Shiitake Balcony 5/5: Curing mold with ''wash, rub and sunbathe'' - Episode 9
Channel: The Mushroom Circle - Ο Κύκλος Των Μανιταριών
Date: 2018-04-05

In shiitake balcony videos, I show cultivation in Mediterranean climate. It is a recapture space for the spent blocks after 2 flushes in the lab.
 In this episode, I show how I cure shiitake blocks from trichoderma mold, by washing, rubbing, sunbathing, and by keeping the block dry when spraying new pins.This way, very little mold grew back.
In this video,
 - I start with the result of mold fighting 1 week later after the soak and fridge, at pinning stage. Only a little bit of mold is back;
 - A small discussion about the pefect harvest stage : seeing 2 hair lines on he cap but no margin 
- The moldy blocks as they started, crashing from the lab after being exposed by accident to high moisture too long. 
- washing and rubbing the block to remove spores and soft tissue
- sun bathing to make a good skin
- when spraying the pins I keep the block dry, or allow it to dry at least every 6h
- a first update 24h later : how the blocks dry 
- a second update 2 days later : mold mycelium may come back

N.B: This was recorded in may of last year.