Milkeesha said:

As an American male I take offense to systems that work best from a “less is more” perspective. What am I supposed to do with this kitchen sink?

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This made me laugh. But in a “laughing as a coping mechanism” way.


I am pretty new to agar and I’m running 7-7.5 g Light Malt Extract per 500ml. I did do one pour at 10g LME and i don’t see too much a difference to be honest. I have 1000 ml of oat grain water, but I’m still figuring out what ratios to use when using grain water and it’s it is worth using while I still have LME.

Bigworm said:

Yes, low nute agar gets the mycelium stretching and looking for more nutrients faster which can increase growth. I like to lower my nutrient in my agar that I plan on inoculating grain with. I feel that it makes the mycelium jump to grain faster.

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JoeTherapist said:

Bigworm said:

Yes, low nute agar gets the mycelium stretching and looking for more nutrients faster which can increase growth. I like to lower my nutrient in my agar that I plan on inoculating grain with. I feel that it makes the mycelium jump to grain faster.

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How low is low for you? Like LME OR how much would you dilute grain water?

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RoscoeReturns said:

JoeTherapist said:

Bigworm said:

Yes, low nute agar gets the mycelium stretching and looking for more nutrients faster which can increase growth. I like to lower my nutrient in my agar that I plan on inoculating grain with. I feel that it makes the mycelium jump to grain faster.

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How low is low for you? Like LME OR how much would you dilute grain water?

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I use 1% nutrients for most things, and 0.5% for pans. That would be 5g DME per 500mL for 1%, and 2.5g DME per 500mL for 0.5%. I’ll go as low as 0.1-0.2% for my LCs.

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Awfullotofshrooms said:

Question, should I wait a day or two to use them to see if there’s any contams growing or are they ready to go?

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Awfullotofshrooms said:

Question, should I wait a day or two to use them to see if there’s any contams growing or are they ready to go?

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do what kloakk said, nocc up one or two and save the rest to let them cool and see if you got it right. I've been experimenting with just doing it raw in a closet as a still air box and I think it worked lol going straight guerrilla on this grow

tax: 7 varieties, out of the seven there is
one ochra
one galindoi/atl#7 (don't know the difference)
and a plate I've named evil cubensis that is almost certainly a pan cyan, I realized after I labeled it that I pulled the print from the exotics bag of my spore collection

Awfullotofshrooms said:

I jammed an Australian landrace cubensis spore swab into one dish, 2 drops of liquid from a vial of APE and two drops of B+ as well. I see tiny spots of growth from the PE6 spores I did last week I realized I used a LOT of nutrients probably and also made the agar super stiff so I’m assuming that’s why the growth is slower then expected and there’s no sign of contam yet in either. Should I transfer now or wait until it grows out a little more? I’m leaning towards waiting a few days but lmk if it would be better to do it tonight. 

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Dj_karma_magnet said:

This plate is the atl #7 giveaway tampensis wedge. I see some contam on the right side. (The black thing on top is smeared sharpie). Was planning on letting the myc grow another day or 2 and cutting it up and spreading it onto some new plates. Had a few questions.


Will waiting a day or 2 be okay? The contam has not grown but the myc has grown significantly in the past day or 2.


Was planning on using grain water and 2% agar. The grain water is a week old and has not yet been sterilized. Will it be okay to use this? 15 psi for 20 minutes. 50% grain water 50% tap


If I use that same recipe, will it also be okay to use the same plates to lay out some Cubensis wedges? Dc melmac, ape, Jack Frost and bit o heaven.

Any tips for an agar novice? I will be using a scalpel and the original wedge was broken up in the mail so I spread it with a qtip. Probably will pc my scalpel honestly. Should I PC my reusable Petri dishes before laying new agar in them.

Hoping to get an expert opinion on these questions. REALLY do not want to mess this up as the agar wedge seems prime for stones and I’ve been greatly looking forward to this. Sorry for making a huge post, no trying to shit up the board with new threads when there’s already a big agar thread

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