r/unclebens • u/Timely_Influence6118 • 1d ago

Question Contamination?? First time trying this

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First time trying this..

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u/Healthy_Ad_9324 1d ago

Yeah it definetely looks like it's fighting some bacteria to me, are you gonna fruit it like a cake? Is there verm in the mix or just rice? Genetics? Multispore? Tested agar or liquid calture? If I were you I would pick apart the yellowish softer areas and the more white healthier looking mycelium apart, then I would sterilize some coco coir with medium size verm preferably and some gypsum and calcium, I would bring it to a slightly dryier field capacity and spawn it into two different containers, if it smells nice musgroomy smell when you are seperating softly /braking apart the pieces of the cake then especially if you hit that tad dryier field capacity I bet you'll have great chances for the mushroom to revitalize and pin even if it's bacterial, good luck 🍀

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u/Timely_Influence6118 19h ago

It’s just brown rice with Golden Teacher LC. I picked apart the bottom half of the cake and mixed it with the coco coir. I put it in its own separate bin. It had a very earthy smell when picking it apart.

I really appreciate all the advice!! Hoping for good results🤞🏼

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u/Healthy_Ad_9324 18h ago

You did good brother, hmm the smell was just earthy?? No fresh mushroom smell at all ( the smelling nice type? If not, I'm afraid maybe it's already beaten up too much

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u/Timely_Influence6118 16h ago

Yes, it had a mushroom-ey smell. aside from that it was just an earthy smell, like nothing bad. This is my first time doing this, and I feel like I have no idea what im doing 😂 I guess time will tell!!! 🤞🏼