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J6000
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Contamination or Bruising?
#8693936 - 07/28/08 07:41 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Hey guys, this is my first grow, and this site has been very helpful!
This jar (and one other) has had a green dot since germination, right where inoculated. This dot did not grow at all for 2 or 3 days. I looked it up on these forums, and some people report small dots of bruising...I figured thats what this was, until it grew a little. It should be mentioned that I did drop this jar 
Now its slightly larger (see attached pic) but still not aggressive at all and definitely not overwhelming the entire cake. I have had the classic green fungus take over one of my cakes and completely destroy it, but that literally happened over night. This green growth is taking MUCH longer to grow.
What do you guys think?
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Re: Contamination or Bruising? [Re: J6000]
#8693957 - 07/28/08 07:44 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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that is def a contam!
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Hauptperson69
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throw that in the trash now!
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Re: Contamination or Bruising? [Re: J6000]
#8693967 - 07/28/08 07:45 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thats contam. Im a noob and i can tell thats nasty shit in there.
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Re: Contamination or Bruising? [Re: J6000]
#8693975 - 07/28/08 07:46 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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looks like green to me. careful with that thing. open it and youl get green mold spores everywhere.
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J6000
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Re: Contamination or Bruising? [Re: echoesSG]
#8693984 - 07/28/08 07:47 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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SO I autoclaved my jars, how can some be contaminated and others not?
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Re: Contamination or Bruising? [Re: echoesSG]
#8693992 - 07/28/08 07:48 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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ditto
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Re: Contamination or Bruising? [Re: bootedboy]
#8693998 - 07/28/08 07:49 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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could be from spore source...
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J6000
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Quote:
infinitespiral said: could be from spore source...
Then they would all be contaminated.
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Re: Contamination or Bruising? [Re: CapnSkoo]
#8694007 - 07/28/08 07:50 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yep. Looks like you are successfully growing trich. Dump it outside do not throw it in the trash unless you sterilize it before opening it. Clean it out with some bleach before bringing it back in.
Do you have a dry verm layer on top? If so it could have gotten some trich spores through the noc hole and when you dropped it some of the verm and trich fell down to that location.
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Re: Contamination or Bruising? [Re: J6000]
#8694049 - 07/28/08 07:56 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
J6000 said: SO I autoclaved my jars, how can some be contaminated and others not?
That would lead me to believe it was my inoculation technique.
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Re: Contamination or Bruising? [Re: robanero]
#8694066 - 07/28/08 07:57 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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How many are contamed?
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J6000
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Re: Contamination or Bruising? [Re: robanero]
#8694154 - 07/28/08 08:09 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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robanero said: How many are contamed?
One for sure. Last night it looked great, today it was green. It seems to be the trichoderma everyone talks about, due to the speed of colonization and the look.
Then there is the jar in question, then there is one more jar that has a spot as well. That spot looks identical, formed the day I first saw white fuzziness, and both of these greenish/bluish spots are part of the mycelium network. That dot has just been a dot for 3 days now.
In this jar, there was this dot for 2 or 3 days, then I moved the jar and dropped it...which would be an obvious cause of bruising. IT all appeared at once, and has not spread in 12+ hours since.
In the other jar, the green colonized completely in less than 12 hours, and is clearly green and different from the picture posted...whereas the green in the picture posted is turquoise, associated with white mycelium, has the same fuzzy appearance, and certainly does not grow as fast.
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Re: Contamination or Bruising? [Re: J6000]
#8694268 - 07/28/08 08:26 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
J6000 said:
That's a very good pic of trich growing. Are you flaming you needle or do you wipe it with Iso.?
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Re: Contamination or Bruising? [Re: robanero]
#8694290 - 07/28/08 08:30 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Trich and mycelium fight. Sometimes it spreads fast sometimes not as fast. That's def a contam. In your other jar, it may have spread faster because there was no mycelium right on it.
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J6000
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Re: Contamination or Bruising? [Re: luckycharnes]
#8694577 - 07/28/08 09:14 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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well, I put the jar pictured next to my clearly contaminated jar, and shined a flashlight on the two.
With the bright white light of the flashlight, I was able to see that the color is in fact almost identical. I'll keep it in a quarantined area just to make sure I am not being hasty, but I think its contaminated.
Fuck. 2 down, 3 to go.
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Re: Contamination or Bruising? [Re: J6000]
#8694829 - 07/28/08 09:51 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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you dont put aluminum on it?
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J6000
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Re: Contamination or Bruising? [Re: zak007]
#8694892 - 07/28/08 10:00 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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I use autoclave tape to seal it.
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Re: Contamination or Bruising? [Re: J6000]
#8694910 - 07/28/08 10:02 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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ah srry i didnt catch that the first time. well its pretty colors. take pics show your friends but def throw it out. better luck next time
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Re: Contamination or Bruising? [Re: robanero]
#8694923 - 07/28/08 10:04 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
robanero said:
That's a very good pic of trich growing. Are you flaming you needle or do you wipe it with Iso.?
flaming
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