{"title":"Petri Dishes \u0026 Tubes","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"parafilm-for-sealing-agar-plates-after-inoculation","title":"Parafilm - for sealing agar plates after inoculation","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is another one that I found curious when I started growing mushrooms. By this point, I wasn’t using agar myself (that would come later), so in my head when I read that you’d need to seal your agar plates, I thought “fuck it I’ll seal them with sellotape or micropore tape”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTurns out that’s not the best idea; the sticky part of the sellotape or micropore tape has a chance of getting contaminants adhered to it (watch the sunlight shine through your room and see all those contaminant-harbouring dust particles floating around even when it’s clean), so that’s already less good. It’s also a pain in the ass messing with rolls of sticky tape when you’re in front of a flowhood and you’re wearing gloves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd then obviously the train of thought pulled into For Fuck’s Sake station and I realised that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esomeone had already invented and perfected a specific kind of sealing tape for agar plates for these exact reasons.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf the idea of using agar plates is new to you, Parafilm is like a cross between clingfilm and sellotape. It’ll stretch to 200% of it’s original length, and instead of being sticky it adheres to itself. This means you can put a bit on your agar plate, stretch it round, and seal the whole thing. It’s air-permeable so your growing mycelium can breathe, but it won’t let anything else in. If you’re using \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mycopunks.com\/collections\/agar-gellan-dry-mixes-and-additives\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eagar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to up your mushroom growing game, you want to be using Parafilm. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe no longer cut Parafilm into individual pieces, your order will arrive as a long strip for you to cut to measure. This increases the shelf life of the product and helps prevent drying\/cracking. 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These beautiful little circles are exactly what you need to stop your agar from just falling onto the floor and making a mess.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey arrive perfectly sterile in a clean bag. They are really high quality too, we've used cheap ones before and they are not worth bothering with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note: These cannot be autoclaved, they arrive sterile ready to use. We use our used ones for spore prints after they've been washed out.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAseptically manufactured under clean room conditions (Class 7 ISO14644) to exclude microbiological contamination. Terminally sterilised by gamma irradiation. CE marked in accordance with European Directive 98\/79\/EC. In vitro use only. Produced and tested in accordance with the BS611 part 2 standard, which includes stringent dimensional controls. Ideal for use in automatic plate pourers. Triple vented - aids gaseous exchange. 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