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MEA Agar Plates 90mm - Pack of 10

MEA Agar Plates 90mm - Pack of 10

$20.00 USD
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MEA Agar Plates 90mm — Pack of 10

Ten pre-poured MEA (Malt Extract Agar) plates ready for your culture work. These are blank plates — no culture included — giving you a clean canvas for transfers, isolation, testing, and expansion. Stack them, pour your transfers, and build your culture library from the ground up.

What They're For

  • Culture work & isolation: Take tissue transfers, sector selections, or spore germination work to isolate clean, vigorous genetics.
  • Expansion: Transfer cultures from slants, LC, or colonized grain to build up volume before a big grow.
  • Testing: Drop a drop of LC on agar to verify it's clean before committing to a full grow — catch contamination early and save your substrate.

Who Needs Them

Serious cultivators doing agar work, anyone isolating strains or testing cultures, and growers ready to take control of their own culture management. If you're moving beyond syringe-to-grain and want to see what's growing before you commit, these plates are your window.

Specifications

  • Media: MEA (Malt Extract Agar)
  • Plate size: 90mm
  • Quantity: 10 blank plates
  • Status: Pre-poured, sterile, ready to use

How to Use

  • Work in front of a flow hood or inside a still-air box.
  • Open plate and inoculate with spore solution, LC drop, tissue transfer, or agar wedge.
  • Seal with parafilm and incubate at species-appropriate temperature.
  • Observe growth and take transfers once clean mycelium is visible.

Storage

Store wrapped plates at room temperature (65-75°F) or refrigerated at 35-45°F. Use within 60 days of receipt for best results. Inspect for contamination or drying before use.

Quality & COA

Each plate is poured under sterile conditions and visually inspected for contamination before packaging. Representative plates from each batch are tested for sterility.

How to Use This Agar / Slant Culture

  1. Work in a sterile environment — use a still air box or laminar flow hood. Sanitize all surfaces and tools.
  2. Transfer a wedge of colonized agar to a new agar plate or grain bag using a sterile scalpel or loop.
  3. Seal the plate with parafilm or tape to prevent contamination.
  4. Incubate at 70-75°F and watch for mycelial growth spreading across the new medium.

Uses: Agar plates and slants are ideal for strain isolation, expansion, and long-term storage. Slants are especially useful for preserving genetics in a compact, long-lasting format.

What's in the Box

  • 5-pack of inoculated agar plates or slant tubes
  • Sealed and sterilized for safe transport

Shipping & Storage

All orders ship within 1-2 business days from our Colorado facility. Liquid cultures ship in insulated packaging to maintain viability. Store LC syringes in the refrigerator (35-45°F) until use. Grain spawn and substrate bags should be used within 2 weeks of delivery for best results. Ready-to-fruit blocks can be stored at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.

Our Clean-or-Replace Guarantee

Every liquid culture is test-inoculated on agar before release to verify purity and viability. If your culture arrives contaminated or fails to colonize, contact us within 14 days with a photo and we'll send a free replacement. No return required.

New to Mushroom Growing?

If this is your first grow, we recommend starting with a All-in-One Grow Bag or a Ready-to-Fruit Block — both are designed for beginners and require minimal equipment. For liquid culture use, you'll also need a grain spawn bag and a substrate bag. Check out our growing guides for step-by-step instructions.

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