u/rramirez1147

Hey everyone! This is our home for all things related to the technical side of tissue culture. We're excited to have you join us!

What to Post
Post anything that you think the community would find interesting, helpful, or inspiring. Feel free to share your thoughts, photos, or questions about media recipes, lab space builds, fail files, and sterilization protocols. We also support sterile plant exchanges. Please limit posting content related to acclimation to mondays posts of this kind on any other day will be deleted.

Community Vibe
We're all about being friendly, constructive, and inclusive. Let's build a space where everyone feels comfortable sharing and connecting.

We are officially looking for a new look! As our community grows, we want a visual identity that reflects our passion for plant tissue culture, botany, and science. Whether you’re a pro with Photoshop or an ai hobbyist, we want to see your designs.

Submission Guidelines

• Originality: Designs must be your own original work.
• Theme: Focus on themes like microscopy, test tube plants, Alocasia/Aroid explants, or laboratory glassware.
• How to Enter: Post your designs directly to this post under the appropriate icon or banner comment.

The Timeline Submission

• Deadline: Entries will be accepted until Thursday, May 21st
• Voting: We will hold a community poll for the top entries.
• Winner Announcement: The final winner will be announced on Monday, May 25th (exactly two weeks from today!).

The Prize

• The winning designs will be featured as the official face of r/tissueculture, and the creator will receive a permanent custom user flair to recognize their contribution to the lab.

Hi everyone. I’m happy to share that I’ve officially joined the mod team. Interestingly, I applied for this position a while back and was denied, but today I received an invitation to join. While I’m not entirely sure what happened with the previous moderator, they’ve been inactive and haven't responded to messages. I’m excited to help keep this space growing.

This community has potential to be the primary hub for tissue culture enthusiasts. While acclimation is often talked about, I’d love to see us shift into a more technical territory. I want this to be a place for collaboration and community driven. I’m looking for your input.

What would you like to see and which recommendations to you have?

Question: Will you be trying out these new medias and what concerns do you have?

These formulations (Houseplant Rooting Media and Houseplant Multiplication Media) are designed to eliminate the need for measuring sucrose, vitamins, or individual auxins/cytokinins. They are also pH-buffered, meaning you theoretically don't need to calibrate your pH. Simply add water, PPM, and your gelling agent of choice. I think this can be a game changer for beginners as it simplifies workflow. I hope this doesn't provide the same results as the Athena Shoots and Roots Media. Since some hormones can be sensitive to light and temperature, I can't help but wonder how long will the powder remain stable. I couldn't find details on which hormones are being used. Regardless I appreciate the dedication of Francisco Palacios and his team at u/Plant-Cell-Tech

Hello. I’ve been following this community and I truly believe this page has incredible potential to be the primary hub for tissue culture hobbyists. Currently, it feels like the sub is primarily focused on buyers acclimating plants they’ve already purchased. While acclimation is a vital part of the process, I’d love to see more content centered on the "lab" side of things: micropropagation, troubleshooting, and experimenting.

I reached out to moderate this sub to help steer it in that direction, but I was recently denied (likely due to my lack of previous Reddit mod experience). Is anyone else interested in moderating? If you have the experience and the passion to help this community grow into a more technical resource, please comment below.

Is the community happy as is? If you prefer the current focus on acclimation, that’s totally fair and this community can remain as is. If you are looking for a space specifically dedicated to the technical side of TC, I’ve also created r/TCLabs. It’s intended to be a place for the lab hobbyist. If anyone is interested in helping me mod r/TCLabs or just wants to join a community focused on the science of the hobby, come say hi! Would love to hear your thoughts on where you'd like to see this sub go.

Hey everyone! I'm u/rramirez1147, a founding moderator of r/TCLabs. This is our new home for all things related to the technical side of tissue culture. We're excited to have you join us!

What to Post
Post anything that you think the community would find interesting, helpful, or inspiring. Feel free to share your thoughts, photos, or questions about Media Recipes, Lab Space Builds, Fail Files, and Sterilization Protocols. We also support sterile plant Exchange.

What NOT to Post
Please hold back from posting content related to acclimation. Posts of this kind will be deleted.

Community Vibe
We're all about being friendly, constructive, and inclusive. Let's build a space where everyone feels comfortable sharing and connecting.

How to Get Started

1. Introduce yourself in the comments below.
2. Let us know how much experience you have in tissue culture and what you're growing.
3. If you know someone who would love this community, invite them to join.
4. Interested in helping out? We're always looking for new moderators, so feel free to reach out to me to apply.

Thanks for being part of the very first wave. Together, let's make r/TCLabs amazing.