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Mushroom cultivation => Cultivation => Topic started by: doughboy86 on November 28, 2008, 11:20:32 AM

Title: how to make agar ?
Post by: doughboy86 on November 28, 2008, 11:20:32 AM
i was wondering if any body here could help me out with this i would like to know how to make agar i have attempted to and use some all ready but the agar i make is all ways cloudy i have been making it with potato,dextrose,and agar 20 g agar 10 dextrose and i boiled potato's for an hour and use the liquid left over i only start with one liter of liquid when boiling potato's then bring the liquid up to one liter after boiling and straining the potato's i only use 350 g patoats i was also wondering if just agar and dextrose would be a good host for my-cilium (would myclium grow on just agar and dextrose compound much easer less time) how would i also get the agar clear is it the potato's
Title: Re: how to make agar ?
Post by: psilocybin warrior on November 29, 2008, 01:09:32 PM
Potato dex and malt dex with agar are fine.
Title: Re: how to make agar ?
Post by: doughboy86 on December 01, 2008, 03:48:31 PM
yes` that might be good but i cant seem to get the agar to be clear and i was wondering if i could use just agar and dextros and what is malt
Title: Re: how to make agar ?
Post by: psilocybin warrior on December 02, 2008, 01:34:30 PM
How are you preparing your agar? just agar and dextrose are fine, malt extract is another usable nutrient source for agars. works well with potato dex.