Gilmour Hendrix said:

My white Christmas!

I'm not sure when to harvest these ACC fruits. This is my first albino. Should I let them go for another day or two? Usually I harvest when I see spores starting to drop.

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Nice work Gil

shroomerhumor said:

How is my plate looking? I assume that grey blob at 11 o clock is contam?

This plate was inoculated with JMF LC 12-22-25

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GraceAnne said:

Sorry. I missed tco's explanation.

Here is where I purchased the flow hood: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1475242874/flow-hood-3d-printed-165x125

I would appreciate having your assessment of the flow hood. I certainly did not do well with oven tek...

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Phaethon said:

GraceAnne said:

Sorry. I missed tco's explanation.

Here is where I purchased the flow hood: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1475242874/flow-hood-3d-printed-165x125

I would appreciate having your assessment of the flow hood. I certainly did not do well with oven tek...

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Almost certainly not laminar flow, maybe not even a 0.2 micron filter. Might work sometimes, but you'd be better served by a much larger still air box. Just buy a large clear tote (110 qt or larger), make arm holes, turn it upside down without the lid on a flat surface. If you heat up the rim of a large can (like 28 oz of tomatoes), those make convenient arm holes without a drill. Do this outside and don't breathe in the fumes. There are many SAB teks on this site.

E.g.: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/23990888#23990888

The cheapest reliable laminar flow you can get is from a HEPA fan filter unit (FFU). You can find a 22x22 inch one on Amazon for about $300 now. This is the one I have, though there may be better options: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0936Q63G5

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Plus that is a pretty small size to work within and that fan looks like a computer fan which will not have enough umph to delive 100 FPM.

fahtster said:

BUT the last box I got I did two batches of 20 plates straight out of their factory packaging and had the most satellite bacterial tams on the surface and in the agar I’ve ever had so I don’t think they were properly sterilized.  Since just pc’ing them with the agar, that has ceased.  So I’d recommend sterilizing them yourself first.  It didn’t happen with the first box I got but it was a huge pita

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Same goes for syringes of all fakin things.
Finally worked through a box.. the new box is better but it's still not my first go round.

the_chosen_one said:

fahtster said:

BUT the last box I got I did two batches of 20 plates straight out of their factory packaging and had the most satellite bacterial tams on the surface and in the agar I’ve ever had so I don’t think they were properly sterilized.  Since just pc’ing them with the agar, that has ceased.  So I’d recommend sterilizing them yourself first.  It didn’t happen with the first box I got but it was a huge pita

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Same goes for syringes of all fakin things.
Finally worked through a box.. the new box is better but it's still not my first go round.

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Awesome.  Thanks for this reply.  Very helpful.

Proposition 122 said:

What are people using for racks in front of their flow hoods?

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GraceAnne said:

Sorry. I missed tco's explanation.

Here is where I purchased the flow hood: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1475242874/flow-hood-3d-printed-165x125

I would appreciate having your assessment of the flow hood. I certainly did not do well with oven tek...

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Yup, that is not a real flow hood.  I would definitely return it if you could.

Instead make a still air box for $7-$12 and you’ll get much cleaner work.  Here’s what mine looks like: