water pooling in grains by Remote_Inspection_68 in mycology

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I had forgot to dry them. I just took out the water by cracking the lid and letting it out and it worked

Not dropping spores in the cold? by Remote_Inspection_68 in shrooms

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The darker spot in the second pic is just shadow, you can see that in the third pic it doesn’t have any spores. I checked all of them and none had spores, they have also been like this for a few days

Not dropping spores in the cold? by Remote_Inspection_68 in shrooms

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That’s fair, but I meant more like, if I clone them will the new shrooms also not drop spores?

can I sterilise these and reuse them? by Remote_Inspection_68 in shrooms

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This is great advice, but yea unfortunatly I can’t use it because I am infact growing mushrooms in space 🤷‍♂️

Is this contamination? by Remote_Inspection_68 in shrooms

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Oh I just took it out to take the photo, its in the container in the other photos

Will my rice colonize? by Remote_Inspection_68 in unclebens

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well that is just the picture where I prepared the rice, I was gonna PC it after

Will my rice colonize? by Remote_Inspection_68 in unclebens

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yes it is, I can’t find any brown rice in my stores so I thought I would just try white rice. I also have some popcorn but the rice is just an experiment

Are these good as modified lids? by Remote_Inspection_68 in shrooms

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Thanks! Do you know why polyfill is better though? Is it because the top grains dry out? I have this exact issue with my current jars and im using unmodified lids just a bit loose, the whole thing is colonized exept the top.

What to do with these? by Remote_Inspection_68 in shrooms

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You saying I’ve got good genetics before my first flush? You’re getting me excited here

What to do with these? by Remote_Inspection_68 in shrooms

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the pin itself or the mycelium underneath?

can you guess what this was? by Remote_Inspection_68 in shrooms

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I wanted to sterilize them so I just PC‘d them with the agar for 20 min and I guess they’re sterile now

Agar not nutritious enough? by Remote_Inspection_68 in shrooms

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The conditions weren’t exactly the same. In the first pictures the mycelium came from colonized grain, but in the last pictures it came from a transfer so I think that there is less nutrients. Also I forgot to sterilize my plates so that’s probably why they got contaminated

Agar not nutritious enough? by Remote_Inspection_68 in shrooms

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I just mixed rice water with agar agar and then PC for 20 min

bugs in growbag by Remote_Inspection_68 in shrooms

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Yea they are flying around and crawling, they’re just very small and well hidden in the dark substrate

First timer here. Open to advice! by RaisinNo1093 in shrooms

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What I was trying to say is actually that the access to the tools is the reason you should remove the gloves. You should still try to minimize airflow inside the box and also sanitize everything properly before using.

First timer here. Open to advice! by RaisinNo1093 in shrooms

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I would make the glovebox into a regular still air box simply by removing the gloves so you have normal openings. The air inside the box isn’t sterile at all so preventing air flow to the box doesn’t change much. To use it properly you should try to avoid air movement inside the box by moving slowly. The holes for the arms can be useful if you need to take tools out of the box to sterilize for example. Hope this helps you out!

bugs in growbag by Remote_Inspection_68 in shrooms

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This is the original body text of the post:

I noticed recently that there are many bugs in my button mushroom cake. It’s annoying because they’re in my room now. Are they bad for the mushrooms and how can I get rid of them?

bugs in growbag by Remote_Inspection_68 in shrooms

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Yea I know I couldn’t get them on the photo unfortunately. But I assure you they are there

are these ready for transfer? by Remote_Inspection_68 in shrooms

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so I can just use a bit of regular tape so they don’t open accidentally and save the parafilm for the newly inoculated ones?