No pins after 15 days and maybe contam?

now 15 days after cutting the top off and still no pins( strain: PE )ive misted alot at first but have been toning it down to only misting if walls are dry and fanning air in twice a day, but ive also noticed the top of myc is blue and also getting these black/gray spots and was hoping to get some clarification as to whats going as because im a complete noob first time ever doing this so any help woukd be greatly appreciated thank you 8)

Blue spots with some black/gray tint is bruising, it's not a contamination. Most likely it's appeared due to heavy misting and/or fanning. For the future try to avoid misting the mycelium directly, water drops and water pools on mycelium, and hard fanning.

Check out more info and examples here: Mycelium bruising.

Is it all-in-one growkit/growbag? Or did you make this block yourself? I’d give it another week, since there are still some bald, uncolonized areas on the sides. I’d also skip misting for the first flush for this tek. We’ll see what to do next…

it is a all in one bag from magic bag the blue has gon away completly and some of the brusing too i was thinking it could be from me grabbing the bag maybe or i saw somehwhere that putting ice under the bag helped and shortly after i seen the blue awell as fanning to long. i will check back in a week hopfully sum pin action but thank you for the help i thought my block was cooked 0:

You're welcome!

Yes, bruises appear if you touch the bag or mycelium, due to hard fanning or misting.

Show me your cake on day 21-23 (top view + from the sides + bottom view of the bag) and I'll guide what to do next. Is it your very first grow?

yes first grow and next is the mono tub this is what im really scared for but actually im on my 21st day now so ill send the update pics, thank you for your help

last pic is day 1

Okay, let's give it another week (till day 28th). If zero pins (and most likely the bag won't fruit in this way), then we have a few options... let's do the next:

1. first of all, check out the paragraph "Making mushroom cake" in this guide: Making mushroom cake, spawn to bulk, and casing. We're going to do smth similar, but instead of small cakes in small boxes, we'll make one bigger cake in a monotub

2. prepare 1 plastic box/shoebox for using it as a monotub and the next ingredients: coco coir or coco brick (must have!), vermiculite (optional), gypsum (optional) and water (must have!) – this will be a pseudo casing layer

3. pausteurize (or sterilize) coco coir mix

4. open the bag and break it into small pieces in a monotub. BUT! remove some yellowish bald grains at the bottom (see attached photo below)
   

   Uncolonized grains to remove

5. cover the top layer with coco coir – the layer should be around 1/3-1/2 inch or 1-1.5 cm

6. mist the tub lightly, close it and just wait. Keep it closed, no need to open it for FAE, natural air flow through the air vents will be enough

7. let's check the cake in 3 days – please, send me a photo and I'll check the progress

The easier (but less effective) alternative method is simply adding the coco coir layer (pseudo casing layer) on the top of the current bag.

So you have time to make a choice, prepare everything and ask me all the questions :-)

update day 25

looks like pins might be forming im unsure

Not yet, but some areas of mycelium with blobs here may potentially turn into pins

That's good! Let's wait and see ;-)

Just an example for better understanding. Look, mycelium maybe very fluffy like here:

But over time, the mycelium becomes denser and forms small balls, which later turn into pins, like here:

Tiny balls here are pins (aka primordia)

dude holy shit you can draw good circles lol but that is good to hear ill keep you updated im very eager thank you for your help ;-)

Yeah, man! It's a special suprematism art for you lol

Glad to help and will be happy to draw more proper circles for you. Hope to see pins soon. Fingers crossed!

I GOT A PIN a single pin

Hooray! Yes, so nice baby-shroom. That’s exactly what we’ve been waiting for...

I think your bag is a lil bit slow, because it wasn't fully colonized when you provided fruiting conditions. Anyway, it's able to fruit!

Hope to see more updates (and more pins) soon 🤞