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maddchef
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Dextrose agar
#22044742 - 08/04/15 09:43 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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So in case anyone was wondering, using only dextrose as your food source in agar is a no-go.
Everything grew but was not happy about it.
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Re: Dextrose agar [Re: maddchef]
#22044878 - 08/04/15 10:11 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yep. You need that starch. Hence why we use PDA and not just DA.
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You can get away without dextrose, seems to give ropey growth sooner
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maddchef
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Using pure agar? Odd
You can encourage rhizomorphic growth using less nutrient rich agar but I've never tried just plain agar by itself.
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Re: Dextrose agar [Re: maddchef]
#22044941 - 08/04/15 10:27 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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No you use potato flakes and agar only
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Potato flakes are the ghetto way of doing it. Flakes actually add too much starch, hence funky growth.
When we boil potatoes, only a little of the starch is left in the water, and then we dilute that.
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I've had some premo plates and all I use is potato flakes
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Have you tried anything else though?
Getting a nice plate is only step one. It has to translate to an optimal amount of fruits in the end or it's not worth a fuck.
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No, never seen a reason to really. Never really had any funky growth other than a contaminated plate here n there.
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Then you don't know what you're talking about. Just because something works doesn't mean it's the best option.
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You say it's a ghetto way and causes funky growth, I totally disagree with that. And I never said it was better than something else lol that's you putting words in my mouth
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I say it's a ghetto way and causes funky growth cause I've tried it. Karo agar works better. So does turbinado sugar agar.
Know what works even better? Standard-ass PDA or MEA. They're a staple in micro labs for a reason. They've been tested and tested and tested under varied but controlled conditions, by people with real degrees in real labs, for years and years and years.
I never put words in your mouth. I said that you can do better, and that you don't know it for yourself because you've never tried anything else.
Potato flake agar works. Reliably. That doesn't mean it's optimal, and you talking like it is the best is likely to lead some noob who never signs up to think it's where their experimentation should end. I'm not here to tell people how to get some fruits, I'm here to tell people who to get the most fruits the easiest way, even if it doesn't seem so easy at first glance.
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Quote:
PinPornProducer said: No you use potato flakes and agar only
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PinPornProducer said: You can get away without dextrose, seems to give ropey growth sooner
because your starving your myc
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Re: Dextrose agar [Re: cronicr]
#22045349 - 08/05/15 12:29 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Baby formula agar ftw.
I've never understood the whole "my agar is better than your agar" deal.
I like to make mine half strength anyways as I'm just trying to clean it and it runs quicker that way.
It's good to switch media on older cultures but the ones who put 9 different fucking ingredients to grow out a half dollar sized piece of myc to throw in a jar, I just don't get...
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Re: Dextrose agar [Re: maddchef]
#22045497 - 08/05/15 01:08 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Baby formula agar?...Or Is it better to just buy pre-mixed PDA... OR just make my own with Potato Flakes, Karo, and Agar?
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Edited by Darkhome (08/05/15 01:33 AM)
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