Cloning the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree continues with an inspection to check for contamination. We have placed cuttings of the tree in tissue culture media and returned today to check how they looked.
All but two tubes had been placed in a dark shelf. Inspecting plates and falcon tubes, all seemed fine (puh! no comtamination - yet). We are hoping to see tiny shoots of roots soon - maybe on Monday. 
The eppendorph tube containing plants and auxin - one plant (left) was bubbling a bit - not sure if this is a good or bad sign - maybe just wood or something to do with it being Norwegian - the other plant (unknown but looks plastic-like) did not bubble.
We are quite curious if the needles will form roots.
The plate with a Christmas tree cut on its own...
The other unknown plant - I am sure someone will tell us its name soon...
Conifer needles in a petri dish.