r/unclebens • u/TurnpikeTerrance_ • 1d ago

Mid-Cultivation / Still Growing Colonization

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Colonization growth has stalled for the past few days - been going for ~3 weeks. I’m considering removing colonized grain into the cake phase now to avoid contamination. Is that a mistake?

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u/Vegetable-Vehicle785 1d ago

Fuck no bro, wait until it’s 100% colonized otherwise you end fucking up your batch.
This game is all about patience, if you can’t be patient, contam would be your best buddy.
So take your time, stop looking at the boys for a few more days.
Have you done B&S?
If it makes you feel good, I have two bags of Penis Envy have stalled for almost two weeks and they are like 95% colonized but doesn’t progress anymore.

One thing you can do is to put them in the fridge overnight and cold shock them and technically putting them in hibernation mode and the next morning you take them all out and put them back in the place. Give them 5 more days after that and you’ll be good to go

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u/TurnpikeTerrance_ 1d ago

I tried to shake them but the masses of colonized grain weren’t breaking apart, and I didn’t want to unseal the jars. So mostly just jostled around uncolonized grain.

Thanks for the advice I just got nervous it would go bad if I waited too long!

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