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2shoes
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Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts 1
#21559986 - 04/17/15 02:53 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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So I was bored today and decided to come up with something to help me go from agar to LC so this is what I made!!

Silicone injection port at the top then a vent hole on the side of the tube with a tyvek patch taped on with micro-pore..... I was thinking put some agar in it then PC, use an inoculation loop to transfer to the test tube from agar in Petri, then inject honey/sugar in the raw/malt extract or whatever with a syringe... Give it a shake then draw back into a syringe....
Thoughts?!
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: 2shoes]
#21559997 - 04/17/15 02:56 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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when you're done pouring plates leave a little agar in your bottle. drop a wedge in let it colonize. squirt water into your bottle shake around and pour into jars.
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: bodhisatta]
#21560014 - 04/17/15 03:01 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hmmm.... I've havent done any agar work yet. I have 10 pre poured PDA dishes and 40 Petri dishes with 4oz of MEA powder...
I'm gathering all my supplies now... I think I have EVERYTHING but a flow hood.
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: 2shoes]
#21560021 - 04/17/15 03:04 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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you don't need a flow hood unless you're operating a small sized farm. if you're not doing 100s of plates a week and making more than a few dozen jars then it's pretty useless at least to me.
I don't have one because I don't need one and I do plenty of jars and agar work.
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: 2shoes]
#21560055 - 04/17/15 03:13 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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You probably already know about it but grain LC is super cool. Colonize a jar of wbs, inject sterile water, shake, draw mycelium rich water back into syringe, transfer. Cuts out the agar work completely.
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: ATXfungi]
#21560209 - 04/17/15 04:04 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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I would still do the agar work.
I made a blank water syringe with a few drops of honey in the pot. Squirt it into the agar plate, drew back up, and shook daily. There's a bunch of mycelium in there now. I haven't tested it on agar though, just a couple invitro test cakes. I'm sure it could work the way your thinking.
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: Grey]
#21561195 - 04/17/15 08:06 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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ATXfungi said: You probably already know about it but grain LC is super cool. Colonize a jar of wbs, inject sterile water, shake, draw mycelium rich water back into syringe, transfer. Cuts out the agar work completely.
Never knew about this... I have 2 grain jars 25% colonized now and a syringe of sterile water!
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bodhisatta said: you don't need a flow hood unless you're operating a small sized farm. if you're not doing 100s of plates a week and making more than a few dozen jars then it's pretty useless at least to me.
I don't have one because I don't need one and I do plenty of jars and agar work.
I really just want one to make things easier...
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Grey said: I would still do the agar work.
I made a blank water syringe with a few drops of honey in the pot. Squirt it into the agar plate, drew back up, and shook daily. There's a bunch of mycelium in there now. I haven't tested it on agar though, just a couple invitro test cakes. I'm sure it could work the way your thinking.
I'm excited about my agar!! I need to pick up one of those small kitchen torches.
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: 2shoes]
#21561288 - 04/17/15 08:36 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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Newbie I just started the aa+ and atl7. Hopefully no unexpected surprises. I'll keep you posted.
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: Buck513]
#21561386 - 04/17/15 09:08 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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Agreed! Hope all goes well... I know the AA+ is legit. The atl seemed very light..

Some proof and not sure why the random gold cap but everything else was on..
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: 2shoes]
#21561413 - 04/17/15 09:22 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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Planning on making 40qts spawn. If these fail I was gonna fall back on the PESH. If that fails, I'll just do another b+ grow.
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: Buck513]
#21561454 - 04/17/15 09:39 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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I have about 5 vendor syringes on deck if your in need... since your not far from me. KSSS, Creeper, blue meanie, Treasure coast, pink buffalo. I'm using them for my agar in attempts to cut down on contams from the beginning.
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: 2shoes]
#21561576 - 04/17/15 10:33 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'm most definitely interested in the ksss and pink buffalo. I can give you a couple b+ prints or something. I just need to buy stamps lol.
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: bodhisatta]
#21561653 - 04/17/15 10:53 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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bodhisatta said: when you're done pouring plates leave a little agar in your bottle. drop a wedge in let it colonize. squirt water into your bottle shake around and pour into jars.
I do like this idea. I was dropping agar wedges to brf cakes the other day and something similar was sugguested, to squirt some sterile water on a plate and agitate the myc with a needle and then suck it back up.
I like using 1/4 pint masons for agar so I think itd be easy to just pour into a few jars, drop a little wedge onto those
Kind of a quick liquid innoculant for test cakes
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: mushpunx]
#21561671 - 04/17/15 11:00 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah Munchausen had a video showing "easy li without a blender". If you squirt it hard enough and make a motion with the stream you can sort of pressure wash mycelium off the agar.
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: 2shoes]
#21562685 - 04/18/15 09:16 AM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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newbie2shoes said:
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bodhisatta said: you don't need a flow hood unless you're operating a small sized farm.
I really just want one to make things easier...
Flowhoods are useful and you'll definitely enjoy having one but don't let the lack of one slow you down. I do most my transfers at home in open air and have good success...found after a lot of SAB work that aseptic technique was enough. I probably lose a few more jars but I believe I make better time overall so it's worth it.
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: ATXfungi]
#21562712 - 04/18/15 09:30 AM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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A flowhood and a pressure cooker are 2 major tools that make life MUCH easier in this hobby.
Working with large spawn bags inside of an SAB is a highly awkward, and a virtually impossible task to perform.
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: hamloaf]
#21562961 - 04/18/15 10:40 AM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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Could just build a sab like mudas with more room than a FH
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: hamloaf]
#21563173 - 04/18/15 11:16 AM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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hamloaf said: A flowhood and a pressure cooker are 2 major tools that make life MUCH easier in this hobby.
Working with large spawn bags inside of an SAB is a highly awkward, and a virtually impossible task to perform.
at first is seems like that but it gets better
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: Grey]
#21563218 - 04/18/15 11:23 AM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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Grey said: I would still do the agar work.
I made a blank water syringe with a few drops of honey in the pot. Squirt it into the agar plate, drew back up, and shook daily. There's a bunch of mycelium in there now. I haven't tested it on agar though, just a couple invitro test cakes. I'm sure it could work the way your thinking.
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Re: Agar to LC test tube!!! Thoughts [Re: tripdawg420]
#21563228 - 04/18/15 11:25 AM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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tripdawg420 said:
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hamloaf said: A flowhood and a pressure cooker are 2 major tools that make life MUCH easier in this hobby.
Working with large spawn bags inside of an SAB is a highly awkward, and a virtually impossible task to perform.
at first is seems like that but it gets better 
RT! I just g2g a quart jar into a 3lb spawn bag, using my SAB.
Doing this in the past seemed impossible to me...
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