Whyterye said:

This is transfer three not looking super great what do u think

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TonyMushrana said:

Hei, looking for some tips

Want to take few samples from fully grown one's. Not sure where to pick, this culture is very important for me. And the one that is not grown out yet not sure to take or let it grow more? Here are plates

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Thank you for advices

Sincerely, Tony

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Crackatoa said:

Whyterye said:

This is transfer three not looking super great what do u think

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Plate 1 and 2 I would grab the edges, the puffiness gets me.
Plate 3 Grab transfers from 9-4, 5-7 is fishy
Plate 4 Grab transfers and Plate 5 is a no go
All my opinion though, lots of good mycelium there though

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Can you walk me through why his fifth plate is a no go? pretty much all of my plates look like that and have less growth despite longer growth time; plated feb 18th. Here are some images:
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I see a lot of people having massive amounts of thick growth after less than a week, while every plate I have is thin translucent growth that is slow to expand. I switched from full strength agar to half strength (shown above) to see if it made a difference, It did not. My half strength recipe is 20g Agar, 15g ME, 1L H2O.
What am I doing incorrectly? I keep the plates on a shelf that receives indirect sunlight with a temperature range of 66-72F.

Crackatoa said:

You can see how the others around the transfer is smoother mycellium and the fifth plate is rougher and splotchy.
It may just be me, but 1% mea and 2% agar works well. I've found that a harder agar and less nutes works well.

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psycho_nauticus said:

How do I spot any contamination so I know to stay clear from it?

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You’d see if it was there (most of the time)

Check out This thread on how it should and shouldn’t look.