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WhiteBunny
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Agar questions
#8647458 - 07/17/08 03:07 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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So I think I want to use this recipe Potato Dextrose (Yeast-extract) Agar (PD(Y)A) broth from boiling 150 grams sliced potatoes in 500ml water for 30 minutes(add water to 500ml) (You can use 5 g of instant potato flakes instead) 9 g agar agar 7 grams dextrose( = glucose, or 10 ml honey or corn syrup ) 1 gram brewers yeast or yeast-extract (optional)
My question is if I don't have a scale how much is 150grams of potatoes. I can weight it on the scale at the store but it's not going to be in grams. Also I have agar agar but need to know a American measurement to mix. Any help would be great. Thanks
WB
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I got the Potatoes measurement taken car of but I don't know much 9 grams of agar is or 10 grams of corn syrup are because they have different densities... any help? Looking for something like... 1/2 a tea spoon or something.
Also I picked up a nice thick favor injector from the grocery and I am think of using it to extract mycelium from the LC's. Has anyone used it? IF I pressure cook it to sterilize it will it melt?
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FooMan



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I'm not sure about how to measure the agar without a scale, but as far as the corn syrup goes, use a 10cc syringe. 10ml's is the same as 10cc's. Fill the syringe with corn syrup and you have the correct amount.
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WhiteBunny
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Re: Agar questions [Re: FooMan]
#8648318 - 07/17/08 06:50 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Don't have any empty syringes 
WB
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PM me your address and I'll mail you one. I would order a scale off of ebay while you wait for it
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Re: Agar questions [Re: FooMan]
#8648406 - 07/17/08 07:37 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Come on man, you can't find conversion tables?
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Re: Agar questions [Re: Ledd]
#8648422 - 07/17/08 07:43 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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If you don't have scales or empty syringes, you probably also don't have petri dishes, a flowhood or good glovebox, surgical masks and gloves, scalpels, etc., that are all important for agar isolations. Get your supplies together first.
Everyone with a nickel and a ruler has a scale. Balance a ruler over a fulcrum at the 6" mark, and place a nickel at the 11" mark and your powder at the 1" mark. When it balances, you have 5 grams of product. RR
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where do I buy a 'fulcrum'?????
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A fulcrum is just a pivot point, like your elbow or knee, or the thing in the center of a see-saw. Use a coke can or prism...
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Re: Agar questions [Re: Ledd]
#8650159 - 07/18/08 08:30 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Eye Balled it last night, good chance it wo't work but I can always get more supplies. Ordered a scale last night too.
Any idea on the favor injector to suck up my LC? IF I wrap the injector in tin foil and pc it will it melt?
WB
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Mine did.
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Re: Agar questions [Re: robanero]
#8650240 - 07/18/08 09:06 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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mine broke with alcoho inside... that was WAY back now tho so they might make em different now
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Re: Agar questions [Re: P.Menace]
#8650385 - 07/18/08 10:07 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Does it have the little recycling symbol on it???
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10 mls is two teaspoons 9 grams of agar is one bar of agar you get at the chinese grocery stores that come in a two pack.
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