Nice. I should try growing oyster mushrooms too.
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I used Jedi mind fuk spores that were in my produce drawer of the refrigerator for two years and they worked fine inoculating rice. I also had some hillbilly liquid culture that was about 19 months old also in the same refrigerator vegetable drawer and inoculated them on popcorn jars and they culinated just fine as well. Iāve heard 18 to 24 months.
I have a 
of spores and liquid culture that I need to use thatās about 10 months old.
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Contamination will usually come up green or blueāish. That looks like shadow underneath of substrate. I threw a whole tray of penis envy in the trash thinking it was contamination as it was bluish. Turned out to be simple bruising. Man what a heartbreaker
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Crap. That does suck. Iāve done a couple aio rookie mistakes and failed. Tried the popcorn and nothing ever grew mycelium. Duno if the popcorn was to moisten or what. I still have one non inoculated popcorn jar left. But prolly should toss it. Start over again. Failed at spore to agar plates. I wanted to do agar to popcorn to save money. Just feel Iāve wasted much already. I believe Iāve successfully did a lc multiplier however. So Iād like to pour my
Own agar and test the lc after I fill as many syringes as possible. Then start over. 
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My highest success rate is popcorn jars. Second is Aldiās 90sec brown rice (inoculate right into the bag). I only use liquid culture now I donāt even waste my time with spores anymore LC is much faster.
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Looks like cobweb mold from your cake being too moist. I use the lids of the containers to fan the mycelium cake every few hours to prevent excessive moisture build up.
If you havenāt already started fruiting bodies and itās just on top of your mycelium you got a chance of killing it if it is indeed cobweb mold by simply spraying it down with hydrogen peroxide.
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That mixture was my first. Ive progressed since by learning to do that and keeping humidity down in my colonizing tent.
But yeah im pitching that tub. I have 2 more just started and two fruiting blocks. The one block isnt producing anything besides a single mushy though.
Thank you for confirming btw!
Also. Ive been told to not remove the upside down lid until its fully done colonizing. Is this true? Just trying to cross reference.
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Peroxide does a great job on cobweb mold. It will dissolve it instantly.
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I honestly kind of love watching it die off. Like watching the reversal of those foam dinosaurs that youd soak in water and watch grow as a kid.lol
What is best humidity for a tent for coclonizing bags?
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Looks can be very deceiving with this stuff. I remember I threw away a very rare strand of hillbillies that is probably stronger than penis Envy thinking it was mold and it was bruising. Like weed, mushroom environment is everything. Contamination is a very high priority to control by cleanliness and environment. Itās also very difficult. For the most part Iāve been extremely lucky with mushroom growing. I have had some disappointments in jars that got contaminated
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I personally never done the all-in-one bags. Iāve always went from colonizing in a jar or directly in a bag of rice. Then I go straight in to the Coco substrate in my own little makeshift totes. Iāve been out of the game for about 2 years so Iām not 100% sure and donāt want to mislead you on the environment settings.
I built a mushroom humidifier and when you open my tent door it just looked like Londonās fog at all time something in the back of my head says 80Ā° but I would double check
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I feel like ive known this has been contaminated for a while but havent wanted to admit it. I had a few jars that ended up this way too. Only 4 thankfully but still were my only 4 jars. So im working with bags now.
I keep my humidity around 45-60% but still am getting the humidity in the bag high. I have an inline fan sucking moisture out but its not doing much. Any recommendations?
I innoculate bags, let them colonize, and as long as they dont pin too much i break it up in a c.v.g. mixture. Put that in a 40qt tub and then put the lid on upside down to let that colonize.
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Believe it or not I used to use a 100% empty closet in my grow room with a shelf to colonize. I vacuumed the floor like six times as it had carpet in the closet and I wipe the walls down with some sort of commercial germ killing spray cleaner and the same thing with a brand new shelf (metal) and I use that shelf from my jars and rice bags.
I had approximately 95% overall success rate of no contamination. There was always that one jar or bag that led off the dust clown when you opened it or squoze it and I just immediately tossed it.
Once everything was fully colonized I would break it down into my substrate and I had metal racks brand new in my 4x4 tent where I made the cakes. I love it I miss it a lot.
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Thats kind of like how i want to do my closet in my bedroom. I just have to get the upstairs straightened out more. Been hectic since having the newborn. But thankfully/u thankfully i lost my job a month or so ago so i have time to get stuff done. On the other hand no income. So im making the best out of it.
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Iāve recently retired in the last year and a half so I got nothing but time. I turn my mushroom grow room into a weed grow room a couple years ago. I took a break from growing weed about a year ago in the room itself is pretty cluttered and to dirty for growing mushrooms but boy what I love to start.
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I was on my front patio last night about 9:00 p.m. it was so cool and quiet and I just wasnāt ready for TV or bed yet and I started thinkingā¦ Hmmm, maybe I should eat some mushrooms 
I came close. Would have been an excellent night to trip
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Sometimes those are the best nights. Improve trips are my favorite.
On a higher note i just booked an interview for multiple possible positions in not even 2 hours. Lol
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Like to see you get another round together. Iām going to get mine going again in about a month.
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I would certainly like to see it as well. Unfortunately, Iāve got my outdoor garden going and here I do a lot of crabbing so my Summerās pretty dedicated to a little bit of gardening and a lot of crabbing and a ton a relaxing..
When we take on too many things nothing turns out right. I try to keep it fair and simple yet beneficial. Life is short my brother we got a balance it for sure!
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