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First monotub — is this healthy mycelium or should I be worried?

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1 day ago

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Two weeks into my first oyster monotub. Colonization looks nearly complete — lovely dense white rhizomorphic growth across the top. But there is one small patch near the corner that looks a touch grey and I am paranoid.

Temps holding at 72F, FAE via holes with poly-fil. Do I wait for a full flush or is that grey patch a red flag?

1 day ago

Adding: no off smells, still smells pleasantly mushroomy.

3 hours ago

Grey with no green/black spores and no sour smell is very often just older, slightly hydrated mycelium or early primordia, not contam. Watch it for 24-48h. If it stays fuzzy-white and starts pinning, you are golden.

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