[Deepsycher]

A thread for people who like to grow mould in hope that one day civilization can be discovered at a microscopic level.


Conditions for mould growers:

Keep pictures as sharp as possible

No blurry photos that don't give clear details of the mould.

At least make sure the details of the mould can be seen.

[Chyld]

You know what? I left a half-full beer bottle on my wardrobe in July 04, and then left it when I went off to uni.

Apart from adding some bread to it sometime in 2005, it hasn't been moved since.

Once I graduate uni, I'll have a look at it, see what its like, and post some pictures.

Incidently, does mould grow on bread?

[Deepsycher]

Well of course, then it becomes bird food if the birds in the garden are hungry enough.
Mould in beer, I am not sure if the sugar will act as a preservative in fluid but I would like to see that hopefully if it hasn't been thrown away. I was devasted when someone threw my small milk bottle away which I grew the mould with the lid shut. Due to a lack of air resources the bottle started to squeeze and it went from centre black to grey.

Organic Strawberry Cordial:



This has been growing the two flowery things since October 2006. They started out as very small but has grown recently with the white mould growth ontop when I left it in the light.




Flower thing with trapped air bubbles inside.




The white mould.




The white mould at a higher angle.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 09 April 2007 - 07:37 PM

[Chyld]

In all fairness, the mould has probably all dried out and died by now, but its nice to dream.

I once left a cup of coffee on a shelf for a fortnight, it turned into a lump of... something that emitted dust when you cracked it open.

For some reason, I used that mug again.

[Deepsycher]

Yes that happened to a cup of hot chocolate I left out for days. It turned into a black bit at the bottom with cracks but I couldn't see any mould. Well I'll see if there are any improvements in this dream.

[Frank the Rabbit]

Back when i was a lad, i would pack every piece of nature i could find, grass, twigs, flowers, bugs, toads, and mud into a bottle and leave it for a year. every time i woudl open it up, it seemed i had created biological warfare.

[Slade]

Toads? Those poor lil' toadies...

Mold definitely grows on bread. I've thrown out many a loaf I haven't eaten fast enough due to the mold growing on it.

[Jane Sherwood]

I'd consider trying my hand at this kind of thing, but the facts that I'm allergic to mold and that some kinds can KILL YOU are a bit disconcerting.

Slade: I mourn the many loaves of yummy bakery-fresh sourdough bread that I have lost to mold setting in only after only about three days. Poor soft, delicious sourdough bread...I should have eaten you faster...

This post has been edited by Jane Sherwood: 10 April 2007 - 01:28 AM

[Gobbler]

Let me join in one that requiem for yummy bakery. A tear shed for those we've lost.

[Deepsycher]

I have some milk to post later. The bottle recently started to squeeze. I knew I shouldn't have shakened it whilst it became hard last year.

I better buy some masks as before I open it.

[Emu]

poor sourdough

when I cleaned out my fridge about two weeks ago, I discovered in the back of one shelf a very scary lemon. it had turned completely green and fuzzy.

I got it out of there as fast as I could, but in retrospect I should have taken a picture.

[Deepsycher]

Well I found some old photos when I first taped a milk bottle:



A close view to the spots. The milk is hard but the fluid at the bottom is watery:



Side view:




Back views when shaken:





After enough shaking it mixes back into milk again, with a bad smell I think. I did this last year about this time in March. I'll soon post the pictures of it now.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 10 April 2007 - 04:35 PM

[Gobbler]

Come to think about it...

A thread for people who like to grow mould in hope that one day civilization can be discovered at a microscopic level.

... I feel like someone's been watching a certain episode of The Simpsons a bit too often.

[Deepsycher]

The graphics make me feel bored. I don't watch the Simpsons. It was just a joke maybe one day it maybe possible.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 10 April 2007 - 04:54 PM

[SimeSublime]

Mold definitely grows on bread. I've thrown out many a loaf I haven't eaten fast enough due to the mold growing on it.

I mourn the many loaves of yummy bakery-fresh sourdough bread that I have lost to mold setting in only after only about three days. Poor soft, delicious sourdough bread...I should have eaten you faster...

Let me join in one that requiem for yummy bakery. A tear shed for those we've lost.

You're all weak, just cut the moldy parts off and eat the rest. That's what I do.

Once, in a fit of laziness, I decided that every time I used anything that required cleaning, instead of cleaning it I'd just stick it in the dishwasher. Then I'd run the dishwasher when either it was full, or I'd run out of something I needed. It was a good idea in theory, but as I was living on my own and wasn't using much cropery, some plates spent an entire week in there. They were fairly green by the time I ran it.