how to grow mushrooms grow from spores, not seeds you can grow this curious food indoors or out with a little preparation and the right supplies you will need mushroom spores a growing area nutrient-rich soil a growing bed hot water or a pressure cooker a substrate and temperature and humidity control optional a basement or crawlspace and a humidity tent step 1 pick the right culture spores for your skill level moisture and button mushrooms are the easiest to grow while shiitake and morel mushrooms can be difficult search online for the different types of spores and their difficulties step 2 choose a growing area that is cool dark and free from pests that may eat or contaminate your mushroom farm the best growing areas are basements or crawl spaces step 3 spread a dark nutrient-rich soil evenly over a level growing bed to a thickness of about 2 inches step 4 sterilize your substrate by soaking
it in hot water or putting it in a pressure cooker to kill undesirable fungi and bacteria that can ruin your mushroom batch different species of mushrooms thrive in different substrates like straw compost wood chips sawdust newspaper or cardboard step 5 apply the appropriate substrate or growing medium over your soil to feed your hungry mushroom spores step 6 implant or inoculate the substrate with your mushroom spores and fine-tune the temperature and humidity levels based on the species some varieties require higher humidity than others you may need a humidity tent to increase humidity levels step 7 look for sprouting or pinning after about three weeks the mushrooms will be ready for harvesting and as little as one month did you know a fungus colony discovered in northern Oregon may be the largest single organism in the world covering over 2,300 square acres that's about 1665 football fields you
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