Dark Grey or Blueish Green?

[nickhdsn]

Is this normal or no? Other ones look perfectly fine with tons of white mycelium and it hasn't even been a week sense they were injected...three caught my eye one looks blueish greenish and other two have dark grey

 

[MJG420]

From anything I have read, if it's not white or you are in doubt toss it out! Better to start over then to spread contamination.

 

[canndo]

Chuck the whole thing - those are DONE.

 

[duffy83]

tahe everyones advice....... throw it out and start fresh

 

[GreenSummit]

it should never look like that- toss them and try not to breath anything in while doing so

 

[canndo]

I think it is a fusarium - can't be sure though.

 

[tylerrrrr]

I think tossing jars out is a waste of money and is just plain wasteful.

Why not PC/Steam sterilize your jars,toss out the contams, and keep the jars?

 

[MrEDuck]

Because opening them increases the risk of you breathing something toxic. The risk of that is not justified by the reward of getting a jar.

 

[smokeytokeybear]

why risk it

 

[tylerrrrr]

Because opening them increases the risk of you breathing something toxic. The risk of that is not justified by the reward of getting a jar.

If you PC/ steam sterilize the jar before opening it, it will kill anything that is in the jar.

 

[nickhdsn]

I had purchased pre sterilized jars from budresearch they came right from the univ of MI...the ones that are dark have the mycelium growing now? Should I let them finish and take them out back?

 

[canndo]

you will contaminate your growing space if you open them, you will spread spores everywhere and it is doubtful that your mycelium will survive outside or elsewhere - someone failed in sterilization or your syringes were contaminated - it happens.

 

[tylerrrrr]

it is doubtful that your mycelium will survive outside or elsewhere -

I beg to differ.

I got a 12 dry grams from a contaminated monotub grow I buried.

And I am till getting mushies every four weeks or so.

 

[canndo]

I beg to differ.

I got a 12 dry grams from a contaminated monotub grow I buried.

And I am till getting mushies every four weeks or so.

Congrats - now, was it as contaminated as the jars shown?

 

[tylerrrrr]

Yup the grow had trich.

As far as how contaminated it was I am not sure as soon as I saw green I tossed it.

 

[canndo]

Yup the grow had trich.

As far as how contaminated it was I am not sure as soon as I saw green I tossed it.

In nature there is always competition, it's a nice grow.... but the guy with the grey jars is best off forfeiting his jars rather than contaminating his home or his growing area.

 

[nickhdsn]

I took them in the garage to open the four that looked weird now it was not blue or green it was a grey color and my whole garage smelt like mushrooms after breaking them apart..none of them stank I decided to bury them out back the other 2 are almost fully colonized and they were from the same batch of spores and pre sterilized jars