Change how you grow mushrooms with Zombie Mushrooms’ King Oyster Liquid Culture Syringe. This culture makes impressive mushrooms with very big stems and delicate caps that look great on any plate. King Oyster (Pleurotus eryngii), also called King Trumpet or Cardoncello, has a very meaty texture and rich savory flavor. Because of this, it's a favorite in high-end restaurants worldwide.
If you like to cook and want restaurant-quality ingredients, or you grow mushrooms for sale and want to add good options, or you're an experienced grower adding to your collection, our 10mL liquid culture syringe gives you lab-checked mycelium. This means you'll get consistent, impressive harvests of this great gourmet mushroom.
What It Is
This is our best 10mL King Oyster (Pleurotus eryngii) Liquid Culture Syringe. It has strong mycelium in a liquid full of nutrients, ready to use right away, and guaranteed to be clean. King Oyster mushrooms grow remarkably thick stems and small caps. They have a great meat-like texture with a deep savory taste. This makes them a prized ingredient for both plant-based cooking and traditional gourmet dishes.
The living mycelium in this liquid has been picked carefully. We chose it for how well it grows big stems, forms thick tissue, and has great flavor. Our special type grows well. It also keeps the impressive size, long shelf-life, and strong savory taste that makes King Oyster the biggest and most flexible of the Pleurotus mushrooms.
What It Offers
Our King Oyster Liquid Culture is made with scientific care, focusing on steady genetics and top performance. This great starter gives clear benefits for growers who want commercial-quality results. Here’s what makes our liquid culture special:
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Lab certified clean - Made in clean, controlled places to avoid any bad stuff.
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Accurate delivery - The syringe is designed for exact shots, helping it grow best.
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Works on many materials - Grows very well on both hardwood and straw growing materials, so you have choices.
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Stays good for a long time - It keeps its full cell activity for over 6 months if kept cold.
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Many projects - One syringe can start 5 to 10 different growing projects, which gives you great value.
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Expert help - A QR code takes you to growing guides to get the biggest stems.
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You can see it grow - You can see how the mycelium grows inside the clear container before you use it.
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Full starter kit - Comes with an alcohol wipe to help you keep things clean.
Specifications
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King Oyster (Pleurotus eryngii)
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Grain spawn
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Recommend using a 5ml liquid culture for a 3lb milo grain bag
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Growing substrate
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Hardwood or Straw
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Incubation
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Temperature
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73-77F
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Duration
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10-15 days
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Fruiting induction
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Temperature
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53-59F
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Relative Humidity
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95-97%
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CO2 Concentration
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<1200ppm
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Duration
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7-12 days
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Light
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800-15001ux
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Flushes
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Number
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2
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Interval
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1-2 weeks
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Why Pick Our King Oyster Liquid Culture?
King Oyster liquid culture is the most reliable way to start growing this premium food mushroom. Our carefully chosen type gives consistent results if you use the right growing steps. When you choose our liquid culture syringe, you get special genetics in an easy-to-use form. Here’s why our King Oyster liquid culture is better than others:
Grows Big Stems
Our liquid culture was chosen to grow unusually large stems. These are what make premium mushrooms. One 10mL syringe starts many growing projects with genetics made for those big, thick stems that sell for good prices in food markets. This special type consistently makes thick, round stems with very little cap growth, which is what top-quality King Oyster mushrooms look like.
People who cook like the meat-like texture and hearty bite, while market growers like the impressive size and weight. Using it carefully helps it spread evenly, which means you'll get consistent mushrooms that are ready for market.
Lasts a Long Time
Our liquid culture helps King Oyster stay good after harvest, which sets it apart from other food mushrooms. Unlike regular oyster types that go bad fast, our King Oyster type stays firm and flavorful for 2 to 3 weeks in the fridge. This strong genetic quality means your harvests will stay good during storage, preparing, and cooking.
The long shelf-life makes King Oyster a good choice for both home growers who want to enjoy each harvest longer and small-scale producers who need a good sales window. Our chosen type consistently has the cell density and structure that leads to better performance after harvest in different storage conditions.
Responds Well to Temperature
The 10mL size has millions of living cells that respond very well to temperature changes. Our King Oyster type reacts exactly to different temperatures. This lets growers control stem length, cap growth, and the overall shape by carefully managing the environment.
How the type predictably responds to lower temperatures when fruiting starts makes it a good example for teaching advanced growing methods. For growers who want to make specific mushroom shapes for different cooking uses, our temperature-responsive genetics offer great flexibility with simple environment adjustments.
Good for Many Dishes
Our clear liquid culture syringe helps you grow the most flexible gourmet mushroom around. King Oyster's special qualities—it can be sliced like scallops, pulled apart like pork, or roasted whole as a main dish—make it the base for many new plant-based cooking ideas.
This great flexibility means your growing efforts will be very useful in many different cooking situations. Whether sliced, diced, pulled, or roasted whole, King Oyster keeps its texture and flavor through different cooking methods. It offers great value because it's so good for cooking, better than almost any other mushroom.
How To Use It
Using King Oyster liquid culture means you can be precise and flexible with your growing methods. This special liquid helps with many ways to grow this premium gourmet mushroom. Here are some ways to use your liquid culture syringe:
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Put right on material - Inject 5mL into clean bags with hardwood or pasteurized straw growing material. Spread it around to cover different spots. Keep it at 73 to 77°F for 10 to 15 days until it grows all over.
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Make grain spawn - Use 5mL to start growth in clean 3lb milo grain bags. Keep at 73 to 77°F until fully grown, then move it to the final material (1:5 ratio) for the most yield.
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Make growth on agar - Put 3 to 4 drops on agar plates with food. Watch how it grows, pick the strong parts, and keep the cultures to save the type.
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Make more liquid - Inject 2 to 3mL into larger containers of sterile nutrient liquid to make more culture for future projects or commercial growing.
After it grows all over, make it start making mushrooms: Lower the temperature to 53 to 59°F. Keep humidity 95 to 97%. Give 800 to 1500 lux of indirect light. Make sure CO₂ levels stay below 1200 ppm for the best stem growth. Mushrooms usually show up within 7 to 12 days. Expect 2 good harvests, about 1 to 2 weeks apart.
Grow Restaurant-Quality Mushrooms At Home—Order Today!
Get your King Oyster Liquid Culture Syringe now. It’s genetically made for best performance, tested, and full of growing potential. Our genetics make impressive mushrooms with massive stems and delicate caps.
They have the meaty texture and rich flavor that makes King Oyster a prized ingredient in gourmet and plant-based cooking worldwide. It comes in a small, precise system that can start many growing projects.
Make Your Growing Results Better: Add Supplemented Hardwood Substrate
Experienced growers use our liquid culture syringe with Supplemented Hardwood Substrate for better results. This makes a better growing system for the biggest stem growth and yield. These ready-to-use bags give the perfect food base for King Oyster to grow.
This helps you get those big, thick stems and small caps that make premium mushrooms. This combined approach gives consistent, impressive fruiting without you having to prepare the growing material yourself. Add Supplemented Hardwood Substrate to your order for professional-quality growing results!
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Growing Equipment - Laminar flow hood, autoclave
BUY NOW and join others who grow food mushrooms with Zombie Mushrooms. Feel good about growing great King Oyster mushrooms using advanced liquid culture technology.
