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3ptCrown
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jars smell funny, im scared 2 death
#467087 - 11/23/01 07:59 AM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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i innoculated my jars just 2 days ago, and when i smell through the hole in the lid it smells very weird, sort of like pickeled cabbage or something. please, please, please someone tell me thats just the top layer of vermiculite(maybe it got a little wet). oh and theres no growth or signs of contamination. i really hope this is normal, help me bretheren and sitheren please!
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phrozendata
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Re: jars smell funny, im scared 2 death [Re: 3ptCrown]
#467091 - 11/23/01 08:09 AM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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Wait it out.
-------------------- "There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that's your own self. So you have to begin there, not
outside, not on other people" - Aldous Huxley
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mystic1
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Re: jars smell funny, im scared 2 death [Re: 3ptCrown]
#467103 - 11/23/01 08:24 AM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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that has happed to a friend a couple of times. where the verm gets a lil wet. i guess it just depends how wet it is and how long it will take to dry. he lost some and saved some. try takeing the lid of for a day or so.
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3ptCrown
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Re: jars smell funny, im scared 2 death [Re: mystic1]
#467522 - 11/23/01 09:27 PM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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so the smell is the vermiculite then right no problems?
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BeppoMarx
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Re: jars smell funny, im scared 2 death [Re: mystic1]
#467581 - 11/23/01 10:54 PM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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if you remove the lid(s) make sure you put it someplace reeeeeal clean or youll find some new green and grey bullshit that WILL scare you to death.
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maybe theres a tek out there to explain how to use it!
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mystic1
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Re: jars smell funny, im scared 2 death [Re: 3ptCrown]
#467595 - 11/23/01 11:23 PM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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no it is a problem. but you can try to deal with it. like i said sometimes you can save them sometimes you can't
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upupup
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Re: jars smell funny, im scared 2 death [Re: mystic1]
#467605 - 11/23/01 11:45 PM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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Get used to being scared to death. Contams are a part of the buisness. Just keep stuff clean. You will invariably lose some here and there.
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3ptCrown
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Re: jars smell funny, im scared 2 death [Re: upupup]
#468357 - 11/24/01 09:42 PM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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i put some baking soda on the bottom of the box where my jars are incubating, and it killed the smell. so i guess everything is good, unless putting baking soda around the jars is not good.
-------------------- "Nothing lasts. That's one thing I think you learn from life, psychedelics, or just paying attention. Very little lasts." ~ Terrence Mckenna
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Re: jars smell funny, im scared 2 death [Re: 3ptCrown]
#468362 - 11/24/01 09:48 PM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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Smells like pickled cabbage? I wonder what that smells like.
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phrozendata
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Re: jars smell funny, im scared 2 death [Re: ]
#468375 - 11/24/01 10:02 PM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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Contaminates pop up here and there. Even when you get a rather good setup a few jars will be lost. Bad spores, bad luck, it just strikes. Sometimes it takes 12 jars at a time. Oh well, try again and succeed. It is the greatest feeling next to having human babies (atleast, untill you get used to it).
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Re: jars smell funny, im scared 2 death [Re: phrozendata]
#468378 - 11/24/01 10:08 PM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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when I cook up my jars i just hope for atleast 1 to Make it to mutrity :) hehe so i am never desapointed :) hehe specially when none die to contams
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Brugman
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Re: jars smell funny, im scared 2 death [Re: 3ptCrown]
#468412 - 11/24/01 11:04 PM (21 years, 2 months ago) |
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Um, I don't think putting baking soda in the box will make your contam go away. You will probably see contam growth soon. Wet verm doesn't smell like pickled cabbage.
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