King oyster mushrooms starting in the tub 4 days ago, there's mold fluff balls all through the hardwood and bran mix already. Will the mycelium be okay fighting through it? I feel like mold with this is unavoidable, but there's a lot of it so I'm concerned.
New to the hobby
So about a month ago I innoculated 6 wholegrain uncle Ben's rice packets with king oyster mushroom liquid culture. But instead of cutting the packets' corners like every guide says to, I followed a random comment's advice to simply poke the syringe through the packet and cover the syringe hole with micropore tape. A week later I had a try with making a few grain jars using the same liquid culture.
Fast forward to today, and my grain jars are ready to use, yet the rice packets look and feel unchanged. I suspect the poor gas exchange from a tiny syringe hole caused the mycelium to suffocate. I'll have to try going back to those packets and do it properly this time.
So I guess I'm posting to say don't try to cut corners, and instead you should cut corners ✂️
