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Unknownfungi
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Mr Piggy]
#27564593 - 12/01/21 11:14 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Mr Piggy said: Botu-berry, the newest edition from Don't-tell-me-what-to-do-I-feel-this-is-right LLC.
Fuck, you beat me to it
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Mr Piggy
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Unknownfungi]
#27564688 - 12/01/21 12:30 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Unknownfungi said:
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Mr Piggy said: Botu-berry, the newest edition from Don't-tell-me-what-to-do-I-feel-this-is-right LLC.
Fuck, you beat me to it
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Humbled
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Mr Piggy]
#27564701 - 12/01/21 12:39 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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I've got some friends smoking cubensis out of a chillum right now.
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Ballzagna
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Humbled] 2
#27565809 - 12/02/21 08:08 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Humbled said: I've got some friends smoking cubensis out of a chillum right now. 
find some new friends lol
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Ballzagna]
#27567333 - 12/03/21 08:12 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: soppos]
#27567514 - 12/03/21 11:18 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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I confess that I just finished my first box of 500 petris and bought one more.
and really i just wanted to follow this thread.
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PsiloPsychIn
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: 0ptiquest]
#27568543 - 12/04/21 02:01 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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That is a serious milestone… It sneaks up on you then accelerates!
I confess that I went to order another box of 500 cell treat grip ring Petri dishes (wonderful!) and Amazon told me something like “you have ordered this product 4 times” and I practically fell off my chair! Whut?!!!
I’ve probably ordered 5 or six more since then! I need to become more thoughtful about how many plates and varieties I get going at the same time. I definitely don’t put all of those plates of mycelium onto grains!
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DERRAYLD
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: PsiloPsychIn] 3
#27568544 - 12/04/21 02:05 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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I don't think I'll ever buy disposable plates, it is just so incredibly wasteful.
Edited by DERRAYLD (12/04/21 05:17 AM)
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PsiloPsychIn
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: DERRAYLD]
#27568567 - 12/04/21 02:47 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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I agree I confess I feel very guilty about tossing all that plastic. I’ve tried several varieties of PP5 Petri dishes and I have found one that I can live with in terms of visibility - not great, but acceptable. I also have 3-4 varieties of glass Petri dishes and of course the visibility with those is amazing!
However with both the PP5 and glass plates - they don’t seem to be vented and so my growth stalls after about a week.
I’m still searching…
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DERRAYLD
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: PsiloPsychIn]
#27568628 - 12/04/21 05:16 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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PsiloPsychIn said: I agree I confess I feel very guilty about tossing all that plastic. I’ve tried several varieties of PP5 Petri dishes and I have found one that I can live with in terms of visibility - not great, but acceptable. I also have 3-4 varieties of glass Petri dishes and of course the visibility with those is amazing!
However with both the PP5 and glass plates - they don’t seem to be vented and so my growth stalls after about a week.
I’m still searching…
That's odd, I use petriq soda lime plates and borosilicate dishes, no issues with venting. What plates are you buying that aren't vented, out of interest.
Edited by DERRAYLD (12/05/21 01:08 AM)
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Inthepit
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: DERRAYLD]
#27569132 - 12/04/21 01:18 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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I can't seem to get motivated after coming back. I look at the plates and now everything is to the edge. Can I just grab stuff inside that looks nice?
BTW I like these Corning® Soda Lime Silica glass petri dish - CLS70165101
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Wall.E
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Inthepit]
#27569137 - 12/04/21 01:20 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yessir, just grab something and clean it up if it needs it
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Inthepit]
#27569177 - 12/04/21 01:50 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Inthepit said: I can't seem to get motivated after coming back. I look at the plates and now everything is to the edge. Can I just grab stuff inside that looks nice?
BTW I like these Corning® Soda Lime Silica glass petri dish - CLS70165101
How's the finish on the lids of those? Somewhat distorted? Fairly sooth?
I bought some Pyrex 3160-101 dishes off Amazon and there were concentric marks in the surface that made polystyrene plastic dishes look stellar. (Wondering if I got some shitty Amazon-ized version cause their price was so much less than lab suppliers.)
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Inthepit
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: m0n0id]
#27569183 - 12/04/21 01:55 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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m0n0id said:
Wondering if I got some shitty Amazon-ized version
Boom! There ya go, I think Amazon doesn't care that they're selling cheap imitations.
Edit: Oh, I love working with these plates, they're beautiful! When I dry them off, I feel like a bartender polishing the fine crystal.
Edited by Inthepit (12/04/21 02:11 PM)
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PsiloPsychIn
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Inthepit]
#27569843 - 12/05/21 01:05 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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@ DERRAYLD - I can’t say for sure other than I was looking for cheaper ones (4-5 USD / covered dish) I bought some on Amazon and some on eBay. I also have 3-4 of those metal sleeves for putting stacks of empty dishes in the PC).
@ Inthepit - thank you for the link. Perhaps my first mistake was trying to buy cheaper plates. The soda lime seems like a good compromise. I generally would let the plates cool to room temp and pour agar at 140-150F. Do you think that would shock the soda lime glass bad enough to crack?
Confession: my last agar pouring session, I slipped and slopped about 1/2 a plate worth of agar right onto my flowhood filter!
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DERRAYLD
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: PsiloPsychIn]
#27569846 - 12/05/21 01:08 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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I use soda lime and they are as clear as borosilicate petris.
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0ptiquest
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: PsiloPsychIn]
#27570101 - 12/05/21 09:08 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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PsiloPsychIn said:
Confession: my last agar pouring session, I slipped and slopped about 1/2 a plate worth of agar right onto my flowhood filter!

Damn i dropped a stack of 10 just poured plates and and some drops fell to the filter, i was panicking, what did you do to clean it?
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: 0ptiquest]
#27570130 - 12/05/21 09:35 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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0ptiquest said:
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PsiloPsychIn said:
Confession: my last agar pouring session, I slipped and slopped about 1/2 a plate worth of agar right onto my flowhood filter!

Damn i dropped a stack of 10 just poured plates and and some drops fell to the filter, i was panicking, what did you do to clean it?
Should be fine if you leave the hood on forever -- it was sterile agar, right?
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: rince]
#27570203 - 12/05/21 10:38 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Had to throw away twenty freshly poured plates today. Little contam around the same edge in all of them. I was tired and surely fucked them up.
I made an ez-dial mono to cheer myself up -- am going to drink some more coffee and pour a fuck ton more plates. Carefully.
I also freshened up my bleach bottle, my soap bottle, and my water bottle. I birthed a cake that had been soaking for 24hrs into the ez-dial and put it on the shelf. Waiting on a bunch of ziplock bags filled with goodness (hopefully).
Fucking sad about those plates!!!
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: xVadisx] 1
#27570231 - 12/05/21 11:00 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Very first time I tried agar I put the hot ass jar of agar in my SAB right out the PCer, tried to pour 5 mins later, burned my hand and dropped the agar spilled half of it all over the inside of my SAB. Was almost in tears pouring my plates because I was so frustrated with myself. Only a few ended up contaminating tho lol.
Learned alot that day...
One of those things being agar is really easy to cleanup after it cools.
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