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Bacteria problems with newspaper
    #8005515 - 02/10/08 05:13 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

I have been having some problems with my newspaper projects lately. They have been getting really stinky during the first few days after inoculation. I have tried both boiling the paper and using bleach and it seems to happen in both cases. I noticed that it happens less with the bleach, but some of them will always go bad. Any ideas on how to combat this? The last project I had problems with was lions mane on boiled newspaper.


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Re: Bacteria problems with newspaper [Re: PitcherCrab]
    #8006367 - 02/10/08 08:21 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

have you tried pressure cooking it? or are you trying to avoid that?

Ive seen books thrown in bags and pressure cooked

I havn't really seen much in the way of just pasterizing paper, it sounds like a contam and the best way to combat it is to cook it longer or pressure cook it, and make sure your water content is currect


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Re: Bacteria problems with newspaper [Re: makaveli8x8]
    #8007079 - 02/10/08 11:24 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

Use more spawn and allow more air during colonization. Thats my 2cents:grin:


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Re: Bacteria problems with newspaper [Re: desertturtle]
    #8007869 - 02/11/08 08:00 AM (15 years, 11 months ago)

It's normal for it to smell a bit. However, it shouldn't be fermenting. Many people use newspaper with no pasteurization or sterilization at all. They simply wet it and add spawn.
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Re: Bacteria problems with newspaper [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #8008285 - 02/11/08 11:07 AM (15 years, 11 months ago)

Hmmm... well maybe I was a little too swift in my assessment.


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Re: Bacteria problems with newspaper [Re: PitcherCrab]
    #8008602 - 02/11/08 12:15 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

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PitcherCrab said:
Hmmm... well maybe I was a little too swift in my assessment.




Could be too wet, or it's coming from your spawn.

Spawn's healthy?


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Re: Bacteria problems with newspaper [Re: Hotnuts]
    #8015773 - 02/12/08 11:51 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

Spawns fine... it just smells really bad. Probably too wet. I just got a huge bag of aspen pet bedding. Think I'm gonna try my luck with that. Any suggestions for how to fruit off of woodchips? I was thinking I would throw them in a bag with some WBS spawn, let colonize then cut some slits and/or take the top off.


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