Abstract: Currently, no product facilitates the collection of plant material through to the production of PCR-ready DNA-template. The Plant-material Sampling and Grinding Apparatus, facilitates the collection of plant material, through to the production of PCR-ready DNA-template. The separate components of the invention include the upper and lower units. A piece of flat plant tissue is placed between the upper and lower units. Insertion of the upper unit into the lower unit cuts a disc of tissue. An extraction buffer can be introduced through the top of the upper unit and is contained by the well of the lower unit. Repeated cycles of full insertion of the upper unit into the lower unit followed by incomplete separation of the two units, facilitates the grinding of the tissue in the extraction solution. Further solutions, such as neutralizing solutions, can be added through the top of the upper unit to produce PCR-ready template.