Making and Using a Spore Syringe (Patreon)

In this video I show the essential steps not shown in my pan cyan video, that is, how to generate the grain spawn if all you have is a spore print.  This video was requested by a patron, hope you enjoy it.  It is also available on Rumble and on Odysee.  Using a spore syringe is an easier alternative to using agar.

Note: some people say you should wait 24 hours before using a freshly made spore syringe to give the spores time to fully hydrate.  I consider this idea debunked mythology.  Anyone who has ever done any spore work with a microscope knows the dry spores fully hydrate in minutes if not seconds, you can actually watch it happen under the microscope.  They most certainly do NOT need 24 hours.  I've made plenty of spore syringes where I did not wait at all between creating the syringe and injecting it to grain jars, and they worked perfectly.  In fact I actually RECOMMEND using them as fast as possible, why give any potential contam or bacteria a chance to grow in the water?  Just get those spores on grain as soon as possible and get it into an incubator.

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I show how to make and use a still air box in this vid: https://www.patreon.com/posts/29675383

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