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needsomelsd
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Syringe alternative?
#19006342 - 10/20/13 10:37 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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So iv ordered my spore print but can't inoculate yet as after many attempts i still don't have a syringe to put the spores into. Iv gone to many chemists even vets but with no luck will they sell me an empty syringe. So I'm wondering if there is an alternative way to inoculate my jars without using a syringe? I'm from nz and do not want to order online
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Stupendous-Yappi
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Grow the spores on an agar petri dish. Then transfer a piece to the jar.
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needsomelsd
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Are there any guides out there on this? First time growing I don't really wanna muck it up
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shadowman-x
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rodgerrabit's guides are good ones. check the cultivation archives aswell
make a glovebox, get petris agar potato flakes or malt extract and some kinda sugar (dextrose/corn syrup/karo), make an inoculation loop, swipe the loop after sterilizing it (in your glovebox) onto some spores, then onto an agar plate, rinse, repeat, wait for agar to grow, inoculate master grain, g2g, bulk
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I just wonder how you ordered a print without doing it online. Surely such a place would have syringes too.
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I agree, grow it out on agar. I use half pint wide mouth mason jars with a filter in the lid instead of a petri dish. makes it a little easier to sterilize the agar and keep it sterile, for me anyway
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needsomelsd
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Thanks guys I'll look into all this, although it's starting to get a lot more complicated.
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I just wonder how you ordered a print without doing it online. Surely such a place would have syringes too.
No I ordered the prints online, but couldn't order a syringe because that's a lot more dodgy.
Also another question, I have a syringe without the needle is there any way to make a homemade needle or just some kind of alternative? Because inoculating with a syringe sounds a lot more simple to me.
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LiquidGlass
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You could go to a grocery or kitchen supply store and get a meat injector, different brands come in various sizes
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needsomelsd
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You could go to a grocery or kitchen supply store and get a meat injector, different brands come in various sizes
Yes. This is exactly what I need thank you so much.
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LiquidGlass
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needsomelsd said:
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You could go to a grocery or kitchen supply store and get a meat injector, different brands come in various sizes
Yes. This is exactly what I need thank you so much.

Good luck!
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barong
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Really, chemists won't sell you a syringe? Where the hell do you live?
Go to a methadone clinic, they'll give you plenty.
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needsomelsd
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Re: Syringe alternative? [Re: barong]
#19007092 - 10/21/13 04:11 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I live in New Zealand. I told them I need it to oil a little model car and they said they can't hand out syringes without a prescription.
What is a methadone clinic? I doubt there will be one of these near me
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barong
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Methadone is an opiate given to heroin addicts, and they have programs in many parts of the world. Don't know about NZ. Although quick search shows that there are needle exchanges in plenty of places in NZ. Find one near you and simply go in and ask for some syringes, they won't assume anything (other than you're a junkie - which is what they are there for)
Alternatively, have you tried E-Bay ? If there's no-one in your country, look for a seller called solmed, based in Australia. You can get a range of sizes from her. I have a few 60mL monsters that I couldn't find anywhere else
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