Crackatoa said:

I wanna know the answer as well. I have several plates with nice growth and some are getting closer to the edge. I made two agar LCs the other night just cuz I have several.

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Haha I think I did the same thing, with the leftover myc from transfers I squirted some sterilized water into the plate and sucked it back up.  Just because I had so much and I wanted to give it a shot.  I'm actually getting my first grain jar ready as I type this...Gonna just squirt the "LC" in after its ready and get a better feel for what I should be looking for (good or bad).

Exciting having things going after so much research and shitty PF jar attempts.  Agar is seriously easier, which is said over and over but as a noob I didn't want to hear it

StrohngBahd said:

Sweet thanks for the info, exactly what I was looking for. I figured the more surface area/jar open time would outweigh the possible benefits of using 2. 

Do you let the plates colonize all the way or just kind of put whatever clean myc is present into 'hibernation' in the fridge?

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van hatton said:

Just put your plates in an insulated  lunchbox in the fridge. I do 1/3 plate per jar. And will pull petris out when needed.

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Just use the plates you want to grow out for now and shelve the rest for later. I don't even put mine in the fridge and they last for at least 3 months (though I've used them out to 6 months when I have to go back sometimes).

I don't recommend having your jars open any more than the briefest amount that they need to be, so the more you noc it up with the longer it's open the more likely you'll get contam.

Be short and sweet, then save your plates for future projects

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ShaperDreaming said:I don't recommend having your jars open any more than the briefest amount that they need to be, so the more you noc it up with the longer it's open the more likely you'll get contam.

Be short and sweet, then save your plates for future projects

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and if you want more innoc points cut your plates into pieces, look up the tiger drop 2.0 or whatever it's called. Basically run your blade through your agar a couple times in perpendicular directions making a series of x's which cuts your plate into pieces and dump that into your grain jar. Works very well.