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MagikBus
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Mold Woes.. time to fruit? (pics)
#369284 - 08/09/01 10:33 AM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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 Greetings fellow growers, I probably should have posted this in the contamination forum, but since I am trying to SAVE the shroomys I am growing, I am going to post it here. I am using a simple casing method of the bottom later being perlite mixed with dirt, then the colonized cakes, and then a later of potting soil on top of the cakes. I have these growing in 2 containers, my 'experimental' chamber (a hallowed out water jug) and my 'big' chamber, just a plastic tub. I started my experimental chamber a few days before I did my major tub so if any contamination happened, I would be able to catch it. After placing the colonized cakes in my experimental jar, the started fruiting like mad. the Mycelium grew almost completely covered the inside of the jug. I then noticed a little bit of blueish green, but decided to ignore it thinking it was simply bruised mycelium. Well, a day or two went by and then the green covered almost ALL of the mycelium, as you can see in the pic below. I suppose this jar is a loss. Amy way to save it? |  Below you can see a pic of my 'main' growing tub. As you can see, at this stage the mycelium has been growing like mad, leaving giant fluffy cotton ball like deposits on the top layer of the soil. This has been covered for about a week now. You can see the humidity level in the tub is pretty high by the droplets you can see on the side. Is this ready to be placed in the light and the cover left off to begin pinning, or should I leave it covered in the dark for another week or so until the mycelium completely covers the floor of the tray? I am worried because I am starting to see signs of the same deep green coloring starting on where the growth first broke through the dirt, and I am worried about my entire tub being contaminated. Can I simply scrape off this greenish mold with a spoon, or would that simply help in causing it to spread? |  Here you can see a close up of the mycelium growing. It seems to be building UP in a cotton ball manner as opposed to spreading along the bottom of the tray. How 'thick' does this need to be before it can begin fruiting mushrooms? Thanks for the help, people. BTW, the spore prints i used to colonize the cakes were ones i made myself from cube shrooms that I found in the wild. (central florida area) | 
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cxz
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Re: Mold Woes.. time to fruit? (pics) [Re: MagikBus]
#369313 - 08/09/01 02:36 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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I am no expert but I think that cottony mycelia is the dreaded Cobweb Mold. Spray some H202 on it and I think it will dissolve. I stumbled upon this right after I posted this reply. http://www.theforestfloor.org/cgi-bin/topic.cgi?forum=12&topic=449
Edited by cxz on 08/09/01 03:42 PM.
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MagikBus
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Re: Mold Woes.. time to fruit? (pics) [Re: cxz]
#369322 - 08/09/01 02:46 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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It is not grey, it is a snowy fluffy white. It looks like a bigger version of that ya see growing in the jars.
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thegoldenteacher
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Re: Mold Woes.. time to fruit? (pics) [Re: cxz]
#369323 - 08/09/01 02:47 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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yeah peroxide it down, hopefully that'll help if that doesnt work grab a little plot of land and case it out there and forget about it for a few days. peace
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puscle
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Re: Mold Woes.. time to fruit? (pics) [Re: MagikBus]
#369335 - 08/09/01 03:00 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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Cobweb is gray. Mycelia is white.
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MagikBus
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Re: Mold Woes.. time to fruit? (pics) [Re: puscle]
#369352 - 08/09/01 03:24 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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it is very much mycelia, snowy white, even smells very mushroomy. I just never seen any pics of it growing into a huge cotton mound like that.
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JoHnNySc
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Re: Mold Woes.. time to fruit? (pics) [Re: MagikBus]
#369357 - 08/09/01 03:37 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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If it is mycelium then i read that you should cover the high spots with dirt so that the whole casing will be covered at the same time, giving a more even flush of mushrooms.
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MagikBus
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Re: Mold Woes.. time to fruit? (pics) [Re: JoHnNySc]
#369366 - 08/09/01 03:49 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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But doesent that cotteny white mycelium sorta dry up a little and then start to pin? wont covering it with more dirt just make it take a longer time to pin?
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Shiznitz
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Re: Mold Woes.. time to fruit? (pics) [Re: MagikBus]
#369380 - 08/09/01 04:07 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yes, that mycelium will start to pin... You cover it up with a bit of moist verm. (or the dirt) so that the rest of the mycelium (which is under all the other dirt) can "catch up" to the patches of mycelium that have already surfaced. This way, all the mycelium will begin to pin around the same time, which will: a) increase yeilds, and b) make it easier for you to pick the shrooms...
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