SunnyDayze said:

I pc’d for 25 minutes but my rubber plug wasn’t sitting right and it took a long time to get up to pressure.  I do have a couple of drops of red fc in there but not much.  Interesting.  I’ll keep watching but the mycelium looks good and unaffected by whatever sediment or caramelization.  I did not add sugar, does LME naturally have it?

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Duhrwood Stevens said:

SunnyDayze said:

I pc’d for 25 minutes but my rubber plug wasn’t sitting right and it took a long time to get up to pressure.  I do have a couple of drops of red fc in there but not much.  Interesting.  I’ll keep watching but the mycelium looks good and unaffected by whatever sediment or caramelization.  I did not add sugar, does LME naturally have it?

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For sure, taste it, it's yummy and sweet.
Check this page on malt extract.
http://www.maltexcofood.com/eng/extracto_malta.html

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Mike O.Rrhizal said:

So I'm quite new to agar and am loving it. 

Someone has just sent me a APE swab and I just want some advice because I don't want to mess it up (I only have one swab).

Go for it. Only one way to find out. I just did a few plates with APE also

Currently I am using Pasty's no-pour agar recipe with potato flakes and karo around 2%.

What would your advice/tips be on getting successful growth from a swab?

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foodguy said:

I wish I could get ahold of an APE swab

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vendors sell syringes of ape

foodguy said:

I wish I could get ahold of an APE swab

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Mike O.Rrhizal said:

Cool gonna give it a go tomorrow.

Im going to try swab it onto five plates hopefully they work. Then I can spread the 

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