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I need alternatives to petri dishes
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I am ready to colonize some more jars. Afer I buy a PC tonight I am going in the store to look for something I can use in place of a petri dish.

I have many spore prints but not alot of money right now to order anything , plus it's the weekend.
is there anything that can be used, such as Rubbermaid take-alongs, they are heat resistant and can be sterylized, what if I put a small layer of agar alog the bottom of a sterilized rubbermaid take along? would that not work?

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Re: I need alternatives to petri dishes [Re: Exothermic]
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As long as it has a Recycle # of 5 or above they will stand up to the pressure cooker. I've used those plastic containers i get from the Chinese Takeout with no problems.


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An aura comes towards me

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Un-chaining another law

The structures, the colors
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Re: I need alternatives to petri dishes [Re: Exothermic]
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wide mouth 1/2 pint jars work good for poor man petri dishes.


tc


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Laterz, Road

Who the hell you callin crazy?
You wouldn't know what crazy was if Charles Manson was eating froot loops on your front porch!

Brainiac said:
PM the names with on there names, that means they have mushrooms for sale.


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Re: I need alternatives to petri dishes [Re: Roadkill]
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This is something that was just posted the outher day.

http://www.shroomery.org/index/par/25948

I think I'm going to give this a shot myself.


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"The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. I've never seen anybody really find the answer-- they think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer."

-- Ken Kesey

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Re: I need alternatives to petri dishes [Re: kingfish4200]
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Cool Idea. :thumbup:


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Un-chaining another law

The structures, the colors
Uniform chaos is alternating

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Re: I need alternatives to petri dishes [Re: Androctonus]
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i used to use soap disis a lot of contam thow i would just use small jars now though

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Re: I need alternatives to petri dishes [Re: Exothermic]
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I started out using baby food jars :heart:. Stepped up to wide mouth 1/2 pint canning jars, then finally petri's (plastic sterile packs of 50, then Pyrex glass (spendy).


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Re: I need alternatives to petri dishes [Re: agar]
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great post kingfish I wish that you could save those Tek's like you can save posts :frown:

WB


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Re: I need alternatives to petri dishes [Re: WhiteBunny]
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WhiteBunny said:
great post kingfish I wish that you could save those Tek's like you can save posts :frown:

WB

Hey WhiteBunny, There is a way to save these teks to your hard drive. In Internet Explorer click file, then click save as, then where it says, save as type, click Web Page,HTML only. then click save. It saves the page to your hard drive and you will be ale to view the web page offline. Its close to the same procedure for outher web browers too, if your not useing internet explorer.


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"The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. I've never seen anybody really find the answer-- they think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer."

-- Ken Kesey

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Re: I need alternatives to petri dishes [Re: kingfish4200]
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kingfish4200 said:
WhiteBunny said:
great post kingfish I wish that you could save those Tek's like you can save posts :frown:

WB

Hey WhiteBunny, There is a way to save these teks to your hard drive. In Internet Explorer click file, then click save as, then where it says, save as type, click Web Page,HTML only. then click save. It saves the page to your hard drive and you will be ale to view the web page offline. Its close to the same procedure for outher web browers too, if your not useing internet explorer.


:thumbup: :yesnod:


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Quick WBS Prep

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Re: I need alternatives to petri dishes [Re: Exothermic]
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Exothermic said:
is there anything that can be used, such as Rubbermaid take-alongs, they are heat resistant and can be sterylized, what if I put a small layer of agar alog the bottom of a sterilized rubbermaid take along? would that not work?


i JUST bought some of the extra small rubbermaid takealongs like 2 hours ago for this exact reason. LOL

--waixingren


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Re: I need alternatives to petri dishes [Re: WhiteBunny]
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WhiteBunny said:
great post kingfish I wish that you could save those Tek's like you can save posts :frown:

WB


Or you can use a notepad on your computer...
and copy and paste the urls of pages you want to save.
then list what they are next to the urls.

like these...

http://www.shroomery.org/index/par/23322  <-- good grain recipes

http://www.shroomery.org/index/par/25308  <-- shroomery site map

http://www.shroomery.org/index/par/23418  <-- contam guide


to find the notepad on your computer...
click start, programs, accessories and notepad should be listed.


tc


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Laterz, Road

Who the hell you callin crazy?
You wouldn't know what crazy was if Charles Manson was eating froot loops on your front porch!

Brainiac said:
PM the names with on there names, that means they have mushrooms for sale.


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Re: I need alternatives to petri dishes [Re: kingfish4200]
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Quote:
kingfish4200 said:This is something that was just posted the other day.


Well, I didn't post that "just the other day", it was a few months ago when I wrote that tek, lol.
But, it still works great either way. Give it a try.
Just remember to follow it to the letter-this Tek is using rice instead of agar and it is more likely to contam if not done properly.
But, done properly, you should have good/clean colonised jars in about 2 weeks or less.


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RoadKill said:wide mouth 1/2 pint jars work good for poor man petri dishes.


I agree !!!!:thumbup:

Enjoy

Doc


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Re: I need alternatives to petri dishes [Re: agar]
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agar said:
I started out using baby food jars :heart:. Stepped up to wide mouth 1/2 pint canning jars, then finally petri's (plastic sterile packs of 50, then Pyrex glass (spendy).


http://scientificsonline.com/product.asp?pn=3081584&bhcd2=1131264960


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The red grass, up to my knees
An aura comes towards me

Someone's changed the formula
Un-chaining another law

The structures, the colors
Uniform chaos is alternating

The nature of things

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Re: I need alternatives to petri dishes [Re: Androctonus]
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http://cgi.ebay.com/One-Case-of-12-New-P...1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/CASE-OF-REUSEABLE-GL...1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/400-Pcs-Unopened-Fal...1QQcmdZViewItem


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Re: I need alternatives to petri dishes [Re: agar]
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I bought all my glass petri dishes off Ebay.

one warning though...

INSURE them!~

I bought 24 from this one seller...
they didn't pack them right and I had alot of broken petri dishes in the box.
the gal that was the seller knew nothing about packing petri dishes...she bought them at a local lab going out of business sale.
it was a big head ache...but at least they were insured.


tc


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Laterz, Road

Who the hell you callin crazy?
You wouldn't know what crazy was if Charles Manson was eating froot loops on your front porch!

Brainiac said:
PM the names with on there names, that means they have mushrooms for sale.


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