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North Spore Shop: Injection Grain Bag, North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies

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Offlinemutex
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foldable scalpel/xacto & wedge size
    #26987255 - 10/15/20 03:00 PM (3 years, 3 months ago)

I just ordered some agar and noticed in alot of teks people use xacto knives. I have a few of them but I always lose that plastic sheath that goes over the blade. Amazon has a foldable scalpel

You guys think that'd be too hard to keep sterile? Anyone have something else they'd like to recommend?

Also, ive read "once you have mycelium growing on your agar plate, cut out a wedge to spawn agar to grain". OK but...a wedge can be 1/4, or 1/16. What size of a wedge do some of you use for a qt jar? I was going to use 1/2 pint jars instead of plates if it makes a difference.


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Re: foldable scalpel/xacto & wedge size [Re: mutex]
    #26987267 - 10/15/20 03:07 PM (3 years, 3 months ago)

Hey man welcome back.

While that looks badass and I want it on my keychain I'd just use a regular scalpel.

I'd use a quarter or half of a plate, but one could do a whole plate or 1/16th of a plate,
depends what your goals are and how much you want to spead your risk.


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Re: foldable scalpel/xacto & wedge size [Re: filthyknees]
    #26987499 - 10/15/20 06:35 PM (3 years, 3 months ago)

Thanks for the welcome back...Things definitely changed over the last decade or so. I had forgotten how much fun this hobby is!


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Re: foldable scalpel/xacto & wedge size [Re: mutex]
    #26987591 - 10/15/20 07:54 PM (3 years, 3 months ago)

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mutex said:
You guys think that'd be too hard to keep sterile? Anyone have something else they'd like to recommend?




It's too fat and too short to be practical IMO. It looks like it uses #20/21/22/etc. blades which are the large ones. I use a #7 handle with #11 blades.


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