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#29628657 - 07/21/26 12:25 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

idk if I can get 12 or 14g at the pharmacy where I live so Ill probably have to order some stuff online, so im looking for ideas from growers that have experience with aspirating LC into syringes :typing:

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#29628660 - 07/21/26 12:25 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

It was closer to 75% by the time I was able to get to it.

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#29628665 - 07/21/26 12:30 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

the higher number Ga the smaller the bore/diameter. 10 Ga is wider than 18 Ga.

I find 18 Ga to get all cloggy and are harder to work with. Typically 16 Ga would be the smallest I would use for anything free flowing.

14 is that sweet spot. 12 if you are working fast with volume and repetitively, like with 60 mL syringes.

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#29628668 - 07/21/26 12:33 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

Mateja said:

idk if I can get 12 or 14g at the pharmacy where I live so Ill probably have to order some stuff online, so im looking for ideas from growers that have experience with aspirating LC into syringes

You can get some in that size sometimes from tractor supply stores

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#29628670 - 07/21/26 12:34 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

Hobby shops too for glue dispensing.

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#29628673 - 07/21/26 12:40 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

thanks for the ideas, this is what I needed :mushroom2:

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#29628680 - 07/21/26 12:46 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

Mateja said:

thanks for the ideas, this is what I needed

Oh dude, my apologies, I thought you messing around a bit when I saw your post count
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#29628683 - 07/21/26 12:51 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

Nichrome said:

Hobby shops too for glue dispensing.

I got a bunch of these I picked up on ebay years ago, idk how wide they are but probably way below 12-14G the only thing is they are not sharp/pointed but I guess I could try introducing them to a pair of stainless steele scizzors (or however the hell you spell that, im on the compute) imma give it a go and experiment and report back

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#29628684 - 07/21/26 12:53 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

Normaly the color base of the needle should give you the size. Check with google if it matches yours.

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#29628685 - 07/21/26 12:56 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

Mistakes said:

Mateja said:

thanks for the ideas, this is what I needed

Oh dude, my apologies, I thought you messing around a bit when I saw your post count

I NEVER mess around when it comes to mushroom related science projects, other than that, its all just messing around, and probably too much too

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#29628686 - 07/21/26 12:59 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

Tropical said:

Normaly the color base of the needle should give you the size. Check with google if it matches yours.

I asked googles AI for the "dark green" needle but it keeps referring me to " ISO standards for standard hypodermic injection needles" and says the're 21G but obviously this is not a 21 nor a medical needle lol

id say its at least 2.5 - 3mm wide

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#29628693 - 07/21/26 01:14 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

32 gauge works great for josex poke to inoculate lc's too potentially increasing ur chance at clean lc 😎

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#29628750 - 07/21/26 03:23 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

Mateja said:

is/has anyone here been using LC with syringes succesfully consistently? Im aware about pouring LC's but im specifically interested in injecting (for now) id like to hear some success stories, links, teks, whatever, I feel the need to get motivated somehow, is what im asking, if thats even a question. Who Injects grain with LC around here? How they do it?

+1 for 16ga being about the minimum, and 14 or larger being preferable. 18+ is tough.

Mateja said:

I got a bunch of these I picked up on ebay years ago, idk how wide they are but probably way below 12-14G the only thing is they are not sharp/pointed but I guess I could try introducing them to a pair of stainless steele scizzors (or however the hell you spell that, im on the compute) imma give it a go and experiment and report back

Those look like the ones I used for these lids. You can just hook the syringe on and suck it right up. They're way off to the side so the stir bar fits. I keep them plugged with a syringe filter when not in use. Works a treat, recommend.

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#29628889 - 07/21/26 07:59 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

Everyones go to petri dish size ?
3 vent or non vented ?

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#29628901 - 07/21/26 08:35 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

HairyBogan said:

Everyones go to petri dish size ?
3 vent or non vented ?

90 and 55mm, non vent, but parafilm breathes :rockon:

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#29628956 - 07/21/26 10:16 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

Rasmodius said:

Those look like the ones I used for these lids. You can just hook the syringe on and suck it right up. They're way off to the side so the stir bar fits. I keep them plugged with a syringe filter when not in use. Works a treat, recommend.

yeeeeeees this is the kind of imagery that keeps flashing in my brain, now I have a purpose and a goal, cheers a ton :takingnotes:

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#29628965 - 07/21/26 10:23 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

Kloakk said:

HairyBogan said:

Everyones go to petri dish size ?
3 vent or non vented ?

90 and 55mm, non vent, but parafilm breathes

No

90 mm non vented as well.

1000 ml makes 30 easily and you get an agro clean culture going and takes like 4 days to eat a plate up and nice quarter wedges dropped to millet is life

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#29628984 - 07/21/26 10:44 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

I used 90mm but I went with vented. I used to use the tri section ones but eventually just went to singles. I found the sections too small to work with for transfers and ended up just using them as inoculation plates. But I also had switched to LC as my primary expansion medium and just stopped needing them altogether.

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#29628995 - 07/21/26 10:55 AM (3 months, 16 days ago)

Splittinghairs said:

Kloakk said:

HairyBogan said:

Everyones go to petri dish size ?
3 vent or non vented ?

90 and 55mm, non vent, but parafilm breathes

No

90 mm non vented as well.

1000 ml makes 30 easily and you get an agro clean culture going and takes like 4 days to eat a plate up and nice quarter wedges dropped to millet is life

What do you mean by no 👀

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#29629061 - 07/21/26 12:04 PM (3 months, 16 days ago)

HairyBogan said:

Everyones go to petri dish size ?
3 vent or non vented ?

90mm vented (don't care though), case of 500 is cheap.

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