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mushboy
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dont use the lid just work on the table surface
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Re: Media bottle/petri dishes vs PP5 plastic no pour [Re: mushboy]
#26341187 - 11/23/19 08:27 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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mushboy said:
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curious.psychonaut said:
dont use the lid just work on the table surface
Just for better comfort or is there a functional difference I'm missing? My thinking was that varnished wood is hard to clean properly, so sliding petris around is probably going to stir up some spores and what not in the air. (Also, I want to be kind to the table, it's used for eating.)
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Probably because most lids (ime) will buckle under the weight of your media jars/petris/etc and make shit awkward. Dig?
Use empty half pint jars or empty petris to keep your stuff off the floor of the sab. Thats what i do... I never let anything touch the sides, roof, or floor of my sab unless its there to set shit on top of..
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get some kind of metal rack to elevate your tools and dishes. i use this old shit i found under the sink when i moved in.

i found that the lid when touched can cause the sab to vibrate/disturb the air. if it works certainly dont 'fix' anything just sharing some insights
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Re: Media bottle/petri dishes vs PP5 plastic no pour [Re: mushboy]
#26341198 - 11/23/19 08:33 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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mushboy said: get some kind of metal rack to elevate your tools and dishes. i use this old shit i found under the sink when i moved in.

i found that the lid when touched can cause the sab to vibrate/disturb the air. if it works certainly dont 'fix' anything just sharing some insights
Nice rack dude. I need something like that. When i get off work im gonna slither over to walmart and see what i can find
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Ask yourself: "Am I a scientist?" If the answer is yes, POUR PLATES!!!
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Re: Media bottle/petri dishes vs PP5 plastic no pour [Re: mushboy]
#26341248 - 11/23/19 09:01 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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mushboy said: i found that the lid when touched can cause the sab to vibrate/disturb the air. if it works certainly dont 'fix' anything just sharing some insights
Ah, very good point, thanks! My contam rate is still around 10%, 135 plates in, so I am looking for things to fix!
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mushboy said: Start with no pours. Learn petris while you drown in a sea of shrooms you grew from the no pours.
This is exactly what i did. Now that i know wtf i am doing i prefer pouring my plates
I'm sure I'll be the same. 
I'm gonna just get around 20 or so little pp5 containers so I can just get a few things running to kick thing off.
I'll get a media bottle and just run petri dishes after that.
But as a noob, I want to start with the noob agar tek. Just so I dont have to pour anything ykno
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Re: Media bottle/petri dishes vs PP5 plastic no pour [Re: RogerTheRetard]
#26341464 - 11/24/19 12:31 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I prefer to pour my plates. But try either method and if it works for you and your cultures that's what matters right?
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Re: Media bottle/petri dishes vs PP5 plastic no pour [Re: mushboy]
#26341467 - 11/24/19 12:38 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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pour plates. it seems intimidating but it’s way easier than you think. this is coming from someone who just poured plates for the first time and 1 out of 20 got a contam.
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Re: Media bottle/petri dishes vs PP5 plastic no pour [Re: RogerTheRetard]
#26341489 - 11/24/19 01:08 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Depends on what your goals are and what financial tolerance you have for failure. A mix of glass and plastic is pretty essential for any fiscally responsible mycology lab. But process is just as important.
Some petri dishes are for science and some are for propagation.
Glass is best for science and plastic is best for growing bulk agar spawn for transfers.
Either way, pouring your agar is by far the best practice for achieving maximum efficiency over time.
I hope that makes sense.
Pour that shit.
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Re: Media bottle/petri dishes vs PP5 plastic no pour [Re: ReliableSpores]
#26341507 - 11/24/19 01:37 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Another vote to pour plates. If you can pour milk into a bowl of cereal, you can do it. It’s literally that easy.
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Re: Media bottle/petri dishes vs PP5 plastic no pour [Re: Growtech]
#26342908 - 11/24/19 04:23 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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No-pours are easy, and the high sides seem to help guard against contams during work, but I find it tedious wrapping them all in foil and unwrapping a bunch at a time. It's also harder to see through the lids, even if they are clear.
On the other hand, pour agar isn't difficult either. It was easier with the media bottle before I broke it, but I've been having success with pouring from a pint jar as well. The petris look pretty and Ive been experimenting with dish sizes.
Neither way is particularly costly, so maybe try both and see which you prefer.
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Re: Media bottle/petri dishes vs PP5 plastic no pour [Re: Tattersail]
#26343244 - 11/24/19 07:00 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yeah, I'll try both methods. I'm sure I'll favor petris in the long run.
But I want to just try a mere 10 or so pp5 no pour plates to begin with.
My mind has been made up anyway, thank you community.
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Re: Media bottle/petri dishes vs PP5 plastic no pour [Re: RogerTheRetard]
#26343262 - 11/24/19 07:15 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I have about 6 or 7 pieces of glass for my no pours. I don’t get how people go thru hundreds?
I have a few growing out and 4 ready to go. I just don’t get it....
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Re: Media bottle/petri dishes vs PP5 plastic no pour [Re: san pedro guy]
#26343382 - 11/24/19 08:25 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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san pedro guy said: I have about 6 or 7 pieces of glass for my no pours. I don’t get how people go thru hundreds?
I have a few growing out and 4 ready to go. I just don’t get it....
As a newb, it's also mindset/failure tolerance. I do not want to fail: it's expensive for me to obtain spores and cheap to get most of the other stuff needed for the hobby. (My single print cost me as much as my 500-pack of petris.) So I keep all my 16 T0 (spore) plates, some in the fridge, others pinning. I keep T1-T4 masters for all 29 jars I have currently running, so I can get back to any culture if shit hits the fan. Once I have fruits, I will clone the nicest & store them for future grows, also in petris.
I'd never do all this with no-pour, as my home would be overtaken by mini rounds and I'd go insane running PC-cycles for every handful of plates. With petris, it's an enjoyable part of the hobby, I find.
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