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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: DERRAYLD]
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With plates, why saran wrap instead of just putting the lid back on ?


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Tropical]
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Keep them from drying out, and discourages tiny bugs (like mites) from crawling in and tracking funk all over.

And personally I prefer grafting tape for wrapping individual plates, I only use Saran wrap for unused stacks.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Tropical] * 2
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Tropical said:
With plates, why saran wrap instead of just putting the lid back on ?


The discovery of pennicillin happened because alexander flemming had a bacteria culture get contaminated by penicillium mold because back then they didnt wrap plates. Airflow allows for contamination to make it in.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: tryptkaloids] * 3
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saran wrap for single plates is ridiculous. get yourself a roll of this and save yourself the hassle...



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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: sloug]
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Ty.

Do plates need light for myc to colonise ? Or i can store those in a closet ?


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: sloug] * 1
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sloug said:
saran wrap for single plates is ridiculous. get yourself a roll of this and save yourself the hassle...



      :sunny:
:boombox2:


I have 2 rolls sitting there disintegrating


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: sloug] * 6
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You can get a plastic pipe cutter and easily cut a roll of Saran Wrap down to usable widths, you can buy grafting tape already in appropriate widths and you can use Parafilm. There are other options as well.
Ridiculous is a harsh word to be using. Just give an opinion as to what you prefer.
I prefer Parafilm.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: The Tao] * 1
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I wpuld prefer parafilm if it didnt turn to shit in my off months


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: tryptkaloids] * 2
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tryptkaloids said:
I wpuld prefer parafilm if it didnt turn to shit in my off months


Lost too many old plates to cracked parafilm… never again

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: tryptkaloids]
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This is my first plate which looks decent i guess.. but i am not sure if the whole plate is healthy. There is no wire pattern everywhere. Pics are not very clear but i did my best.

Would like to send it to grain or should i get a better plate first?

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: The Tao]
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The Tao said:
You can get a plastic pipe cutter and easily cut a roll of Saran Wrap down to usable widths, you can buy grafting tape already in appropriate widths and you can use Parafilm. There are other options as well.
Ridiculous is a harsh word to be using. Just give an opinion as to what you prefer.
I prefer Parafilm.


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...thats fair

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Tropical] * 2
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Tropical said:
With plates, why saran wrap instead of just putting the lid back on ?


I might have read this wrong, but I want to make sure you will be putting the lid back on and then wrapping the plate to seal the gap. The saran wrap does not replace the lid.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: sloug] * 1
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leproos,

its really hard to tell when you let it fully colonize the plate. do you have any pics before this stage?

but just by looking at those pics, personally i would do a few transfers and see how they develop. if they look good, send to grain before they completely colonize the plate.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: sloug]
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sloug said:
leproos,

its really hard to tell when you let it fully colonize the plate. do you have any pics before this stage?

but just by looking at those pics, personally i would do a few transfers and see how they develop. if they look good, send to grain before they completely colonize the plate.


I did not even know that haha.. No i do not have those pics. what i do notice with my plates is cotton like grow on most plates and then some wire/rope like parts. But all white. I dont know what this means but i do know it is too hot here.

I have more plates, how many procent should be covered before i take a picture on the next plates?

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: leproos]
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Send it or wait a bit more?


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: leproos] * 1
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leproos,

its not a must that you send it before full colonization. ive let plates sit for a long time and they stay clean and even will pin.

but, whenever i get contams in plates, its usually around the edges of the plate. when you let it fully colonize the myc wants to crawl up the edge and that just worries me. and maybe im just a worry wort but hey, better safe than sorry imo.

they dont look bad from here,  just easier to detect contams when the plate is younger.  maybe 50% post another pic.

also, you even have the option, if your confident, to make mutliple transfers from that and still send the plate to grain.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: tryptkaloids] * 1
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tryptkaloids said:
sloug said:
saran wrap for single plates is ridiculous. get yourself a roll of this and save yourself the hassle...



      :sunny:
:boombox2:


I have 2 rolls sitting there disintegrating


i got a roll thats older than your reg date its fine. how do you guys store that stuff that makes it fall apart?

mine i keep in a box tossed in the basement. now its in the garage:shrug:


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: 1NFIN8]
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1NFIN8 said:


Send it or wait a bit more?


I am also a noob like u, but this does not look like mycelium to me.. or is it not cubensis?

How did u get that agar color ?

Edited by leproos (09/15/25 02:25 PM)

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: sloug]
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sloug said:
leproos,

its not a must that you send it before full colonization. ive let plates sit for a long time and they stay clean and even will pin.

but, whenever i get contams in plates, its usually around the edges of the plate. when you let it fully colonize the myc wants to crawl up the edge and that just worries me. and maybe im just a worry wort but hey, better safe than sorry imo.

they dont look bad from here,  just easier to detect contams when the plate is younger.  maybe 50% post another pic.

also, you even have the option, if your confident, to make mutliple transfers from that and still send the plate to grain.


I will probably send this plate and after i wait for other plates. This will be the first time pc grain.. i have the special bags or maybe i just use jars. Guess i just try some different things because i have some shoorms but low yields (mostly brf)

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: mushboy] * 2
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tbf I used the parafilm grafting tape that doesn't have the paper backing. Like this.

It is really easy and convenient for regular culting workflow. But for storing cultures more than a month or two and the film dries out and cracks. I think that folks in most of the rest of the world will do fine with it. But in low humidity climates it loses elasticity quickly and cracks easily. I have had lots of samples of grown out plates that dried up with split parafilm grafting tape.

So if you live in a desert, dicing up cling wrap rolls is the safer bet ime.


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