Premix Agar Agar Powder + Dry Light Malt Extract Powder

This product contains Agar Agar Powder, and Dry Light Malt Extract (DLME). Create your own MEA Petri Dishes at home.

These ingredients provide sugars and an assortment of basic minerals, vitamins, and salts helpful in the growth of the mushroom Mycelium.

Packaged for your convenience in a resealable pouch. For WA locals: May come in glass jars to save the environment. 

How much should i use?

For instance, if you're making: 500ml of liquid culture, add 20 grams of DLME 1000ml of Agar Petri dishes, add 40 grams of DLME.

• 500ml of liquid culture, add 20 grams of DLME

• 1000ml of liquid culture, add 40 grams of DLME same rule for agar petri dishes.

Instructions

1. Dissolve your Premix in the specified ratio of hot water (i.e.1000ml water for 20 gm of MEA) and stir thoroughly with a spoon. If you have a magnetic stirrer, this will mix the solution properly.

2. Autoclave or pressure cook for 15-20 minutes at 15 psi.

3. Pour into Petri dishes when it reaches 50 degrees Celsius (Approximately hot enough to hold the flask/ jar with one hand), and let it set for 10 minutes. Do not stir the solution after taking it out of Autoclave, as this would trap air bubbles in this solution.

4. Once the Petri dishes are set, inoculate them and wrap them with parafilm. Keeping the plates aside for a week is recommended to check for contamination.

5. Petri dishes are best to be stored upside down to avoid condensation.

How to store?

Once the petri dishes have fully colonised, you can store them in the fridge.