Yes! it's like a "choking" smell - if you get what I mean!!
Annie :o)
"Dave L" <dave_the_glammy_fan at yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> "Des O'Connor" <des at micro-search.com> wrote in message
> news:S76I9.837$qg4.38804 at wards...> > Hi
> >
> > If you made the plates yourself ( rather than pre purchased items) its
> very
> > likely that shelf life will be short, ie somewhere between 7 and 21
> days.It
> > all depends on storage temperature, agar depth and rate of
> evapouration,not
> > to mention nutrient depliton by oxidation and other factors etc.
> >
> > Just in case you ask or wondert no you cant freeze em
> >
> > Sorry if its bad news the plates are scrap.
>> 3 weeks for homemade plates obviously the private sector has money to burn
> ;-)
>> Dave
>>