LC, Contam or Myc?

[Gide_Gnome]

Hoping it's myc, just a bit of brown in it that I worry about. Also posted a pic of a cake, just in case anyone sees something i don't. SWIM's first grow, want's to ge sure.

BTW.. Uploading pics on a cellular connection.. 'tis a bitch.

Hopefully two more pics in next post.

[Gide_Gnome]

NVM, can't upload the cake pics for some reason. Keeps failing. Oh well, the LC is what's important right now.

[crazy1]

It's very hard in not impossible to tell if an LC is contaminated.
The best bet is to shoot up a jar and see what happens.
Good luck

[Gide_Gnome]

Originally Posted by crazy1

It's very hard in not impossible to tell if an LC is contaminated.
The best bet is to shoot up a jar and see what happens.
Good luck

Outta' spores, so that's the plan! Although, my last one was uber disgusting when it grew out. That LC looked a bit like.. I dunno, kinda like clumps of fairly dark dust. This looks a bit more like a loogey or something. Just a bit brown, not quite myc white.

[crazy1]

Let it grow out a bit more. I can see what you're saying but it still does look like myc to me. What did you make the LC out of?

[Gide_Gnome]

Originally Posted by crazy1

Let it grow out a bit more. I can see what you're saying but it still does look like myc to me. What did you make the LC out of?

97% water, 3% organic honey. Meant to do 4%, but i botched that a bit. lol.

[crazy1]

that's cool a but more don't hurt.
But in the second pic under the "N" is that a fly?

[Jigalow]

If you used a spore syringe, and used a shit load of spores the MYC will look
dirty brown/purplish.....

[goldenteacher1163]

honey can also cause some brownish color
It might be a good idea to shoot a little into a test jar with a little grain in it to be sure

[Skatterman420]

Originally Posted by Jigalow

If you used a spore syringe, and used a shit load of spores the MYC will look
dirty brown/purplish.....

Yes, my current LC has a full syringe of Hillbilly in it (oops) now i've got lots of individual strands of myc that are off colored with a few spores inbetween. Definately doesn't look like the pictures I normally see with individual puffballs of myc sticking together.

[Gide_Gnome]

Originally Posted by crazy1

that's cool a but more don't hurt.
But in the second pic under the "N" is that a fly?

Lol, no fly. Syringe was made with a few gills in it I believe. SWIM's FOAF made it for him. Just knocked up a BRF jar with it, we'll see what it does I guess.

Would like to do grain, but SWIM's PC only takes half pint jars, and I don't think that's large enough for rye or anything really, from what I hear.

Glad to hear about the many spores/honey causing discoloration, with that in account, I think it looks fairly healthy then.

On a side note, SWIM also has a jar of mostly colonized BRF, but it's going realllly slow. Been about two weeks now and it's about 75%. Would this be due to lack of good FAE? Or lack of nutrient from using the following recipe:

Substrate preparation
For one ½ pint jar(~240 ml) you will need:
=> 140 ml vermiculite
=> 40 ml brown rice flour
=> some vermiculite to fill the jar to the top (app. 20 ml)
=> water

For 6 jars, this amounts to:
=> 3.5 US cups vermiculite
=> 1 US cup brown rice flour
=> Add enough water so that there is a little pool on the bottom of the mixing bowl.

This came out to about 3.5:1:2.5 Verm:BRF:Water

A reliable FOAF pointed out that 2:1:1 verm:BRF:water is a better ratio, so that's what SWIM has been using now.

I could just wait and see, but it'd be a shame to put this community to waste. lol.