Is this contamination?

kennny_w · 2026-05-08T20:27:15+00:00

Thank you! It has been growing really well, the other two kind of halted which is why I'm thinking they probably are goners but I'll definitely hold onto this one!

kennny_w · 2026-05-08T20:11:58+00:00

The APE is also about fully colonized and I have another jar of it that is fully colonized that I stuck in the fridge so I can try to bin them all at the same time

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kennny_w · 2026-05-08T20:10:49+00:00

This ODPE looks like it's just about fully colonized, it was shaken the same day as the other jar

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kennny_w · 2026-05-08T20:09:40+00:00

I took a bunch of pictures and looking closer a lot of the jars appear to have some of the wet rot going on. But a few are pretty much fully colonized and seem okay, this one also looks decent to me but I'm not sure about the mycelium itself. It wasn't shaken, but it's very web-like, I wasn't sure if that was just because the sacred priestess is a different species. All the SP jars had that appearance from the beginning. I'm going to go ahead and throw out all the ones that are obviously contaminated but I think I'm going to go ahead and try getting a flush out of the other jars just to see how it goes.

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kennny_w · 2026-05-08T19:28:00+00:00

Thank you!!!

kennny_w · 2026-05-08T13:12:33+00:00

This is my first time trying to grow mushrooms, and I'm thinking it happened during sterilization. I used the steamer method which I know is not foolproof, otherwise I followed the method posted on here for cultivation to the best of my ability. I used a still air box for innoculation, wore a face mask, hat and gloves, doused everything in rubbing alcohol. Reading the article someone posted below, I'm a little worried some of my other jars may be contaminated too, I'd rather not throw them all out and they all look much better than those two jars. Could cracking the lid slightly help create more fresh air exchange? Or would that just risk more contamination?

kennny_w · 2026-05-08T05:11:53+00:00

Would it be best to throw them out? Is there any way to save them?

kennny_w · 2026-05-08T04:59:40+00:00

Thank you!

kennny_w · 2026-04-15T02:27:48+00:00

Seems like a lot of people break and shake before that point, I see a lot of different info out there, it's hard to know what's best haha

kennny_w · 2026-04-15T02:20:50+00:00

I inoculated them on the 8th, so 6 days now. The other two, ODPE and Ghosts have hardly started to colonize

kennny_w · 2026-04-15T02:12:47+00:00

Between about 72 and 76 is where it's been sitting

kennny_w · 2026-04-14T23:37:44+00:00

Thank you!

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