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No, lol. Times are rough, don't have a pressure cooker either, not to mention a syringe of goodies either.

Sigh, self this project for a way later day.

I may have missed that part of the thread but, What strain of Cubensis are you growing?

Smotz said:

I may have missed that part of the thread but, What strain of Cubensis are you growing?

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Nice! Definitely an excellent strain. Just got done with a batch of those myself not too long ago.

I've got some Penis Envy colonizing right now, and some Creeper & Z-Strain in the mail, on their way. Can't wait to get that Creeper going, I've heard a lot of good things about it.

GL to you.

Ah, well I awoke to some very disconcerting news!

One of my jars had a blotch of light bluish green substance which I can only assume is some kind of fungus! I will post a picture of it so you can all take a look. What's sad is that the jar was about 80% colonized... I thought any kind of fungi would of manifest themselves early in colonization! Also, on another jar there is this small orangish black discoloration... it doesn't look like mold or anything of that nature... just curious as what it can be?

If the incubator is too hot could it cause mold to grow?

Any suggestions would be welcomed

If its greening in the jar don't think twice, take it outside, open downwind, discard contents, and let it stand with some amonia detergent water for a while to kill shit before giving it a good wash. I like useing ICU.
When you sterilise, some endospores do survive, it takes time for them to build up numbers to the point where they can take over the jar, but if your mycelium has not eaten the food in the jar first for whatever reason, the contamination gets a leg over. Don't sweat it, its gonna happen occasionaly unles you get a flowhood etc... grains are cheap, just hit up another batch.

I siad it before, your moisture content in the jars was too high, this makes your pf cake more like a pf pudding, and air can not move around and stale gas pockets develop, another reason I suggested you use less spore solution than what you did... If you want tu try cakes again, use less water, its fine, you can always dunk them before fruiting.

Thanks bro!

What about the orangish black discoloration... it looks like deposits or something... doesn't look like mold... I'll take a close up picture so you can see what I'm referring to!

could be myc piss?, post the pics quick, its getting late.

ANC said:

could be myc piss?, post the pics quick, its getting late.

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I also think its mycelium piss.... that was my first inclination!

If that is occurring, is it time to fruit them?

You can't fruit unti the full jar is colonised.

ANC said:

You can't fruit unti the full jar is colonised.

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Will the mycelium piss hurt the colonization in anyway?

Its not ideal, which i swhy I tell people to put dry verm in the bottom of their jars.

ANC said:

Its not ideal, which i swhy I tell people to put dry verm in the bottom of their jars.

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Hmmm... really I never knew that!

Yes, and those black orangish spots are located on the bottom too...

im sub'd for this one. i've been thinking about doing this for a year now. just waiting till the situation is right and all. i wish u mad luck! grow them fungi !

I know some people will dissagree with me but, I dont recommend incubators. At room temp myc grows faster than bacteria/mold,giving it a head start to colonize the cake. In an incubator they grow on an even keel making it a crap shoot as to who will colonize the jar first..

Syke1 said:

I know some people will dissagree with me but, I dont recommend incubators. At room temp myc grows faster than bacteria/mold,giving it a head start to colonize the cake. In an incubator they grow on an even keel making it a crap shoot as to who will colonize the jar first..

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Can you please explain that a little better... I'm confused?

About that mycelium water technique... do you have any links that have pictures?

To do a quick summary as to where I am at now in the scheme of things:

Most jars are almost fully colonized

One jar has some suspected green mold growing... although, its very small. I wonder if the cake could be salvaged? In addition, that jar which seems to be contaminated has some small orangish brown spurts formating... I suspect they are pinning!

One jar has small orangish black discolorations towards the bottom.... ANC said its most likely mycelium piss (metabolites)

I will post pictures tomorrow! I want to fruit these bitches already

ndangerspecimen101 said:

I want to fruit these bitches already

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Hehe, I hear that bro. I'm starting to get a little impatient with this Penis Envy I got here, lol.

How long has your's been in the dark cabin

Here we are boys... finally my jolly cakes come out of their coop and into the real world... fruit my little children...

Currently, there being dunked for a good 24 hrs... as a lot of moisture was lost during their long 1 month and 1 week incubation period.

The pics will enclose the treatment of my dunk & roll, fruiting chamber, and my 3 sanitized jars that once held the cakes!

Here are a few pics of where I'm at...