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shymanta
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Cure for green mold!
#6100931 - 09/25/06 11:02 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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This is a story of three casings contaminated to a severe, mild and light degree.
1) The first contaminated with mild amount of green mold (half covered). So, remembering something I read on here once about mold not surviving well outside, I set the casing on the back porch. I figured it for a goner, so I didn't care what happened to it. I set it in the corner under a rug draped over to shield from direct rain. Its been moist lately and a nice temp. After about a week outside the casing is all but free of green.
2) The next casing was severe. It started with a small spot in the corner which was spritzed with bleach and scraped Check out my Bleach-Mutant thread. Bad idea. within two days green covered the whole surface. A reaction to being attacked I assume. Noting my previous success, I set this one out, too.
3) The last casing contamed only in a small spot in the center. removing the spot spread it to three other places, but a few days outside and its free of green.

1) Mold is there but only a small spot.
 2) Mold is half gone.
 3) Mold is completely gone.

In all cases, the original mycelium has shown new growth.
None of this means that the fruits should be eaten, but if the mold is gone, one might consider it.
Edited by shymanta (09/25/06 11:10 PM)
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shymanta
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Re: Cure for green mold! [Re: Dihnekis]
#6104472 - 09/26/06 06:23 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
Dihnekis said: Would it work for jars?
No. Just sticking a jar outside will do nothing. It is the environment inside the jar (sterile) that makes it susceptible to contamination. Out of the jar and outside the mold will probably die.
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shymanta
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Re: Cure for green mold! [Re: shymanta]
#6104689 - 09/26/06 07:10 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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What RR said is absolutely true. The center casing above showed only a small green spot in the corner. I consider any project that has any green anywhere to be lost and therefore fair game for experimentation. Removing the mold and treating with bleach did nothing but cover the casing with white bumply mycelium that turned green a few days later.
The only time I've ever "saved" anything from the mean green was a hpoo cake. A small spot appeared and that half of the cake was cut away. The rest fruited fine, but that doesn't mean the fruits weren't affected by the contaminant.
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