i got 3 strains on monday the 25th and immediatley placed them into the fridge until wednesday for inocculation of my jars.

when i opened the package and removed the syringe, there was black specs floating in the solution.


IS THIS NORMAL?

HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE?

SHOULD I BE CONCERNED?

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everything i say here is made up, fabricated and basically a lie. "leave me alone I'm 'bating."

shake em up and you're good to go. The black specs are clumps of spores.

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but they did not go away.

i shook them pretty vigorously and could not get them to dissolve completely.

i guess i will know relatively soon like in a couple of days if i did it all right.


of course i will post results, good or bad

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everything i say here is made up, fabricated and basically a lie. "leave me alone I'm 'bating."

maybe you should have let them warm up a little. idk, just my 2cents.

from what I've read, spore syringes should be fine even if you put them in the fridge. I know those little black things are spores. They are probably just dense syringes, which is why they don't seem to go away. My syringes all have little specs in them too. No worries they are still viable.

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i guess we will all know in a few days.


i am hoping for much more incredible results than my first time thru. i was much more clean and meticulous in my prep and inocculation.


well for info purposes, good or bad i will post results.

thanks
for the support

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everything i say here is made up, fabricated and basically a lie. "leave me alone I'm 'bating."

good luck Ill watch to the end

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"GIVE ME 3 ROUNDS!! "

I will also be watching this! I don't grow mushrooms myself, I am planning on starting some up in a few months when my living situation changes. I'll be studying up until then!

OMG there's spores in your spore syringe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11one

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You're working hard to put food on your family.

so obviosly there needs to be some clarification.


if you look back at some of my other threads, you will see my first pathetic grow of cambodians.

although i did get 20-30 mushrooms for a very pleasurable time, i could not get a second flush. and this was off 4 out of 10 cakes.

NOW when i ordered those syringes, i inspected them and DID NOT NOTICE anything floating in them.

these are spores i ordered from spores101 not something i made.

i am just not familiar with the syringes enough to be sure if they got comtaminated on they way due to heat.


"did ya plug it in"

good one angus

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everything i say here is made up, fabricated and basically a lie. "leave me alone I'm 'bating."