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Agar Plates & Liquid Culture UK
Sterile Agar Plates for Clean Mycology Work
Agar plates are the foundation of clean mycology work. Pouring your own agar or buying pre-poured plates gives you a sterile surface to isolate genetics, check for contamination, and clone healthy mycelium before it ever reaches a jar or grow bag. Our Open Air Agar Pots come ready to use: 210ml pots pre-filled with 20ml of MEA (malt extract agar), sterilised and sealed so you can start a transfer the moment they arrive. For anyone working with agar plates for the first time, keeping a still air box, alcohol wipes and a Mycology Face Mask on hand goes a long way toward avoiding contamination.
Liquid Culture Made Simple
Liquid culture (LC) is the faster, more forgiving way to inoculate grain spawn or substrate once you have a healthy source. A syringe of liquid culture spreads through a jar far quicker than agar alone, giving you more shots at a clean colonisation with less handling. If you're new to liquid culture, start with a DIY spore syringe kit built around our 10ml Luer-Lock syringe and 50mm 21G needle, sterilise everything with alcohol wipes, and work near a flame or in a still air box. Pair it with 20x Petri Dishes if you also want to check viability on agar before committing a full jar to inoculation.
Everything for Sterile Transfers
Beyond agar plates and liquid culture syringes, we stock the sterile transfer basics UK growers reach for again and again: Open Air Agar Pots, Petri Dishes, Luer-Lock syringes and needles, Mycology Face Masks and 3M Micropore Surgical Tape for sealing jars and bags. Browse the full agar plates and liquid culture range below and get everything you need for a clean, contamination-free transfer in one order.