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Germination of agar
    #26574652 - 04/03/20 07:02 AM (3 years, 9 months ago)

Once you have put spores on mea agar dish what temperature room should they be left in during growth, and should they be sat upside down during the first week of growth?

New to this.., I  may have put quite a few drops in each dish rather than just one or two. Will that be a big problem with germination ?


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Re: Germination of agar [Re: Kpr]
    #26574701 - 04/03/20 07:38 AM (3 years, 9 months ago)

Normal room temperature and some indirect light is fine for them.
Anything like 68-75°F. You don't have to flip them upside down and
multiple single drops in different places is good.


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Re: Germination of agar [Re: rumfor69]
    #26574728 - 04/03/20 07:55 AM (3 years, 9 months ago)

Ok, thank you..
I did 4 pre made mea dishes. On two of them there is enough spore juice where I can see it move around if I moved the dish from side to side. Was just worried I may have put to much in it.
I sealed them with micropore tape. Put tape around the edge and then one around it just to make sure  lid was secure.
Sorry for the complete noob status.. I tried looking for a germinating agar tek or a germ agar 101 but couldn’t find much.


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Re: Germination of agar [Re: Kpr]
    #26574989 - 04/03/20 10:35 AM (3 years, 9 months ago)

It's ok we all have to start somewhere, it's a journey.

It sounds like you did use a too much spore juice but it
might be fine anyhow. Just wait and watch and don't move them
around just let them sit


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Re: Germination of agar [Re: rumfor69]
    #26575088 - 04/03/20 11:28 AM (3 years, 9 months ago)

As stated I wrapped them in micropore tape. Should I wrap them in saran wrap to so absolutely nothing can get in?


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Re: Germination of agar [Re: Kpr]
    #26575139 - 04/03/20 11:53 AM (3 years, 9 months ago)

Saran wrap is a good idea. In my understanding its both about not letting spores in and not letting moisture out. Dry plates aren't super great to work with.


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Re: Germination of agar [Re: Frank Zappotecorum]
    #26575179 - 04/03/20 12:15 PM (3 years, 9 months ago)

I thought plates were just supposed to get parafilm used on them.

So I'm not real sure on this one. I use 1/4 pint wide mouth jars

with sfd & 4 hole lid setup so I don't have to deal with any of that

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Re: Germination of agar [Re: rumfor69]
    #26575204 - 04/03/20 12:38 PM (3 years, 9 months ago)

I can say from experience, micropore wrapped plates dry out really fast.


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Re: Germination of agar [Re: One of Us]
    #26575250 - 04/03/20 01:25 PM (3 years, 9 months ago)

Micropore works. Yeah, it dries out fast compared to other methods, but there should be plenty of time to let spores germinate and then let the mycelium grow out that plate and probably even pin.

Micropore, saran wrap, parafilm, everything works.


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Re: Germination of agar [Re: rumfor69]
    #26575614 - 04/03/20 05:05 PM (3 years, 9 months ago)

Yeah for sure Parafilm is preferred, but it can be pricey for some people (like me)


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Re: Germination of agar [Re: Frank Zappotecorum]
    #26576571 - 04/04/20 01:58 AM (3 years, 9 months ago)

Many people actually prefer saran wrap to parafilm


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Re: Germination of agar [Re: poisoned]
    #26576727 - 04/04/20 05:57 AM (3 years, 9 months ago)

Im glad this was asked as I was also wondring. I've recently noc'd 10 plates ms, two of which with a year old syringe I found in its box under the sink with a couple cc left.. so interested to see how they fair. The others with a new syringe; some of the plates have a bit of liquid on the surface (Im using normal 1/4 pint jars and I admit the agar didnt turn out great, there are some lumps of potato flakes in the worse plates but agar's flexible.. right?) As per the comments here I've cling filmed (saran wrap?) the jars and just put them atop a cupboard where they shall get indirect sunlight daily to germinate.


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Re: Germination of agar [Re: Htaeh]
    #26579537 - 04/05/20 01:31 PM (3 years, 9 months ago)

I personally hate saran wrap. I always end up with a wad of useless plastic after trying to get it to tear.


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Re: Germination of agar [Re: Frank Zappotecorum]
    #26579579 - 04/05/20 01:56 PM (3 years, 9 months ago)

Do cut your roll down to 1-2" width or do you just use the whole roll?


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Re: Germination of agar [Re: poisoned]
    #26584966 - 04/07/20 08:16 PM (3 years, 9 months ago)

I have MEA 4 Petri dishes. All have growth started. I’ve been keeping them in a room that’s 75F all the time.
There is a lot of condensation of the tops of all of them. After what I’ve read I’ve turned them all upside down and moved them to a room that is quite a bit cooler in hopes the water evaporates.
Any advice? Should I flip them back to up right and put them back in the room that’s 75F all the time?.
I’m
Sure if I didn’t look at them everyday 4-5 times a day this wouldn’t be an issue. But I’m new and learning and very interested..
So is there a chance the water inside will evaporate?
If not or if so, should I, when should I flip the Petri dishes back over to normal side? Also all the dishes are wrapped in micropore tape... I’ll buy the right wrap my next go around. I should have for this time.. smh.. since I went out of my way to order pre made mea Petri dishes...


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