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Hashbuble
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How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar?
#19045765 - 10/28/13 11:59 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I usually cook my agar in mason jars with filter patches. I just bought a nice Erlenmeyer flask that came with a rubber cork. What is the best way to cap this flask when cooking agar in my steroclave? Should I stuff cotton in the top of the flask and cover with tinfoil? Should I use the rubber cork somehow? Maybe wrap the cork in a coffee filter and then plug the flask? I just don't know the best way to do it.
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anne halonium
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: Hashbuble]
#19045813 - 10/28/13 12:07 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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pop fly to annie.......

rubber cork lid...... hole in top equalizes pressure.
small hole , can be capped with cotton or parafilm when cooled.
and the crowd goes wild......
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: Hashbuble]
#19045821 - 10/28/13 12:09 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Drill a hole in it and stuff it with polyfill?
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Hashbuble
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: anne halonium]
#19045835 - 10/28/13 12:12 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Thanks Anne!
Are you saying drill a small hole in the cork, and fill it with cotton prior to cooking?
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anne halonium
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: anne halonium]
#19045844 - 10/28/13 12:14 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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ya or polyfill cork borers are cheap tool.
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: anne halonium]
#19045848 - 10/28/13 12:17 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Sweet! Thanks shroom friends!
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: Hashbuble]
#19045852 - 10/28/13 12:18 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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operators are standing by............
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: anne halonium]
#19105565 - 11/08/13 01:00 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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So I drilled a hole in my cork, filled it with polyfil and
then tried to blow some air through and I couldn't so i took some polyfil out loosened it up a bit and then was able to
blow air through. I'm now testing this erlenmeyer flask and this new steroclave. I didn't want to waste agar so I put
distilled water in the flask in the steroclave and tested that. That was unsuccessful. The water must have boiled out
the hole in the cork in to the bottom of the pot in the steroclave, then the water got in the vent tube, and no
pressure. If I was using agar instead of water would this of happened?
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: Hashbuble]
#19105722 - 11/08/13 01:38 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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im about 10 minits from a dinner engagement......... lemme think for a few, and ill cue ya in on agar and erlenmeyer PC antics.
and ill run some alternatives by ya.
some questions, whats the size of PC , and flask? how much agar are you out for, and what type, also, once ya PC the flask, then whats your plan?
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: anne halonium]
#19105782 - 11/08/13 01:49 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Thanks Anne,
41.5 All American steroclave 2000 ML Flask 5 cups of MEA to make 40 petri dishes in front of flow hood
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: Hashbuble]
#19106021 - 11/08/13 02:42 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I bought this Pyrex media bottle from a local mushroom cultivation supply and I love it. It works really well
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Hashbuble
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: Hashbuble]
#19106045 - 11/08/13 02:47 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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is there a filter in the cap?
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: Hashbuble]
#19106366 - 11/08/13 03:50 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Nope. I put the cap on tight and pc the agar. Works great. I got it from a user on here Amanita Virosa. He has a mushroom cultivation supply shop in Asheville NC. He has a website with an online store. Awesome guy and very helpful. Google Asheville fungi and check him out
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: Hashbuble]
#19106448 - 11/08/13 04:09 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Agar videos on youtube show real labs only using tin foil before putting in autoclave... But maybe autoclave is different... I think they also put an elastic around it, just search for agar autoclave on youtube.
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: jpack666]
#19106488 - 11/08/13 04:17 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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this one is for me since I have no PC just foil
But I may stand corrected because an autoclave is not a PC so....
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: jpack666]
#19106490 - 11/08/13 04:18 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I asked the guy when I bought it if I needed to drill the lid and put a filter to relieve pressure and he said no. He said that it was designed just for sterilizing
I've used it twice now and it has worked great both times
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: Stromrider]
#19106814 - 11/08/13 05:22 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I purchased these Breathable Foam Plugs from Myco Supply. They've served me quite well.
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: Hashbuble]
#19109167 - 11/09/13 06:09 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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We would always put a wad of paper towel in the mouth and cover it with tin foil.
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: Corporal Kielbasa]
#19110105 - 11/09/13 11:59 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I just take a strip of foil and tear it in to three pieces and then wrap then over the top. Works quite well from what Ive been ableto ddetermine thisfar in several batches
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Re: How to cap my erlenmeyer flask when cooking agar? [Re: Stromrider]
#19114518 - 11/10/13 11:54 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Stromrider said:

I bought this Pyrex media bottle from a local mushroom cultivation supply and I love it. It works really well
Those seem nice. I just ordered 2 of these. Time to step up from the Snapple bottles.
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