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My MEA agar is all hard and needs to be broken apart. bad?
    #22397443 - 10/18/15 12:28 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I've had some MEA laying around for a while and I finally finished my old bottle of PDA. Went to weigh out some of the MEA and to my horror I find that the agar is solidified into one solid-ish clump. It can be broken apart relatively easily with a spoon, but its a pain.

My main concern here is: Did I accidentally not seal the lid completely and so moisture caused this? Says its highly hygroscopic and all.

If moisture caused this, is the agar ruined? I imagine I could still get it to dissolve in water but moisture content may be off?

Any help is greatly appreciated as I have some important transfers to make! :bow2:

I have to say I'm not very happy with the sponsor I purchased this from. My PDA agar bottle had an interior lid that would have easily prevented this mishap, but the MEA bottle only had one lid :crankey:


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Re: My MEA agar is all hard and needs to be broken apart. bad? [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #22397456 - 10/18/15 12:30 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Bet it says store in a cool dry place since it doesnt have a nasa lid on it. But it should be fine, if anything the nutrients can handle being diluted but its marginal from the clumping moisture


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Re: My MEA agar is all hard and needs to be broken apart. bad? [Re: bodhisatta]
    #22397478 - 10/18/15 12:33 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Bet it says store in a cool dry place since it doesnt have a nasa lid on it. But it should be fine, if anything the nutrients can handle being diluted but its marginal from the clumping moisture



many thanks bodhi! especially for the speed of your reply

just double checked, all it says it to keep it sealed.


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Re: My MEA agar is all hard and needs to be broken apart. bad? [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #22397490 - 10/18/15 12:35 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Try some foil between the bottle and lid if it can screw down without ripping


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Re: My MEA agar is all hard and needs to be broken apart. bad? [Re: bodhisatta]
    #22397916 - 10/18/15 02:05 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Mine does this from time to time...no biggie


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Re: My MEA agar is all hard and needs to be broken apart. bad? [Re: cronicr]
    #22398020 - 10/18/15 02:26 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

:hatsoff:

it sure forms a thinner liquid compared to the PDA I had.


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Re: My MEA agar is all hard and needs to be broken apart. bad? [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #22398206 - 10/18/15 03:08 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I have used a hammer to bust it up. Then weigh out the appropriate chunks


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Re: My MEA agar is all hard and needs to be broken apart. bad? [Re: tahoe]
    #22398544 - 10/18/15 04:18 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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I have used a hammer to bust it up. Then weigh out the appropriate chunks



damn, that must have been some really solid stuff. I just banged the container on the counter on all sides and that did okay for now. Even got a decent amount of it to turn powdery again :cool:

everything looks fine so far now thats its been PC'd. solidified fine.


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Re: My MEA agar is all hard and needs to be broken apart. bad? [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #22398940 - 10/18/15 05:42 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I was wondering this a month ago (its just agar, and about 3 years old), when I picked up my agar tub. It was still granular, and was like thank god. Thanks you guys now I know it doesnt matter.


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Re: My MEA agar is all hard and needs to be broken apart. bad? [Re: DrCrumbs]
    #22400557 - 10/18/15 10:16 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

yup air + light powder malt= annoying lump of sticky stuff, but it is a pain but still usable


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Re: My MEA agar is all hard and needs to be broken apart. bad? [Re: safralasis]
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Re: My MEA agar is all hard and needs to be broken apart. bad? [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #22433749 - 10/25/15 09:00 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

when i bought MEA it was shipped in a ziplock with a desiccant bag in the ziplock with it. That may help


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