Raising a slime mold, the steps.

You come from discover the slime mold and don't really know which way to go about it?
What to do with your slime mold ?
How to wake him up? How to raise it?
How to experiment? How to manage departures on vacation?
What if we want to part with it?

Our tutorial explains from A to Z how raise a slime mold

What will you need?

  • In addition to our kits, to raise your slime mold over time, you will need:
  • 15 minutes a day
  • Agar-agar and plenty of Quakers Oatmeal
  • Set of 5 150 mm petri dishes
  • A butter knife (or our special Blob spatula)

Raising a blob, the steps

Raising a Blob is not complicated and does not take much time. Count about fifteen minutes a day to maintain it. When you need to stop its breeding temporarily (leaving on vacation), all you have to do is put it to sleep before you leave, and wake it up when you return (explanations in the tutorial below). And when you want to part with it, you just have to leave it in your garden or a flowerpot, where it will probably sporulate to reproduce. HappyEnd!

Here is in a few steps everything you need to know before, during and after ordering your Blob.

1

Order your blob

Choose your pet Blobs from our many strains (American, Australian, Orange, White, Lu…). They will come to you healthy, dormant (sclerotia). and accompanied by the instruction manual. They will only be waiting for you to wake up…Blobs can remain dormant for years. You will therefore have plenty of time to deepen your knowledge and prepare yourself before waking them up... Are your Blobs ordered? See the following.

2

Get to know the BLOB better

Before embarking on an adventure, there is always a certain amount of knowledge to acquire. The blob is no exception to this rule, which is why Blobshop offers you a detailed explanation of this organism on the dedicated page: What is the blob ?

To be even clearer, in the video opposite, Dr. Audrey Dussutour, the great Blob specialist, presents everything you need to know about the Blob before starting.

3

Check out the Blob Breeding Video Tutorial

In this tutorial, Dr Audrey Dussutour gives you all the useful information, tools, methods and tips for easily raise your Blobs.

4

Wake up your Blob

Have you watched the previous videos? So you are ready to wake up your Blobs !

Look how easy it is!

Put them in their favorite environment and wake them up with some water.

5

Raise Your Blob in a Petri Dish

Raising a Blob is very easy.

You just have to respect these golden rules in your farms:

  • It must be in a temperature around 24 ° C
  • It must evolve in a humid environment
  • He fears the light
  • He must be able to breathe
  • He loves oatmeal
  • Mold is its main enemy

The easiest solution to respect these rules is breeding in a petri dish.

A good approach, therefore, is to learn to breed your Blob first in the ideal context of the petri dish, and then subject it to more creative situations second.

By following Dr Dussutour's tutorial, you will know how to grow your Blob in a petri dish context without difficulty.

6

Experiment with your Blob

Once you have mastered petri dish rearing, you will be able to experiment as you wish without risking “losing” or “killing” your Blob.

To do this, for each “at risk” experience (change of environment, new food, etc.), you will cut a piece of Blob that you will compare to your experiences, but while keeping your original Blob in “back up”. Petri dish. In doing so, you always have a perfectly healthy Blob in your petri dish as you subject some of its pieces to your experiments. From then on, you will no longer be afraid of making bad manipulations, you will always have Blob available in your petri dish.

Now be a creative scientist and offer your Blob all kinds of experiments. Why not start with the famous labyrinth test, reproduce the experience of the Alpha mission, or even nutrition tests? You can try to raise it in any medium you like. Some use vivariums, others glass jars, wooden boxes, plastic boxes…. 

Experiment with your Blob as much as you want, the only limit is your creativity, but never lose sight of the golden rule mentioned above:

  • It must be in a temperature of around 24 ° c
  • It must evolve in a humid environment
  • He fears the light
  • He must be able to breathe
  • He loves oatmeal
  • Mold is its main enemy
  • To take experiments further, you can perform the Maze Test, a unique experiment for blobs.

As Bluedot-tech did perfectly on their video, recreate the maze experience at home!
Using simple colored plastic papers that you cut out (book cover, insert, etc.) and some oats, create the labyrinths you like and offer your Blobs an orientation test!

“The blob being facetious, it will sometimes try to climb on the plastic, so do not hesitate to color your maze with an indelible marker, thus creating an impassable chemical barrier!”

Maze Experience

If you have any questions, contact us.

 

Good breeding!