Step by Step Guide to Mushroom Growing

Who states that mushroom growing can be a complex task? When you understand what you are doing, any task can be easy breezy. Mushroom growing is like that. To grow mushrooms is not tough and the step by step process of doing so is easy at all.

This post is not about where to grow the mushrooms or what to use as storage for already-growing ones. That is covered in some other article. This post is about how to plant the spores or spawns, the "seeds" of the mushroom. Also included in this short article are some practices on how to look after the mushrooms.

If you are a newbie, the best path to follow if you want to grow your own batch of mushrooms is to buy a mushroom kit. Each set is specialized, depending on what sort of mushroom you want to grow. This also permits you to read more about a particular mushroom, how it behaves and the likes.

When you buy a mushroom set, the spawn might be of two types. It can be in flake type or in bricks. The method of planting also varies according to the type of generate. If you are a newbie, it is best to buy both and see which one would suit your choice best. To offer you a concept how these 2 work, here is some partial info about the two methods of planting mushrooms. Flakes are combined with the substrate or medium initially. You spread a quarter of the mix over a location of 15 ft2. You need to cover the whole area of the mix if your location is broad.

On the other hand, when you use bricks, you need to break the bricks into smaller sized pieces and plant these chunks into the medium, about 6 inches apart.

The actions after this are basically uniform for all species of mushroom. You need to keep the wetness of the substrate so not to dry them out. Aside from this, you also need to place your planted mushrooms in a dry but dark place. The preliminary growth would be called the mycelia, the root-like kind of the mushroom. These mycelia would cover the entire plot. The next phase would be the pinning or the development of pin-like structures that would ultimately end up being the mushrooms that you consume.

In order that the mushroom be at its optimal development, it is best to increase the temperature to about 650F. Constantly keep in mind to water the substrate twice in a date. But something to keep in mind, however, once the mushrooms have appeared, you need to not water any longer until harvest time. Whether the mushroom is still young or already fully grown, it really does not matter when you want to collect them. It is in fact in the preference of the grower when to collect the mushrooms.

When harvesting, you need to not just pick the mushrooms. You need to use a knife to cut each mushroom from its stalk.

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