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    MEA Slant Tubes - Pack of 5

    MEA Slant Tubes - Pack of 5

    $15.00 USD
    $15.00 USD
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    MEA Slant Tubes — Pack of 5

    Five pre-poured MEA (Malt Extract Agar) slant tubes ready for your culture work. These are blank slants — no culture included — giving you a compact, space-efficient alternative to plates for maintaining clean cultures over extended periods. Perfect for smaller culture libraries or growers who want to try slant storage without committing to a full 10-pack.

    What They're For

    • Long-term culture storage: Store your working strains in refrigerated slants — compact enough to fit in a fridge door.
    • Transfers & strain banking: Inoculate from plates, LC, or grain to build a backup library of your best cultures.
    • Clean expansion: Use slants as a clean intermediate step between master cultures and production runs.

    Who Needs Them

    Serious cultivators maintaining a small culture library, anyone new to slant storage, and growers who want a reliable backup format for their best strains. If you're ready to start banking genetics but don't need 10 slants at once, this 5-pack is the right starting point.

    Specifications

    • Media: MEA (Malt Extract Agar)
    • Format: Slant tubes with angled agar
    • Quantity: 5 blank slants
    • Status: Pre-poured, sterile, ready to use

    How to Use

    • Work in front of a flow hood or inside a still-air box.
    • Open slant and inoculate with spore solution, LC drop, tissue transfer, or agar wedge.
    • Re-cap and incubate at species-appropriate temperature until growth is visible.
    • Refrigerate for long-term storage once colonized.

    Storage

    Store capped slants refrigerated at 35-45°F until ready to use. Blank slants are stable for 60-90 days under refrigeration. Inoculated slants can remain viable for 6-12 months under refrigeration. Let warm to room temperature before opening to prevent condensation.

    Quality & COA

    Each slant is poured under sterile conditions and visually inspected for contamination before packaging. Representative slants 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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