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[tvoivozhd <tvoivozd AT infionline.net>]

Basic need is to reduce airborne contaminants, and reduce them further 
with a HEPA filter.  A good way is to make and work inside a plastic tent.




http://www.omnisterra.com/botany/cp/slides/tc/tc.htm  (kitchen table 
tissue culture)
Go for the plants that seem too expensive---blueberries would be a good 
choice, or outside the garden and orchard category, expensive flowers.


http://www.kitchenculturekit.com/kitchenMess.jpg  (graphic of one 
version of a kitchen tissue culture lab.)

http://carnegieinstitution.org/first_light_case/horn/PTC/preptcmed.html  
(Forget the autoclave, do your own sterilizing in a pressure cooker)

http://home.neo.rr.com/kuska/holmes_hap.htm  (homemade clean-air 
setup---total cost about $40)

http://www.tissuecon.com/aboutus2.htm  (Indian website on bag culture, 
other cheap innovations)

http://www.kitchenculturekit.com/SUPPLY.HTM  (you need stuff like 
balance scales, PH meter--for latter a cheap garden meter might work)

http://www.une.edu.au/%7Eagronomy/AgSSrHortTCinfo.html  (good Australian 
instructions)

http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/Haseloff/techniques/TechnicalPDFs/LowCostTCprac.pdf  
(more low-cost advice)

http://www.omnisterra.com/botany/cp/slides/tc/hood.htm  (John Laroche 
glove box, test tube or baby food jar rotator---you need this, a fine 
reference)