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Gorlami



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Best way to sterilize disposable petri dishes?
#19284203 - 12/16/13 02:28 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hello fellow shroomerites!
Quick question for you all, what is the best way to sterilize plastic petri dishes? I know... I should have poured all the dishes in the sterilized sleeve, but as they say, hindsight is always 20/20.
I tried PC'ing them for a short duration only to find out that they warped and melted by doing so. They're clumsy and hard to use now since they don't close properly anymore. 
I still have a few left that haven't been nuked, any tips?
Thanks in advance.
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cronicr



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Re: Best way to sterilize disposable petri dishes? [Re: Gorlami]
#19284232 - 12/16/13 02:33 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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get a new sleeve
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TrentBoyett
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Re: Best way to sterilize disposable petri dishes? [Re: cronicr]
#19284243 - 12/16/13 02:34 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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cronicr said: get a new sleeve
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Stromrider
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Re: Best way to sterilize disposable petri dishes? [Re: cronicr]
#19284267 - 12/16/13 02:38 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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cronicr said: get a new sleeve
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death2u
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Re: Best way to sterilize disposable petri dishes? [Re: TrentBoyett]
#19284272 - 12/16/13 02:39 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Or buy glass ones you can sterilize
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Gorlami



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Re: Best way to sterilize disposable petri dishes? [Re: cronicr]
#19284278 - 12/16/13 02:39 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Thanks Cronicr, I was hoping it wouldn't come to that. Wanted to get started on a few dishes tonight.
Guess you can't polish a turd!?
I'm still ears if anyone has suggestions.
Would steam sterilizing get me the results i want? I'm willing to tinker with less than optimal petri dishes just so I can get some agar cultures going. 
In the meantime, I just ordered more petri dishes.
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Stromrider
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Re: Best way to sterilize disposable petri dishes? [Re: Gorlami]
#19284286 - 12/16/13 02:40 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Patience my friend
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death2u
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Re: Best way to sterilize disposable petri dishes? [Re: Gorlami]
#19284289 - 12/16/13 02:40 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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125ml jars work too
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Stromrider
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Re: Best way to sterilize disposable petri dishes? [Re: death2u]
#19284295 - 12/16/13 02:41 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah you could do no pour in wide mouth 1/2 pint jars
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Gorlami



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Re: Best way to sterilize disposable petri dishes? [Re: death2u]
#19284296 - 12/16/13 02:42 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'll buy a few glass ones too, I figure they'll come in handy for situations like this. 
Thank you all for your quick responses, I guess the general conscensus is to wait until i get more.
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cronicr



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Re: Best way to sterilize disposable petri dishes? [Re: Stromrider]
#19284302 - 12/16/13 02:42 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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 baby cubes from toys are us for 5 bux
 pp5's or baby food jars will work and can be pc'd, get creative
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Re: Best way to sterilize disposable petri dishes? [Re: cronicr]
#19284324 - 12/16/13 02:46 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I have some 1/2 pints incubating right now I innoced yesterday after PC them. If I had done some research first I would have gotten some PP5's tho.
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Gorlami



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Re: Best way to sterilize disposable petri dishes? [Re: Stromrider]
#19284328 - 12/16/13 02:46 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
death2u said: 125ml jars work too
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Stromrider said: Yeah you could do no pour in wide mouth 1/2 pint jars
Beauty, I can't belive I forgot about this alternative. Thanks y'all!
You guys are quick on the replies... wow! Cronicr, I have some PP5 containers with screwtops, should work spendidly... abeit being a bit big, I think they will work.
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Gorlami



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Re: Best way to sterilize disposable petri dishes? [Re: Camtaro420]
#19284355 - 12/16/13 02:52 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Camtaro420 said: I have some 1/2 pints incubating right now I innoced yesterday after PC them. If I had done some research first I would have gotten some PP5's tho.
I have a few 1/2 pints as well. But the lids are all moddified... I'll sterilize without lid and put inside of a ziploc. Then I'll be able to open safely in my SAB and scrape my print over the agar.
Thanks for your input.
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