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OfflineGliders
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Peat smells like scotch!
    #5259153 - 02/03/06 12:44 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

I made a small casing using 50/50 peat/ verm with some calcium chloride 4 days ago. I placed it in the incubation chamber, and went to check it today. The smell about knocked my socks off! My fiance pointed out that it smelled like scotch, which is made from peat moss.

OK== so obviously I have some fermentation here, but is that the same thing as contam? If so, where did I go wrong? Too much moisture? Kept in heated tub too long? I didn't PC the casing layer, BTW.


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Re: Peat smells like scotch! [Re: Gliders]
    #5259416 - 02/03/06 01:55 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

let that shit breath. air it out, and then get some more air circulation.



you might not be able to save this, however.


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Re: Peat smells like scotch! [Re: kilgore_trout]
    #5259545 - 02/03/06 02:25 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Any idea what I can do to prevent this in the future? I had no such probs with verm alone, BTW, and substate was WBS.


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Re: Peat smells like scotch! [Re: Gliders]
    #5259657 - 02/03/06 03:13 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

your issue was most likely too much moisture and/or too little air flow. make sure that it is well pasteurized. lay it on airy. not too moist. make sure it gets some air circulation.


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Re: Peat smells like scotch! [Re: kilgore_trout]
    #5261851 - 02/04/06 08:12 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

dont add so much water next time, or try REALLY REALLY getting all the h2o out of the mix as possible.


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Re: Peat smells like scotch! [Re: RemainRandom50]
    #5262217 - 02/04/06 11:23 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

next time pasteurize it, make sure it is not too wet, and make sure it gets a little more air. the air might be more of a problem than the moisture unless you had that shit wet.


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Re: Peat smells like scotch! [Re: kilgore_trout]
    #5262251 - 02/04/06 11:41 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

My mistake as all of the above. I had it too soggy and didn't open the container during the entire time. I had read that this was the thing to do (not opening it or looking at it for at least 3 days), but maybe that's not right?

In any event, I will definitely have to work on my moisture content, as well as pasteurization.

Thank you for your help!


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Re: Peat smells like scotch! [Re: Gliders]
    #5599198 - 05/06/06 10:20 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

I dont know what you guys are talking about. sterilize that stuff for 90 minutes you can pastuerize no biggie. make it so you squeeze and and few drops come out. make sure the calcium chloride doesnt get stuck just at the bottom. You dont want Fae during the incubation stage. you might fan once a day or put your auto on a timer for a few minutes but you want co2 buildup. Then lots of Fae when fruiting. you need to read hyphae pinning strategy. It sounds to me like your peat was not bacteria free


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