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 PsycAura
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 help!!??? larve in my jars 
#3390943 - 11/20/04 09:35 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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first of all ---EWWWW GROSS and DISGUSTING
there are little (1/8 of an inch) cream colored wiggly moving THINGS in two of my 6 jars that were inoculated 10days ago -- i gonna assume this counts as contamination and toss them, right??? - has this ever happened to anyone else (probably). the other 3 are doing fine with mycelium growing - but i had 3 lagging jars with nothing - i let them sit on the counter top for a day and it seems on has the faintest beginnings of some mycelium - but the other 2 have things crawling all in them. could a bug have gotten through the top layer of vermiculite and lain eggs, or did something survive my pressure cooking?
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 noxy
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 Re: help!!??? larve in my jars [Re: PsycAura]
#3390975 - 11/20/04 09:42 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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possible that eggs survived pc ing
also possible that eggs were in with the spores
as well as the possibility that a mushroom fly entered the jar
seeing where only two jars were affected most probable the thired
if those were the jars left out then thats where it happend
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Re: help!!??? larve in my jars [Re: noxy]
#3390982 - 11/20/04 09:43 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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PsycAura
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 Re: help!!??? larve in my jars [Re: lemon_lw]
#3391000 - 11/20/04 09:47 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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i checked out the contamination page but they dont have the black heads that they describe. plus i dont have any mushrooms and it says the flies are attracted to the mushroom crop - also could they get through that top layer of vermiculite - isnt that supposed to protect the mycelium?
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Re: help!!??? larve in my jars [Re: PsycAura]
#3391014 - 11/20/04 09:51 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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got me on this one, but damn thats gross i hope i never run into this problem, and also good luck with the rest of the jars.
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Re: help!!??? larve in my jars [Re: lemon_lw]
#3391027 - 11/20/04 09:53 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
lemon_lw said:
http://www.shroomery.org/index/par/23418. towards the bottom.
Ah shit that's fuckin' disgusting.
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Re: help!!??? larve in my jars [Re: PsycAura]
#3391046 - 11/20/04 09:57 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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there are several species of mushroom flies as well as fungas gnats
if the little magots have a black head they are probably a Lycoriella
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Peterthinks
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Re: help!!??? larve in my jars [Re: noxy]
#3392899 - 11/21/04 12:06 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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EWWW!!
Kill the buggers!
Microwave till they stop moving and hope you didn't kill every mycelium....untested idea, use at own risk.They might not survive a freezing either and it might be kinder to the mycelium some mushroom species don't care about cold but will die if it gets too hot.
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Re: help!!??? larve in my jars [Re: Peterthinks]
#3392973 - 11/21/04 12:31 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hey bro that happened to me once. Definately toss the jars..
However I belive mine came from contaminated syringes, every jar I inocced with 4 B+ syringes contammed and many of them had those little creepy crawlers. Toss 'em i say..
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candykid420
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Get a magnyfying glass, and burn it
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candykid420
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Re: help!!??? larve in my jars [Re: candykid420]
#3393109 - 11/21/04 01:17 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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^^^
And send me the pictures when you're done
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ticktock
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Someone else reported the same thing just a few days ago. The topic is here. Do you have anything in common with him? (Vendor, strain, etc.)
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