|
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
|
urthtown
meat popsicle



Registered: 10/26/13
Posts: 1,039
Loc: Eastern Canadia
Last seen: 2 years, 7 months
|
Question about cultures
#21396608 - 03/12/15 08:39 AM (9 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
What is the difference between an $18 liquid culture syringe say from Sporeworks and a $250 culture slant of the same species and varietal from say Aloha Medicinals. At a hobby scale I can't imagine there is much difference but if you were at a larger scale, is there an advantage to getting expensive master cultures to start with? Couldn't you just make your own master slants out of the LCS and save on $$$?
Thanks!
-------------------- Cluster Headache sufferer? Cluster Busting Veil Tear GIF Flower Pot Grow GIF Mini Mono Tub GIFS "All mushrooms are edible, but some only once." -- Croatian Proverb
|
rxb
n00b-sabot



Registered: 08/24/13
Posts: 12,902
Loc: FREE PSYCHONAUTICA
Last seen: 3 minutes, 16 seconds
|
Re: Question about cultures [Re: urthtown]
#21396661 - 03/12/15 08:53 AM (9 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
the slants are high quality from a sterile lab vs a shop.
lc come with oysters in them on occasion from shops. probably wont happen from a lab.
the lab supplies universities who have bigger budgets and dont want to deal with the headache.
the shop supplies people with tiedye t shirts who would rather have the hassle of the occasional oyster than pay 200 bux.
yes you can make your own slants you can make HUGE jar sized slants if you have the fridge for it and they will cost you maybe $10 to do.
and assuming the right strain is in them. they will be just as good.
-------------------- ->$10 FLOW HOOD ALTERNATIVE <- . i cleaned a mold contaminated live culture and saved it. (might have useful applications) [quote]Enlil said: I'd be the guy with thousands of minions doing my bidding and all of the hot women locked in a cage for my use.[/quote]
|
urthtown
meat popsicle



Registered: 10/26/13
Posts: 1,039
Loc: Eastern Canadia
Last seen: 2 years, 7 months
|
Re: Question about cultures [Re: rxb]
#21396679 - 03/12/15 09:00 AM (9 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
Awesome thanks! Basically what I figured - the expensive master slants are really just at that price because they come with a genetic and cleanliness guarantee and the cost to get those guarantees is negligible if you are doing research or commercial production.
$250 for a particularly badass proven varietal seems like a steal of a deal for commercial production though obviously out of the price range of your average tie-dye shirt wearing grower 
Just out of interest, do you know how common it is that a commercial producer may be growing their own varietal - like an oyster or ganoderma varietal that came from a wild specimen as opposed to a master culture from a lab?
-------------------- Cluster Headache sufferer? Cluster Busting Veil Tear GIF Flower Pot Grow GIF Mini Mono Tub GIFS "All mushrooms are edible, but some only once." -- Croatian Proverb
|
rxb
n00b-sabot



Registered: 08/24/13
Posts: 12,902
Loc: FREE PSYCHONAUTICA
Last seen: 3 minutes, 16 seconds
|
Re: Question about cultures [Re: urthtown]
#21396688 - 03/12/15 09:03 AM (9 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
i believe most of the people selling live cultures, buy slants from hawaii  i think i saw RR say this once.
i think the oyster issue is one of sterile technique while converting slants to lc, or maybe its just a labeling issue.
cant help their cost basis
-------------------- ->$10 FLOW HOOD ALTERNATIVE <- . i cleaned a mold contaminated live culture and saved it. (might have useful applications) [quote]Enlil said: I'd be the guy with thousands of minions doing my bidding and all of the hot women locked in a cage for my use.[/quote]
Edited by rxb (03/12/15 09:05 AM)
|
|