Mushrooms

Cultivation logs, substrate, humidity, failures, and harvests.

MushroomsJuly 20, 20266 min read

Growing mushrooms at home (Part 2): from grain spawn to the first Mushrooms

Notes from moving mushroom spawn onto straw substrate, incubating it in buckets, bottles, and freezer bags, then waiting for the first oyster mushroom clusters.

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Three Pilzmännchen mushroom spawn containers stacked before propagation.

MushroomsJuly 16, 20269 min read

From one spawn jar to many grain jars: my first try propagating mushrooms on corn

Notes from my first attempt to buy mushroom spawn in Germany, then propagate it on corn kernels for future growing batches.

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