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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: Pastywhyte]
    #27532861 - 11/06/21 06:40 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: Josex]
    #27533436 - 11/07/21 08:07 AM (2 years, 7 months ago)

I found your tek when I first started reading about growing and have been using it for almost 2 years now. I've changed ingredients and containers a few times but it's been no pour religiously.


Been letting the plates cool in the pc overnight and haven't had much issues other than a bit of condensation inside some of the plates. They're mostly clear though.

I will be taking Josex advice from his no pour tips and carefully removing them ASAP next time.


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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: Pastywhyte]
    #27540043 - 11/12/21 04:09 AM (2 years, 7 months ago)

another brainlet question, do I need to replace the mp tape between uses?

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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: dyel]
    #27540169 - 11/12/21 07:30 AM (2 years, 7 months ago)

I used to just stick a fresh piece on until the stack of pieces got too thick. Then I changed the micropore tape.

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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: Pastywhyte]
    #27588662 - 12/20/21 06:34 PM (2 years, 6 months ago)

Awesome, glad I found this tek. Thank you

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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: Toby-wan-kenobi]
    #27594807 - 12/26/21 08:54 AM (2 years, 6 months ago)

I do the same as pasty, usually after 3-4 rounds in the PC,  I'll stick a fresh piece on,  especially if it's looking thin or gnarly.


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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: Pastywhyte]
    #27870924 - 07/20/22 08:51 PM (1 year, 11 months ago)

Hey, do you use syringe into top of cup with top off or print scraping to get spores into cup? Do you use the hole with tape over it to syringe through or open in front of flow hood and syringe or scrape?

Is there a specific honey like organic or substitute?

A brand of agar?

I like how simple this is and so cool you took the time to help others!

Thanks...

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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: Grogu]
    #27870970 - 07/20/22 09:45 PM (1 year, 11 months ago)

I use telephone brand Agar found in Asian grocery stores, regular instant mashed potato flakes, whatever kind of honey you got and Mccormick red food coloring. I've read some people saying don't use red because of an anti fungus additive or something, but out of probably 40 pasty plates, never had a problem. I scrape spores from prints onto the plate with an inoculation loop. Check out Bod's homemade loop tek.
https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/24292526#24292526



Here's a vid showing Munch dropping spores on a plate with the lid off but I don't see why you couldn't poke through the tape with the syringe and just put another piece of tape on top of it. This is assuming it's all being done using sterile techniques in a SAB or in front of a hood.


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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: The Holy Reality]
    #27870999 - 07/20/22 10:09 PM (1 year, 11 months ago)

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I use telephone brand Agar found in Asian grocery stores, regular instant mashed potato flakes, whatever kind of honey you got and Mccormick red food coloring. I've read some people saying don't use red because of an anti fungus additive or something, but out of probably 40 pasty plates, never had a problem. I scrape spores from prints onto the plate with an inoculation loop. Check out Bod's homemade loop tek.
https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/24292526#24292526



Here's a vid showing Munch dropping spores on a plate with the lid off but I don't see why you couldn't poke through the tape with the syringe and just put another piece of tape on top of it. This is assuming it's all being done using sterile techniques in a SAB or in front of a hood.





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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: Grogu]
    #27873660 - 07/23/22 01:37 AM (1 year, 11 months ago)

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Hey, do you use syringe into top of cup with top off or print scraping to get spores into cup? Do you use the hole with tape over it to syringe through or open in front of flow hood and syringe or scrape?

Is there a specific honey like organic or substitute?

A brand of agar?

I like how simple this is and so cool you took the time to help others!

Thanks...

:mushroom2:




You can put a drop from a spore syringe onto a plate or scrape from a print (check out inoculation loops). Either way use a flow hood or SAB. Do not inoculate through the tape. Open the dish in a SAB or in front of a flow hood and inoculate.


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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: CapMeh]
    #27874271 - 07/23/22 02:48 PM (1 year, 11 months ago)

Quote:

CapMeh said:
Quote:

shroomsurf said:
Hey, do you use syringe into top of cup with top off or print scraping to get spores into cup? Do you use the hole with tape over it to syringe through or open in front of flow hood and syringe or scrape?

Is there a specific honey like organic or substitute?

A brand of agar?

I like how simple this is and so cool you took the time to help others!

Thanks...

:mushroom2:




You can put a drop from a spore syringe onto a plate or scrape from a print (check out inoculation loops). Either way use a flow hood or SAB. Do not inoculate through the tape. Open the dish in a SAB or in front of a flow hood and inoculate.




Thanks for your time in answering, I was also curiuos how does one keep the PC'd distilled water clean when going from the PC to the flow hood. Mushroom stuff seem so haunted by containimation I wanted to get the syringe water to the flow hood uncontaminated...

To reiterate, does one bring the PC to the flow hood and open it in front of the flow hood?

:mushroom2:


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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: Pastywhyte]
    #28008132 - 10/20/22 04:58 PM (1 year, 8 months ago)

Are the preservatives in gel food coloring an issue when only using a drop or two? I found one (Target brand) that doesn't contain Red #3 but has some Sodium Benzoate and a few other things:


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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: HairyPotter]
    #28008610 - 10/21/22 12:37 AM (1 year, 8 months ago)

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Are the preservatives in gel food coloring an issue when only using a drop or two? I found one (Target brand) that doesn't contain Red #3 but has some Sodium Benzoate and a few other things:






I would stay away from sodium benzoate, though it's only my opinion. If you look up what sideeffects that can have (okay, those are especially bigger dose).


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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: Shrimps]
    #28008911 - 10/21/22 07:35 AM (1 year, 8 months ago)

My personal go to for colour now is activated charcoal for a black agar. It provides the most contrast I’ve seen and makes the satellites super easy to spot.

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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: Pastywhyte]
    #28016593 - 10/25/22 07:00 PM (1 year, 7 months ago)

Amazing, exactly what I needed. Thank you!

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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: Pastywhyte] * 6
    #28076117 - 11/30/22 01:18 PM (1 year, 6 months ago)

Wow I can’t believe this thread is 9 years old today. When I made this post agar was still a bit of a boogeyman for most hobbiests, we used to actually recommend people do spores to grain as that was safer than spores to LC. Spores to LC was the holy grail of noob shortcuts back in those days. Amazing how this hobby has changed and grown. Thanks to everyone who bumped and contributed to this thread over the years, it’s been a community effort as much as my own. It’s pretty surreal for me to come back and read these old posts. Appreciate all you who still contribute and make this community the best resource for people today.

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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: Pastywhyte]
    #28076282 - 11/30/22 02:45 PM (1 year, 6 months ago)

I just ordered another 50 pp5 2 oz containers today since all these years later I'm still a SAB hero.

I've referred a lot of people to this thread over the years.  I am 100% positive that no pour agar plates are the reason this hobby has taken off like it has. 

Thanks Pasty.

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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: Mr Piggy]
    #28076291 - 11/30/22 02:51 PM (1 year, 6 months ago)

Endless thanks Pasty, I think about those "before" days often and how much this tek changed everything for me. I still have some of the first mini rounds from 9 years ago in rotation. This tek stands the test of time


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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: Pastywhyte]
    #28076481 - 11/30/22 04:33 PM (1 year, 6 months ago)

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Wow I can’t believe this thread is 9 years old today. When I made this post agar was still a bit of a boogeyman for most hobbiests, we used to actually recommend people do spores to grain as that was safer than spores to LC. Spores to LC was the holy grail of noob shortcuts back in those days. Amazing how this hobby has changed and grown. Thanks to everyone who bumped and contributed to this thread over the years, it’s been a community effort as much as my own. It’s pretty surreal for me to come back and read these old posts. Appreciate all you who still contribute and make this community the best resource for people today.

:rockon:



Happy belated tek birthday


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Re: Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek [Re: SirPsycho]
    #28079434 - 12/02/22 11:17 AM (1 year, 6 months ago)

glad mini rounds seem to be nonexistent these days, guess I will have to go with the screw top ones from target

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