Close friend of mine passed away nearly 2 years ago. Found several dozen cultures and 10 grain jars. Decided to do transfers to see if they'd revive.
First transfer is going nuts. The grain jar pictured i also put to plate and grain to agar, and then sent it for the hell of it. The tub is colonizing rapidly, despite being the grossest looking grain I've ever seen. The grain to agar plate is growing slowly with bubbly mutations. I'll take photos once I can get clean shots. These were dated 3/7/24 and 2/18/24 respectively.
Goes to show these things can survive. The agar chunk I put in the cup was dried out too. The cup was pure green, but as you can see the growth is eating it rapidly. I put these to plate 2 weeks ago, and left them to do their business. Took a while to revive, but now they're going ham.
His equipment and teks had been left in a basement room, sealed up since he passed. I went in to help clean it out, and found all this stuff. Coco coir, casing material, etc., all around 2 years or more old. It's been really satisfying bring some of his work back from the dead. I miss him a lot, and this has been very cathartic finishing his projects.