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mister said:
I have gotten 2 that are on foil, but not covered or folded over, just inside plastic.

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mister said:
I have gotten 2 that are on foil, but not covered or folded over, just inside plastic.

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I actually prefer them that way- I work inside the bag if I can see the spores.

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Doc_T said:
In theory, yes. And certainly if you are working with a wild print.
In actual practice, an indoor print is often sterile enough to use directly. Not always. And you should test before getting crazy with it, just like anything else.

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Doc_T said:
In theory, yes. And certainly if you are working with a wild print.
In actual practice, an indoor print is often sterile enough to use directly. Not always. And you should test before getting crazy with it, just like anything else.

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nastos said:
i got a trich infested cambo print not too long ago i swear it must have been a joke.  i thought maybe it was my syringe making ettiquitte at first but no matter how small a portion of the print i used green every time. i think someone like sprinkles trich spores on it or something.

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cyb3rtr0n said:
I'm not denying what you say to be true, but...

Would growing out some spores on agar be the logical first step to prevent inoculating contaminates?

I have a couple prints from contests here, and agar work was my planned first step.  It's the reason I haven't used a print yet.  I am making sure I have all the other steps understood before going into that phase of the hobby (working from prints).

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cyb3rtr0n said:
I'm not denying what you say to be true, but...

Would growing out some spores on agar be the logical first step to prevent inoculating contaminates?

I have a couple prints from contests here, and agar work was my planned first step.  It's the reason I haven't used a print yet.  I am making sure I have all the other steps understood before going into that phase of the hobby (working from prints).

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Doing agar runs isnt necessary. Sure if you want to do isolates or cloning or guarantee workable clean mycelium thats beyond me. What should remain a constant however is the cleanliness of any given print. I remember years ago when the standard was a print about the size of a half dollar so dark it didnt even look like a print...just a thick black smear of shit. Now pretty much all Im seeing is about the size of a nickel and so light looking close at a certain angle you can make out a print. Im lucky if I get 2 or 3 syringes from it, not to mention how unusable they turn out to be..Now Im not irate or anything close. Just a minor inconvenience I thought was at least worth bringing up.

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nastos said:
ok now you're just being a whiney bitch.

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ok now you're just being a whiney bitch.

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I didn't want to say it...

Any print is a good print, if it's clean enough to use. 2-3 syringes? Sheesh, I don't even finish off one syringe.
I sure don't need some dank, dark print the size of a CD rom that is covered in a thick layer of spores. No need for it, no desire for it, no request for it.

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Honestyl that is way too much IMO also.  If you have any idea what your doing this is too much unless your a vendor and want to make 100 syringes out of one prints.  I make my syringes very thin.  They are much better IME.  I am also like doc I put the foil in a bag.  Alot of ppl like to look at a print when they get it.  This way the person can look at it, plus a bag is sterile

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I_was_the_walrus said:
It seems cultivating is becoming more and more easy these days with so many sites and questions available at your finger tips. It also seems once the actual grow is accomplished thats all that matters. Well let me tell you it goes beyond that. Now more than ever I am receiving contaminated prints. With years under my belt and a bad jar here and there isnt much, then to get a print from a newer member and see a whole batch or jars go south tells me something. Just a heads up if your in it for the fruit please dont bother to send out half assed prints.

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nexus1946 said:
Whenever I make prints, I stick a sterile pin through the top of the caps, cut the caps off with a sterile scalpel and place them on oven baked foil (30 min bake) in a still-air/glove box. After 24 hours, the caps are removed and the prints remain to dry for another 48 hours.



Once dry, the prints are folded in half, then the three open edges are folded once.



This doesn't make it 100% sterile as a lot can happen during the grow, but it's as close as it's gonna' get. 

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cyb3rtr0n said:
are we talking about FREE prints?

I can understand the complaint if the item were bartered for something based on it's equivalent value, or if the print were purchased.


by getting two syringes from a nickel sized FREE print sounds like you saved $30 to me.

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nastos said:
ive gotten dime sized light prints that work better than huge ass darkones a clean prin is a clean print.. i thought the original gripe was about contam'd prints.. size really doesnt matter

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excuse me high and mighty. what i meant is less spores = less chance of contam.. get the fuck off your high horse i said nothing about viabilty.. what i am saying is you don't need a dark ass huge print  and that i have had better luck with lighter deposit prints. if you are implying that i don't know how to make a print you are sadly mistaken.. there are quite a few members here who have received prints from me.. i could even go as far as to post links to successful grows inoc'd from my prints.. not a complaint yet (see ratings for details) so do everyone a favor and take your cry baby print nazi bullshit else where... or better yet pay for your prints from a vendor so we dont have to hear you complain.... contams happen, small prints happen, shit happens. get more agar. cry less.

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what i meant is less spores = less chance of contam

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Please elaborate... Because I dont see how having less spores increases the likely hood of a clean print, while having more spores increases the odds of contamination? If you recall the topic of the post was a heads up for newer members. No bashing or name calling or finger pointing at all. This is an "information/tips based thread. If you cant handle yourself appropriately I recommend keeping your name calling/immature replies to yourself. I do apologise for going somewhat off topic on the subject...but c'mon man. Really?

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what i meant is less spores = less chance of contam

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Please elaborate... Because I dont see how having less spores increases the likely hood of a clean print, while having more spores increases the odds of contamination? If you recall the topic of the post was a heads up for newer members. No bashing or name calling or finger pointing at all. This is an "information/tips based thread. If you cant handle yourself appropriately I recommend keeping your name calling/immature replies to yourself. I do apologise for going somewhat off topic on the subject...but c'mon man. Really?

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nastos said:same here ill just inject thru the baggie and get as many spores in a syringe from the print as possible than use that syringe to make a dozen or so more.

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BrandNewbie said:
What's microscopy?

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