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agar
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OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD.
#5296250 - 02/13/06 06:34 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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OVEN TEK IS BOGUS. (fact, heat convention draws in outside air)
Open air innoc method.
Get some STERILE gauze pads (small box-full is cheap). (if need be use a folded paper towel, or any gauze pad)
Open a couple pads, pour on some 70% alc.
Pour some alc in a small dish, near you. (for use in the process - later)
When you unsheathe a spore or LC syringe needle.
IMMEDIATELY wrap needle with alc soaked pad.
KEEP NEEDLE WRAPPED IN ALC PAD AT ALL TIMES.
Use other alc pad to swab lid.
Holding the needle in the pad. (takes a little practice)
Place needle (enclosed in pad)over lid hole.
Press needle wrapped pad against lid.
Push needle into hole (with pad around it on outside of lid).
Push needle INTO lid hole. (needle hub still surrounded by pad)
Squirt in inoculate. (amount is up to you)
Withdraw needle, with pad surrounding needle.
Dip a pre-cut piece of micropore tape in alc dish.
Tape over injection hole with alc soaked micropore tape. (it will stick, as alc evap's)
Proceed to next jar & repeat same process.
This innoc method minimizes needle exposure to OPEN AIR.
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: agar]
#5296266 - 02/13/06 06:37 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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SO....no flame, all alcohol?
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: agar]
#5296268 - 02/13/06 06:37 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Good post bro. I always use open air method. I just do it in a sterile bathroom. And you ask how is a bathroom sterile? ALOT of bleach, alcohol, and elbow grease,lol.
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: agar]
#5296281 - 02/13/06 06:39 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Scatmanrav recommend the alcohol soaked paper towel to me on my first grow and I have never done anything different. I do not feel that I have ever had contaminants introduced at inoculation.
My reasoning for this is because I have always had an entire batch fail or succeed. Leading me to believe the jar's where not properly sterile when inoculated. Or the syringe I used was DIRTY.
BTW This is also done in an uncleaned (but not filthy) kitchen with windows open. Lately with the furnace on. I just make sure to knock them up right out of the PC.
Edited by musher_420 (02/13/06 06:41 PM)
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: musher_420]
#5296303 - 02/13/06 06:43 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Well, I learned something from magash (i think). Just put a sponge thats been cut to the length of your needles, about 1in thick. You just keep those on your needle, soaked in alcohol. As you inject, the sponge withdraws and covers back as you pull out the needle.
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: musher_420]
#5296305 - 02/13/06 06:43 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I've been doing this since for a long time.
Works!
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: agar]
#5296343 - 02/13/06 06:49 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Nice Agar . I've been doing open air for months now with no problems . I do it the way you do , taking care of the syringe between inoculations , but do the jars a little different .

I put 2 1/4" holes in each lid . I stuff one with poly-fil and leave the other for gas exchage . When I'm ready to inoculate . i pick up a jar , tilt it on it's side and squirt alcohol from a squeeze bottle on the poly-fil . Give it a good shake to remove any excess alcohol and set it back down . Then I inoculate through the sterile poly-fil . I get 6 quarts ready at a time , inoculate those six , and get 6 more ready . I only do 6 at a time so the alcohol doesn't evaporate . It's like inoculating through an alcohol prep pad .
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: HippieChick]
#5296362 - 02/13/06 06:51 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Thats why I love self sealing injection sites. For the newcomers...
Jar RTV Silicone Poly Tube Polyfill
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: Hoss]
#5296375 - 02/13/06 06:54 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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that sounds like a good F'in idea. IME i dont get alot of contams from inoculating. and up until recently i only used spore syringes so my growth would be considerably slower than w/ LC.
don't get me wrong... this would probably cut my contam rate down from like 1 in 15 (give or take, depending) to non-existant.
this is why i'll be switching to RTV injection ports on my lids.
do you ever get a bit of substrate mess on the bottom of the sponge? i guess that question would only apply to PF jars...
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: agar]
#5296378 - 02/13/06 06:55 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
agar said: OVEN TEK IS BOGUS. (fact, heat convention draws in outside air)
Yessiree
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: krill]
#5296385 - 02/13/06 06:56 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Lol your right. that question would only apply to PF jars...
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: Snaggletooth]
#5296405 - 02/13/06 06:59 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
Snaggletooth said: SO....no flame, all alcohol?
I never flame needles.
If innoc solution is not contaminated, if needle is kept wrapped, if your procedure is tight, there is no need. 
I used to flame agar innoc loops with this.
 wickless alc lamp.
 Now, I use this instead.  (bacticinerator)
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: agar]
#5296456 - 02/13/06 07:09 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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WHAT"S HE GOT IN HIS BAG OF TRICKS THIS TIME?
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: lardnar]
#5296484 - 02/13/06 07:13 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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DUTY-FREE CUSTOMS SHOPS ARE THE SHIT!!! not trying to jack the thread... but... i happen to know that the duty free customs shop between Vanccouver, B.C. and Washington Kick ASS!!! i got a handle of Jameson Irish Whisky (a personal fav) for like $18, a box of Glenfiddich chocolates for a few bucks, and they have REAL ABSINTHE (yes, WITH the Wormwood) for like $43 !!!
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: lardnar]
#5296531 - 02/13/06 07:21 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
lardnar said: WHAT"S HE GOT IN HIS BAG OF TRICKS THIS TIME?
 1200F inside that puppy.
 Dental picks off ebay make good agar working tools.
Between plates, I sterilize the tool in the bacticinerator.
Wickless alc lamp is MUCH cheaper. (can be had on ebay)
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: agar]
#5296569 - 02/13/06 07:28 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hum...interesting, then I have to check out my tek then and give it a go
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: Snaggletooth]
#5298328 - 02/14/06 07:44 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Starting today... i have stoped using the oven tek.
But i don't think my issue is with inoculation. It's with sterilization. I am pc'n for 1 hr. and i think i need 1.5-2
so we'll see on todays run. i am doing 5 different tests.
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: Oatman2000]
#5689304 - 05/30/06 12:48 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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my method is a little different. I have a 3/16 hole covered with masking tape. I hole my syringe with the alcohol paper towel over it. I then take that towel off and wipe the tape on the jar and the tape flap. Then wipe needle and inject into the jar against the glass and rotate the jar to hit all sides. Then just push the tape down and recover the needle...repeat.
I think 1-100 contam
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: Snaggletooth]
#5689844 - 05/30/06 07:10 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
Snaggletooth said: SO....no flame, all alcohol?
even with my hood i still preferr flaming my needles/tools.
see it glow, see it die
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: ohmatic]
#5737366 - 06/11/06 09:34 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: ohmatic]
#5737374 - 06/11/06 09:43 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
ohmatic said:
even with my hood i still preferr flaming my needles/tools.
see it glow, see it die

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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: agar]
#5740665 - 06/12/06 03:13 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
agar said: OVEN TEK IS BOGUS. (fact, heat convention draws in outside air)
I've had 100% success with using the oven tek. I do everything: Make syringes, inoculate jars, G2G transfers using the oven.
I'm not at all trying to debate if the tek itself is bogus or not, but it does work for some.
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: FungusMan]
#5740679 - 06/12/06 03:28 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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FungusMan said: Well, I learned something from magash (i think). Just put a sponge thats been cut to the length of your needles, about 1in thick. You just keep those on your needle, soaked in alcohol. As you inject, the sponge withdraws and covers back as you pull out the needle.
Wow! That's a great tip.
-FF
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: NinjaGaiden]
#5740691 - 06/12/06 03:42 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
NinjaGaiden said:
Quote:
agar said:
OVEN TEK IS BOGUS. (fact, heat convention draws in outside air)
I've had 100% success with using the oven tek. I do everything: Make syringes, inoculate jars, G2G transfers using the oven.
I'm not at all trying to debate if the tek itself is bogus or not, but it does work for some.
more like 100% LUCK
and I will debate it...
the Oven tek is crap!~
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: Roadkill]
#5740773 - 06/12/06 05:24 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
more like 100% LUCK
and I will debate it...
the Oven tek is crap!~
If you say so...
I've done tons of open air g2g over the oven without 1 contam yet.
Move two feet up to my counter, try the same thing, and I get contams every single time.
...Luck?
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: NinjaGaiden]
#5740793 - 06/12/06 06:02 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I have ALWAYS done everything in open air.
When I was studying biology at uni, when we use to do lab work like streaking of cultures onto agar plates, everything was always done in open air.
We would just sterelize the inoculation loop in a flame, dip it into the liquid culture and then streak it along the agar plate which would be open to the air.
Never got contams, I believe all this fume hood stuff is just being over carefull, no need for it in my opinion.
I do EVERYTHING in open, making syringes etc, the only thing I cover up are when im making spore prints as they have to sit for a while.
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: Ascension]
#5740889 - 06/12/06 07:52 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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That's using a bunsen burner. It creates a small clean zone around it. Not quite the same as just doing things in open air.
-FF
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: Roadkill]
#5740935 - 06/12/06 08:28 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
Roadkill said:
Quote:
NinjaGaiden said:
Quote:
agar said:
OVEN TEK IS BOGUS. (fact, heat convention draws in outside air)
I've had 100% success with using the oven tek. I do everything: Make syringes, inoculate jars, G2G transfers using the oven.
I'm not at all trying to debate if the tek itself is bogus or not, but it does work for some.
more like 100% LUCK
and I will debate it...
the Oven tek is crap!~
tc
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: KaptKid]
#5740968 - 06/12/06 08:41 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Contams fall downward and land on your surfaces. So if you stay in an updraft of warm air it probably does help. If all the air is moving upwards then nothing can fall into your open jar or petri dish.
I wouldn't trust it as a method though. But it might help a little if the rest of your sterile technique is good.
-FF
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: fastfred]
#5741079 - 06/12/06 09:24 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Convection from a source of heat will move airborne mold spores upward and outward from the source of heat. Examples are hot air rising from a stove top burner, oven heating element, gas grill, Bunsen burner, or even something so small as a lit match.
Household air may have as many as 10,000 invisible particulates per cubic foot floating in it, many of which are contaminates. The laws governing thermodynamic air movement preclude any argument otherwise.
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: HippieChick]
#5741140 - 06/12/06 10:00 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah hippiechick I do the same thing. I do all my inoculations in open air and all i do is flame the needle for a few seconds between inoc. I just pull my tape back, inject, and tape back over.
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: Ascension]
#5741264 - 06/12/06 10:43 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
Ascension said: I have ALWAYS done everything in open air.
When I was studying biology at uni, when we use to do lab work like streaking of cultures onto agar plates, everything was always done in open air.
We would just sterelize the inoculation loop in a flame, dip it into the liquid culture and then streak it along the agar plate which would be open to the air.
Never got contams, I believe all this fume hood stuff is just being over carefull, no need for it in my opinion.
I do EVERYTHING in open, making syringes etc, the only thing I cover up are when im making spore prints as they have to sit for a while.
Do you live in a bubble? Advising people to do agar or any other type of sterile work in open air is just ridiculous. Any serious mycologist knows better.
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: NinjaGaiden]
#5741345 - 06/12/06 11:14 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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using the oven tek...
example by Anno...
wanna test it yourself?
use a lit cigarette, cigar, joint, or a stick of incense.
and hold the object lower than the lip of the jar.
and see where the smoke goes.
that will be the air flow movement around your jar and work space.
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: FooMan]
#5741361 - 06/12/06 11:22 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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this cracks me up... Nothing is Sterile around us, unless its been filtered or clean... WE MUST modify our environment in order to keep our cultures clean. Every mushroom spawn company uses flow hoods for agar work. There is no point lowering your success rate any lower than 97%. Not to mention, contams can hide in spores/mycelium without detection for a while, in the meantime they are building up momentum. Answer this - Why risk it?
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: Roadkill]
#5741403 - 06/12/06 11:32 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Good idea to bring that up. So many people have different ways of innoculating and Ive been doing this process for a long time and it seems to cut down on contaim. issues. I give 10 out 10 for this one.
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: Cryogenicz]
#5741436 - 06/12/06 11:41 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Cryogenicz said: this cracks me up... Nothing is Sterile around us, unless its been filtered or clean... WE MUST modify our environment in order to keep our cultures clean. Every mushroom spawn company uses flow hoods for agar work. There is no point lowering your success rate any lower than 97%. Not to mention, contams can hide in spores/mycelium without detection for a while, in the meantime they are building up momentum. Answer this - Why risk it?
I wouldn't risk it. The person I originally quoted apparently would.
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: FungusMan]
#5756522 - 06/16/06 08:14 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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That's a great idea.
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: 76degrees]
#5756704 - 06/16/06 09:43 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I take cheap plastic tarps and tape them to the ceiling in the kitchen. I then spray sterilize the entire inside before doing anything. It's a mini makeshift clean-room. Zero air movement. Anytime air moves around the plastic moves, so when the plastic is dead still you can bet the air is also.
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Peterthinks
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Registered: 11/10/04
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: garygenn69]
#7398053 - 09/11/07 07:30 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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sometimes I use a propane torch like they use to solder copper plumbing pipe together, I just let it run on low while I work.to sterilize anything just hold it up to the flame. lately I just leave the blade on the stove element as it's on high and it works very well.convenient since I do a lot of my work on the kitchen counter.
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Dr_T
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Registered: 06/03/07
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Loc: Colorado
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Re: OPEN AIR INOCULATION METHOD. [Re: Roadkill]
#7398535 - 09/11/07 09:14 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
Roadkill said: and I will debate it...
the Oven tek is crap!~
tc
The inside of my oven is the most sterile and spore-free place in my apartment. I prefer to use techniques that don't require opening the jars at all- but when I have to open one, I do it inside the oven.
Someday I'll build a glovebox- but not today.
-------------------- Roger Rabbit said: Growing mushrooms is part art, and part science, but it's not magic.
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