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navyseals101
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Black pins or dots
#7988239 - 02/06/08 06:52 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I have these black dots inside of my jars on my mycelium and seemingly just on the glass.
What are these? Is this black pin mold? How do I tell whats going on with these jars? Supposedly sometimes the wbs seeds touch the jars and it looks black also
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navyseals101
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they look like poppy seeds, and they dont appear to be getting larger.
Also, can jars be reused? Would it be a bad idea to throw the contents in the trash and dunk the jars in bleach? Or could I re-sterilize the jar, killing the contents and then pitch its in contents?
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blood4blood
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i dont know what is in your jars but you can def reuse them after a bleach soak.
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Re: Black pins or dots [Re: blood4blood]
#7988947 - 02/06/08 08:26 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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theyre like black dots, but its not as widespread as black pin appears to be...
although this could be happening because the substrate is already colonized and I'm guessing on the last uncolonized bits black pin mold could have possibly formed but it certainly looks more sporatic then that black pin mold appears.
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Edited by navyseals101 (02/06/08 08:28 PM)
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Re: Black pins or dots [Re: blood4blood]
#7988974 - 02/06/08 08:30 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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blood4blood said: i dont know what is in your jars but you can def reuse them after a bleach soak.
I was wondering is it the spores that are damaging or the toxic chemicals. Because spores would be destroyed by bleach but im not sure if that would take care of the toxins if theyre are any
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blood4blood
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people re-use contam'd jars all the time mine. whatever it is the bleach will kill. nothing survives the wrath of bleach
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Re: Black pins or dots [Re: blood4blood]
#7989299 - 02/06/08 09:33 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'm noticing these small blach spheres are about the size of poppy seeds
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Trash them. You don't need bleach. Sterilize the contaminated jars in a pot of boiling water for an hour before opening to dump the crap out. Wash the jars with soap and water and they're fine to re-use. Remember, you're going to sterilize after you load fresh substrate. Mold spores are killed by temperatures far below boiling, so you're safe. RR
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