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Entire Plant Underneath Agar While in Tissue Culture

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 2:46 am
by JoeMama
Hello! I have a question about plants entirely submerged in agar while in tissue culture. To start, I received a venus fly trap tissue culture through the mail and it went from sitting on top of the agar to completely underneath during shipping.

Will this have any impact on the growth of the venus fly traps?

Thanks,
Joe.

Re: Entire Plant Underneath Agar While in Tissue Culture

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 1:21 pm
by davinstewart
probably not.

can't you just jiggle it around until it's back on top?

Re: Entire Plant Underneath Agar While in Tissue Culture

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 1:58 pm
by Camden
DONOT OPEN IT WHATEVER YOU DO. Bacteria loves agar; could kill/takeover in hot second.

Re: Entire Plant Underneath Agar While in Tissue Culture

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 4:16 pm
by JoeMama
davinstewart wrote:probably not.

can't you just jiggle it around until it's back on top?
I initially did that to get the plant upright in the agar, but not on top of it.

Re: Entire Plant Underneath Agar While in Tissue Culture

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 4:17 pm
by JoeMama
Camden M wrote:DONOT OPEN IT WHATEVER YOU DO. Bacteria loves agar; could kill/takeover in hot second.
I would never!