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slickstep
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water droplets/fuzz on colonized h-poo
#6388551 - 12/19/06 10:30 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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I did a mini mono-tub, 38 L, 3 qts of cracked corn spawned to ~ 5 lbs h-poo (at field consisitancy). I know the ratio of spawn to sub is high but I wanted fast colonization. ITs been 5 days and it is completely covered. I'm worried now though because on the top of the h-poo the mycelium has little fuzzy explosions and there are water droplets all over the surface. THe fuzz is pure white and looks like little clouds coming off of the mycelium covered surface. I'm concerned about cobweb. How would I know? SHould I put a fan on the tub to try to reduce humidity levels? THanks for any help.
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Blutjager
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Re: water droplets/fuzz on colonized h-poo [Re: slickstep]
#6388599 - 12/19/06 10:53 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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If its bright white its healthy mycelium,cobweb is gray and looks like well...it looks like cobwebs,if its Grey hit it with some peroxide and you may be able to save it anyway but it sounds OK to me,post a pic if you can
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creamcorn
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Re: water droplets/fuzz on colonized h-poo [Re: slickstep]
#6388601 - 12/19/06 10:54 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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sounds to me like it colonized perfectly.
the water droplets are normal.
cobweb would be obvious. its one of those things everybody is paranoid of but once you see it you'll be like "ohhh... that's cobweb!" its an obvious grey color in contrast to your bright white mycelium, and is whispier and strand-ier... it sounds to me like you have a healthy substrate on your hands and cobweb isn't something that tends to show up on a healthy substrate.
get that bad boy cased 
you want to open the tub a few times a day after casing and fan it out, but don't use a literal fan... wave a magazine or plate around a few seconds to exchange the air. you want to keep humidity high at this stage, so while air exchange is important, too much means excessive drying...
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slickstep
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Re: water droplets/fuzz on colonized h-poo [Re: creamcorn]
#6388622 - 12/19/06 11:04 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Creamcorn and blutyager thanks for the quick replys. I am quite excited about this as it is my first monotub and use of a bulk sub such as h-poo. I did not plan on casing this tub however as I wanted to see the results of a poo only grow. So now is the time for me to initiate the pinset if I am not casing correct? I just need to expose it to light and lower the temps a little if possible right?
I cannot take a picture of the colonized sub because my "window" on the roof of my tub is covered with condensation and the camera won't focus past it, other wise I'd take a pic. Also I shouldn't open the tub to take a pic right?
Edited by slickstep (12/19/06 11:05 PM)
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Blutjager
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Re: water droplets/fuzz on colonized h-poo [Re: slickstep]
#6388674 - 12/19/06 11:30 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yes,if you aren't going to apply a casing layer now is the time to initiate pinning,full colonization is a main pinning trigger and you already have that,the temp drop is a little over rated and most of the time it isn't even all that needed,I am not really a mono tub grower and one thing that is important is air,this would be provided by air circulating in the room the tub is in,don't point it directly at the tub or you risk drying it out,light is a definite yes for triggering pins,I personally would case it and open it and fan it twice a day but I know that is not really what your going for in a mono tub so you may want to wait for people with more experience with mono tubs go
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