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LC pH?
    #5505651 - 04/11/06 09:17 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Is there an optimal pH for LC media? If so what should be used as a buffer? :syringe:


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Re: LC pH? [Re: shazoom]
    #5505678 - 04/11/06 09:20 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

I dont know if even the 'hard core' or the'old hand' balance the ph for LC. Just have not heard about it.


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Re: LC pH? [Re: Snaggletooth]
    #5507536 - 04/12/06 10:46 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

You would use lime I guess. I tried some baking soda in my apple juice LCs since I kept getting green mould. Still contamed! Havent heard of anybody else bothering. I have heard that lower ph leads to higher % of actives, but this is of no interest in normal use of LCs.


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Re: LC pH? [Re: blackout]
    #5507915 - 04/12/06 12:17 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

I've read in some advanced threads that 5.5 is optimal for myc growth in liquid, but those were in reference to growing out myc for psilo extraction (like what blackout mentions, i think its optimal for alkaloid production in myc but im not sure its effects on how fast or healthy it grows, which i assume is the goal here)... would be interesting to try.

Of course 5.5 is acidic, so something like lime is taking you the opposite direction... in those previously mentioned advanced threads they were talking about using HCl (hydrochloric acid) to lower the pH, there might be easier to use chems around the house... spike your LC with some vinegar or lemon juice and tell us what happens.  :naughty:

A side note... coffee has a pH of about 5.  Wonder if there's a coincidence there when it comes to people adding some to their substrate and it growing faster... hmmmmmm  :idea:


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