shroomsurf said:

Yeti



and FP+



look different but nice...

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Smellyhobbit said:

There’s things you can do to clear up condensation, but for my taste it’s too involved for what is essentially a cosmetic procedure.

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CJD said:

Smellyhobbit said:

There’s things you can do to clear up condensation, but for my taste it’s too involved for what is essentially a cosmetic procedure.

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Yeah I've tried it & it comes right back. I know it's not a huge deal but those pictures are just too sexy to be denied there.  There's not even those Itty bitty water droplets on those cups. I figured no pours would be better with condensation but they're just as bad if not worse.  Maybe I'll slowly get better or just quit expecting so much from my agar attempts.

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ruawakeyet said:

Unfortunately, that's bacteria. You might check out BRF pucks. Other's will have more advice to offer than me.

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IDK man, it looks either like myc surrounded by bacteria or just myc on a very wet plate. I guess he will know soon enough tho

Rusty2096 said:

(the following statement does not apply to no-pour, obviously)

You can also avoid most condensation by pouring colder, stacking the  poured plates and putting back their original bag on top, let stand (unwrapped) 30min to 1 hour in front of FH/FFU or 24h inside SAB (covering arm holes would be a good practice but not absolutely necessary)

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A lot of mine sit in the cabinet for a while wrapped up, and by the time I use them there’s very very few plates with condensation.

thehiveatp said:

BRF has never suited me, have done WBS to bulk substrates for years. finally getting into agar, which is posing the obvious learning curve.

i will argue that it doesn't look like the bacteria i've had on a couple other plates (one an intentional sample from the air in my kitchen), but you may be correct. from the top of the plate I see fluffy, white growth like what would be typical of germination in grain jars. that being said it could very well be contaminated with mycelium growth on top of bacteria, in which case all my plates are likely unviable (real possibility, first batch ever using a new SAB).

will keep an eye on it and toss if you prove correct.

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CJD said:

shroomsurf said:

Yeti



and FP+



look different but nice...

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Agar envy is right.  I don't get why but all my agar plates whether petris, condiment cups, no pour holy grail, etc all have tons of condensation.  I dream of the day I have cups this clear lol. I'm missing something in my technique.

Looking great Shroomsurf

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Make some fake/dummie agar cups as buffers to put on top of the cups you pour...

I'm doing in 400ml 7gm/agar and 7gm lme with 1gm NY boiled and filtered before adding to agar/lme...

Then 20'ish in PC then pour about 140F with lazer gun real thin...

thehiveatp said:

please don't take my previous reply as disrespectful or antagonizing, it's anything but!

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milkboy said:

Mak (thx freshprints)

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Yooo just saw this. Glad to see the swabs going to use

ruawakeyet said:

I feel your pain there. Lately, I've been better about changing only one thing at a time, and that has been helping a lot.

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Rusty2096 said:

7-7 no charcoal

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perfect, that settles that!

after the earlier comments, i decided well, it's not a total loss if this thing ends up being contamed anyways, so why not try giving the plate a bit of a side-to-side shake and see if i could get a clearer pic from the topside. didn't take one of the whole plate, wanted to focus on the primary area of growth.

what y'all think? so far so good?