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+Sun. 31.05
+Starting to notice this white-ish slime. First I thought it was mold but now I think it is the trace that Physarum leaves behind itself - which if it has enough space hinders it from going to this spot again. Might be having a strange reaction with the Agar?
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+Sun. 31.05
+Seeing an answer to the question: does physarum grow on surfaces that are not Agar: yes!
+Does it maybe draw the moisture from the surface of agar so that it doesn't need it in other/all areas?
+Also you can start to see the digested oats that are no longer yellow so the blob moved off of them because they offer no more for it.
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+Sat. 30.05 - decided to 'feed' some less to start seeing a difference in behaviour
+Sun. 31.05 - because I don't want to much moisture to build up (might lead to bacterial mold) and to keep caring well for the Physarum & first get a better understanding of it, I gave each dish a full spoon of oats today.
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+The Physarum's structure is obviously much better visible when NOT ON OATS - so what are aesthetic and sustainable ways to replace the oats or make the food source disappear?
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+Mon. 01.06 - The first petri-dish, probably older than a week now changed colors, it doesn't look like mold but it's clearly much much darker then if was yesterday.
+Also doesn't look like the other phases of the life cycle?
+Mon. 01.06 - Also there is a lot more moisture in the dishes again - maybe today is finally a day to inoculate?
+Clearly 6 days is the limit - better to change them after 5 days  - like this guide also suggests: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BYdpvPxnUNgdqqu1ELHTnbWlc0cQqvu6
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+Mon. 01.06 - Here you can see Physarum build a squiggly mass on top of the oats, it's more like a pile of yellow little blobs than the vein like structure.
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+Mon. 01.06 - Also other dishes are starting to form black dots which I can see more clearly from the bottom - which show bacterial/Yeast contamination and indicate that I should change the dish.
+Clearly the Physarum wants out, but isen't even healthy enough to make it.
+A new inoculation follows!
+What isen't really clear to me is what to do with the old dishes from which I inoculate new ones? Do I let them go their course? Do I try to transfer as much of the blob and then let the leftovers dry?
+Answer - Mon. 08.06: I wait until the dish is fully dried out our possibly contaminated to throw away whole dish in worst case or clean out the already dried Physarum. I now have pre-made petri-dishes for when a lot tries to escape. If only a little tries to come out I put it back in the same dish.
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