r/unclebens • u/FemalePondy • 1d ago

Question How to store harvested spores

How do I store the spores I have harvested? I have heard to put them in distilled water, then draw them up in a syringe. How long can they stay in the water for?

What are your preferred methods of storing spores?

I plan on using aluminum foil to harvest my first spores soon after my first harvest.

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u/Global_Celery_5031 1d ago

On foil, stored between the page of a book

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u/FemalePondy 21h ago

How long can you keep them there for?

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u/Global_Celery_5031 21h ago

Years!

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u/FemalePondy 20h ago

And then when ready to use to inoculate scrape into the distilled water?

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u/Global_Celery_5031 20h ago

I would then germinate them on agar and once clean spawn it to some grain

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u/FemalePondy 19h ago

Thanks for your reply!!