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HappyShroomer
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Contam or bruising?
#8620368 - 07/11/08 02:01 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Here are my 6 PF cakes.

The blue on top of this one has been getting darker since I birthed them, it is on another but not so dark, I was hoping it was nothing but now I'm not so sure... Mold or bruising?
  
Heres the other one I'm worried about, I stupidly scraped of the uncolonized part as it was time for the others to go in, cant really see much in the picture but I detect some blue-green fluff starting to grow 
 
It all gets put down to experience i suppose and at least I have 3 healthy looking cakes 
I will upload more pics as they progress.
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MHbound
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Use a Q-tip to rub across the surface if it comes off onto the end then its possibly a contaminate(or is), and if it doesn't then its bruising...Bruising doesn't rub off. It looks like its bruising I can't see it very well my monitor is messed up.
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HappyShroomer
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Re: Contam or bruising? [Re: MHbound]
#8620486 - 07/11/08 03:57 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Gave it a scraping with a Q-tip, no blue came off on it, although I do seem to have rubbed away a little fuzzy mycelium and it looks even more blue, the pictures don't really pick it up well but its about as blue as Blue-Tack in the worst places now.
Here's a pic with better focus.

Threw out the scraped cake with moldy fuzz starting but I think I'll keep this one and hope for the best.
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grymmtymm
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that just looks like bruising to me, if they become contaminated, usually with the green mold, you will not mistake for anything else. bruising sometimes decieves one to think it is mold.
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HappyShroomer
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Re: Contam or bruising? [Re: grymmtymm]
#8620563 - 07/11/08 05:49 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Well I just crumbled up the cake I took out, apart from the very edge where I sliced it it looked good inside. The blue was only on the top surface and is just bruising I'm sure on the rest of them.
One thing I haven't read anywhere yet is just how wet are the cakes supposed to feel? Breaking that one up it seemed barely moist and a bit light... I had thought until now that they were too wet (there was lots of condensation in jars) but maybe the bruising is being caused by dryness?
I am fanning regularly but not misting, perlite keeps my hygrometer reading 97% constantly. The FC is about a foot taller than the cakes so maybe the air up top is dryer and therefore dry bruising on cakes tops...? I don't know if this reasoning is correct but it's all I can think of atm. They have been in the FC for just under a week.
After my first flush I think dunking in jars overnight is called for.
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BlimeyGrimey
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Mycelium naturally bruises as it grows. I've seen plenty of cultures on agar turn blue for no apparent reason.
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MHbound
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Your good then. Yea I forgot to mention that you will probably bruise it a little more, but don't worry about it.
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Antii
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thats bruising...
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dstark
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Re: Contam or bruising? [Re: Antii]
#8649965 - 07/18/08 06:03 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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bruising contam ;(
Lol joking your OKay
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