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Inthepit
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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

[Re: Wallabymince]
#26956552 - 09/26/20 06:48 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

Well that's awesome and thanks for the thanks. It took
me awhile to realize it's ok and appreciated to acknowledge.

"liquid caused excess liquid that solidified after mixing with the agar. "

So...are you saying you inoculated while the agar was still hot?
I must have that wrong but, it's SOP to at least let them cool down.

We all have masks these daze, and an xacto works fine.
Just sayin, it's all a very captivating endeavor.

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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

[Re: Inthepit]
#26956574 - 09/26/20 07:06 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

It is very captivating, rewarding and challenging too.

I mean the agar was hot poured then i waited a few minutes till it looked solid then i inoculated. I had poured a plate before PCing to test the recipie and it went solid quick so I figured i was good to go.

It looks like bacteria but there was enough syringe liquid to swish it around a little when it was first poured. And the fact that the 5 other plates only have white growth makes me think I contammed the syringe if it is bacterial.

Im really hoping to get some GT myc cause the other type may not even be cubensis, the vendor can't confirm species only knows it as 'teonancatl' :mushroom2:

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nogoodnamesleft
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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

[Re: Inthepit]
#26956577 - 09/26/20 07:07 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

Wanted to drop this link

https://phytotechlab.com/malt-extract-agar.html

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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

[Re: nogoodnamesleft]
#26956612 - 09/26/20 07:37 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

premade blends suck use your own ingredients.

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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

[Re: mushboy]
#26956653 - 09/26/20 08:10 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

Ok thanks.

I’ve had good success with other offerings from them

I ordered some to test out and I’ll share my results

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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

[Re: mushboy]
#26956708 - 09/26/20 09:09 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

mushboy said:

premade blends suck use your own ingredients.

:whathesaid:

This a applies to all things premade (kits, grain bags, etc.)

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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

[Re: Tormato]
#26957224 - 09/27/20 09:56 AM (5 years, 10 months ago)

Its funny, if you have agar powder and say mea in one bag all mixed up, how can you be sure of your measurements?

But still, people buying that all day on the web.

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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

[Re: Nobler Hino]
#26957334 - 09/27/20 11:37 AM (5 years, 10 months ago)

Nobler Hino said:

Its funny, if you have agar powder and say mea in one bag all mixed up, how can you be sure of your measurements?

But still, people buying that all day on the web.

Hey, I got nothing to gain by sharing.

They also sell the individual ingredients, plates and other lab equipment.

The premix is homogenized and has a certificate of analysis for what you’re getting by batch.

I understand being skeptical of you know, some dude on Instagram, but anyway...when I get some I’ll show what it does.

I also ordered some of the blue gel dye from d3monics thread

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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

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#26957367 - 09/27/20 11:59 AM (5 years, 10 months ago)

All the discussion of food coloring for agar that I have read discuss Red Dye # this and Blue dye #that... with credible anecdotes of problems with pinks, purples, magentas containing a dye with possible fungal inhibitors...

Anybody ever worked with "Plant Based Food Coloring" in their mixes.

Ingredients are:

Red: Vegetable Glycerin, Invert Sugar, Water, Red Radish Juice Concentrate (Color), Citric Acid. Blue: Vegetable Glycerin, Water, Trehalose, Spirulina Extract (Color), Sodium Citrate. Green: Vegetable Glycerin, Water, Polysorbate 80 (Emulsifier), Trehalose, Spirulina Extract (Color), Turmeric (Color), Sodium Citrate. Yellow: Vegetable Glycerin, Water, Polysorbate 80 (Emulsifier), Turmeric (Color).

Sodium Citrate and Citric acid?

Other than Tumeric, which I swear an old hippy I know used to treat a toe fungus once, everything else sounds like sugar or nutrient...

https://www.amazon.com/365-Everyday-Value-Food-Coloring/dp/B07G2Z6CLG/ref=as

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D3_Myc
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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

[Re: nmd_myco]
#26957373 - 09/27/20 12:03 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

I tried a natural brand and all the colors broke down in the pc to baby shit green or some other ugly color. Let us know if you find one that holds its color through the cycle though. Could of just been the brand I tried

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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

[Re: nogoodnamesleft]
#26957376 - 09/27/20 12:03 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

nogoodnamesleft said:

Hey, I got nothing to gain by sharing.

They also sell the individual ingredients, plates and other lab equipment.

The premix is homogenized and has a certificate of analysis for what you’re getting by batch.

I understand being skeptical of you know, some dude on Instagram, but anyway...when I get some I’ll show what it does.

I also ordered some of the blue gel dye from d3monics thread

No worries bro...I prefer separate mostly so I can change the nute levels. Premade you're locked into what you get.

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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

[Re: Tormato]
#26957382 - 09/27/20 12:09 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

Just waiting for all the ingredients needed to do Pasty's Easy Agar TEK. Just wanted to follow this post for inspiration and ideas.

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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

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#26957386 - 09/27/20 12:13 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

MycoTricho said:

Just waiting for all the ingredients needed to do Pasty's Easy Agar TEK. Just wanted to follow this post for inspiration and ideas.

Welcome!! Post results here when you can! :cheers:

:cheers:

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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

[Re: Tormato]
#26957395 - 09/27/20 12:21 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

Tormato said:

MycoTricho said:

Just waiting for all the ingredients needed to do Pasty's Easy Agar TEK. Just wanted to follow this post for inspiration and ideas.

Welcome!! Post results here when you can!

Absolutely will do.

I did the 'ol dum-dum noob step, and followed the UB subreddit, but fortunately they also link to here. Figured that if I'm going to do it again, might as well do it right. Plus, I think my spore syringes may have contam because I got the same contamination both times I tried the UB Tek.

Been researching non-stop for the last month or so, and I think I'm finally ready to do this thing. Just waiting on supplies.

Decided to go with agar to WBS to shoebox fruiting, based off of supplies I had for UB and recommendations from here.

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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

[Re: Tormato]
#26957407 - 09/27/20 12:35 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

Tormato said:

No worries bro...I prefer separate mostly so I can change the nute levels. Premade you're locked into what you get.

Right on Tormato! It's like choosing in a candy store or working in a lab.
Can't wait to try my next recipie.
6.5g 1.3% LME, 8G 1.6% Agar, bottled water, no color.
I'm looking for low nutrients, kinda soft, super clear, no color.
Plus the last batch auto-contam rate had a significant reduction!

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Edited by Inthepit (09/27/20 12:40 PM)

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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

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#26957509 - 09/27/20 01:59 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

MycoTricho said:

Tormato said:

MycoTricho said:

Just waiting for all the ingredients needed to do Pasty's Easy Agar TEK. Just wanted to follow this post for inspiration and ideas.

Welcome!! Post results here when you can!

Absolutely will do.

I did the 'ol dum-dum noob step, and followed the UB subreddit, but fortunately they also link to here. Figured that if I'm going to do it again, might as well do it right. Plus, I think my spore syringes may have contam because I got the same contamination both times I tried the UB Tek.

Been researching non-stop for the last month or so, and I think I'm finally ready to do this thing. Just waiting on supplies.

Decided to go with agar to WBS to shoebox fruiting, based off of supplies I had for UB and recommendations from here.

Once you do your own agar you will realize how stupidly simple it is and wonder why you held out for so long. Then next you will say to yourself "why the fuck am injecting spores into a bag of rice and why is everyone on Reddit retarded when it comes to mush cult?".

Both were the case for me.

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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

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#26957546 - 09/27/20 02:31 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

Check out this petri full of kief :tomatoface:

:tomatoface:

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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

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#26957596 - 09/27/20 03:21 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

Haven't even started yet, and I'm already thinking that. Plus, looking at all these beautiful agar plates full of mycelium, I don't wanna miss seeing that IRL.

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Re: AGAR ENVY! (Anything and All things agar!)

[Re: One of Us]
#26957600 - 09/27/20 03:23 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

One of Us said:

Check out this petri full of kief

Is that actually keef, or some kind of contam?

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#26957611 - 09/27/20 03:34 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

Its a contam. It was a really old plate that was in storage and hadn't been inoculated yet.

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