Hello everyone,
We bought the Golden Teacher Growkit 1200cc from Freshmushrooms and the mushrooms have grown nicely in it. Two days ago the membranes/caps started to come off at the bottom and according to the instructions this is the time to harvest.
Yesterday evening my partner wanted to open the perforated bag and harvest the mushrooms and got scared because there was green mold and black spores everywhere. The day before there was nothing to see and it must have formed within hours.
I don't think the black spores are a problem, but the green mold is poisonous, right?
So do we have to throw away the entire grow kit now?
Is this contamination and how did it come about?
We never opened the grow kit until then. Are we entitled to a replacement?
I can add a picture later when I am at home.
Kind regards
Stefan
I have been trying for some time to produce mold-free grain brood myself in order to inoculate it. It hasn't quite worked yet - but the mold has always spread slowly so far. Weeks rather than days.
Mushrooms must be cured and dried quickly after sporulation
edit : Golden Teacher Growkit 1200ccm - funny, that's exactly what I've harvested for the second time now. I missed the time again, some heads were spurting.
Hello Stevio!
Green mold doesn't just appear in a few hours! A picture would be good, but it just sounds like the normal psilocybin color reaction, which happens quickly.
In any case, it makes sense not to wait until the spores fall out before harvesting. Harvest because the caps BEGIN to open. When the mushrooms sprout, there is less harvest overall and it looks less beautiful.
Always send pictures, from the description you can't say anything for sure, except that green mold doesn't just let everything rot overnight. The mycelium must die, the mushrooms must start to stink, this takes days and never starts when the mycelium is alive and healthy. If the mycelium is old and diseased, then contaminants are caught.
In 99.99% of all cases, when people talk about green spots, it is the standard psilocybin color reaction, which is typical for magic mushrooms and makes them easily identifiable in nature.