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Quick way to test spore vitality
#4550617 - 08/18/05 05:24 AM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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Hey all, it's been quite a while... Just a quick question really, it's surely been answered other times but I searched for the last half hour and really couldn't find anything... I have a few spore syringes dating a few years back, they surely haven't been kept in the proper conditions, but I was still wondering if there was a quick and dirty way to just see if one of the syringes may perhaps still be "active". maybe something that doesn't involve pressure cooking, I don't want to start a culture just need to know if the spores are still alive. thanks a bunch
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Re: Quick way to test spore vitality [Re: lemming]
#4550624 - 08/18/05 05:26 AM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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well a quick dirty lc, mix it up microwave it for a bit and then shoot some spores in there. give it some time to see if they grow. you really should go about it in a good sterile way, cause i would imagine them to still be viable, at least some of them anyway. why waste em? peace
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lemming
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Re: Quick way to test spore vitality [Re: backupwards]
#4550646 - 08/18/05 05:42 AM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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please forgive my ignorance, but what do you mean with "lc" ? I don't understand what I need to mix up and microwave... and since most of the syringes are quite still full, I intend to shoot just a small part of the solution, because they are 2-3 years old and have been kept in a box on a shelf, so I wouldn't be too sure... thanks
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Re: Quick way to test spore vitality [Re: lemming]
#4550670 - 08/18/05 06:19 AM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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He meant liquid culture, like watered down karo or honey. heres a link given to me by Roadkill http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/4198734#Post4198734 I hope that helps. I had a syringe for about a year kept in an attic and was still able to use it....took a long time to colonize though.
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lemming
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Re: Quick way to test spore vitality [Re: luckytriple6]
#4550703 - 08/18/05 07:03 AM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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thanks a bunch! would you happen to know a good honey:water ratio? it only mentions karo:water ratio in that thread. thanks again
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Re: Quick way to test spore vitality [Re: lemming]
#4550708 - 08/18/05 07:08 AM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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the same ratio will work for honey and karo.
tc
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