LewDoja said:

Huskies said:

Are most of you just using wedges from agar? I've been using whole plates or half ones, and I'm realizing now that is definitely a contam vector in case there is anything hidden...

Yes,  following the old school thinking that the edges are more prone to harboring fugitives. As well as not inverting it over an open grain jar to "tiger drop".

Also when I have a little bit of agar left after pouring, I will add it to those and do a hot pour/sandwich...

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Do you mean the edges of growth? or the edges of the plate itself?

Infinite Monkeys said:

What do you cobbers use to wrap plates in 2025?

I used to use glad wrap. I divided a roll of glad wrap into smaller pieces using a pipe cutter.

Grafting tape is a pain in the ass to work with, so I moved to glad wrap after using it for a while. It was challenging to tear away from the roll after I stretched it around a plate a few times.

I've used parafilm and it was nice to work with (and it makes the plates look cool imo), but it's significantly more expensive than glad wrap.

Are there any recent advancements or methods?

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Huskies said:

Restaurant supply stores, 100 containers and lids in their own sleeves for like 4 bucks.

Now, they are not sterile, but considering its for food its pretty damn clean and I haven't noticed any fatal flaws by keeping them in their sleeves and only opened in the sab. Minimal contaminants on fresh plates on my end (like more than 99%). With 1000ml I can make around 80 plates.

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Kloakk said:

I use parafilm, it might be expensive, but 40 USD for +200 plates and going is fine by me. I'll try cling as soon as I run out of parafilm, until then, team parafilm.

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AZ Starman2112 said:

Sent these two T1 plates to grain tonight! Cut them into 12 slices each and put 6 slices of each in four 1 quart jars. My first A2G jars!

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