Home | Community | Message Board
You are not signed in.
Sign In New Account
Forum Index Search Posts Trusted Vendors Highlights Galleries FAQ User List Chat Store Random Growery

The Spore Depot
This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > Mushroom Cultivation
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: MagicBag.co Certified Organic All-In-One Grow Bags   North Spore Bulk Substrate, North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
Question: Fully Colonized Mycelium
    #9036291 -

Quick question. Im was just wondering if there is a sure fire way to know if a substrate has been fully colonized. Ive heard people say that once the entire outside is covered in mycelium, then it should be fully colonized, but i was wondering if there is another way. Should I wait a certain amount of time after i see the outside totally covered? Are there any other techniques I should know about??

Any response would be greatly appreciated! thanks guys!


--------------------
*iskinbash is merely a fictional character placed in a real life environment.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Question: Fully Colonized Mycelium [Re: iskinbash]
    #9036294 -

give it a week after the outside is done. There's no guaranteed way to know, but that's a good rule of thumb. If you take it out of the jar before the inside is fully colonized, it will sit in your FC doing nothing until it is anyway and open to contam for that much longer.


--------------------
hehe

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Question: Fully Colonized Mycelium [Re: nenl]
    #9036305 -

Agree with Nenl, that way you can make sure.


--------------------
Commonly asked questions that have been answered far too many times.

PF Tek Videos
NOOB? Then read this
Grow Bag Pointers
Hygrometer Calibration
Incubation Temperatures
Best lighting source
Contaminants
Grow Guides

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Question: Fully Colonized Mycelium [Re: nastea]
    #9036319 -

Cool. Ill give it an extra week. Thanks! If anyone else has any ideas. Let me know!


--------------------
*iskinbash is merely a fictional character placed in a real life environment.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Question: Fully Colonized Mycelium [Re: iskinbash]
    #9036348 -

usually if it starts to pin its fully colonized


--------------------
Back the tape up.  I need it again!
Let it roll!  Just as high as the
fucker can go!  And when it comes
to that fantastic note where the
rabbit bites its own head off, I
want you to  THROW THAT FUCKING
RADIO INTO THE TUB WITH ME!
    Not me.  It would blast you through
the wall stone dead in ten
seconds and they'd make me explain
VVVVV Free Myco Thread

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Question: Fully Colonized Mycelium [Re: grod31]
    #9036383 -

Give it an extra 3-7 days.. If it starts pinning then you definnantly know..


--------------------
AMU Q&A:plot:
AMU Genetic Library:stirthepot:
My Elementary Coir Tek
My Elementary Liquid Culture (LC) Tek
Educational Cultivation Link Collection


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Question: Fully Colonized Mycelium [Re: grod31]
    #9036566 -

grod31 said:
usually if it starts to pin its fully colonized


In this case, remove it as soon and carefully as you can to the FC. Ideally you get it out just before pinning. If pins are damaged I'd say pick them off so they don't abort or suck up nutrients only to become contaminated later. Then case / dunk and roll. Might be unnecessary, but that's just what I would do...


--------------------
hehe

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Question: Fully Colonized Mycelium [Re: Damion5050]
    #9036568 -

Alot of people crumble which gives you an idea how colonized what you can't see is. If its almost 100% crumbling is probably not a good idea.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Question: Fully Colonized Mycelium [Re: oxalic32]
    #9036601 -

you can usually tell once the outside is fully colonized but you must worry about the center. waiting around a week as stated above will ensure that the center is colonized and you should be good to go. If pinning is ever initiated you can only be certain that the spawn is fully colonized.


--------------------
"Why is there so much controversy about drug testing? I know plenty of guys who would be willing to test any drug they could come up with."

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Question: Fully Colonized Mycelium [Re: neybis]
    #9036836 -

Waiting the extra week after full colonization has nothing to do with the center.  If the outside of the brf is colonized, the inside is too.  The reason is that the largest distance is around the outside of the jar, therefore there is no way the outside would be colonized before the middle.

The reason to wait a week is to allow the mycelium to consolidate its hold on the substrate.  It won't pin until then anyway, so leaving it in the jar during that time prevents shocking or otherwise slowing down the mycelium during that critical phase.
RR


--------------------
Download Let's Grow Mushrooms



semper in excretia sumus solim profundum variat

"I've never had a failed experiment.  I've only discovered 10,000 methods which do not work."
Thomas Edison

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Question: Fully Colonized Mycelium [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #9036923 -

thanx RR, i swear i learn something new from you everyday. i knew waiting also gave it time to get a "hold" of the substrate but thought that the main reason was to ensure full colonization.  :shrug:

so listen to RR :wink: lol, wait so that it has a hold of your jars and then your free to birth


--------------------
"Why is there so much controversy about drug testing? I know plenty of guys who would be willing to test any drug they could come up with."

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: MagicBag.co Certified Organic All-In-One Grow Bags   North Spore Bulk Substrate, North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > Mushroom Cultivation
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Question about Colonization dmopz 864 2 04/04/02 02:43 AM
by TranceTrippinXTC
* 3 Questions about Colonization & my subtrate jars Zylo 1,637 5 02/06/02 04:40 AM
by Roadkill
* brown/black growth on colonized mycelium watchthemusic 2,364 2 03/10/02 03:31 PM
by Roadkill
* Re: How long can fully colonized jars site before being cased? Anonymous 3,140 1 12/20/99 04:08 PM
by Thunderfuck
* Fully Colonized Jar Cranberry Juice Method? Under_net 4,054 1 01/04/02 06:07 PM
by Trail_Blazer
* question about "fully colonized" jars xfluffybunnyx 3,241 2 09/22/02 10:04 PM
by StS
* How long will pint jars last when fully colonized? CrzyMoFuCkEr420 4,014 13 10/29/02 07:28 AM
by Anno
* fully colonized cake thegoldenteacher 2,051 6 06/23/01 05:41 PM
by BrownPastures

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Shroomism, george castanza, RogerRabbit, veggie, mushboy, fahtster, the_chosen_one, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, hamloaf, cronicr, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a
19,458 topic views. 14 members, 838 guests and 102 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2026 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.026 seconds spending 0.007 seconds on 14 queries.