AZ Starman2112 said:

Were your ears ringing? I just mentioned you in another thread 🤣

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B Traven said:

Henry Swanson said:

Hay and Straw aren’t the same thing. You want straw, while it’s less nutritious than hay, it’s also less prone to contam. And unless you’re just wanting to use it, straw isn’t necessary to grow pans.

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Just to add some on-the-ground context:

-Hay is grown, cut, and preserved specifically so that it can be fed to animals. It's usually some kind of grass, but not always.

Straw is the hollow stems of field crops, usually grains, after they've been harvested. Similar to coir in the sense that it's a nutrient-poor, cellulose-rich by-product of some other crop.

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tryptkaloids said:

B Traven said:

Henry Swanson said:

Hay and Straw aren’t the same thing. You want straw, while it’s less nutritious than hay, it’s also less prone to contam. And unless you’re just wanting to use it, straw isn’t necessary to grow pans.

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Just to add some on-the-ground context:

-Hay is grown, cut, and preserved specifically so that it can be fed to animals. It's usually some kind of grass, but not always.

Straw is the hollow stems of field crops, usually grains, after they've been harvested. Similar to coir in the sense that it's a nutrient-poor, cellulose-rich by-product of some other crop.

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Coming from grainland - hay is sold from any grass. Crops included. The grains we use are all technically grasses.

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tinkscat said:

First grow - ziploc - M.Elf...

Are these ready to harvest? Or do the caps need to open up more?

Thanks team 🙏

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BeefSupremeJr said:l

man, you could split the hair of a frog

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humble student said:

PC Sterilization Issue Maybe?
I autoclaved plates that had been pre-poured with agar, vented PC 10 minutes, and maintained PC at 17 psi for 20 minutes. Plates were moved to the SAB and wrapped. After several days, just about every plate was contaminated, and I’m wondering if I did not PC long enough to achieve sterilization.
I’m using 75x15 and 100x15 glass plates. Also, I loaded the PC with a lot, including two 500ml media bottles about 3/4 full of agar.
Finally, the question: How long is it recommended to PC pre-poured plates? And, is a longer time necessary when the PC is more full vs less full?

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BeefSupremeJr said:

hay would turn to mold. one would think you can get straw almost anywhere in the world though.

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Halloween is coming. Straw bales are often used as props for Halloween. After it is over you can get lots for free - They don't have to deal with disposing of it.
As said, straw over hay.
Oats over everything (that's for LotKid )

Mub said:

Does this look like infection? The light blueish is concerning but could just be dried out spores? Haven’t seen them look like that yet, but I was away for a couple days and they dropped spores.

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