SirPsycho said:

You might run into the problem of agar sticking to the sides though but I've found the best way to get it moved down into the grain is to hit the bottom firmly against your hand in a downward motion. They'll slide down a bit with each hit.

Momentum and all that. Like hitting the breaks hard in your car and going froward in your seat

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Ha! I had the same but opposite thing happen yesterday when I was trying to dislodge some agar from the glass/lid, I noticed that hitting from the top down was making more agar come upwards through the grain and, of course, the agar stuck on the glass did not budge.

Will keep this in mind for next time. I probably did every kind of movement imaginable to get those pieces unstuck, except hitting the jar on my palm like you described.

Mycoangelo13 said:

Had to pluck a couple early today, my dehydrator I thought worked didn't. Won't be until tomorrow or the next day until I get one. Can I store my fruits in the fridge until then?

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SirPsycho said:

I'm gonna have to disagree, like I said you would have to be very careful handling them. My no pour plates get left unwrapped in my drawer before use. I've had a total of 2 plates contam before use.

One I ended up handling a lot and the second I brushed with my hand grabbing a plate from another stack and lifted the lid.

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I mean yeah, you are right that it's possible, but I'm comparing how I handle the unwrapped plates in the SAB and how I go through them once they are wrapped... I'd lose my fucking mind if I had to be that careful with them all the time. Not happening, no way man life is too short for that kind of stress.

On the other hand, the plates sticking to each other when stacked due to the parafilm can go fuck itself.

Smellyhobbit said:

People who use plastic one piece lids - do you have/use a silicone gasket? Mine fell into the spawn. Hasn’t hurt anything, but if I don’t need them I will ditch them to prevent it from being an issue again.

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Mycodemus said:

I’m waiting for my agar supplies to come in the mail. I’ll be going from prints. Do I need an inoculation loop, or do I make a spore syringe and just put a drop on each plate? Do you streak it, or just put a drop in the middle? If you streak it, can you do that without a special tool like a loop?

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Mycodemus said:

I’m waiting for my agar supplies to come in the mail. I’ll be going from prints. Do I need an inoculation loop, or do I make a spore syringe and just put a drop on each plate? Do you streak it, or just put a drop in the middle? If you streak it, can you do that without a special tool like a loop?

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I use a homemade loop.


Noc loop and multi-purpose manipulator