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Making Agar vs. Buying Nutrient Agar?
    #8881844 - 09/05/08 11:28 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

I've been searching around town for Malt extract agar, the only things I can find are 10gram $8.00 vials at the student teacher aid store in the science section...  I hopped online in hopes of finding a decent price for a pound or so when I realized how many agar plates I'm going to be going through while collecting wild specimens.
General price range is about $50-100 for 500grams on google's usual searches, with averages of $100.

I got pissed off at those prices, since even our vendors are around 40 dollars, and started looking up prices on malt extract... the only problem is I don't know how to make or find an affordable nutrient-free agar for a base to mix the malt extract in.  At least not lab quality.
I can find 2lb food grade agar-agar for 60bucks, how is the growth rate though?  I can get the Malt extract really cheap, a pound is like a couple dollars.
I'm extremely excited about this, and would like to get myself started right away.  I know I can't afford to dish out 40bucks every 500grams of agar, not if it's possible to make it for a bit cheaper.


Do you guys this I should go this route, and if I do, does anyone know any recipes as well if I decide to go this route?  Mixing ratios and what-not?

Also, does anyone know where to get those triple chamber petri dishes?

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Re: Making Agar vs. Buying Nutrient Agar? [Re: Maverick]
    #8881857 - 09/05/08 11:30 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

You can try some of this

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Re: Making Agar vs. Buying Nutrient Agar? [Re: Damion5050]
    #10098982 - 04/03/09 05:46 AM (15 years, 9 months ago)

this is my plates after 19 days....i have feeling just like they dont have enougf power to cover the plate with micelium(oyster):(

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