Old syringe, what route to take?

I have a syringe of GT thats been in a small stable fridge for 2years. Its probably dead but im bored and figured i'd give it a shot. If there is only a few spores left is there anything i can do to help their chances? injecting the entire syringe into honey for a week first? Pop corn tek or BRF?

Ive looked a bit online but getting a straight answer is kinda hard.

Thanks,

WhatStrain

Shake up what you have left and make a LC out of light karo syrup...make as many as you like...Plus if by what you say there's only a few left are you talking about cc's or spore clumps for what you can see there are untold thousands more that you cant

the ol college try...

Agar.

Thanks for the quick responses guys i really appreciate it.

Canndo, Ive seen this tek(<-link) and it seems like it should work. Any suggestions on it? i think probably only use my syringe on 3-5 jars vs his 20

Who, I have never seen karo in my local stores but ill try a few of the specialty shops

Liquid culture is three dimensional, you want to work on a plain. But figure a sleeve of dishes is twenty bucks and pre made agar another twenty. If you are recovering something rare great, otherwise just buy another syringe.

i'll just order another syringe then thanks canndo

I've successfully used spores that sat in my closet for about 2 years. They did seem to colonize more slowly than usual but other than that, no differences.

Yeah ill be trying to knock up some jars in a few days, thinking WBS. I still want to order a few new syringes but a good reliable vendor is hard to find for Canada. Sporeworks is my best option unless anyone has any other ideas?

Whatstrain said:

Thanks for the quick responses guys i really appreciate it.

Canndo, Ive seen this tek(<-link) and it seems like it should work. Any suggestions on it? i think probably only use my syringe on 3-5 jars vs his 20

Who, I have never seen karo in my local stores but ill try a few of the specialty shops

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its just corn syrup