This reusable liquid culture “airport” lid is equipped with a heavy duty injection port and a 0.22 µm syringe filter for air exchange in an autoclavable canning lid. Replaceable gasket in lid forms seal when screwed on by stainless steel band. Designed to keep contaminants out, while allowing for adequate gas exchange your cultures. *Canning jar NOT included.*
Drill the holes to the right depth with ease with our 12mm high speed auger bit with built-in depth stop. Drill holes, insert sawdust mushroom spawn with specialized inoculation tool, and cover with melted wax. Round shank for use with regular or high speed drill. For lightning-fast drilling, convert your angle grinder to a drill with our specialized adapter.
Drill holes to the right depth with ease using our 8.5mm high speed auger bit with built-in depth stop. Drill hole into freshly cut log, insert mushroom plug spawn, and cover with melted wax. Round shank for use with regular or high speed drill. For lightning-fast drilling, convert your angle grinder to a drill with our specialized adapter.
Antiseptic Isopropyl Alcohol Pad 70% v/v. Wipe down and sterilize injection ports and needles before injecting liquid culture.
Convert your angle grinder into a high speed drill to make drilling holes into logs fast and easy.
Wood dowels inoculated with Bear’s Head for log cultivation (Hericium abietis). Drill hole in freshly harvested coniferous log, tap in plug spawn with hammer, cover with wax. Store log outdoors in shade, and soak periodically during extended dry periods.
*For Advanced or Experimental Growers* Wood dowels inoculated with Chicken of the Woods mycelium for planting into coniferous logs. Best results are achieved through “pre-treating” freshly cut logs before inoculation by steaming, boiling or pressure cooking, then partially burying the logs once well-colonized. Note: Some people have gastrointestinal distress eating this gourmet edible mushroom. Cook well and eat a small amount the first time.
*For Advanced or Experimental Growers* Wood dowels inoculated with Chicken of the Woods mycelium for planting into hardwood logs. Best results are achieved through “pre-treating” freshly cut oak logs before inoculation by steaming, boiling or pressure cooking, then partially burying the logs once well-colonized. Note: Some people have gastrointestinal distress eating this gourmet edible mushroom. Cook well and eat a small amount the first time.
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8 X 4 X 18″ 4 MIL gusseted polyethylene bags for mushroom cultivation. Perfect for expanding your oyster mushroom, and other fast-colonizing species. Pasteurized and cool straw, then mix in a crumbled Oyster Mushroom Grow kit. Stuff into the gusseted bag.
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Hardwood sawdust pellets, perfect for all wood loving fungi like oysters, shiitake and lion’s mane. Supplement with wheat bran for increased yields.
Make your own injection port lids out of canning jar lids. Insert a sterile liquid culture syringe through the injection port to expand your culture onto sterile grain or more liquid media.
Autoclavable bags with injection port and filter patch for mushroom growing. Fill with substrate and sterilize in pressure canner. Once cool inoculate with a liquid culture syringe through the injection port with your mushroom culture.
Easily “plant” mushroom sawdust spawn into logs using this high quality inoculation tool. Custom-made by a machinist on Vancouver Island, BC Canada from anodized aluminum with a brass plunger, stainless steel tube, and replaceable wire spring. Drill holes into log with a 12mm drill bit, insert the mushroom sawdust spawn of your choice with inoculation tool, then cover with melted wax to seal in moisture and prevent contaminants from entering.
*For Advanced or Experimental Growers* Wood dowels inoculated with maitake mycelium for log cultivation. Best results are achieved through “pre-treating” freshly cut oak logs before inoculation by steaming, boiling or pressure cooking, then partially burying the logs once well-colonized.
Ten pairs of nitrile gloves
Organic Canadian whole rye kernels used for mushroom grain spawn. It’s great for eating too!
Wood dowels inoculated with oyster mushroom mycelium for log cultivation. Drill hole in freshly harvested hardwood log, tap in plug spawn with hammer, cover with wax. Store log outdoors in shade, and soak periodically during extended dry periods. Keep watered spring and fall for mushroom crop.
Packs of 25 vented petri dishes in sealed sterilized bag (100mmx15mm). Purchase with or without enough parafilm to seal them.
Large Salai autoclavable bags with “MM” filter patch for fruiting blocks (comparable to Unicorn 3B). Fill with supplemented substrate then sterilize. Once cool inoculate with your mushroom grain spawn, seal and shake. The filter allows air exchange, while keeping contaminants out. Contact us for box orders.
Large Salai autoclavable bags with “R” filter patch for mushroom grain spawn production (comparable to Unicorn 3T). Fill with cooked grain and sterilize. Once cool inoculate, with your mushroom culture, seal and shake. The filter allows air exchange, while keeping contaminants out. Contact us for box orders.
Small Salai autoclavable bags with “R” filter patch for mushroom grain spawn production (comparable to Unicorn 4T). Fill with cooked grain and sterilize. Once cool inoculate, with your mushroom culture, seal and shake. The filter allows air exchange, while keeping contaminants out. Contact us for box orders.
Extra-Large (Long) Salai autoclavable bags with “MM” filter patch for fruiting blocks (comparable to Unicorn XLSB). Fill with supplemented substrate then sterilize. Once cool inoculate with your mushroom grain spawn, seal and shake. The filter allows air exchange, while keeping contaminants out. Contact us for box orders.
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Extra-Large (Short) Salai autoclavable bags with “MM” filter patch for fruiting blocks (10cm shorter with filter comparable to Unicorn XLSB). Fill with supplemented substrate then sterilize. Once cool inoculate with your mushroom grain spawn, seal and shake. The filter allows air exchange, while keeping contaminants out. Contact us for box orders.
Wood dowels inoculated with cold strain shiitake mushroom mycelium for log cultivation. Drill hole in freshly harvested hardwood log, tap in plug spawn with hammer, cover with wax.
After inoculating logs with plug spawn or sawdust spawn, cover with melted soy wax to retain moisture and keep competitors out while your mushroom colonizes the log. Melted wax can be applied with a wool dauber, a brush or turkey baster.
Sterile 18 gauge needles 33 mm long (1.5″). Attach to a liquid culture syringe with the luer lock tip, and inject into a substrate for inoculation.
Sterile 10 ml syringe with luer lock tip for liquid culture. Purchase needles separately.
Prevent contamination of your liquid culture with these sterile individually sealed syringe caps that screw onto a luer lock syringe.
Syringe filter (13 mm diameter, 0.22 µm). Installed into a canning jar lid, the filter will keep contaminants out, while allowing for adequate gas exchange your liquid cultures.
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Unicorn Brand autoclavable bags with filter patch for mushroom growing. Fill with substrate and sterilize. Once cool inoculate with your mushroom culture and seal. The filter allows air exchange, while keeping contaminants out. Contact us for discounts on box orders.
Unicorn Brand autoclavable bags with filter patch for mushroom growing. Fill with substrate and sterilize. Once cool inoculate with your mushroom culture and seal. The filter allows air exchange, while keeping contaminants out. Contact us for discounts on box orders.
Unicorn Brand autoclavable bags with filter patch for mushroom growing. Fill with substrate and sterilize. Once cool inoculate with your mushroom culture and seal. The filter allows air exchange, while keeping contaminants out. Contact us for discounts on box orders.
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Unicorn Brand autoclavable bags with filter patch for mushroom growing. This large size bag with 0.2 micron filter is only available by special order. Consider comparable Salai SM-R bags which are in stock.
Unicorn Brand autoclavable bags with filter patch for mushroom growing. Fill with substrate and sterilize. Once cool inoculate with your mushroom culture and seal. The filter allows air exchange, while keeping contaminants out. Contact us for box orders.
These absorptive wool balls are perfect for soaking up melted wax to seal inoculation points on logs. The daubers have 1” balls with a 4″ metal handle. We also carry mushroom plug spawn and wax for your log inoculation needs.
Organic Canadian Wheat Bran is a great nutritional supplement that will increase the yields of your mushroom crop.
Wood dowels inoculated with yellow oyster mushroom mycelium for log cultivation. Drill hole in freshly harvested hardwood log, tap in plug spawn with hammer, cover with wax. Store log outdoors in shade, and soak periodically during extended dry periods. Keep watered spring and fall for mushroom crop.
