After 2 months the mycelium “won” the battle and consumed all the bacteria and started invitro pinning. Sadly, it did not fruit. Maybe the infection left it too weak? Anyone have a similar instance in their grows?
I have a jar with popcorn kernels that was inoculated with pink oyster spawn. This particular jar showed white dots all over the popcorn the next day but I haven’t been able to identify what it is. It’s been about a week and a half now, the mycelium is very slowly trying to grow, and where it does grow it seems to be wiping out the white dots. I’m keeping it going to see what happens, but thanks for mentioning the fruiting problems, I will have to watch for that if this batch survives and goes to fruiting bags.
Fortunately I spread my spawn between this and a jar of rye berries, and the rye jar is going great. The pink oyster does seem to grow MUCH slower than the blue oyster jars which were prepared at the same time, but I should be able to get at least one crop of the pinks out of this.
Depending on the white dots it could be hyphal knots (if the mycelium is already there).
Post some pics when you’ve got fruits or of your process! Would love to see it.
I have a pic here of the white dots on the popcorn. It hasn’t really changed much since then.
And a shot of the cremini container when I opened it up. There was more buried deeper in the cardboard so I picked out what I could and transferred those pieces to the grain jars.
Those white dots are odd. Not sure what they could be. The cremini mycelium looks awesome though! Love that rhizomorphic growth.
Once you have any kind of infection like that, you should dispose of the contents (ideally ditch the whole jar or at least empty the jar into the trash outside so you’re not spreading the bacteria around your space and contaminating other grows). Even if you managed to get it to fruit, who knows what gross toxic yuck that rando bacteria is bringing to the party? Don’t risk your health, just make a new clean jar.
Oh I’m well aware. I was moving out of that apartment so I figured I’d let it grow to see what happens.
It started fruiting in vitro so I spread it to coco coir and it colonized and hyphal knots started forming but it never fruited.
Wore a gas mask and rubber kitchen gloves and a trash bag and emptied the contents in the condo dumpster. Got a few weird looks haha.
Good to hear that you didn’t try to ingest that goo. I figured it’s good to make sure it’s clear just in case there are noobs lurking who are looking for any validation to save their contaminated grow :)
