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Germinate spores in a small sterile jar before they touch grain.
Give your spores a small, sterile place to wake up before they ever touch grain. Each QuickCulture Mini jar holds 30 ml of nutrient broth behind a medical-style injection port. Inject a few cc of spores, let the mycelium grow out, and you will know within days whether you have a clean, healthy culture to work with.
Three pre-filled, sterilized 30 ml jars with self-healing ports, plus a 20 cc syringe, a draw needle, a vent needle and alcohol pads. Inject 2-3 cc per jar, give it 5-10 days, then inoculate grain with mycelium that is already growing.
The rubber septum is the same kind used on medical vials. It closes behind the needle every time, so the lid stays on and there is no filter disc to get wet.
At 2-3 cc per jar, a single spore syringe covers the whole kit with some left over, and each finished jar goes much further than the syringe would on grain.
Contamination shows up in a small jar instead of a case of spawn bags. If a jar turns cloudy or off-color, you lose one jar, not a whole tub.
Everything arrives sterile. There is nothing to mix, measure or pressure cook.
Flip off the plastic cap, wipe the rubber port with an alcohol pad and let it dry.
Push spore solution or liquid culture straight through the port.
Keep it at room temperature out of direct light and give it a gentle swirl every day or two.
When white mycelium is floating in the broth, draw 2-3 cc per quart of grain. If it pulls hard, add the vent needle first.
Tip: start all three jars from the same syringe. If one goes cloudy or grows something odd, you have caught it for the cost of a single jar.
Spores injected straight into grain can take a week or more to show whether they were viable, and a bad syringe costs you the grain too. A QuickCulture jar gives spores an easy, nutrient-rich start. Once the jar fills with mycelium, the grain you inoculate gets something that is already running.
Spores straight to grain: a week or more of waiting, and a dud syringe costs you the grain.
Spores to a QuickCulture jar first: you know in days, and a dud costs you one jar.
Pairs well withOur liquid culture syringes for a faster start than spores, and sterilized spawn bags for the grain step.
2 to 3 cc per 30 ml jar. Adding more does not speed it up and just uses up your syringe.
Usually. The flip cap is only a dust cover. The sterile seal is the rubber septum held down by the crimped aluminum ring. If the ring and rubber are intact, wipe the septum with alcohol and use the jar. If the aluminum seal is loose or the rubber is missing, do not use it and contact us.
The broth is a malt and sugar blend, and it darkens slightly when it is sterilized. That is normal. Before you inoculate, it should be see-through, not cloudy or hazy.
Yes. The septum reseals behind the needle each time. Wipe the port with alcohol before every entry.
Pulling liquid from a sealed jar creates a vacuum. Wipe the port, push the small 25G vent needle through the septum to let air in, then draw with the 16G needle. Remove the vent needle when you are done. Do this in a clean, still area.
Most jars are ready in 5 to 10 days at room temperature. Slower species, older syringes and cool rooms take longer, so go by the growth in the jar rather than the calendar.
Yes. Inject 2 to 3 cc the same way. It usually grows out faster than spores because the mycelium is already established.
At 2 to 3 cc per quart, a colonized 30 ml jar covers roughly ten quart-size jars or bags of grain.
No. An occasional gentle swirl is enough. A stir plate just breaks the mycelium up more evenly and makes drawing easier.
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Excellent product. For germinating, your spores i like to inoculate one jar with a single CC spore solution after a few days, you can really tell it's working. Great. After 7, it was more than ready then I inoculated my other 2 jars with the liquid culture from the first 1 after a few days, they're ready to inoculate grain spawn. @p2 now, my grains will be @p3 so far, my grain looks great still needs a little more colonization.
I used three different strains and they are all doing great, at the end of the first day its possible to see development if your got strong enough genes, very healthy after transfer aswell!!!
Took 2 days to notice something then 4 days later its ready, had no problem will have to buy again
Great product I would highly recommend for ease of use and reliability. Item was received earlier than expected same as the time before . Excellent quality excellent service .
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