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+== '''07 May:''' ==
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+Today I got two Petri dishes from the Biolab. One of them was empty, the other one contained an old Physarum.
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+When I arrived at home I cleaned the Petri dishes first.
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+From dear Anna I got a sample of Physarum. (She also gave me a dried sample).
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+After I cleaned the petri dishes, I watched the videos on how to cook medium.
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+I have to honestly say that I am a little excited to grow my own organism.
+Of course, I read up on Physarum polycephalum on the internet. After that, I first watched the science fiction movie Blob - Horror without a Name.
+Medium in the petri dishes (I was amazed how fast it solidifies).
+To start simply I wanted to let my Physarum grow "normally" first. So I fed it with normal oatmeal and put it in my old fridge (this one doesn't cool anymore) overnight.
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+== '''08.05:''' ==
+The next morning I was very surprised to see that he had grown. It was very exciting to see the change. Pretty fast. It feels a little like taking responsibility for him.
+I wondered if he would grow faster if it was warmer for him. I put him on the windowsill for that.
+But it turned out that he grows best when he is in the dark refrigerator.
+I have wrapped the petri dishes in a cloth so that it is a little warmer.
+'''08.05:'''
+I have now spread the oatmeal a bit so that Physarum grows in width.
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+== '''09.05:''' ==
+It turns out that he grows pretty fast and spreads out to get to his food.
+Both samples are growing fast and you can see that he is starting to "eat" the other oatmeal piles.
+It is exciting to see Physarum spreading.
+Every morning after I got up, the first thing I did was check for Physarum. I have noticed that I have started to develop an emotional attachment to it.
+I take care of it and talk to it, even if that sounds strange. I give him food and have created a place for him to be.
+It feels good to take care of him.
+'''09.05. Evening:'''
+It's crazy, it was a sunny day and I was outside the whole time. When I came back Physarum grew super fast.
+Time for more space and a new home:
+Inspired by Anna, I wanted to create a bigger home for Physarum. For this, like Anna, I took a box and lined it with baking paper.
+In the sunny weather I ate an ice cream. I then took the empty jar to grow Physarum in it.
+Now I could use the dried sample from Anna in the jar to see if already dried Physarum comes back to life.
+Also, the labyrinths are now coming into use. I placed them in the big box and put oatmeal at the exits.
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+== '''10.05:''' ==
+I was very excited that the dried sample has grown.
+There has also been progress in the big box.
+Physarum has also grown in the maze.
+In the evening of the day Physarum it already almost managed to grow out of the maze.
+== '''11.05:''' ==
+I no, when I looked after Physarum today, I saw that in the one sample in the petri dish it unfortunately started to mold, apparently there was too much moisture in the petri dish.
+Well - time for a new experiment:
+Now I wanted to try to feed Physarum with something unusual. For this I placed chips and sugar in the petri dish.
+But also in the big box progress was shown. Physarum made it out of the maze.
+Unfortunately, I forgot to put medium in the one maze, that's why Physarum didn't grow either... unfortunately.
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+== '''12.05:''' ==
+Ok that was fast! I looked in the fridge this morning to see how much Physarum has grown and I noticed that it has grown beyond the petri dish.
+I was a little surprised and also a little amazed that it's happening so fast after all. Pretty cool...
+But also with the chips something has happened, Physarum has grown over the one piece of the chips, but it doesn't really look like he likes it.
+But things are also progressing quite a bit on the jar, as you can see Physarum has grown up the entire jar. I was a bit surprised, because there is no medium at these places.
+Also in the box it goes forward, Physarum spreads more and more and is already much further than the labyrinth.
+In the one Petri dish, it really takes off. The Physarum is growing over the edge. When I wanted to take it out of the refrigerator, I had to pull it off with some force so that it would detach from the refrigerator.
+== '''13.05:''' ==
+Physarum continues to grow in the box as well.
+== '''14.05''': ==
+My idea is to grow Physarum in different colors.
+For this I first got food coloring to color the oatmeal.
+Also, I wanted Physarum to grow in a certain shape, for this I put the oatmeal so that it forms a square.
+==
+'''20.05:''' ==
+Today there was a big progress, Physarum has turned green.
+At the beginning when Physarum grew over the oat flakes, it did not change color. I was a little disappointed. But I thought I'd let it grow a bit and see what happened.
+But when Physarum grew out of the petri dish, it turned green. Then I was really happy.