Pre-Poured Sterilized Malt Extract Agar Plates (5-Pack)
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Pre-Poured Sterilized Malt Extract Agar Plates (5-Pack)
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Pre-Poured Sterilized Malt Extract Agar Plates (5-Pack)
Freshly Made Daily · Assorted Colors · Contamination-Resistant
Discover the key to reliable mycelium growth with our Sterilized Malt Extract Agar (MEA) Plates. Each 5-pack is freshly poured and sealed the same day, ensuring unmatched freshness and potency for all your mushroom isolation, transfer, and culture work.
Crafted with a perfectly balanced nutrient blend—including agar, malt extract, locust bean gum, and yeast extract—these plates are designed to support vibrant, healthy mycelium colonies from the very first transfer. Unlike store-bought agar that sits on shelves for weeks, we pour ours fresh daily and seal them in polyolefin packaging to lock in freshness.
What Makes Our MEA Plates Exceptional?
- 5 Sterilized MEA Plates per pack
- Crafted with a premium blend for optimal mycelial growth
- Microppose 90mm Polystyrene Petri Dishes – durable and professional-grade
- Chloramphenicol added to help resist bacterial contamination
- Machine poured in a laminar flow hood for maximum consistency
- Color-coded plates – helps track freshness and adds visual flair
- Store in the refrigerator and use within 3–4 weeks for best results
Lab-Poured Precision, Every Time
Starting April 2025, all plates are machine-poured in our clean room using advanced MediaPrep and MediaFill systems:
- Sterilized at 18 PSI for 30 minutes
- Dispensed at 25ml per plate
- Passed through UV-C sterilization, capped, and laser-labeled for accuracy
What Is Agar? How Do I Use It?
Agar is a vital tool in modern mycology. Just add a drop of spore solution to your plate and incubate. Within days, white patches of mycelium will emerge, allowing you to select the most vigorous and rhizomorphic growth. Once you’ve chosen a promising culture, simply cut a section and transfer it to a grain jar, spawn bag, or liquid culture.
Using agar allows you to:
- Identify and isolate clean, strong genetics
- Remove contaminants from spore samples
- Promote faster and more consistent results
Whether you’re a seasoned mycologist or just starting out, fresh MEA plates are an essential foundation for successful mushroom cultivation.
Learn more about using Agar by clicking Here
Watch this video on using Agar and Agar Slants Here!
Let customers speak for us
Man, this kit just makes life easy. Everything came fresh, clean, and ready to use — no stressing, no sketchy prep work, just straight to growing. The totes are low-key perfect for keeping things smooth, and the heater keeps the temps steady without me having to babysit. Setup was quick, and the instructions walked me through without any guesswork.
What really hit me is how stress-free it is. Mycelium took off, no contamination, and it’s been all good vibes watching it do its thing. If you want to keep it simple but still get solid results, this kit’s the way to go. Midwest kept it real with this one — chill, reliable, and worth every penny. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Tabletop Ecosphere was straightforward to set up, with clear instructions that made the process quick and hassle-free. The build quality feels solid, and the automatic humidity control worked exactly as described, keeping conditions steady without much attention on my part. I was able to start fruiting my mushrooms within days, and the results were healthy and consistent. While it’s not a huge chamber, it’s perfect for small-batch grows and fits nicely on a countertop or shelf. Overall, it’s a reliable and well-designed unit that makes mushroom cultivation much easier.
Love it! High Quality - Doesnt fade!
I always air-dry my mushies with a fan, I was looking for something besides plates to use when harvesting my tubs. This tray is perfect, when you place this tray on a flat surface like a counter the bottom can still get air and my fan works perfect drying all parts of the mushrooms without having to rotate everything as often. This is a great buy if you already buying other stuff in your cart as the Free Shipping makes this a deal!
I got the 45 dollar all in one bag with monotub and their tubs are the best, their all in one bags are the best and cheapest, amd their substrate is the best with more mushroom growing ingredients than the competition..
I am going to buy the jars next so I can reuse for liquid culture,bag of substrate and 2 monotubs bc their tubs work wonders compare to modified bins. Simply the best in the business.
Me…I’m the dummy. I struggled with maintaining humidity in my diy monotubs. The holes were never the right size or in the right place. Not with these. Perfect humidity. And I love the clamps. It’s like a child proof lock for me, warning me not to open until ready! Very well made. I wish I had found these sooner.
I just used your sterile injection pack with great success !😎😊thanks again will recommend Midwest grow in the future😎🔥💯
Easy to set up. Works as intended. Cleaner air and feel safer knowing it disinfected the surrounding surface area.
Got it quick...and about a week later they were pinning. The week after that I was eating them.
Never have a problem with thus substrate and ive purchased MANY bags of it always good moisture levels alaways contam free always quality
My order of the substrate arrived on time and was put work right off.(I had a spawn bag already i occulated and ready.
Just colonizing now.
All went well and may use again
I am so happy with this mushroom kit. it has been everything i wanted. Thank you. This is a must buy
I used three different strains and they are all doing great, at the end of the first day its possible to see development if your got strong enough genes, very healthy after transfer aswell!!!
Easy to set up and everything seems to be populating nicely. Very excited
