"FYI I'm having a similar problem as well, for the past month or so, with Mazie + Daywalker.Age: not an issue, I received these from Ian in August! worked fine then~Temp: year-round temps here are 25-30'C.Humidity: it's more humid now,…"
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Problems with raising Physarum Polycephalum from sclerotia
Started this discussion. Last reply by MP Jan 22, 2021. 7 Replies 0 Likes
HelloI'm writing this post, because I have a problem as mentioned in the title. Never before had I faced such difficulties and I'm doing things in the same way as earlier: I place a piece of kitchen…Continue
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"Update:One Daywalker managed to develop and it seems pretty normal, the second I sprinkled with crushed oats and I think it helped. I'm going to observe them. My other trials proved unsuccessful. I'm going to have a try of this last-chance…"
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Your best bet is go for broke - take the whole remaining piece, hydrate it and add some powdered oats straight on top - just a pinch. Keep them at 20c min, when you see growth, feed slowly.
It's possible you just got a bad batch of…"
"Thank you very much, your answer was the thing I hoped for for I know you're an expert according slime moulds (or molds, it confuses me which one is correct). The strains are both Daywalker and Mazie which I recieved from you in the summer. I…"
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What's the strain and how old are the sclerotia? If they're leaking a load of pigment soon after rehydrating, it's the sclerotia that's the problem - comes with an earthy smell. Cold down to 4c won't kill them - I store…"
"It's true that humidity drops when temperature falls down, but the slimes are keeped in the petri dishes so, I guess, it shouldn't affect them. Nevertheless, I'm grateful for your response."
Problems with raising Physarum Polycephalum from sclerotia
HelloI'm writing this post, because I have a problem as mentioned in the title. Never before had I faced such difficulties and I'm doing things in the same way as earlier: I place a piece of kitchen towel in the petri dish, I put on it a little piece of sclerotium plus an oat flake and I wetten it with tap water. But the slimes don't come alive even in 2 days and they derive foul smell (I don't remember feeling it before and it's hard to describe - something like old water and decay). From…See More
"HelloI'm glad to have found this forum, because I'm really interested in slime molds and there are not many books about them and hardly any in Polish. Moreover I haven't found really useful and practical informations about colecting…"
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