Bro if you’d get away from northspore you’d actually be able to grow without contamination…I got their substrate and every bag I bought was contaminated, hell I didn’t even use it, it grew white shit in the bags…I just ordered filters and tubs from them but no more AIO bags or substrate or grains…instead use aplus grains grow bags and make your own substrate
Damn 5 times with contamination. Im trying mushrooms for the first time have 3 all in 1 bags and 12 Ben tek. Hopefully one can get it done out of all that. Great video! Good luck on the next grow.
All in one bags are by far the safest way to grow when it comes to contam. Ive never had one contaminate before getting a flush! Of course they do eventually once you start letting in air and spraying water, but by the time it starts to set in the shrooms have already done 2-3 flushes and are pretty much spent anyway. Good luck!
@ I make my own wild bird seed grain and CVG or Wood pellet substrate. Initial cost isn’t too bad and I can make a ton of grain spawn and sub for really cheap.
I never grew mushrooms until I saw The Rookie do it so, he knows a little sum if he taught me... But I'm sure that's why he calls himself The Rookie Mycologist. 🙄
For tub tekers. I find it way easier/cheaper and less messy to use two puppy pads absorbent side up and water it down good. Works just as good if not better and just an easy toss In the trash afterward. Mush love 🍄🟫
I kept having this problem when i first started as well... Lot of growers do because they don't really understand Environmental contamination. Spores can travel for up to a MILE so if there is Mold in your house, There will be environmental contamination that effects your mushrooms After the transfer to fruiting when they are Exposed to the air in your house. Dust, Mold from bread or other foods, The mold on the Dust under your fridge and stove, Mold in your attic - Or crawl spaces - Even the Dust on the top of the Doors in your house... They all expose your clothing to environmental contaminants that transfer to the mycelium and literally Attack it.
Part of the reason why working in a SAB is so important, especially so for beginners. You can be as clean as you want; spores will always find a way in.
Sup Keys! Good stuff, man. I started because if you man, so far, I've grown 6 tubs and 15 AIO bags. I had a average of 2 out of 10 contam. Even with a flow hood. Your channel is awesome, bro. Thanks for spreading the knowledge.
This is why I grow in bags, I have not been successful with fruiting in tubs since starting my farm. I rarely get contamination in the bag but they do pop out after the first or second dunk of the block.
I had Contam on a few tubs (different strains). I realized I used the same grain for all of them which could have been contaminated. I didn't use them immediatley and they were over 6 months old. Going forward I'll re-sterilize them before inoculation.
Test the strain on a few agar plates. May of got contaminated. Syringe of mine got contam recently. Luckily its only happened to me that once. I had a backup lc in fridge.
I've grown mushrooms before using po boi tek because I was dead broke and had great success, but now I have a little more money to my name and I have the best equipment, I'm having a bad time this year growing mushrooms but I still carry on. I have 4 five pound whole oat grain spawn bags colonizing, and this time I see mycelium without contamination for the first time this year. I did the break and shake, and now I will wait until fully colonized. This time I will be fruiting in 2 homemade monotubs. Wish me luck, and instead of pasteurizing the substrate, I will be sterilizing it. I don't won't another tub of Trich.
Moisture droplets are a killer to tubs and bags. Everyone that I have seen or ones I have grown myself, with to much humidity, that it begins to produce large droplets get you contamination every time.
You really need to check them every few days. U also have alot of condensation probly causing pooling. My tubs condensate alot so i have to take the lid off and let the water run off it every few days
DEFINITELY A ROOKIE, AND TELL THE SPECIFIC SCIENCE OF WHAT YOU'RE USING & STEPS TAKEN- SIMPLE, FOR EXAMPLE WHAT *SOURCE WATER IS HE MISTING CULTURES WITH? WHAT SPECIES & STRAINS USED? SPORES- OR LC? WHAT SUBSTRATE SOURCES UTILIZED & GENETICS QUALITY OK??
Im guessing you are new to his channel. Its been 2yrs now that hes been putting out videos, If you go back and watch his earlier videos, I think youll find that youre expecting WAY too much from him.
Im gonna give you information that almost no one else will tell you, dont sterilize substrate, only pasterize, since i quit sterilizing substrate and started pasturing i went from like a 30-60 percent success rate to like a 95% sucess rate. Sterilize your grain because its never open to contaminates, but you substrate has to have the good bacteria left in it or else mold can set up way easier. Pasterizing your sub kills the mold spores but your sub is still alive. Im telling yiu its a complete game changer heres how i do it, i put my sub in a pressure cooker with a dgital thermometer in one bag but its the kind with the cord so you can see the temp without removing the lid but you get it to 140 with the lid on but not locked, turn the burner off but leave the pressure cooker on the burner, it will climb to about 170-180 leave it there overnight and tommorow your substrate is good to go. I use cow manure in my sub also so it is nutrient dense i dont use micropore tape for my holes on my tubs or nothing and i dont have problems. Just get a brick of coconut fiber/cococuir hydrate and pasturize youll never buy those sterilized all in one grow bags again. Its one extra step but its actually 100 less steps once your failures disappear.
Hey man. I just turned 51 and recently retired. Washington State. I’ve been growing marijuana personally and commercially for 30 or so years now. Before fox farm was owned by miracle grow and grow lights gave you a sunburn. If I ever trim again it will be too soon. Anyway I’ve taken up mycology as a sort of hobby and the fact my 54 year old wife eats these fucking things by the handful. Anyway…I’ve watched your videos clear through til today and they are pretty easy to learn from. It’s nice to see the mistakes too. Most of everything else I’ve seen only show the upside. They never weigh the dries. I checked out your music too. Long comment lol
I have a contrainer that everything was fine till it was time to fruit. And it just didnt go from there... was kinda dissapointed with it. Been wanting p.e
Got a question big dawg! I've just started dabbling in mycology myself. Just got my first flush on a grow bag, that I switched to a monotub and currently working on my 2nd flush. On that one, I have smaller pins that look like they're aborting...can I stimulate to grow? Also, I had a bentek that was fully colonized but when I opened the bag, the very to was contaminated. Can I break of the top (or entire outside layer and use the rest to bulk? The whole brick looked great, except the top! Thnx brotha...keep up the great work! Luv the vidz!
My first three grows were perfect. I had a Martha tent that I bought at Midwest with humidification and heat. My next four attempts complete contamination failures. I have been purchasing most of my spores from inoculate the world and supplies and substrates from North Spore. I have tried many. I gave up on my Martha tent, using Noc box. boomer bins. I have sterilized everything! With bleach and water, vinegar and water, 70% isopropyl, I have used gloves, positive air flow hepa filters. I have attempted growing in all three floors of my property, I have grow lights humidification with distilled water. I have changed, humidifiers, lights, gloves, water, and every time contamination. I have attempted grown three separate strains in three separate places in my home with different suppliers and every time. I have no idea what I’m doing wrong I’m attempting to be very careful with sanitization. Any suggestions?
Can I recommend getting supplies and substrate from a different company other than North Spore. I'd highly recommend Woodland Mysticz to get your growing supplies. They are super affordable and very high quality. You can get the grain and substrate, enough for two small shoeboxes, for $12.
@ it’s called surface conditions and if the surface is dry looking then you don’t have anything to evaporate. You need to do your research before you make comments.
It's not recommended to open up contamination like that indoors, as literally hundreds of thousands of spores spread everywhere and make future contam more likely. I would clean the area with bleach and maybe look into adjusting the pH of your substrate, as trichoderma mold thrives in acidic environments.
I just realized I seen 1 of your videos about a year ago. I seen you recently as the rookie gambler and went to check out your other channels. I had watched the uncle Ben's video when it first came out. I am now subscribed to all your channels. Can't access my Instagram right now. I am gonna purchase a years subscription to your discord. I seen where people are complaining about the cost. If you don't have 45 dollars a year for some good knowledge you can't afford a hobby that requires lights and tents anyhow. I have 2 gorilla tents 5×5 and a few lights that are for cannabis. Will these lights be too bright and put off too much temperature for mushroom growing.
Most people don't even use lighting to grow shrooms it just effects the direction it grows in though a uv light could be useful to kill certain types of contaminations
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Bro if you’d get away from northspore you’d actually be able to grow without contamination…I got their substrate and every bag I bought was contaminated, hell I didn’t even use it, it grew white shit in the bags…I just ordered filters and tubs from them but no more AIO bags or substrate or grains…instead use aplus grains grow bags and make your own substrate
Damn 5 times with contamination. Im trying mushrooms for the first time have 3 all in 1 bags and 12 Ben tek. Hopefully one can get it done out of all that. Great video! Good luck on the next grow.
All in one bags are by far the safest way to grow when it comes to contam. Ive never had one contaminate before getting a flush! Of course they do eventually once you start letting in air and spraying water, but by the time it starts to set in the shrooms have already done 2-3 flushes and are pretty much spent anyway.
Good luck!
Northspore = Contamination. Once I stopped using Northspore AIO and substrate and started making my own, I never had contamination again.
Well done sir. Well deserved
Same experience man, I do the brown rice tek
@ I make my own wild bird seed grain and CVG or Wood pellet substrate. Initial cost isn’t too bad and I can make a ton of grain spawn and sub for really cheap.
Booming acres
What did you use
I would not be handling those anywhere near my clean space. Especially not in front of the FFU like that!
He really dnt know what he be doing
I never grew mushrooms until I saw The Rookie do it so, he knows a little sum if he taught me... But I'm sure that's why he calls himself The Rookie Mycologist. 🙄
@SwiggitySwagDopeInTheBag yeah ikr then he's a dick when you comment on his wrong doings
@@BenChasinMyCology I hope you found some1 else to learn from lol. Any1 with 2 braincells can have success from time to time
For tub tekers. I find it way easier/cheaper and less messy to use two puppy pads absorbent side up and water it down good. Works just as good if not better and just an easy toss In the trash afterward. Mush love 🍄🟫
I kept having this problem when i first started as well... Lot of growers do because they don't really understand Environmental contamination. Spores can travel for up to a MILE so if there is Mold in your house, There will be environmental contamination that effects your mushrooms After the transfer to fruiting when they are Exposed to the air in your house.
Dust, Mold from bread or other foods, The mold on the Dust under your fridge and stove, Mold in your attic - Or crawl spaces - Even the Dust on the top of the Doors in your house... They all expose your clothing to environmental contaminants that transfer to the mycelium and literally Attack it.
Part of the reason why working in a SAB is so important, especially so for beginners. You can be as clean as you want; spores will always find a way in.
Sup Keys! Good stuff, man. I started because if you man, so far, I've grown 6 tubs and 15 AIO bags. I had a average of 2 out of 10 contam. Even with a flow hood. Your channel is awesome, bro. Thanks for spreading the knowledge.
This is why I grow in bags, I have not been successful with fruiting in tubs since starting my farm. I rarely get contamination in the bag but they do pop out after the first or second dunk of the block.
Do you think I could do hoodie Tek with my grow bags inside a monotub?
@@vlogingandotherstufflol1802yes. But I just cut the top off an old shoe box and use it.
@@vlogingandotherstufflol1802yes u can
@vlogingandotherstufflol1802 Ya you can. That's how I do mine every time.
@@ercbert68 thanks
Just starting out , thank you for your videos !!!!
Thanks! You rock brother
good info to know! thank you 💯
Mr Rookie! Time to clean everything.
It depends on where you live too I think if you have high humidity where you live you're going to have a hard time
love your channel
I had Contam on a few tubs (different strains). I realized I used the same grain for all of them which could have been contaminated. I didn't use them immediatley and they were over 6 months old. Going forward I'll re-sterilize them before inoculation.
Good stuff!:)
Test the strain on a few agar plates. May of got contaminated. Syringe of mine got contam recently. Luckily its only happened to me that once. I had a backup lc in fridge.
Maybe contam is coming from the water! Maybe distilled water should be used! I'll test it too!
Best shroomtuber there is rn🙌🏽
Havin the same issues here in Eastern New Mex
Give Vermiculite a try too and don't forget aluminum foils or parchment
Hey, talk to us about fungus gnats (Sciara Flies)
When I seen the thumbnail 💔
Fanning is a risky way to get FAE. Open bins and/or bags as seldom as possible.
BUMMER dude…..well happens to everyone.
I've grown mushrooms before using po boi tek because I was dead broke and had great success, but now I have a little more money to my name and I have the best equipment, I'm having a bad time this year growing mushrooms but I still carry on. I have 4 five pound whole oat grain spawn bags colonizing, and this time I see mycelium without contamination for the first time this year. I did the break and shake, and now I will wait until fully colonized. This time I will be fruiting in 2 homemade monotubs. Wish me luck, and instead of pasteurizing the substrate, I will be sterilizing it. I don't won't another tub of Trich.
Moisture droplets are a killer to tubs and bags. Everyone that I have seen or ones I have grown myself, with to much humidity, that it begins to produce large droplets get you contamination every time.
You really need to check them every few days. U also have alot of condensation probly causing pooling. My tubs condensate alot so i have to take the lid off and let the water run off it every few days
DEFINITELY A ROOKIE, AND TELL THE SPECIFIC SCIENCE OF WHAT YOU'RE USING & STEPS TAKEN- SIMPLE, FOR EXAMPLE WHAT *SOURCE WATER IS HE MISTING CULTURES WITH? WHAT SPECIES & STRAINS USED? SPORES- OR LC? WHAT SUBSTRATE SOURCES UTILIZED & GENETICS QUALITY OK??
Not only is he a rookie and a scam artist, he deleted ALL of my comments here 🤣 What a fragile bl+ch
@@SwiggitySwagDopeInTheBag dont feel bad, its not just you. He deletes every single one of my comments as well.
Im guessing you are new to his channel. Its been 2yrs now that hes been putting out videos, If you go back and watch his earlier videos, I think youll find that youre expecting WAY too much from him.
@@WhiteBeardHashtag1205 so he does this to you as well? My guess is this is happening to a lot more people than just you and I...
@@SwiggitySwagDopeInTheBag that would be my assumption as well.
Im gonna give you information that almost no one else will tell you, dont sterilize substrate, only pasterize, since i quit sterilizing substrate and started pasturing i went from like a 30-60 percent success rate to like a 95% sucess rate. Sterilize your grain because its never open to contaminates, but you substrate has to have the good bacteria left in it or else mold can set up way easier. Pasterizing your sub kills the mold spores but your sub is still alive. Im telling yiu its a complete game changer heres how i do it, i put my sub in a pressure cooker with a dgital thermometer in one bag but its the kind with the cord so you can see the temp without removing the lid but you get it to 140 with the lid on but not locked, turn the burner off but leave the pressure cooker on the burner, it will climb to about 170-180 leave it there overnight and tommorow your substrate is good to go. I use cow manure in my sub also so it is nutrient dense i dont use micropore tape for my holes on my tubs or nothing and i dont have problems. Just get a brick of coconut fiber/cococuir hydrate and pasturize youll never buy those sterilized all in one grow bags again. Its one extra step but its actually 100 less steps once your failures disappear.
@4:24 turns into Busta Rhymes lol
lol 😆
also @05:07
@@wearechangecthartford lol!!!
I inoculated a bag of Uncle Ben's and nothing happened (3 mos). Would it be foolish to use another strain and the same bag of rice?
Hey man. I just turned 51 and recently retired. Washington State. I’ve been growing marijuana personally and commercially for 30 or so years now. Before fox farm was owned by miracle grow and grow lights gave you a sunburn. If I ever trim again it will be too soon. Anyway I’ve taken up mycology as a sort of hobby and the fact my 54 year old wife eats these fucking things by the handful. Anyway…I’ve watched your videos clear through til today and they are pretty easy to learn from. It’s nice to see the mistakes too. Most of everything else I’ve seen only show the upside. They never weigh the dries. I checked out your music too. Long comment lol
I have a contrainer that everything was fine till it was time to fruit. And it just didnt go from there... was kinda dissapointed with it. Been wanting p.e
Contamination in the nation! Had to throw a rice bag today!
What were your results for mushroom supplies 5 pound all in one? Do you recommend for enigma? Let me know you should do an enigma run
May I ask for full clarification. When using NP max yield bin. One 3lb NP grain bag with one bag of 5lb substrate bag when spawn -> bulk?
Yo hope you are doing well
Got a question big dawg! I've just started dabbling in mycology myself. Just got my first flush on a grow bag, that I switched to a monotub and currently working on my 2nd flush. On that one, I have smaller pins that look like they're aborting...can I stimulate to grow? Also, I had a bentek that was fully colonized but when I opened the bag, the very to was contaminated. Can I break of the top (or entire outside layer and use the rest to bulk? The whole brick looked great, except the top! Thnx brotha...keep up the great work! Luv the vidz!
My first three grows were perfect. I had a Martha tent that I bought at Midwest with humidification and heat. My next four attempts complete contamination failures. I have been purchasing most of my spores from inoculate the world and supplies and substrates from North Spore. I have tried many. I gave up on my Martha tent, using Noc box. boomer bins. I have sterilized everything! With bleach and water, vinegar and water, 70% isopropyl, I have used gloves, positive air flow hepa filters. I have attempted growing in all three floors of my property, I have grow lights humidification with distilled water. I have changed, humidifiers, lights, gloves, water, and every time contamination. I have attempted grown three separate strains in three separate places in my home with different suppliers and every time. I have no idea what I’m doing wrong I’m attempting to be very careful with sanitization. Any suggestions?
Can I recommend getting supplies and substrate from a different company other than North Spore. I'd highly recommend Woodland Mysticz to get your growing supplies. They are super affordable and very high quality. You can get the grain and substrate, enough for two small shoeboxes, for $12.
Camronkirby, thank you for the advice. I will try them rather than give up
Dont spray water directly on your cakes it does cause contamination almost consistently
It’s ok to do if you’re on your second flush or if it the first and it fully colonized. You need droplets of water on the surface to induce pinning.
It’s called surface conditions
I stopped spraying and stopped getting contamination in my cakes, still working on sterilizing grains consistently
@@SwiggitySwagDopeInTheBag that’s why you want droplets of water. I have had great success and know what I’m talking about.
@ it’s called surface conditions and if the surface is dry looking then you don’t have anything to evaporate. You need to do your research before you make comments.
Nooooooo!!!
Bro if your flow hood is running then you need a deep clean of your entire area..peroxide and alcohol separately…clean and get away from north spore
You said that I should keep the temperature closer to eight eee
Just went to your instagram. Didn’t see what strains these were.
Bosses take losses try keeping in bag tell 1st flush then come out da bag less chance 4 contamination 🤷🏾♂️
It's not recommended to open up contamination like that indoors, as literally hundreds of thousands of spores spread everywhere and make future contam more likely. I would clean the area with bleach and maybe look into adjusting the pH of your substrate, as trichoderma mold thrives in acidic environments.
He got it bro he been partying a min.
Your master is infected
Booom 🤩
I just realized I seen 1 of your videos about a year ago. I seen you recently as the rookie gambler and went to check out your other channels. I had watched the uncle Ben's video when it first came out. I am now subscribed to all your channels. Can't access my Instagram right now. I am gonna purchase a years subscription to your discord. I seen where people are complaining about the cost. If you don't have 45 dollars a year for some good knowledge you can't afford a hobby that requires lights and tents anyhow. I have 2 gorilla tents 5×5 and a few lights that are for cannabis. Will these lights be too bright and put off too much temperature for mushroom growing.
Most people don't even use lighting to grow shrooms it just effects the direction it grows in though a uv light could be useful to kill certain types of contaminations
Please read your comments man cause everything you’ve been doing has not been good as of late and I can tell you that your sponsor is not a good sponsor