Step by Step Guide to Mushroom Growing

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

This short 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 generates, 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 path to follow if you wish to grow your own batch of mushrooms is to buy a mushroom package. Each package is specialized, depending on what kind of mushroom you want to grow. This also allows you for more information about a particular mushroom, how it behaves and the likes.

When you buy a mushroom set, the generate may be of two types. It can be in flake type or in bricks. The method 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 match your preference best. To give you an idea how these two work, here is some partial details about the two methods of planting mushrooms. Flakes are mixed 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 location of the mix if your location is wide.

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 practically uniform for all types 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 initial development would be called the mycelia, the root-like type 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 eventually become the mushrooms that you eat.

In order that the mushroom be at its optimum development, 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 bear in mind, however, once the mushrooms have appeared, you should not water anymore up until harvest. Whether the mushroom is still young or currently fully grown, it really does not matter when you want to gather them. It is in fact in the choice of the grower when to collect the mushrooms.

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

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