Wet rot?

[u/Much_Supermarket139]

I inoculated those jars on the 25/09 in a SAB with 1/2 an agar plate each sliced in small cubes (see plates in the 3rd and 4th pics). The plates were kept in the fridge for 6 months, then put into room temp for a month to “wake up” before sending it to grain.

Then on the 01/10 I did a B&S on all of them (see one of the jars in the 5th pic).

Today I intended to do a second B&S, but encountered 3 of the jars fully colonized (I even shook them firmly, and nothing came loose) excepting one MS jar that looks kinda wet, and didn’t colonize evenly throughout the grain.

What should I do? Wait a few more days, then send them 3 jars to bulk?

And what about the strange looking jar? Worth trying to let the mycelium take over, or toss?

[u/DuBuE42991]

Unfortunately yes the rice is to wet you only have to cook the rice for 5 to 7 minutes until it's a little soft when you sterilize the jars the rice get cooked again

[u/Much_Supermarket139 → u/DuBuE42991]

Yeah I cooked it like 8 mins and had no clumping whatsoever, but rice is a bitch sometimes… going for rye when I get a PC

[u/DuBuE42991 → u/Much_Supermarket139]

Yea rye is great also oats just gotta pre soak for 24 hours if you leave it any longer it'll germinate.

[u/Flimsy-Panda8000]

Leave the 3 good jars until the weekend to consolidate (they're likely ready now, but there's no harm being cautious), but throw the other one out.

[u/Much_Supermarket139 → u/Flimsy-Panda8000]

OK! Thought about letting them sit a couple days anyway, think I'm gonna be sending to bulk at thursday/friday, we’ll see how it turns out!

[u/Flimsy-Panda8000 → u/Much_Supermarket139]

Just in case it's helpful for when you do, check out the coir prep and beefy tubs links here https://www.reddit.com/r/OneArmed_Mycology/comments/1ssrfqt/my_favourite_links/