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mushpunx
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Agar cooking up funny
#20614173 - 09/24/14 09:30 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ive been getting specks and spots in my agar. Its clean and it works fine, but it makes it hard it looks like contams sometimes.
I use MEA pre mixed agar store bought.
I thought it was just the one time but this time I see spots before I poured
Any ideas? What could I have done different theses last two pours
Thx
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Ghatti
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Re: Agar cooking up funny [Re: mushpunx]
#20614191 - 09/24/14 09:32 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Dunno. Mine does it too sometimes. It's likely undissolved or carmelized tidbits.
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Stupendous-Yappi
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Re: Agar cooking up funny [Re: mushpunx]
#20614250 - 09/24/14 09:42 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I get carmelized/burnt specks when I'm dissolving the agar at too high a temp or not constantly mixing it to keep it from burning on the bottom of the pan.
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bodhisatta 
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boil the agar mix first then PC it. Constantly stir while you do the boil part. Decant or strain through a filter.
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Attainment



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Re: Agar cooking up funny [Re: bodhisatta]
#20614465 - 09/24/14 10:18 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Specks could be coming from the pot you're using
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mushpunx
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Re: Agar cooking up funny [Re: Attainment]
#20614616 - 09/24/14 10:49 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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What's the easiest way to do that? Boil then pour into my bottle or boil it in fhe bottle then pc?
Tnx for the tips!!
Nah its not the pot I put the mix in a bottle and added water then PC
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Re: Agar cooking up funny [Re: mushpunx]
#20614628 - 09/24/14 10:52 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I've never done pour agar, but if it's anything like no pour, you can let all the solids separate out, decant, and then either PC it or load it into no-pour plates and PC it.
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Re: Agar cooking up funny [Re: NumeroEno]
#20614669 - 09/24/14 11:00 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ive never encountered this problem with the pre mix before
Last run was a no pour cause I was out of plates. I used small mason jars w easy felt lids. Worked great, but I had the specks then too but I assumed it was cause I did no pour
It works fine its just hard to pick out contams
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