Mushroom Bag Primary Spawn Wood Plug Formula: Pack of 4: SW
The Primary Spawn Wood Plug Formula Mushroom Bag is specifically designed for primary spawn generation of wooden dowel plug spawn for popular wood loving edible and medicinal mushrooms such as Shiitake, Oyster, and Reishi Mushrooms. The bed of sterilized whole kernal corn found at the base of each bag allows the injected culture to easily germinate and colonize the wooden dowels without ever exposing the bag contents! Once colonized the plug spawn can be used to inoculate fresh cut logs for outdoor log-based mushroom cultivation. The above photo shows Culture syringe inoculation of the Primary Spawn Wood Plug Formula Mushroom Bag. Note the downward inoculation angle of the culture syringe. The Primary Spawn Wood Plug Formula Mushroom Bag is being colonized by Shiitake, Lentinula edodes mycelium, primary spawn, or primary filamentous growth, of the mushroom. The Primary Spawn Wood Plug Formula Mushroom Bag contains approximately 200 pre-soaked and sterillized 5/16'' x 1'' spiral cut wooden dowels, built on a layer of spawn generating whole kernal corn allowing spawn generation via culture syringe injection through the self-healing injection site. Primary Spawn Wood Plug Formula Mushroom Bag contains enough plug spawn for 3-4 logs of 3-4 feet (1 meter) in length. The spore syringe or culture is NOT included with the bag and must be purchased separately. To use, simply Unfold the Bag, allowing the extra material to stand straight up. Locate the small foam disk sealed and attached in a plastic housing near the base of the Bag. This disc is the self-healing injector site. Note: The disc will be covered by a small plastic shield. Do not attempt to remove the plastic covering the disc, you will inject through it. Sterilize a small section of the outside of the Bag (on the plastic shield) directly over the foam disc with an alcohol soaked wipe. With the same alcohol soaked wipe, sterilize the needle on your culture syringe. Inoculate the pre-sterilized whole kernal corn found in the bottom of each Bag with culture syringe solution by inserting the needle at a downward angle (as pictured above) through the plastic shield and foam disc at the previously sterilized spot. Squirt 1-3cc of culture solution directly into the whole kernal corn. DO NOT insert the needle through the white filter patch found near the top of the Bag. Return the inoculated bags back to the shipping box and place in a dark, warm location (species specific). Allow the bag to remain extended so gaseous exchange through the filter patch is not blocked. Because colonization will begin in the interior of the substrate material it may take between 7-14 days for you to notice mycelium spreading towards the outside of the Bag. Speed of colonization is directly affected by incubation temperatures, please check to make sure you are incubating the bag at the correct temperature for the species you are attempting to cultivate. Typical colonization time of wood dowels is between