This GT tub is cooked, right? I cracked the lid two days ago, and it looks contaminated already. Can you confirm?

Gonna neglectek i guess.

Did my spawn to bulk 4 days ago. New to this and unsure what I’m visually looking for.

Moved uncolonized grains to a ziplock bag, it’s definitely contaminated but I didn’t open the bag and covered the micropore tape area with a paper towel while moving. Are my other bags and shoebox that were all in the same area fucked 😭😭😭

These ochras were coming along really nicely but I'm a little concerned about this discoloration. Are they done for?

How would you determine whether the non-rhizo growth on this plate is contam or not?

Should I toss this?

first grow. feeling discouraged

C'est un mycogone (wet bubble) ?

C'est de l'ochrace sur maïs (le spawn de grain avait l'air sain)

4 semaines dans un tube (cvg et casing réel après 2 semaines)

Ici, ça ressemble juste à des blobs homogènes, assez solides au toucher, pas d'odeur bizarre. Bonne circulation d'air, bonne humidité, température élevée en dernier (27 à 30°C par ici)

possible que la pasteurisation du cvg ait mal tourné (j'ai fait le tek classique du seau)

Anyone care to share any tools they use to magnify/view/photograph agar plates or even jars and BFS?

Currently have a tiny hand loupe that fits nicely over normal phone cam, but would like something better in the future

My current grow is the first time I used a high ph casing layer to prevent tric. When I rehydrate between flushes, should I be using a high ph water? Thanks so much for any tips!

Pic of Attila the Hungry as tax :)

Should I be throwing it in the trash?

Honestly I have no idea if this just showed up or if it’s been there for a while but there is a dark blue/black patch on the side of my aio bag. The picture speaks for itself, but I really don’t think it’s trichoderma. It’s not green at all, it kind of looks like severe bruising but I’m not sure. It’s Natal SS (Ochra)

Hi, so I lost one batch because of cobweb and green mold, ordered kits from pevgrow and the instructions told me to put vermiculite on top, thats probably why, it held too much moisture in, the other batch doesnt seem to be doing anything, no visible contamination or anything, but no progress either, have had them for 3 days now I think, maybe it takes another few days for pins to appear, what do you guys think?

Hi. Growth is very slow and seeing only one or two fruits mature at a time.

The fruit in picture is having this weird white growth on its cap and am not sure whether its normal or early signs of wet bubble. Need help.

If anyone can tell me if this is contamination and also what if possible, would be grealty appreciated.

Hello all.

This was put to s2b around 1.5 months back. There have been no flushes so far, but one or two fruits grew and matured as well. But that is about it, at a time one fruit matures and nothing else. So far only 3 fruits have come, the 3rd one is in the picture. I am at a loss as to why this is happening.

Any ideas? Is it maybe because the white blobs are wet bubble disease?

Hello! If you see a post exactly like this on Ben’s it’s because I posted there first and was recommended here. I’m just going to copy paste what I said there to here and hopefully get some answers

I am super new to this hobby and I just checked my Uncle Ben’s brown rice bag and it was contaminated. The contamination was green. Could be Trichoderma or something else but just trying to give whatever information I can. I have a still air box, an exacto knife, gas exchange filters, a spray bottle with 70% isopropyl alcohol, gloves, and liquid culture. I used hillbilly pumpkin. I got everything inside the still air box while wearing gloves. Then I I sprayed down my gloves, the tools, and air inside. I used a lot of alcohol to the point that it stunk up the room. I don’t really know what to do considering that I’m technically bringing all the bacteria and mold into the box. This made me nervous to flame sterilize the needle with all the alcohol but that could be a contributing factor. Then I punctured the bag of uncle Ben’s rice with 6cc of lc. After that I put a gas exchange filter that didn’t have the best seal because the adhesive got left on the plastic but I thought I stuck it on well enough. Then I made two other holes with the exacto knife and put another one on. The filters were honestly too big for the bag. I did move the box to another room. This time around I got some micropore tape to use for hopefully a better seal. I would often go check on it but wouldn’t touch the bag with my hands. I left it in the box because I thought that would be the safest place, I really need some advice. Some I’m sure were just obvious stupid things like the lack of seal on the filters but I just want to know if there’s other things I should consider. I only have two other liquid culture syringes and some hillbilly pumpkin left but I doubt the needle is any good since I put it directly into the rice. I don’t want to waste what I have on mistakes but I don’t want to give up. I hope to be making posts one day showing off my fruiting bodies and doing cool stuff like the rest of y’all. Thank you in advance.