(March 21, 2012)
       We are switching up the experiments a little bit. We finished all of our sunflower seeds mixed with dry substrate and millet before spring break. So, we have moved on to sunflower seeds in inoculated liquid media! We will have to wait until next week to mix it with the substrate. To inoculate the liquid media we have to put sunflowers in the jar with the liquid for a little bit. Then, we put that liquid into a blender where we mix it with our mycelia. Inoculation is simply mixing our mycelia with the liquid media, which can have a jell-o like consistency. Though inoculating the dry millet from before was almost the same, inoculating with liquid is so much better!

       The other major news of this week is that we have officially moved to the new building, which is actually just behind the original. So much more space to experiment. How exciting!

(February 29, 2012)
       I didn't go to my internship because of the snow. I will just have to wait until after break!