So today my neighbor across the street knocks on the door and says, " I just wanted to know that the other guy across the street has a brother that is a cop. I don't know if you know but its not legal to grow here. I got caught once growing it my window and his brother saw it when he came for a visit."
Finally, I'm starting to see some green in the flasks. The 2 commercial medias seem to be leading the charge so far. No big surprise really. Its very possible that the cornstarch media is germinating as well too but due to the color of the media (light blue) and the color of the seed naturally (light yellow) it has always kinda had a greenish hint in the cornstarch media so I'm waiting for them to swell a bit more before I say for sure. One flask that did germinate was sown on a previously contaminated empty flask that was wiped with a lysol wipe. Unfortunately earlier this week it appears that the contamination has returned, so if it starts to spread too quickly I will be replating (see pic).
Upon inspection of all the flasks of media, both with and without seed. I found 3 flasks of P723 in poly containers that were microwave sterilized with milky contamination. The good news is that all flasks that have been sown so far show no contamination. This includes even the seed that has been sown and sterilized using the gas fumigation method. However no germination has yet to be witnessed so it is possible that the seed is sterile, or has been over sterilized with bleach.
