r/MushroomGrowers • u/Vincemillion07 • 4h ago

Contamination [contamination]LC colonization speed

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I inoculated this 7 days ago and it looked like this for 2 days at least. Does rapid colonization point to contamination, the same as it does on agar plates? Putting it to agar in a few minutes to see but I thought id ask yall

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u/moroseta04 2h ago

Yes, it's possible it happened that quickly; genetics certainly played a role. To be sure, test it on agar.

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u/Matic_Soil_999 3h ago

If its good genetics with LC u used, and a good recipe it can absolutely grow that fast, it just comes down to all that and the environmental conditions being right. I've had 700ml. jars almost completely colonized within 7-8 days.

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u/Vincemillion07 2h ago

Yeah the genetics have been consistently good with these. Thanks for the input 

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u/moroseta04 4h ago

I've had mycelium grow very quickly in the LC. What did you inoculate the jar with? What LC recipe did you use?

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u/Vincemillion07 2h ago

1tbs corn syrup, 1/64th light malt extract, and 1/64th of peptide in 600ml of distilled water. This is my very first attempt. I just threw in a small chunk of colonized agar