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    #7663525 - 11/21/07 03:36 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I feel like the mycelium is never gonna grow. It has only been three days but i am getting anxious. I keep checking the temperature, and i feel like my incubator smells funny, but when i open my jars they don't smell bad at all. I think im goin crazy. And yes this is my first time.


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    #7663541 - 11/21/07 03:40 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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Re: Paranoia [Re: Chemy]
    #7663610 - 11/21/07 03:56 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Yea, we all go through it, especially for our first grow. Im in the middle of a project and I've been nervous for over a month. You just gotta know that there is NOTHING more you can do until you let them do their thing... Yes yes it's hard, just try and smoke a lot to keep you occupied lol

did you say you opened your jars?? Don't open them anymore! Never open your jars unless they 100% colonized, have a contam and you have to through them out, or you really know what you're doing...


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Re: Paranoia [Re: HappyHardcore]
    #7663618 - 11/21/07 03:59 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I heard that if there is a dry verm layer then opening the jars is ok.


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Re: Paranoia [Re: mad genius]
    #7663634 - 11/21/07 04:03 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I would never risk it, you can smell them just buy sniffing a breathing hole.
just be patient and let them work their magic, take a deep breath, relax, and do something constructive in the mean time.


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Re: Paranoia [Re: mad genius]
    #7663642 - 11/21/07 04:05 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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I heard that if there is a dry verm layer then opening the jars is ok.




The dry verm barrier is to *help* keep airborne contaminates out... It definitely does do that, but there's no need to increase the risk of contamination by opening your jars even if they are prepared in this manner; you will be able to tell when the time is right to open them from the outside looking in...

3 days isn't so long... a week or more can be possible if conditions aren't perfect.  Be patient, and careful, and enjoy your experience! :smile:

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Re: Paranoia [Re: Funkatron9000]
    #7663650 - 11/21/07 04:07 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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take a deep breath, relax, and do something constructive in the mean time.




*packs one up*

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Re: Paranoia [Re: Azurescendence]
    #7663681 - 11/21/07 04:12 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

My constructive activities include, Smokin lots of herb, and playin HALO 3.


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Re: Paranoia [Re: mad genius]
    #7663687 - 11/21/07 04:14 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

DO NOT DIRECTLY SNIFF THE WHOLES OR TOO CLOSE TO AN OPEN JAR ON THE VERM LAYER!
You don't want to know how much vermiculite dust that you will accumulate in your lungs, that i can't imagine to be good for you.
Just smell inside the area that it is housed in. Sometimes there will be some smell that you might be paranoid and think is contamination but isn't.
BE PATIENT:D
My first jars took just under 5 days and others are on the sixths day and just have begun... also im sure i will eventually hit some strains or incorrect water balance in my substrate that it will take probably close to a month for full colonization or more.
Patients is a virtue :tongue:


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Re: Paranoia [Re: mad genius]
    #7663752 - 11/21/07 04:30 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I would have said not to open your jars again too, and that the smell will be noticable before your nose gets close to the hole in the lid, but everyone else has harped on that enough.

So. . .

Disperse that Paranoia man, hedge your bets and take the spare time to start more projects.
Get a couple LCs going and experiment with a few different things.

That way if your paranoia is warranted it won't be so bad to lose a few jars if those jars were merely the first in a series of projects!

Plus then you've got something new to see everyday!


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Re: Paranoia [Re: mad genius]
    #7664045 - 11/21/07 05:42 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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I feel like the mycelium is never gonna grow. It has only been three days but i am getting anxious. I keep checking the temperature, and i feel like my incubator smells funny, but when i open my jars they don't smell bad at all. I think im goin crazy. And yes this is my first time.




That is effing hilarious that you posted that. I am also 3 days in my first project, and see no signs of growth. Most of my jars are too wet on the bottom......so I'm even more worried than you are.

Thinking of starting another project tomorrow with a Cambodian syringe. And this time, I will use water very sparingly! Oh well....can't live my life in regrets. Let me know if you see any signs of growth!


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Re: Paranoia [Re: greystealth]
    #7664109 - 11/21/07 06:02 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I used the same ingredient parameters from the Mushroom Growing Made Easy video.


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Re: Paranoia [Re: mad genius]
    #7664113 - 11/21/07 06:05 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Heh, yeah that video is cool except for the fact that they don't list specific measurements and they use quarts I believe....

That's great and all, if you've got time on your hands. =P Being as impatient as I am, I'd have to hide the jars and "forget about them" in order not to go psycho.


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Re: Paranoia [Re: greystealth]
    #7664120 - 11/21/07 06:08 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Thats not true. Maybe your thinking about the I Grow Mushrooms video. The video im talking about (Mushroom Growing Made Easy) gives specific amounts in cups.


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Re: Paranoia [Re: mad genius]
    #7664192 - 11/21/07 06:24 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

What temp you keeping your babies at?


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Re: Paranoia [Re: greystealth]
    #7664357 - 11/21/07 06:52 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

a steady 80F.


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Re: Paranoia [Re: mad genius]
    #7664965 - 11/21/07 09:31 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Dude this isn't paranoia, this is obsession. Just CHILL!


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Re: Paranoia [Re: DebuteMachine]
    #7665016 - 11/21/07 09:52 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

like a 7th grader having his first crush in middle school.... =P


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Re: Paranoia [Re: greystealth]
    #7665125 - 11/21/07 10:37 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

ive been growing for a few years and i still get that paranoia, well its more like excitement!


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Re: Paranoia [Re: Chaos Creations]
    #7665250 - 11/21/07 11:45 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

DONT OPEN JARS lol

nooo esta bien
incase you didnt wipe properly or something. contams might get in.
was my first grow mistake,.


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Re: Paranoia [Re: galadar]
    #7665255 - 11/21/07 11:48 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Stop fucking with it, it will grow.


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Re: Paranoia [Re: drwatson]
    #7665487 - 11/22/07 01:46 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Okay, no it's probably not a good idea to have vermiculite dust in your lungs, but take a deep breath (pun intended) and relax. You inhale more vermiculite dust when you're working with it to make cakes, casings, substrates, etc than you will by sniffing a breather hole. And it's expanded mica. You inhale dust all the time. It's not healthy to put your head inside a bag full of glass dust but you can relax with the occasional whiff or two of vermiculite. And I'll reiterate all said advice. It could take on the outside of 2 WHOLE WEEKS for you to even see mycelium if you used a multi-spore syringe. Relax. Do something else. Start a book. Play video games. Go to school. Pick a new hobby for about 5-10 days and pursue it, THEN check. You'll definitely know which ones succeeded and which one's contaminated by then. Boil the contaminated ones for an hour and toss. Keep the mycelial ones and love.


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Re: Paranoia [Re: BlargIAmDead]
    #7667085 - 11/22/07 01:47 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I found a Mycelium spot. Its about the size of a weed seed.


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Re: Paranoia [Re: mad genius]
    #7667106 - 11/22/07 01:54 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Don't open your jars.


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Re: Paranoia [Re: mad genius]
    #7667114 - 11/22/07 01:58 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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I found a Mycelium spot. Its about the size of a weed seed.




LOL. yea baby! The magic has begun. Go smoke, play Halo, or whatever you do to entertain yourself, but please leave the jars alone. Come back and take a peek in another 3 days.


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Re: Paranoia [Re: The shroomy 1]
    #7667130 - 11/22/07 02:02 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

ok ok ill leave them alone.


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Re: Paranoia [Re: mad genius]
    #7672026 - 11/23/07 07:08 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

This damned incubator smells so funny to me. I dont know if what im smelling is bad or what.


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Re: Paranoia [Re: mad genius]
    #7672065 - 11/23/07 07:14 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

i don't have a pic available, but looks like some white boogers are growing inside my jars... is this mycelium??


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Re: Paranoia [Re: mad genius]
    #7672104 - 11/23/07 07:19 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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This damned incubator smells so funny to me. I dont know if what im smelling is bad or what.




It hasn't been 3 days! Oh, if you don't know if it smells bad or not, you shouldn't worry too much.


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Re: Paranoia [Re: The shroomy 1]
    #7672263 - 11/23/07 07:44 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Heres what I've done:

1) Gather inoculated jars into a small rubbermaid container.
2) Put thermometer inside so I can read temp through clear lid.
3) Use fan heater once a day to get up to 80'F.
4) Put in cooler at night to stop from getting too cold.

5) FORGET ABOUT IT!


Follow that, and you'll go fine. Seems to have worked for me, after a few days I've got some wimpy strands of stuff in my LC jar. Could be contam, but fingers crossed :wink:


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Re: Paranoia [Re: boingkster]
    #7672308 - 11/23/07 07:53 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Not to dash hopes or anything but if it's that small it could be anything. I've had stuff I was sure was mycelium and a few days later sporulated to black, blue, or green. All of which you're not looking for. So don't lay out hopes yet but I wish you the best of luck :smile:.


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    #7672513 - 11/23/07 08:51 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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Re: Paranoia [Re: acommunistspy]
    #7677597 - 11/25/07 11:29 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

finally got some solid spots of mycelium. :cool:


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Re: Paranoia [Re: mad genius]
    #7678412 - 11/25/07 02:58 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

and that ends our case of paranoia. lol
how many days was it? and strain. just for the record.


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Re: Paranoia [Re: galadar]
    #7678421 - 11/25/07 03:00 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

6 days with the B+ strizain. now i can be paranoid about contams. :smirk:


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Re: Paranoia [Re: mad genius]
    #7679777 - 11/25/07 08:25 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

lol thats very very average.
dont worry about contams just dont check the jars alot. do so every 3 days id say. if you see anything grayish brownish greenish, its bad.


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