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Originally Posted by Ely
Yes, I did learn a few things... Don't harvest too early. That was my primary error. The pods were too green even though they were ten months in and looked like they changed color. I took a filing box and lined the whole thing with aluminum foil and secured that with tape. Over that I put heavy duty plastic wrap and stretched plastic wrap over the opening in the top for a window. I proceeded to cut two holes in one side and placed my working materials inside (the cleaned pods, scalpels, and alcohol sprayer along with the agar medium I created seven days prior) and covered the two holes with plenty of clear packing tape. Taking my trusty pocket knife I sliced an 'X' into each opening, about the size of a silver dollar. Then, wearing surgical gloves, I forced my hands into the openings and sprayed everything down with the isopropyl alcohol again, including my hands. I opened only one jar at a time and placed a pile of "seed" into each jar (about the size of a grain of corn). After that I sealed up the jars (mom's jam jars meant for canning, no less!!) and got out of the glove box. It looked very strange to mom and she thought I was doing another crazy chemistry experiment (got in trouble melting potassium nitrate and sugar earlier this year, but I digress). AHHH. Good times.
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Yeah i just use one of those large 48L plastic tubs with the lid on, cut two holes out of the side and use it as a 'glove box' without the gloves. I wash the inside out with 10% bleach and water and its ready. For flasks i use orchid flasks i already bought from people but you could also use jars.
A question though, do you need to put in a hole for air exchange? Covered in micropore tape or whatnot?
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