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OfflineTylershatto5
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My First Agar (PDA)
    #23981953 - 01/04/17 04:57 PM (7 years, 26 days ago)

Agar Log

Date 01/04/17

Potato Dextrose Agar Recipe-

500ml or half liter distilled water

100 grams cut up UPEELED potatoes

10 grams Dextrose (organic light honey, organic corn syrup, corn sugar) i used Busy Bee 100% clove Honey

1-2 grams of Brewers Yeast (optional)

10-12 grams Agar (12 grams will make it really firm)


Process

I boiled the potatoes in 500ml of distilled water (some ill evaporate so keep about 200ml to the side youll need it) for 45 min on med low

then i strained the water and added my 200ml to compensate for the loss from evaporation

and i let it cool for about 30 minutes

then i mixed the honey agar and yeast together until all was mixed then added to the water and stirred until clumps were all gone using a fork

then i poured it in 5 baby food jars with one hole on the top and covered with foil

pressure cook for 45- hour too long and u can cook agar too long so be careful

then let agar cool

once cool using GB (glove box) i inoculated all five jars using about one to two drops of spore solution

IF I FUCKED UP PLEASE DONT JUST SAY U FUCKED UP TELL ME HOW

i was shown by i guy who hasn't done this in about 8 years and hes the one helping me so before i try other ways i wanted to give his outdated ways a try lol and with a mixture of learning from him and my experiences and you guys for help i should be a master soon!

thanks in advance


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Re: My First Agar (PDA) [Re: Tylershatto5]
    #23993621 - 01/08/17 08:07 PM (7 years, 22 days ago)

for the most part you're on track the only modifications i would suggest you consider are that if you're going to use yeast i think  you're supposed to use nutritional yeast but from what i see of my own and others experience it isn't really necessary. and 45 minutes is longer than you need to PC the jars for, 20 minutes seems to be what the consensus is. and that amount of honey seems high. my understanding is that a few drops per cup of water are enough. and using cooked potato water can be problematic because the amount of nutrients can vary and you could wind up with more than is optimal in your final product which will inhibit the growth of mycelium if the nutrients are too high. many growers use potato flakes or powder instead for this recipe. i, personally, have gotten the best results using a premade malt extract agar(MEA). it doesn't cost much more and it saves some hassle.


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Re: My First Agar (PDA) [Re: Panarchist]
    #23993685 - 01/08/17 08:24 PM (7 years, 22 days ago)

Still air box is what you need not a glove box
Also tap water would be better than distilled for this. A bit of minerals and trace metals like copper and zinc are more beneficial than using distilled


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Re: My First Agar (PDA) [Re: bodhisatta]
    #23994034 - 01/08/17 10:57 PM (7 years, 21 days ago)

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bodhisatta said:
Still air box is what you need not a glove box
Also tap water would be better than distilled for this. A bit of minerals and trace metals like copper and zinc are more beneficial than using distilled



Interesting. My tap water is pretty hard to the point of being slightly cloudy, does that make it better?


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