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Psilocybeater
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Did i just do something very stupid ? + Wierd Mycelium, whats goin on......
#7907141 - 01/20/08 08:12 PM (16 years, 12 days ago) |
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i was growing my shrooms which happen to be cambodians in a perlite humidified plastic box with 1 1/2 perlite and a bit of verm under the lid i had the cake (covered in verm) sitting on. the thing is it wasnt growing very well i may of misted too much or too little or humidity was too low or too high well they all started rotting. so i took all the shrooms off, rinsed it in water and now im dunkin it for 12 hours. im gonna try and use the sea of shrooms tek to see if that works with the other cake ive got, my main question is did i do somethin very stupid and will the mycelium get contamed, becuase it didnt look very fresh white as it did. this sucks lol any help greatly appreciated as its 3:11am and ive gotta get up in 4 hours 
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Re: Did i just do something very stupid ? [Re: Psilocybeater]
#7907185 - 01/20/08 08:26 PM (16 years, 12 days ago) |
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i have no idea why they started rotting, but i do see you only put 1.5 inches of perlite( i guess inches...you didn't say). needs a little more than that. 4-6 inches of perlite will keep rh where it needs to be( mid to upper 90's). any holes in your terrarium? pics would help.
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blood4blood
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Re: Did i just do something very stupid ? [Re: Psilocybeater]
#7907192 - 01/20/08 08:27 PM (16 years, 12 days ago) |
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i think you need to read up on how to construct a proper fruiting chamber.
and proper misting and fae techniques
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Psilocybeater
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Re: Did i just do something very stupid ? [Re: blood4blood]
#7907207 - 01/20/08 08:31 PM (16 years, 12 days ago) |
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pics are in this thread and yeh i had 4 holes altogther and yes i also am lame at growing 'first timer' might aswell be an 'old timer' 
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/7893641#7893641
read down a bit
there there
should give u a slight idea of somethin lol
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Re: Did i just do something very stupid ? [Re: Psilocybeater]
#7907820 - 01/20/08 10:54 PM (16 years, 12 days ago) |
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I couldn't make out any contamination from the pics in the other thread, but if it's really contaminated, I won't eat the "fruits" that it has produced! Just throw it all away and start over again, without the cakes sitting directly on the perlite, but on the lid, you used!
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Re: Did i just do something very stupid ? [Re: Fahkface]
#7907989 - 01/20/08 11:49 PM (16 years, 12 days ago) |
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stagnant moist air = contams. especially cobweb. work on that air exchange. fan like a maniac.
also,
your cakes coulda already be contamemed and you not know it
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Psilocybeater
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Re: Did i just do something very stupid ? [Re: galadar]
#7908563 - 01/21/08 06:48 AM (16 years, 11 days ago) |
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okay, well would dunkin it in cold water for 12 hours help get rid of any contam cuz now if it is contamned then im in the shitter as its in with the other cake being dunked so i can crumble them in an hour to make the sea of shrooms :S
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Re: Did i just do something very stupid ? [Re: Psilocybeater]
#7908567 - 01/21/08 06:55 AM (16 years, 11 days ago) |
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No dunking will not get rid of all contams maybe MAYBE a few. You said that the mushrooms on it rotted or the actual mycelium ? After you dunk it might be a bit gray looking but will brighten up again and grow some fluffy white mycelium. Might as well leave them as cakes, crumbling them up will make them loose some nutrients while trying to reestablish its network. Good luck with everything.
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Psilocybeater
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Re: Did i just do something very stupid ? [Re: DontPlay]
#7908600 - 01/21/08 07:20 AM (16 years, 11 days ago) |
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cheers
just one more question
i put that cake with the rotting shrooms in the same water with the other cake (no the cake itself wasnt rotting altho there are some the litte dark coloured bits where the shrooms had been growing), that was being dunked, i just took it out and it smells like shrooms yeh but it makes me feel sick, almost chenically shroomy. its weird realli potent smell and the mycelium doesn turn blue when ive squeezed it broke it apart......wot has happend.
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Re: Did i just do something very stupid ? [Re: Psilocybeater]
#7908616 - 01/21/08 07:30 AM (16 years, 11 days ago) |
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What broke apart the cake ? Why were you squeezing the cake , It won't turn blue right away . Did you make sure you left it in the jar for 5 days or so after it appeared 100% colonized ? If that's the only cake acting like that just trash it and be careful with the rest. Cakes usually smell really sweet to me imo.
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Edited by DontPlay (01/21/08 07:30 AM)
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Re: Did i just do something very stupid ? [Re: DontPlay]
#7908621 - 01/21/08 07:34 AM (16 years, 11 days ago) |
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i broke apart the cake so i could do the sea of shrooms, i squeezed it to see if it turned blue and its been 15 mins and hasnt turned blue. erm yeh it was a bit more that 5 days to be fair and they where totally colinized. ive read other threads saying this could be a bacterial infection, anyway i could help the mycelium?
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Edited by Psilocybeater (01/21/08 07:35 AM)
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blood4blood
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Re: Did i just do something very stupid ? [Re: Psilocybeater]
#7908640 - 01/21/08 07:46 AM (16 years, 11 days ago) |
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where do you get your info from man???
i think you need to start all over and follow a proper tek to the T and fruit cakes as a whole cake and stop messing with them so much. i feel this grow is doomed for you.
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Psilocybeater
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Re: Did i just do something very stupid ? [Re: blood4blood]
#7908645 - 01/21/08 07:51 AM (16 years, 11 days ago) |
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i dont mess with em lol and what do you mean by info?
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blood4blood
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Re: Did i just do something very stupid ? [Re: Psilocybeater]
#7908654 - 01/21/08 07:54 AM (16 years, 11 days ago) |
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information man.
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Psilocybeater
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Re: Did i just do something very stupid ? [Re: blood4blood]
#7908657 - 01/21/08 07:57 AM (16 years, 11 days ago) |
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lol erm well i got alot from one of the tek's making the cakes and stuff but im not sure which one. then its gone all wrong since the aborts starting appearing. ive just chucked em all away anyway something got contamintated i actually feel like im bout to throw up, anyway while im here cheers for all of your help from everyone and your patience next time growing its gonna be done properly!!!
thank you
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Edited by Psilocybeater (01/21/08 07:58 AM)
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