check this link

https://www2.carolina.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?jdeAddressId=&catalogId=10101&storeId=10151&productId=2296&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=&crumbs=n
It is a starter kit for growing fungi.
check the site out!
PS: I do not represent or work for Carolina Biological Supply house! So this is not spam!

Agar is the type of media is it not?

Does anyone know how to make a growth media for ferns - other than buying Agar I mean?

Hi Flash14756.

So you can tell Saturday night was a bit slow here.

Here is a link to some informative info about some of the different Agar mix/soulution/blends???? The agar itself is basicly galactose from the cell walls of Alge/Seaweed.
You can "adjust" it to whatever nutrient/pH/colour/smell/flavor you want.

If other folks like it you can name it [like a new bug].

Chocolate Agar seems like a fun try, perhaps with a light Mentho/Coconut flavor? You could produce the "Mounds" Truffle maybe? ;)

ANYWAY.....
The "Nutrient Agar"

"Will grow the largest number of different types of microbes - fungi and bacteria. Yet, not all bacteria can grow on these. Some find it too rich, and others find it deficient. The nutrient in this is beef broth, and some extracts from yeast."

I am trying to find out what extracts, what I read on beef broth was scary.

AND

"Sabouraud Agar"

"Used for fungi and has a low pH that will kill most bacteria. It contains gentamicin, which is a aminoglycoside antibiotic. Gentamicin can also treat many different types of bacterial infections, particularly Gram-negative infection."

So be careful not to let some of this stuff down the sewers.

Please post if you find anything that works for you or any cool home made brews.

J.R.

Here is a link that might be useful: Agar info