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old syringes
    #8903698 - 09/09/08 06:58 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

hello all

i hope this is not been repetitive post, if so sorry. im recently recovering from a serious spinal injury that has had me out of farming our little friends for about a year. i still have some old syringes that i kept tightly in a couple of bags and then in a tyvek envelope and sealed the envelope. if i remember correctly i they should be no good at this point or at least very weak. now since im still half disabled and in quite a bit of debt cause i was physically not able to work and healthcare isnt free in the USA. i would like to use the to save some money as i have almost none and need to desperately get back on my feet. at the same time i wouldn’t want to start something up only to have contam or other problems due to old/weak spores.  I did get quite a bit of cant both inside the FC and the incubator last time cause I wasn’t able to keep up as I was not even able to sit up at the time. So I very afraid of using anything old cause I don’t have the cash to try this again. At the same time reusing any equp. I have would save me lots money that I could defiantly use right now. What do you guys think? Should I go all out with new stuff or use some/all of the old? And advise would help. thanx......


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Re: old syringes [Re: redshadow]
    #8903718 - 09/09/08 07:03 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

i would at least try with the old stuff. it may take awhile but with agar and isolating sectors its possible to get some good stuff with what you got.


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Re: old syringes [Re: grymmtymm]
    #8903778 - 09/09/08 07:14 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

I've had great success with syringes well over a year old. The amount of viable spores definately diminishes over time, but if they were stored in a cool dark place, you should still have PLENTY of viable spores in those syringes.

Put a few drops on agar, or cook up an LC mix, and squirt a small amount in. If your syringe is still viable you should see germination and growth within a few days.

The only way you are going to know for sure is to try it out mate. But in all likelyhood. the syringe is just fine.

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Re: old syringes [Re: BigBlackBoxX]
    #8903922 - 09/09/08 07:41 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

thats a good idea, ill try some LC. Ive also got some LC that about a year old what do you guys think of that one. it doesn’t look to bad. Its an old malt jar. i dont see  any solids or anything at all in it for that matter. the liquid does look a wee bit cloudy, or maybe i just cant remember what it originally looked like. For some reason I remember it looking as clear as say, light beer. you think the LC is still good?


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Re: old syringes [Re: redshadow]
    #8903968 - 09/09/08 07:49 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

I would prep one grain jar and inoculate it with the old syringe.  If the grain jar takes to the inoculation, then go forward with prepping another 10 jars.  Do a G2G inoculation and have a total of 10 good jars.  If the old syringe didn't take, then you only lost one grain jar and about a weeks worth of time.

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