Got jerked on some needles for my spore syringes

Ordered some syringes of B+, first time grower.

About a week later after finish getting all the supplies, I prepared the substrate jars using the PF tek method, let the jars cool and sit overnight, only to find out that no needles came with my order, during the inoculation process. I'm mad dissapointed.
No where will a pharmacy sell me needles, without a prescription, and there are no farm stores or whatever nearby. And before ordering needles, I might as well order syringes from another source.

So is there anyway I can just dump all the shit from the jars into a little plastic box or something, put that plastic box into a big sterliute container, and inoculate some way? If there isn't, at this point, I don't give a damn about contamination THAT MUCH. I do but not THAT MUCH. it'll be interesting to see if I can go an alternative route from here without getting contaminations. thats the goal, but I wont get my hopes up too much. Just want to know if this is somewhat possible to do without being all icky picky squeaky sterlizing clean right now because I went threw all that trouble already.

I feel like putting the source on blast right now, because I don't want no one else orderin shit from them. They:

1. Took two weeks to ship my order and
2. Sent me an additional syringe ( how nice of them), but forgot needles for both of them. FAIL

Google "syringe access law [your state]. They are probably legal. If you are self-conscience tell them they are for your model car hobby to apply paint or what you want to say. But they don't care.

for some reason I can't find any clear concise information on this.

I decided to just dump the jars in a little black plastic container I somewhat steamed, with my latex gloves on, I molded the BRF and wet vermic into a ball sorta, and used my fingers to 'platter' it out, making it a bit flatter. I took my needless syringe and dropped it over the platter. Put the plastic container inside a bigger one and shut it closed, put a towel over it and put it in my closet.

We'll see what happens

When doing fungal culture sterility matters. . .*A LOT*.

Good luck with your dump.

glShemp said:

Google "syringe access law [your state]. They are probably legal. If you are self-conscience tell them they are for your model car hobby to apply paint or what you want to say. But they don't care.

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im pretty sure Hobby Stores will have syringes that are USEable.

The only state that doesn't allow OTC syringe sales is Delaware. Try a big chain pharmacy.

Just find a junkie bro.. I'm sure he can help u

the syringes you will have trouble getting are the tiny guage ones, you don't need those, in fact some syringes are designed for this sort of work and aren't sharp.

Try feed stores, ask a veternarian, hobby places - and I think you can get one that works in culinary shops for decorations.

What you did in stead will very likely not work - you are going to have to be pretty damn lucky. I gather you had sterile jars to begin with? all you had to do is lift the lid and squirt the stuff from the syringe body.

So is this contamination or not?

dont look like it to me.

thats wack, someone on a forum said it was cobweb mold, so i threw it out

looks like mold to me. mycellium can be fuzzy in high humidity but never seen it that airy or even close.

I have, he need only have waited another day to know, it doesn't look like spiderweb to me.

That was definately cobweb mold. Mycelium looks more thick than that for sure. If you notice the black dots starting on the left hand side of sunaj's picture? Here is some healthy mycelium:


Here is cobweb mold:


The cobweb mold has a wispy grey tint to it and if you look in this picture there is some healthy mycelium on the right it spreads out differently.

Gonenowhere said:

That was definately cobweb mold. Mycelium looks more thick than that for sure. If you notice the black dots starting on the left hand side of sunaj's picture? Here is some healthy mycelium:
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Here is cobweb mold:
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The cobweb mold has a wispy grey tint to it and if you look in this picture there is some healthy mycelium on the right it spreads out differently.

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I thought the grey might be simply the blending of the substrate below.

When you go to your pharmacy, don't just ask for needles - ask for blunt tipped needles, then proceed to say it's for dosing small amounts of liquid (I use them for my ecigarette to properly dose 10ml nicotine with .25ml flavoring)

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So is this contamination or not?View attachment 2322216

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Looks good to me. You should taste it and let us know. lol

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it is mycelial growth AND contamination. the gray mass center left is not mycelium is some kind of mold, maybe cobweb. even if the myc wins this one you are going to have constant problems. growing cubes can be quite easy, but you have to follow sterile procedure to the letter on some key things (inoculation being one of them). go find, read and absorb an entire tek on cultivation available at a site like shroomery or a stamets book from the library. every second of every day you are surrounded by countless spores, mold, fungi and virii, all of which grow perfectly in the same environment you have to create for cubes. sterile procedure is everything.