hi boomer here and today i'm going to show you how to inoculate your spawn grain bags first you need
to make sure that your ac and furnace are turned off to minimize airborne contagions also try to
use a room with minimal airflow and closed doors next you will want to sterilize and disinfect all
areas it is very important to keep a very sterile environment make sure that you sterilize
your gloves the bag the syringe as well as all surfaces around the area that you will be using
now we need to prepare our grain spawn bags look over the bag to check for any damages or holes
next i like to give a quick spray of alcohol to make sure that the environment
is sterile it's super important to keep a sterile environment after that carefully
pull open the sides of the bag to allow the filter to breathe during colonization
next you will need to prepare to the syringe your syringe will have a small cluster of spores you
can see that here on the left and you will need to shake the syringe to break up and separate the
cluster as much as you can shake thoroughly i have had some spores um in the past that did not break
up uh and they just stayed in a cluster if that happens that's okay we can still inject them into
our spawn bags and then break up the spawn bags later then i like to sterilize the syringe and the
needle one more time even though the needle comes in a sterile environment i just like to be sure
after that get an alcohol wipe and wipe down and sterilize the black injection
point injection port on the spawn bag then we're going to make sure that we thoroughly
shake the syringe to make sure that the cluster is completely broken up
looks like it's breaking up nicely there there is still a large cluster on the left but that's okay
and now we're going to prepare the needle
next you're going to open the needle
and unscrew the top
make sure to keep your syringe up upright to avoid any spilling
i had some problems with this unscrew the tab unscrew the top and then
attach the needle to the syringe without touching the needle screw and secure tightly
then get another alcohol wipe and sterilize the syringe completely
give it one last shake to make sure everything is shaken up and remove the safety
cap from the needle get a flame and flame the needle moving the lighter and rotating the needle
back and forth this step is probably not necessary because the needle is already stale sterile
but again i like to take all precautions after you flame the needle then take an alcohol wipe
and rub off any soot that may be there you're going to hear us
when you put the alcohol wipe to the needle next squirt a few drops from the top of the syringe to
make sure that you remove all the soot from the needle then inject the needle at a slight angle
into your spawn bag making sure not to puncture through the back inject your spores into four
or five places throughout the spawn bag trying not to remove the needle from the bag i ended up
using all of my spores in this needle because i wasn't sure of the quality of the spores
then after you fully inject all of your spores carefully remove the needle and sterilize
the black injection port one more time with an alcohol wipe now your spam bag is ready
now put your spawn bag into a dark warm place the optimal temperature for menzelium
growth is about 77 to 81 degrees fahrenheit after your spawn bag is about 20 colonized
break up the bag and reset this will allow the bag to colonize faster then in about two to four
weeks your spawn bag should be fully colonized and ready to move over to your mono tub thank
you for watching and if you have any questions please feel free to put them in the comments