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EWalter69
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A Predicament
#5744634 - 06/13/06 12:47 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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On May 19th and 20th, I inoculated 7 BRF jars. Two never showed growth. Three contamed. One only showed growth at three of the five inoculation sites, so it's pretty far behind on colonization. That leaves this jar:

Now, the predicament: I leave town at the beginning of July. I won't be back for two weeks. If at all possible, I want to harvest some shrooms from this jar before I leave. That gives me eighteen days.
Is this at all feasible? If so, should I continue to let it finish colonizing, or birth it now and remove the uncolonized substrate? How long after birth does a cake usually start to pin? I don't really mind if I have to harvest early and end up with a smallish yield, so much as I have enough for one or two doses (it's for personal use). Thoughts?
P.S. The jar has stalled a little bit. I've tried flipping it, as you can see, and I loosened the lid. Is there anything else I can try?
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SouthPArk
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Re: A Predicament [Re: EWalter69]
#5744710 - 06/13/06 01:15 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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In my own experience
-From Fruting to Pinz - 10 Dayz+ -Pinz to Picked Fruitz - 5 days+ -Drying Process - for me 5 dayz but with a fooddehydrator/placing on TV..it can be done in hourz..
it is possible but it'll be close...
shoulda done LC
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Edited by SouthPArk (06/13/06 01:16 AM)
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kristen
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Re: A Predicament [Re: SouthPArk]
#5744772 - 06/13/06 01:54 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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notz aolz
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EWalter69
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Re: A Predicament [Re: kristen]
#5745198 - 06/13/06 09:27 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Anyone else? Would it be a bad idea to birth it early?
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creamcorn
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Re: A Predicament [Re: EWalter69]
#5745303 - 06/13/06 10:27 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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its always a bad idea to birth it early but sometimes it works. in your situation i say go for it, you don't have much to lose, its just one cake, and you could end up waiting around for it and end up with nothing anyway. you could always keep it around until you leave, stick it in the fridge to "pause" its progress, then continue where you left off when you get home if you're dead set on getting something without starting over. you may want to scrape off the uncolonized part and quickly return it to its jar and incubate another day or so to let it cover anything left.
you have to keep in mind the possibility of bacteria that caused it to stall... hard to tell from the picture, but if the uncolonized area thats left looks a little darker than it originally did, and the myc seems to be making a thick cottony "border" around it, it may also be contamed. not sure if its exactly stalled or just slow because like you said it didn't germinate at all the inoculation points and might just be taking its good old time.
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EWalter69
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Re: A Predicament [Re: creamcorn]
#5745509 - 06/13/06 11:54 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Well, I birthed it, cut out the uncolonized substrate, shook off the casing layer and returned it to the jar. Should I wait to dunk it? What if I added sterilized water to the jar to let it dunk now?
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