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shr00m3r

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Ralphsters - Contamination out of control?
#7944013 - 01/28/08 06:12 AM (16 years, 4 days ago) |
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Is it just me or are other people getting a exceptional amount of contaminated syringes from Ralpster? I had ordered 3 syringes, 2 out of 3 have already grown bacteria on my agar dishes, Last batch i got pretty much the same deal except all 3 were contaminated and i said fuck it. Basically i keep trying with these contaminated syringes and they grow the exact same thing over night, this yellow blotch, The other one grows this milky white liquid that doesn't look right at all. At one point i took a shroom i had in storage, Scraped the gills a little and tapped into a agar dish, I had much better success doing that then using a syringe from a vendor,
So i guess my main question is, Should i be dropping the syringes and trying prints out?
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Re: Ralphsters - Contamination out of control? [Re: shr00m3r]
#7944125 - 01/28/08 07:18 AM (16 years, 4 days ago) |
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i have only had good luck with ralphster. Maybe you should look at what you are doing wrong instead on jumping to conclusions and bad mouthing a good vendor.
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Re: Ralphsters - Contamination out of control? [Re: ozzyballs]
#7944155 - 01/28/08 07:30 AM (16 years, 4 days ago) |
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Ya, me too, I have heard tons of good stuff about them. I got some agar and the agar had yellow blotches in it without being nocced up...not sure where it came from though. It could be something really stupid causing it.
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Tomandjerry58
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Re: Ralphsters - Contamination out of control? [Re: rizingfire]
#7944263 - 01/28/08 08:29 AM (16 years, 4 days ago) |
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im sure he will make it right if you just e-mail instead of this. been dealin with him for about 5 yrs and never had any problems... most of the time he sends me MORE than i need.
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shr00m3r

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Re: Ralphsters - Contamination out of control? [Re: Tomandjerry58]
#7944339 - 01/28/08 09:07 AM (16 years, 4 days ago) |
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:P I'm not bashing ralphster by any means, I am asking a question regarding other peoples experiences, Thanks for jumping the gun though ozzy, someones got to do it.
Ive been dealing with ralphster since i started growing, Had no problems starting out with NO EXPERIENCE. Now that Ive been doing this for a year i know what i am doing in term of sterilization, Ive tried agar, Ive tried creating liquid cultures, The fact that it grows the same shit no matter what indicates contamination to me.
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Re: Ralphsters - Contamination out of control? [Re: shr00m3r]
#7944389 - 01/28/08 09:24 AM (16 years, 4 days ago) |
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This forum isn't for talking about growing...You will get a better help, two forums up.
Edited by Brainiac (01/28/08 10:28 AM)
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flavoraid
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Re: Ralphsters - Contamination out of control? [Re: Brainiac]
#7944875 - 01/28/08 11:29 AM (16 years, 4 days ago) |
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I think 5 out of 6 syringes has something to do on the user end. I don't think Ralphster would be in this business very long nor could he afford to be if that were the case.
My personal experiance I've gone through about 20 syringes from him (haven't delt with any other vendor) and so far 2 of them were contaminated one was 100% contamination and the other had like one or two survivors. so ~10% contamination in my experiance. I didn't have any problems till my recent order so it may have something to do with his current source. *shrugs*
Agar work can be very tricky without a flow hood from what ive heard time and time again. Did you inoculate any PF jars or anything?
Either way he rein bursts you for your syringes if they're contaminated so just drop him a line.
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shr00m3r

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Re: Ralphsters - Contamination out of control? [Re: flavoraid]
#7946672 - 01/28/08 06:24 PM (16 years, 4 days ago) |
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I got help for the problem, Nothing wrong with the syringes it seems, Just a very odd bacterial phenomenon. Thanks to you who didnt rip me apart and understood that i wasnt bad mouthing Ralph!, Just looking for help!
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Re: Ralphsters - Contamination out of control? [Re: shr00m3r]
#7946748 - 01/28/08 06:37 PM (16 years, 4 days ago) |
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flavoraid
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Re: Ralphsters - Contamination out of control? [Re: MYSTIQUE]
#7946808 - 01/28/08 06:47 PM (16 years, 4 days ago) |
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HAHA that's great
my teacher who looks like he should be mr burns out the professor from futurama (happens to play floorhockey and curls) played that song first class and started bashing a meter stick into the tables
crazy guy :S
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shr00m3r

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Re: Ralphsters - Contamination out of control? [Re: flavoraid]
#7948107 - 01/28/08 10:06 PM (16 years, 4 days ago) |
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kids will be kids
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Re: Ralphsters - Contamination out of control? [Re: MYSTIQUE]
#7948304 - 01/28/08 10:55 PM (16 years, 4 days ago) |
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lol that muppets clip, I love it. I have it on VHS from baaaaaack in teh day. Muppet Show > all teevee.
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Re: Ralphsters - Contamination out of control? [Re: Green420Thang]
#7949039 - 01/29/08 02:05 AM (16 years, 4 days ago) |
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Ive been noticing that all my syringes from sporestore are contaminated, i haven't had a problem before with them or contams but out of 4 none worked and all got the same nasty blue mold that smelled like pneumonia!
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Chemy
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Re: Ralphsters - Contamination out of control? [Re: TheMan420]
#7949244 - 01/29/08 05:52 AM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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Sporestore sucks, always contaminated or nothing received. What do you expect for 9.95 shipped
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Roadkill
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Re: Ralphsters..... [Re: shr00m3r]
#7949405 - 01/29/08 07:58 AM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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Quote:
shr00m3r said:
I got help for the problem, Nothing wrong with the syringes it seems, Just a very odd bacterial phenomenon.
Thanks to you who didnt rip me apart and understood that i wasnt bad mouthing Ralph!, Just looking for help!
Next time...
ask your agar questions in the Mush Cult forum...
not here in the Vendor/Sponsor forum.
Spores are sold for microscopic research only!~
I'm glad that you solved your problem...
but now you have a thread in the Vendor/sponsor forum with the title...
Ralphsters - Contamination out of control?
I suggest that you delete this thread...
it's not fair to the Vendor's business that you leave it up...
it raises questions of sterility with other members/customers.
Let me know if you would like it deleted.
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Roadkill
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Re: Ralphsters - Contamination out of control? [Re: shr00m3r]
#7949408 - 01/29/08 07:59 AM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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This thread has been closed.
Reason: problem solved
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