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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: Meanwhile]
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Havent tried softened water personally. you have access to an outdoor tap connected to city water?  You could use a coiled tube to condense steam from a pc


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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: tryptkaloids]
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tryptkaloids said:
Havent tried softened water personally. you have access to an outdoor tap connected to city water?  You could use a coiled tube to condense steam from a pc


Whoever plumbed this house makes my blood pressure rise every time I dig into it. Currently it'd be a pretty big project for me to do. I do however like your pc idea. Definitely a cheaper alternative.

My more direct question though is distilled water adequate vs salt softened water.


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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: Meanwhile]
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Distilled water works great. I primarily use it in lc and spore solution


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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: tryptkaloids]
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Question: Would you consume these?

Background (first timer):
Inoculated with African Transeki from a trusted vendor.
I took a week long trip and never did a break and shake on this specific bag.
When I came back it was solid white. This lead me to believe it could be some sort of contam.

I asked about the bag in a post, but didn't get an answer until the following day after I had mixed the bag into coco coir sub.
I was told to pitch the bag, but since I had already mixed, I thought it would be an interesting contam experiment.

I'm not sure if it's luck but this tub is doing the best of all of them.
And need some info on if its a bad idea to consume these.
I got this far, and wasn't expecting it, given all the cultivation rules I short-cutted.

And now I'm at the point of continuing this tub's grow for experimental purposes.
OR
continuing this tub's grow for future consumption.


Pics from today:
I tried to get a few different angles.
The substrate is shrinking significantly, about 1/4 inch around.
The fuzzyness runs up all fruit, I've only seen this as a 'fuzzy feet' type thing.

 
   

Other grow pics:
 

Mycelium grain bag pics:

     


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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: lfn]
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yes those are fine to eat


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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: catnip40] * 1
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Nothing wrong with those, a week is pretty fast for grain to colonize but the tub is fine.

Definitely not Transkei though, possibly aa+


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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: A.k.a]
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A.k.a said:
Nothing wrong with those, a week is pretty fast for grain to colonize but the tub is fine.

Definitely not Transkei though, possibly aa+



I see what you mean with the aa+, but they do look similar enough to the vendor pictures. If this isn't allowed I can remove.

Harvested the big ones today:
   

Vendor pic:


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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: lfn]
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How do you avoid Petri dish condensation on borosilicate Petri dishes. I've poured at cooler temps.ive poured straight out the PC I've down nopour methodm I never have luck with condensation


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I eat a few.  should be real tender.  Its tasty.  No starchiness or crunchiness.

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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: el boso]
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i love glass petris & you can too!!


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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: catnip40]
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What's going on, am I just dumb. All my grain spawn is going well from the same transfers and SAB. All the previous cultures I've moved these from are fine. I am using reusable petri dishes - placing them wrapped in the oven for 2hrs and then pouring.






I think my agar tek is the problem, maybe my pouring Tek. Maybe I should just do no pour with the petris. I have a few no pour plates but they are super condensated and I'm giving them time to clear up


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I eat a few.  should be real tender.  Its tasty.  No starchiness or crunchiness.

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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: el boso] * 3
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Clean your SAB soap warm water.


Sterilize your utensils,

Turn off the central air.


Scrub your arms and hands with dial or dawn... for a full minute or two...

Revise your Aseptic techniques.

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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: LewDoja] * 1
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Thanks. Will do


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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: el boso]
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Any idea what kind of contam this is? Smelled fine when I buried it outside, but looks identical to sectoring section of the identifying contam thread.






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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: Rooster87] * 1
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Ba ba ba bacteria baby!  Looks like the possibility of some mold too.  Yeet those into the sun and start over.  Either your plate work is off, your grain prep is off, or both.  Go back and assess your clean work to try and figure out what went wrong.


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New to cultivation or the shroomery?  Observe the hitchhiker's guide

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Smellyhobbit said:
"Wiping a needle with isopropyl after flame sterilization is like shitting after you wipe your ass."

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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: Mr Piggy] * 2
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Why does Mr Piggy hate big rice?  I'm sure dinosaurs got giant hungry mouths to feed...

And why does mushboy hate ellipsis?


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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: Mr Piggy]
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Oh yeah, I already buried that guy.

You could very well be right about the sterile techniques. But I’ve done a ton agar work cleaning up mss cultures and then doing a food bit (30ish) of transfers both a2g and g2g. Still think it’s something with the prep, or would you say I messed up during a transfer?

Granted you could be right (and probably are) on both accounts, just trying to figure out where to put my focus into.


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Edited by Rooster87 (04/22/25 07:56 PM)

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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: Rooster87]
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I don’t know what to say other than that spawn is exceptionally contaminated :shrug:


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New to cultivation or the shroomery?  Observe the hitchhiker's guide

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Smellyhobbit said:
"Wiping a needle with isopropyl after flame sterilization is like shitting after you wipe your ass."

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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: tree frog] * 1
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tree frog said:
Why does Mr Piggy hate big rice?


:penisisevil:

THE RICE IS EVIL.


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New to cultivation or the shroomery?  Observe the hitchhiker's guide

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Shroomery



Smellyhobbit said:
"Wiping a needle with isopropyl after flame sterilization is like shitting after you wipe your ass."

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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: Mr Piggy]
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Second jar started showing signs today, so I’m thinking I messed up doing the transfers. But to your point I’m going to pay close attention to my prep and transfer process on the next batch. Thanks for your input man, I appreciate it.


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Re: Official Trusted Cultivator Q&A Thread - Anyone Can Ask, Only Tc's Can Answer! [Re: Rooster87]
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Rooster87 said:
Oh yeah, I already buried that guy.

You could very well be right about the sterile techniques. But I’ve done a ton agar work cleaning up mss cultures and then doing a food bit (30ish) of transfers both a2g and g2g. Still think it’s something with the prep, or would you say I messed up during a transfer?

Granted you could be right (and probably are) on both accounts, just trying to figure out where to put my focus into.


Bacterial pretty much always comes from a slip in technique. In grain i find it more common from a2g than the actual transfers


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Learn the tried and true way to grow mushrooms
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