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peace_n_love
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Contaminated?
#7965422 - 02/01/08 03:53 PM (16 years, 10 hours ago) |
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Hi, this is my second time growing mushrooms. I'm worried because there is a very weird "foul" smell emanating from my jars. I used the pf tek from www.fungifun.com very diligently. There is no mycelium that has formed yet, in part because it's only been two days since inoculation. One question that I have is that I used "One-step" a bacterial hand sanitizer that contains isopropyl alcohol as my hand/jar cleaner, and the smell that's coming from the jars almost smells as if it's the fragrance from the hand sanitizer.Is this smell possibly just the fragrance of the hand sanitizer or is it definitely a contaminant of some sort? If I leave the smelly jars in with the non-smelly jars is there potential that the "infected" ones could infect the others?
p.s there are no macroscopic changes to the cakes
Thanks for any help peace
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Civ
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It can be up to two weeks before signs of growth. Leave them alone and be patient! You'll be fine at this point, if you get contams, you will be able to see.
-------------------- "...Gal's seem to hate the thought of blending chicken shit in a blender. So, wash it well afterwards & DON'T tell them..." -Agar
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peace_n_love
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Re: Contaminated? [Re: Civ]
#7970740 - 02/02/08 09:25 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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The smell is growing; it's beginning to permeate through the entire room almost...is this a problem.
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Civ
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All of the jars? Try to see if one is more foul than the other... It shouldn't be stinking after two days like that..
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smells as if it's the fragrance from the hand sanitizer
Is that the smell or does it smell funk-da-fied?
-------------------- "...Gal's seem to hate the thought of blending chicken shit in a blender. So, wash it well afterwards & DON'T tell them..." -Agar
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DoltishVirtuoso
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Re: Contaminated? [Re: Civ]
#7971332 - 02/02/08 11:56 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Give em a few more days, and see if anything changes. Once your myc starts showing, look for any green, blue or grayish coloring. If you see any, toss em, if not, let em colonize more and keep an eye out for any suspicious, non-white mycellium. Good Luck
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peace_n_love
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Thanks for the advice, 3 of my jars are now almost fully colonized; however, my other three are still smelly and there is no mycelium to be found. What I find interesting is that the three that are growing are "Allen" strain from Ralphsters spores, whereas the three that aren't growing are "South American" strain, also from Ralphster. I prepared them at the same time in the exact same way. Does this strain just take longer to colonize? Anyways, any thoughts would be appreciated.
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DoltishVirtuoso
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Most strains will start showing their myc anywhere between 4-14 days depending on incubator temp., amount of cc's injected, and so on. If the 3 SA strains don't show within the next couple of days and the jars still have a bogus smell, I'd recommend getting rid of them, just in case they are contaminated, they won't spoil your 3 good jars.
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