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Mushroom cultivation => PF - Tek => Topic started by: poxin on September 15, 2004, 06:19:46 PM

Title: Contamination?
Post by: poxin on September 15, 2004, 06:19:46 PM
I didnt think my jars looked right (this is about day 4) and I figured you guys would know better than I. Are these contaminated?

(http://s87662390.onlinehome.us/bacteria.jpg)

I'm not sure what would've went wrong. I even used latex gloves to keep everything as clean as I could. Guess I will try again.
Title: Contamination?
Post by: anno on September 17, 2004, 04:15:47 AM
It loooks very wet....
Does it smell?
Title: Contamination?
Post by: poxin on September 17, 2004, 06:32:42 PM
it doesnt smell no. the "wetness" actually kind of grew over a couple days. for 6 PF jars how much water should I actually use?
Title: Contamination?
Post by: anno on September 18, 2004, 07:05:19 AM
>for 6 PF jars how much water should I actually use?

Totally depnding on the vermiculite you use.

Read http://www.fungifun.org/pf/pf_en.htm#zubereitung (http://www.fungifun.org/pf/pf_en.htm#zubereitung)
Title: Contamination?
Post by: vapourboy on September 30, 2004, 08:00:54 AM
Quoteit doesnt smell no. the "wetness" actually kind of grew over a couple days. for 6 PF jars how much water should I actually use?
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Use a 2:1:1 Verm:water:BRF ratio.

It looks like some water leaked into the jar during the sterilization process and washed the BRF off of the verm and down into the bottom an sides of the jars. Use less water in the PC to avoid that.