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 jeanology
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 please help me--i think my shrooms are dead. 
#9523198 - 12/31/08 01:15 PM (13 years, 4 months ago) |
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So I inoculated two grow bags back at the beginning of November. They were slow to colonize but a few weeks ago the mycelium had finally taken over at least 90% of both bags. I expected them to start pinning, but the pins never came! Now the bags have a lot of condensation inside of them and it looks like the mycelium is retreating or something. Theyve been kept at a steady temp. of about 70 degrees. Is there anything I can do, or should I just try again in the spring?
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TeamAmerica
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 Re: please help me--i think my shrooms are dead. [Re: jeanology]
#9523346 - 12/31/08 01:48 PM (13 years, 4 months ago) |
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Do you give them air exchange?
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jeanology
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Re: please help me--i think my shrooms are dead. [Re: TeamAmerica]
#9523408 - 12/31/08 02:04 PM (13 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yes, they do get air exchange. They've been kept in an open box.
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TeamAmerica
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Re: please help me--i think my shrooms are dead. [Re: jeanology]
#9523454 - 12/31/08 02:13 PM (13 years, 4 months ago) |
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If its not even pinning maybe its a contam...where did you get the bag from?
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electriccandy
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Re: please help me--i think my shrooms are dead. [Re: TeamAmerica]
#9523463 - 12/31/08 02:16 PM (13 years, 4 months ago) |
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make sure the bag is fully covered in myc then once fully covered drop the temp a lil bit and hit it with some light for a week and it will start pinning
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Big Red
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Re: please help me--i think my shrooms are dead. [Re: TeamAmerica]
#9523478 - 12/31/08 02:18 PM (13 years, 4 months ago) |
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Mycelium usually retreats from the 1/2 pint jar sides I use for my cube cakes when I let the mycelium age longer than usual (defer birthing process until a better time for my schedule). My understanding is the mycelium will pull away from the sides of its container because it has fully devoured all available substrate. I've never had a problem with fruiting these cakes (once I fully followed the experts pinning strategy instructions). Perhaps you should birth your big bag into a fruiting chamber. Take matters into your own hands, so to speak, as opposed to leaving everything up to the bag.
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jeanology
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Re: please help me--i think my shrooms are dead. [Re: jeanology]
#9523500 - 12/31/08 02:23 PM (13 years, 4 months ago) |
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Cool. Big Red, can you point me to a good link for building a fruiting chamber? I'm a first time grower and the bags were from The Mad Season.
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