nektar61 said:

Grind365 said:

Got a couple Melmak plates that started pinning. Do I wait for the plate pins to get bigger before transferring?

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Then Transporeter said:

I'm not an expert but i don't think it matters.

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Transporeter: It does matter.

You probably shouldn't give advice when you don't know, at least here.

It's OK to not comment. We are protective about this on here, calling that out is how we keep misinformation from spreading on here. It's part of why Shroomery is better than Reddit for grow advice. Any old b.s. is OK on Reddit.

If you have a culture in a plate that's not a clone, and you clone a plin (plate pin), you have a clone. That's how I got my strongest culture.

Your mileage may vary, but at least you'll get a grow that is  consistent in strength, and in when it fruits. Shrooms grown from spores aren't as consistent as clones. Clones are generally the goal here.

If you wait for a plin, and cut that without pulling any of the mycelium below it, and it hasn't dropped spores yet, cut it off with a flame-sterilized scalpel a tiny bit above the plate, that's the easiest way to clone.

And will likely be clean if your plate is clean.

Sometimes cloning a larger shroom grown in the open air will introduce contams. Though you can minimize the chance by cloning from inside the stipe or inside the cap.

Don't wait for plins to get too big, they'll drop spores. If that happens anywhere on the plate and you clone a pin, you're not sure it's a clone. What you grow might be starting over from spores, or have some of that.

Pick the best looking plins to transfer, either biggest (without dropping spores) or fattest, or fastest growing, or the first to appear. They don't have to "get bigger to cut down colonization time" though.

Welcome both of you.
and Grind365, where do you get those little Petri plates? how many cm across?  I want some.

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Then Transporeter said:

Sorry day one stuff there. I'll keep it a hundred from now on. Best regards

PS I want some of those petri dishes too. I heard some people use the glass ones, but i've heard they might be more trouble than they're worth $ wise. What can I use other than a plastic petri dish other than a glad mini-round? (I do no-pour agar with those)

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Cob said:

Thanks for that link on the 90mm plates, that's a good deal. The 25 stacks of 100mm plates I'm running now make it a pain in the ass to re-sleeve them after pouring.

Those 60mm plates are pretty awesome too. Never seen them before, they look handy for sure.

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nektar61 said:

Cob said:

Thanks for that link on the 90mm plates, that's a good deal. The 25 stacks of 100mm plates I'm running now make it a pain in the ass to re-sleeve them after pouring.

Those 60mm plates are pretty awesome too. Never seen them before, they look handy for sure.

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You got it.

Nice frogs. Though I think those are toads.

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Bismillah said:

My first plins



This fluffy plate produced some

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Jim I.T.I said:

So i'm still noobish to agar. Used with home brewing to slant yeast, but i've only been experimenting with plates, spores and transfers for the past 3 months. this is the first plate i've seen of mine to produce rhizomatic growth. The only thing that's ever touched this plate is 4 drops of Mazatapec from a MS syringe about 2 weeks ago.

Question: where should i take my transfer from on this growth? I'm assuming that once i transfer, it will take 2-3 more transfers to get it clean. but i'd like to try and isolate those ropes.

all input and help appreciated.

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Bismillah said:

My first plins




This fluffy plate produced some

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Awestruck said:

I'm thinking tomentose.

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cozmyc said:

Bismillah said:

My first plins




This fluffy plate produced some

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Wow, those are some healthy looking plins. Mine always look small/scraggly.  What were your nutes and ratios?

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Smellyhobbit said:

Here’s my first culture I’m happy enough with to post. The credit for this plate goes to all you wonderful people here. Special thanks to Rotnpins, Guerrilla, and Rumfor.

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