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OfflineFrost000
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Trich Epidemic
    #7829313 - 01/03/08 08:00 PM (16 years, 29 days ago)

It seems that every inoculation I have attempted has ended up being contaminated with trich. This is my sixth attempt. I've read that trich will stick around for years waiting on a host.

My house is almost 100 years old and poorly insulated. I have a problem with mold growing on windows, etc, etc. I do believe however my sterilization and sanitation techniques are up to par as far as inoculation goes.

I'm incubating using the Tub-in-Tub method. Perhaps trich is penetrating my incubation chamber and contaminating jars? Anyone have any experience using one of those HEPA filters wal-mart carries? Also, what kills trich other than salt? I've heard that bleach won't do it? Thanks.


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Re: Trich Epidemic [Re: Frost000]
    #7829462 - 01/03/08 08:35 PM (16 years, 29 days ago)

Are you using grains or pf?

Flame sanitizing the needle?

With trich that bad you should probably invest in a glovebox, as its rare for contaminants to be introduced during incubation.


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OfflineRogerRabbitM
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Re: Trich Epidemic [Re: pazzy]
    #7830739 - 01/04/08 05:01 AM (16 years, 28 days ago)

You should also allow jars to colonize at room temperature. Elevated temperatures favor molds over mushroom mycelium.

Review your sterile procedures. Nobody has a worse mold-infested building to live in than I do, with black mold everywhere. I can't wait to sell this place, but in the meantime I can grow mushrooms. . . Very carefully.

Mold spores are introduced after sterilization, so check your inoculation and jar filtering procedures. Department/hardware store hepa filters are worse than worthless. They stir the air around, compounding the problem. I have five or six of them sitting in my shed because they increased contaminaion, rather than the other way around. You don't want strong drafts in your growing areas.
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OfflineFrost000
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Re: Trich Epidemic [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #7830827 - 01/04/08 06:25 AM (16 years, 28 days ago)

Thanks RR. I am however using a glovebox which I bleach before use and lysol very well. I also use my alcohol lamp to flame the needle. Maybe the spore syringe is contaminated. Better luck next time huh?
P.S. I have tried both WBS and PF....PF more times than WBS.


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Re: Trich Epidemic [Re: Frost000]
    #7841004 - 01/06/08 07:39 PM (16 years, 26 days ago)

I would try another syringe. Out of all the syringes I've made only one was contam'ed. Anything I enjected with it got the same contam.

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