Stipe-n Cap said:

Even if you don't have a cool storage rack, the moisture will clear up over time at normal room temps.



You can see newer stacks in the back with some condensation around the edges, while the one I'm holding has sat for a couple of weeks and is completely clear of moisture. Making your blanks well in advance means you're always ready to rock out witchya cock out.

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I can only assume something about my environment is resulting in extremely slow evaporation of condensation from my plates, as mine have sat (unwrapped) in a drawer in a ~70 degree/~45%RH environment for two weeks and not cleared up. At least not entirely (I haven't been particularly scientific about seeing if they were better, I just know they weren't clear..)

I know I should not care. I just can't help it when I see people have success with something and I can't figure out how to replicate it!

Synack said:

I know I should not care. I just can't help it when I see people have success with something and I can't figure out how to replicate it!

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anders said:

Synack said:

anders said:

Nothing wrong with condensation.  It can and should be resorbed into the medium.  I go ahead and use the plates with condensate, and it clears up.  More humidity is good®.

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Well. I've had plates with condensation sitting in front of my hood for two days, and then unwrapped in a drawer for a week. It doesn't reabsorb for me. *shrug*

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Depends on how dense you have mixed your MEA. (And -if- you've used LME or MEA) If you use a higher concentration sure, it won't resorb. (scientific term®) This will also slow myc spread as it has plenty of nutes where it is, and will cause it to tower.  I use 1% MEA with peptides and have been very successful with staving off contam, and IDing diff myc characteristics to select from.  Sometimes condensate takes a week to resorb but Idc.  Moisture is good®.

Oh, there is lots of pushback, but I am the radical here and do not always hew to the prevailing orthodoxy, so get brickbats instead of thanks for advancing the science and art.  Not important.  I introduced composted poo in coir sub, unacknowledged.  And brought cabining to the fore -- was accused of being an AI 'bot for that one, lol.  I brought UV-C to murder nasties in the air, and got dogpiled like Biden at a Trump rally.  Lord, they know not what they do.  I brought the Harvest Right, which preserves most alkyloids and the quality of a fresh mush trip, as opposed to heat methods which destroys them -- again dogpiled like I had insulted someone's mother.

It is just human nature to not accept new ideas, even when you are helping. They do. They don't.  But I notice that many have adopted the above variously around.

sloug said:

sounds counter productive but have u tried pouring them kinda hot? i usually pour mine to where its almost not bearable to hold the bottle. then i leave them stacked and unwrapped in front of the hood. i usually have an inch or two left in the media bottle and put it on top the stack. seems to clear up completely for me. maybe i light condo on a couple plates

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I wait until it cools to 50* then pour.  Never had contam nor chunks since, with the methods I use. (above) 


So now I see that, I 'do not play nice'.  Well that is a shame.

OK, DUCK!!

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