AgarPots Kit
£20.00
Working with gourmet spore swabs, prints or syringes? Looking to grow those wild species of mushrooms you discovered during your foraging?
Not included: you will need a gourmet spore syringe for this kit (we do not currently have any in stock).
What's included
- 8 x 70% IPA / 2% Chlorhexidine wipes
- 2 x Anti-Microbial Handwipes
- All products are dispatched within 3 working days. Some same day.
- UK delivery only. Sent by Royal Mail Tracked 48 or Royal Mail Tracked 24, from £3.50. Shipping.
Description
Sterile wrapped and ready to use
Ensure your highest success rate and contaminant-free mushroom spawn.
Packed within a breathable sterile bag, you can remove the AgarPots for inoculation and easily place them back inside to colonise cleanly.
Once you have clean growth, simply cut a wedge of mycelium and drop it into our SpawnTubs.
Included with pack of 8 AgarPots
- 8 x 70% IPA / 2% Chlorhexidine wipes
- 2 x Anti-Microbial Handwipes
Scalpels not included
Scalpels are not included. UK law says bladed items sold online must have an age check when they're delivered, so we leave them out. Use your own sterile scalpel.
Our Agar recipe
- Agar-Agar
- Light Malt Extract (LME)
- Nutritional Yeast
- Distilled Water
Grow guide
Working with gourmet spore swabs, prints or syringes? Looking to grow those wild species of mushrooms you discovered during your foraging? Our premium Malt Extract AgarPots are the perfect solution, plus they are injectable. Easy to work with, large 120mm diameter with Inject-thru lids. Once you have clean growth, simply cut a wedge of mycelium and drop it into our SpawnTubs.
What's in your pack
- 8x AgarPots (agar-agar, light malt extract, nutritional yeast and distilled water), sterile wrapped in a breathable sterile bag
- 8x 70% IPA / 2% Chlorhexidine wipes
- 2x anti-microbial hand wipes
You will also need
- Your gourmet spore syringe, swab or print
- A sterile needle, if you're using a syringe
- A sterile scalpel for cutting wedges
- A Still-Air Box (SAB)
- SpawnTubs, for when you have clean growth
Step 1: Inoculating your AgarPots
Agar work needs to be done clean. Always work within a Still-Air Box (SAB), in a small, clean and draught-free room.
- Get clean: Make sure you're showered with fresh clothes. Clean your hands and forearms with a hand wipe for 40-60 seconds and let them dry completely.
- Everything in the SAB: Put your AgarPots (still in their sterile bag), wipes and syringe, swab or print inside the SAB before you start. The AgarPots are packed within a breathable sterile bag, so you can take them out for inoculation and easily place them back inside to colonise cleanly.
- With a syringe: Screw a sterile needle onto your syringe, wipe the Inject-thru port on the lid with a 70% IPA / 2% Chlorhexidine wipe for 40-60 seconds and let it dry, then pierce the port and let only a droplet or two fall onto the agar.
- With a swab or print: Lift the lid only as far as you need to, gently streak the swab (or a little of the print) across the surface of the agar, and close the lid straight away.
- Back in the bag: Put your inoculated AgarPots back inside their sterile bag to colonise cleanly.
Step 2: Colonisation
- Somewhere warm: Keep your AgarPots somewhere warm and steady - aim for 23C (give or take a couple of degrees). Avoid heat mats!
- Leave them alone: Try not to open or handle them while the mycelium grows.
- What clean growth looks like: Healthy mycelium is white. Anything coloured, slimy or with a strange smell is contamination - don't use it.
Step 3: Into your SpawnTubs
- Back in the SAB: Get clean again (hands and forearms for 40-60 seconds), then work inside your SAB.
- Cut a wedge: Once you have clean growth, cut a wedge of the clean white mycelium with a sterile scalpel.
- Drop it in: Drop the wedge into your SpawnTub and close it straight away. Then colonise the SpawnTub as its own guide explains.