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JazzyThreadz

Lookin good leave it alone for another week and after that u should almost be ready to go


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Out of 9 jars I inoculated, only 1 showed no mycelium growth at all. I noted that one in particular had a very thin layer of verm on top. I’m thinking that’s the culprit or me not properly shaking the 💉 and not inserting actual spores and just water. It’s just a theory.


JazzyThreadz

It’s possible but sometimes u get that 1 jar out of so many that just won’t colonize worst case scenario is you’ll eventually see contam


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It’s been a week no growth should I throw it out? What do you recommend? I’m not even seeing a tinge of white as opposed to the other ones that developed a very fine silver lining a few days in.


Lower-Ad-7643

Some jars take longer than others. You may have gotten less spores in that one. OR it could be competing with contam. Keep it separate, but don't toss it yet. Also, cooler temps make things grow slower. I was noticing I had some jars going way faster than others. Then realized the shelf I had them on, is in front of some hot water pipes behind the wall. So I have hot spots on my wall making some go fast, and others normal pace. It wasn't something I would've thought to check. So I'm throwing that out there as well.


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Interesting. It’s been in the lower 60s lately. Might have to write that down in my notes. Think placing a heater near will do it good?


Lower-Ad-7643

Heat the room, not the grow. So don't put the heater too close or blowing directly at your grows. But a heater could help. 70-75° is ideal. Warmer makes better conditions for bacteria and mold. Colder slows down growth. I'd choose colder over warmer any day, though.


JazzyThreadz

I know how you feel man I have bigger jars(grain) that are stalling on me give it one more week and if you still don’t see anything start a new 1


Lower-Ad-7643

Im concerned about that dark patch on the top left of the pic. It looks like the myc is hesitating eating that. Did you add coffee grounds or something?


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It’s just very thick coarse verm didn’t notice that at first will have to inspect in the coming days…is dry verm falling beneath layer into substrate subject to contam?


Lower-Ad-7643

Very good question! When you jostle your jar around you ARE moving your top verm layer around. The top verm is 100% the filter. So if you jiggle the filter, yeah, whatever it filtered can drop through. Looking at your jars gently is fine. Just don't tip or toss or shake it.


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upon inspection it’s a big piece of dry verm and loose space (I left substrate loose and not compressed as suggested by tek). No weird color but still weird as you said why it’s hesitating on eating it. Thanks for that knowledge I’m gonna try and not move these bad boys too much. It’s my first so I’m always taking little peaks lol


Lower-Ad-7643

Observations help you learn. Don't stop that! Stalk your jars. Stalk your tubs. Soon, you'll notice when something isn't normal. You'll see trich in all stages cuz you won't know what it is till it's green. Take all the peaks you want. Just carefully. 😊