticed. Tubs 4 and 5 are now contamination by tub 3, via cross contamination.

Each tub should be spawned individually as though you're using raw chicken. Do not break up spawn using the same gloves for each tub, otherwise you're potentially spreading contamination between tubs.

Sure, you can spawn in open air without problems, but this doesn't apply to cross contamination.

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Huskies said:

Although I think my problem has been uncolonized millet grain stuck on the lid. I started wiping down the top sides and lid of jars at spawn before breaking them up and that does seem to have helped.

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Huskies said:

Tbh when it contams before fruits even come out, it's likely just going to be a total fail. It happens, don't get discouraged. Try cutting out basically half of the sub, 2/5 of it, and make the cut line far enough away from the contamination.

Then pray for meager success, but it is likely a tosser. If you see it spreading elsewhere after cutting it out, don't even hesitate and just toss it.

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