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where do u buy YOUR agar?
#16842093 - 09/13/12 05:04 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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Illinois area. Chicagoland
Couldn't find it at jewel or Dominics. Want to buy it locally tomorrow if its possible.
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local Asian store
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: Hashishins]
#16842129 - 09/13/12 05:10 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hashishins said: local Asian store
... I live in a non ethnic area...
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If you are in the Chicago land area go a mile in any direction and you'll be in a different ethnic neighborhood. Either way I got mine from the science and surplus on N Milwaukee Ave. Google it. It's $6 a vial and it makes 10-12 plates. Just add malt extract, potato flakes, whatever your recipe may be...
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: goldieman]
#16842215 - 09/13/12 05:28 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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i get PDA from sponsor here. you can get 250g-500g bottles
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: twistedty]
#16842222 - 09/13/12 05:31 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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online, 500g for $30.
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: weetsie]
#16842406 - 09/13/12 06:16 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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and pda is already mixed just add water
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: twistedty]
#16842478 - 09/13/12 06:30 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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I too have been of the search for agar. I live in a tiny rural town so supplies are limited.
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: kcdakrt]
#16842491 - 09/13/12 06:32 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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it was a PAIN for me to find agar locally. of the 5 grocery stores none of them had it. i had to go to a nutrition house type place. and it's REALLY expensive. so i ordered a pound of it on amazon. pretty sure this pound will last a very long time
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: kcdakrt]
#16842497 - 09/13/12 06:33 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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kcdakrt said: I too have been of the search for agar. I live in a tiny rural town so supplies are limited.
thats what the internet is for. i can find anything where i live but online prices rule and you dont have to go anywhere
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: weetsie]
#16842510 - 09/13/12 06:35 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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weetsie said: online, 500g for $30.
is this from a sponsor link? eBay doesn't have that good a deal
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I use NOW brand food grade agar sourced from a local organics type market thingy and I get my light malt extract from a brewers' supply shop.
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: hamloaf]
#16842819 - 09/13/12 07:38 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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hamloaf said: I use NOW brand food grade agar sourced from a local organics type market thingy and I get my light malt extract from a brewers' supply shop.
pda is one stop shop
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: twistedty]
#16843302 - 09/13/12 08:49 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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twistedty said: http://www.mycosupply.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?preadd=action&key=PDAA01
They'll charge you 20 dollars in shipping though.
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: twistedty]
#16843329 - 09/13/12 08:53 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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Thank you everyone for the replies!
I'm in the northwest suburbs... I checked the local "international market". They had so much shit, but not agar.
I might have to just order online. I'll check the GPS and see how car away that science shop is!
Agar is going to be awesome. I'm doing some portabellos! Way excited.
I just need the agar.
And sporedepot.com has premade agar plates 5 for $8
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Find a vegan store. They use it for gelatin.
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: zepski]
#16845095 - 09/14/12 07:10 AM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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zepski said: Find a vegan store. They use it for gelatin.
Will they still call it agar?
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: zepski]
#16845309 - 09/14/12 08:48 AM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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Bought mine on amazon on a 50% off sale and it worked great! Brand is Hoosier Hill Farm gourmet agar agar powder. Got 4oz. for like 6.99. For the same container it's back up to 14.99 so got a deal!
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: PussyFart]
#16845436 - 09/14/12 09:29 AM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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Notahacker420 said: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=malt+extract+agar&_sacat=0
Be patient, right? LOL. I was just hoping to find it locally and make my own plates... TODAY.
I had bought premade plates before from a vendor. But wanna experiment!
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Notahacker420 said: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=malt+extract+agar&_sacat=0
Be patient, right? LOL. I was just hoping to find it locally and make my own plates... TODAY.
I had bought premade plates before from a vendor. But wanna experiment!
Hahaha....I did a trade for 120 plates, I ordered 100 grams MEA and made 100 plates...ive got like 40 filled left lol....when i get down to 10 ill order another 100 grams. and do another trade hopefully.
If u order from the guy with the 100 gram packs, it will be at ur door in 4 days...at least mine was...and ur down the street from me so.
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The "vegan" store is what I was trying to say in my first post. My "vegan" store has the NOW brand of agar-agar. It's powdered and used to make vegan gelatin.

You do know that you also need a nutrient source for your agar such as patatoe flakes and dextrose or light malt extract in order for your agar to work, right?
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: hamloaf]
#16845622 - 09/14/12 10:09 AM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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Thats why I like to buy MEA mixed already..it saves time in hunting down ingredients, a lil more expensive but whatever. RR also agrees with this.
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: PussyFart]
#16845673 - 09/14/12 10:19 AM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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It's a matter of personal preference more than it is doing something for the sake of someone else doing it. It's also because RR lives in the middle of nowhere and is growing MAD amounts of mushrooms. Most of us don't even come close to using the amount of agar he does in a month. Also, I have a brewers shop and "vegan" store both within 3 miles of my house. Personally, I'd order pre-made agar to if I lived somewhere where it was inconvenient to buy my own ingredients locally or if I was growing so much mushrooms I really didn't have the time to leave my lab.
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: hamloaf]
#16845974 - 09/14/12 11:28 AM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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agar-agar, will produce some weak myc unless you add some nutes
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: ya der eh]
#16846292 - 09/14/12 12:36 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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ya der eh said: Bought mine on amazon on a 50% off sale and it worked great! Brand is Hoosier Hill Farm gourmet agar agar powder. Got 4oz. for like 6.99. For the same container it's back up to 14.99 so got a deal!
I got the exact same deal. Was pretty satisfied with my purchase.
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Sylus said:
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weetsie said: online, 500g for $30.
is this from a sponsor link? eBay doesn't have that good a deal
I bought it in the UK, there are many online stores that sell "kalys" agar in 500g tubs for £20-25.
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Re: where do u buy YOUR agar? [Re: twistedty]
#16846649 - 09/14/12 01:55 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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twistedty said: agar-agar, will produce some weak myc unless you add some nutes
Thats why you add LME or ELME Know you know but its for the others who dont. O yes lets not forget Potatos
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