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(Message started by: michelle on Jul 9^th, 2002, 4:29pm)

Title: MY FUNGUS GREW MOLD !!!!!!
Post by michelle on Jul 9^th, 2002, 4:29pm

I SCREWED UP.....I ACTUALLY GREW SHROOMS IN A MYCOBAG, WENT TO DRY THEM USING DAMP-RID IN A TUPPERWARE CONTAINER, (THE SEAL WAS NOT AIR TIGHT) AND MY SHROOMS GREW MOLD!.....BACK TO FARMING I GO....BUT I HAVE A QUESTION.....

THE MYCOBAG INSTRUCTIONS SAY AFTER CROPPING, SPRAY A LIGHT MIST OF DISTILLED WATER DOWN THE INSIDE OF BAG, FOLD DOWN AND CLIP.....THIS INCREASES THE POSSIBILITY OF UP TO 3 -4 FLUSHES......

DOES THAT MEAN I HAVE TO SHOOT IN MORE SPORES FROM THE SYRINGE OR NOT?

Title: Re: MY FUNGUS GREW MOLD !!!!!!
Post by pinksharkmark on Jul 9^th, 2002, 6:07pm

Congratulations on your successful fungus farm!

You don't have to inject more spores into the bags.

The reason for misting the bag is to bring the relative humidity inside the bag back up to its proper levels. When you opened the bag to harvest the first crop, the humid air inside the bag escaped. Misting and then immediately resealing the bag ensures the humidity will remain high enough for the next crop to develop.

You don't need to mist it very much at all -- be careful not to have the block of mycelium sitting in water. The idea is to just provide enough tiny droplets clinging to the sides of the bag to evaporate into the air trapped inside the bag.

So it was only the first flush (crop) that went moldy during the drying process? All is not lost, then. Hopefully you'll have better luck with the next flush.

To avoid having your next crop go moldy, don't put them into the drying chamber immediately after picking, but first pre-dry them for a day using an ordinary room fan. Just toss them in some kind of mesh bag and hang them in front the fan, or even just spread them out on a piece of newspaper in front of the fan. The airflow will drive most of the moisture out of them pretty rapidly. In around 24 hours, 48 at the most, they'll be all shrivelled up and leathery.

Now when they are placed in the drying chamber, the Damp-Rid will be able to suck the last bit of moisture out of them pretty rapidly -- sometimes overnight. The Damp-Rid doesn't get as saturated with moisture if they are pre-dried. You'll know they're ready when they snap and crumble easily.

pinky

Title: Re: MY FUNGUS GREW MOLD !!!!!!
Post by michelle on Jul 10^th, 2002, 7:16am

PINKY,

THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUICK RESPONSE AND ANSWERING MY QUESTION.

YES, THIS WAS MY VERY FIRST CROP, I FORGOT THAT STEP OF AIR DRYING .

BACK TO FARMING I GO....THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR HELP.....I THINK I UNDERSTAND IT BETTER NOW

MICHELLE