Old syringe, what route to take?

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Whatstrain

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• Oct 22, 2014

• #1

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

 

WHODAT@THADOR

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• Oct 22, 2014

• #2

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

 

rory420420

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• Oct 22, 2014

• #3

the ol college try...

 

canndo

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• Oct 22, 2014

• #4

Agar.

 

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Whatstrain

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• Oct 22, 2014

• #5

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

 

Last edited: Oct 22, 2014

canndo

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• Oct 23, 2014

• #6

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.

 

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Whatstrain

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• Oct 23, 2014

• #7

i'll just order another syringe then thanks canndo

 

iconoclast

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• Oct 28, 2014

• #8

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.

 

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Whatstrain

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• Oct 29, 2014

• #9

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?

 

tekdc911

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• Oct 29, 2014

• #10

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