Step by Step Guide to Mushroom Growing

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

This article 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 has to do with 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 novice, the best route to follow if you want to grow your own batch of mushrooms is to buy a mushroom set. Each set is specialized, depending upon what sort of mushroom you want to grow. This also enables you to learn more about a specific mushroom, how it behaves and the likes.

When you buy a mushroom package, the generate may be of 2 types. It can be in flake type or in bricks. The approach of planting also differs according to the kind of generate. If you are a novice, it is best to buy both and see which one would fit your preference best. To offer you an idea how these 2 work, here is some partial information about the two techniques of planting mushrooms. Flakes are blended with the substrate or medium first. You spread out a quarter of the mix over a location of 15 ft2. You need to cover the entire area of the mix if your location is wide.

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

The steps after this are basically uniform for all species of mushroom. You need to preserve 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 development would be called the mycelia, the root-like form of the mushroom. These mycelia would cover the whole plot. The next phase would be the pinning or the development of pin-like structures that would ultimately become the mushrooms that you eat.

In order that the mushroom be at its maximum growth, it is best to increase the temperature to about 650F. Always keep in mind to water the substrate twice in a date. But something to remember, though, once the mushrooms have appeared, you must not water anymore up until harvest time. Whether the mushroom is still young or currently fully grown, it really does not matter when you want to gather them. It is actually in the choice of the grower when to collect the mushrooms.

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

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