Let me make sure I understand what you have going on... innoculated jars (that came preprepared and sealed) in another container? And it looks like foil over the top of at least the jar in your picture.

Are there holes in that foil? Are there holes in the top of the jars or just covered by foil?

First, its been about 3 days now that my jars have been incubating.

---I have have had spores take up to almost two weeks to germinate - so be patient.

This one seems like there IS mycelium growing, but it looks...a little greenish. Which, to my understanding, is bad.

--- Green is mushroom death get it out of your cultivation area and don't get it all over your self in the process of disposal and drag unwanted spores back into your area.

Whats everyones take? I did not pack and seal this jar, it was part of the pre-boxed kit.

--- You either received the jars already contaminated OR you contaminated them via something you did or left undone. Re-think everything you'd had to do with this kit and try ro isolate any un-clean goings on if you can. If there are non.... then the contamination came with the jar probably.

To add a note also, I went back and checked all jars. I have 6 jars innocluated with cubensis golden teacher spores and 6 jars innoculated with Malaysian Cubensis spores.

Each jar with Malaysian spores is identical in the same stage of mycelium growth with 4 little peanut sized white blotches per jar, and it is totally white.

2 of my golden teacher jars have a LOT of green in them taking up Id say 50% of the jar, the other 4 jars have not even any growth starting yet.

Any ideas as to why all of my Malaysian jars look the same and are in good condition and why 2 of my GT jars are not gonna make it and 4 others look like they havent even been innoculated? lol

---Different races germinate, develop, and fruit at different rates under different conditions any conjecture about your situation at this point would be just that... conjecture.

I'm going to agree (kind of) with the suggestion of using the Shroomery as well. Not that you shouldn't ask here... just ask there as well and try to just deal with folks who've gotten the "Trusted Cultivator" tag. Be prepared the Shroomery can get kind of snarky (to be nice) sometimes,but there's a ton of good advice there as well.

Read up on sterile procedure. Grab a copy of the book "The Mushroom Cultivator" by Stamets and Chilton. Most of all just be diligent and continue learning and trying... it is like any other endeavor... you'll start getting the hang of it.

Good Luck

Really? Remove the foil? I thought it was supposed to remain covered, no?

And I have the jars in an incubation box with an aquarium heater keeping the box in 80 degree water. Isn't it better they stay in the box dark and warm?

So far so good thank you! Ive got a few more days til birthing the cakes.

I see you used a large Tupperware container, is there an advantage to that at all over the small jars? Did you grow based off the PF/brf tek?

yes I waited until the cakes were 100% and then gave them an additional eight days just to be sure hahah.

How often should I be misting them now? 2 or 3 times a day? I have like 30 holes drilled in my fruiting chamber on the sides and top so I assume co2 will have an easier time escaping by itself rather than me having to fan often?

I did not drill holes on the bottom, should I? What are risers?

Also, before drilling I sprayed lysol in the container, let it sit for a while, and then wiped it out with a wet cloth. I noticed though while misting that my container smells...well, like lysol. Im concerned that the lysol will impact my cakes or the shrooms themselves by contaiminating them with dangerous chemicals.

Should I quick wash my tub out and then plop everything back in to fully rid the lysol??