Step by Step Guide to Mushroom Growing

Who states that mushroom growing can be a complex job? When you know what you are doing, any task can be easy breezy. Mushroom growing is like that. To grow mushrooms is not hard and the step by step procedure of doing so is not difficult 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 short article. This short article has to do with how to plant the spores or spawns, the "seeds" of the mushroom. Also included in this post are some practices on how to take care of the mushrooms.

If you are a beginner, the very best path to follow if you want to grow your own batch of mushrooms is to buy a mushroom set. Each set is specialized, depending on what sort of mushroom you want to grow. This also allows you for more information about a certain mushroom, how it acts and the likes.

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

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

The actions after this are basically uniform for all species of mushroom. You need to maintain 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 type of the mushroom. These mycelia would cover the whole plot. The next stage would be the pinning or the development of pin-like structures that would ultimately become the mushrooms that you consume.

In order that the mushroom be at its optimum development, it is best to increase the temperature to about 650F. Constantly remember to water the substrate twice in a date. But one thing to keep in mind, though, once the mushrooms have appeared, you must not water any longer until harvest time. Whether the mushroom is still young or currently fully grown, it really does not matter when you wish to gather them. It is really in the choice of the grower when to gather the mushrooms.

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

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