r/unclebens • u/BaddadanBaddadan • 20h ago

Mid-Cultivation / Still Growing Is there something wrong with my bag?

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First time grower here. So I inoculated this 3lb grain/substrate bag with P Nats in the last week of December 2024. Long story short, I did 1 break and shake around a month after inoculating the grain. This seemed to have cause a stunt in the mycelium’s growth, and so for around 3 weeks there were seemingly minimal changes in the bag. This however changed in March when I started noticing changes in the bag. Not sure if it’s mycelium but the grain/substrate is slowly starting to get whiter and whiter, yet there seems to be condensation on the inside of the bag which I’ve heard is a sign of contamination.

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u/BaddadanBaddadan 20h ago

I also wanna add that the “mycelium” only started to noticeably come back after I started squeezing the old air out and slowly letting it inflate back with oxygen, which makes me wonder if I should cut into my bag to introduce better FAE. Please give me opinions and suggestions. Thank you!

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u/Mnc227 20h ago

Condensation doesn’t mean anything other than a high humidity content. If it was my bag, I would cut some holes and cover with micropore tape to improve FAE. I’ve had stuff slow down just like you, and that was what fixed it and got it to start pinning. Good luck, and happy growing.

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u/Certain_Cycle6418 20h ago

Yeah I'm on my first all in one bag. 3 days after the break and shake it was so wet it had me worried so I cut at the base of the bag and put it into a make shift mono tub and it's kicking hard now hope to see pins/hyphal knots soon. Good luck :)

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u/Alternative-Fig-1094 18h ago

To me it looks fine it looks like a very nice colonized bag. However I'm looking at this on a phone that does not have the best screen. But I don't see anything wrong with it I think it looks fine