Mr. Mushie said:

What's everyones input on getting swabs to germinate?

Streak a few plates and then bury the swab in the last?

Use scissors or tweezers to cut/pull small amounts of the cotton tips off and drop onto multiple plates?

I've got so many great varieties now on swabs and i'm paranoid because only having two swabs of each variety means i've only got a handful of chances to get something viable before i've lost the variety entirely.

Would love to hear from several people on their best practice for using swabs as long as possible.

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Shroomoisseur said:

I recently acquired some albino swabs and had the same concerns as you... I did this: I streaked 5 plates with 1 swab, did a total of 10 with 2 swabs and overall I think 7-8/10 germinated, I took transfers from the best one. I’ve read someplace that softer agar helps germ the spores better 🤷🏽‍♂️ It was my first time using a swab and I breached the surface of the agar on a few plates but it seemed to help

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I'll try softer agar and see what happens. Thanks for the suggestions Shroomoissuer

bigfootscreepyuncl said:

Got 15 plates poured and knocked up. I tried a new recipe so hopefully everything goes as planned. 400ml grain soak water, 8 grams agar-agar, 3 drops of food coloring.



5 each of PE, APE and GT. I think in the future I'm going to leave out the food coloring since I'm finally pouring clear plates.

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D3monic said:

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Phony Phone said:

D3monic said:

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damn im jelly of that pristine color, how you make urs?

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