





I am using Penis Envy syringes from Hawkeye in the Mason Jar Tek with brown rice flour & vermiculite. I inoculated this batch on AUGUST 11th.



I also used a pressure canner & sterilized everything quite well with isopropol alcohol & hydrogen peroxide - all the way to the vermiculte, perlite, jars, & cakes.



The first mycelium cake I birthed took a little more than a month to fully colonize & if I made a mistake, it was not leaving the fully colonized mycelium in the jar for 7 days before birthing.



At any rate, before I placed in the shotgun terrarium with holes on all sides, I did the 24 hour dunk & roll technique with sterilized vermiculite & distilled water.



About a week after I birthed it, I started to see what looked like cobweb mold. I sprayed some water + 10$ hydrogen pyroxide on it ONCE. and it died back a little, but then slowly regrew to what you are seeing now. I stopped the peroxide because it didn't seem to spread fast at all & I have been puzzled about it ever since because I haven't seen any pins.



To the left, you will see another cake that was just recently fully colonized, birthed then dunked n rolled. No pins or similar cottony growth here yet.



If you need more information to make an accurate assessment of what might be wrong please let me know.



The colonization period took about a month-month.5 for both cakes in a relatively steady 75-85 F dark closet.



In the shotgun chamber they have received regular fanning & misting, with a temperature between 70-75 * humidity of 90-99%



I still have several jars colonizing with no contam, yet to birth.



Is it going abnormally slow, is this normal growth or am I contaminated??



THanks for any help!!



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