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frankiedont
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Possible small contaminated area on almost fully colonized cake
#7571805 - 10/29/07 03:40 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I have 2 cakes now that are completely covered with mycellium that I will be birthing in a day or two. It looks like one of them *might* have a small area of contamination (or it might just be thin there and the color is from the brown rice flour/vermiculite substrate coming through the mycellium). If it IS contamination, would it be suggested that I cut off the contaminated part of the cake and use it in a casing procedure? Or do I have to discard the whole thing?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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CaptainLinger
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Re: Possible small contaminated area on almost fully colonized cake [Re: frankiedont]
#7571818 - 10/29/07 03:52 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Leave it, or post pictures in the contamination forum. Cutting off the small visible, sporulating section of your contaminant mold will do nothing.
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veda_sticks
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Re: Possible small contaminated area on almost fully colonized cake [Re: CaptainLinger]
#7571909 - 10/29/07 05:42 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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A picture would be a big help, sometimes verm pressed up to the grass looks a bit funny, i have seen verm in my glass's.
What colour is it?
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frankiedont
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Re: Possible small contaminated area on almost fully colonized cake [Re: veda_sticks]
#7573500 - 10/29/07 04:11 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Brown, and it may very well be verm. Thanks. If it still looks bad when I birth it I will send pics.
Thanks
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Re: Possible small contaminated area on almost fully colonized cake [Re: frankiedont]
#7574778 - 10/29/07 10:14 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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It also sounds like metabolites. You can just search the threads in this forum to get lots of pictures of mold, bacteria, and harmless metabolites, which is what I suspect. RR
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