How to Grow Mushrooms

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Mushrooms grow from spores, not seeds. You can grow this curious food indoors or out with a little preparation and the right supplies.

Step 1: Pick the right culture
Pick the right culture spores for your skill level — oyster and button mushrooms are the easiest to grow, while shiitake and morel mushrooms can be difficult.

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Search online for the different types of spores and their difficulties.

Step 2: Choose a growing area
Choose a growing area that is cool, dark, and free from pests that may eat or contaminate your mushroom farm.

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The best growing areas are basements or crawl spaces.

Step 3: Apply soil
Spread a dark, nutrient-rich soil evenly over a level growing bed to a thickness of about 2 inches.

Step 4: Sterilize substrate
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.

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Different species of mushrooms thrive on different substrates, like straw, compost, wood chips, sawdust, newspaper, or cardboard.

Step 5: Apply substrate
Apply the appropriate substrate or growing medium over your soil to feed your hungry mushroom spores.

Step 6: Implant spores
Implant or inoculate the substrate with your mushroom spores and fine tune the temperature and humidity levels based on the species.

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Some varieties require higher humidity than others. You may need a humidity tent to increase humidity levels.

Step 7: Look for sprouts
Look for sprouting, or “pinning,” after about three weeks. The mushrooms will be ready for harvesting in 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 1,665 football fields.

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  3. mushroom very easy to grow。 only need small space。
    edible mushroom good for environment。 as house plant, very amazing!

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  5. well i live in a place where the mushrooms grows naturally so the humidity tent isnt needed right?
    cos its the same temperature in my house as outside… so all i need is mud and spores right?
    jus put the spores into mud with woodchios? its that simple?

  6. Hi, am starting up mu button mushrooms farm. I have one hundred bales of wheat straw, kindly let me know how to make the substrate for the next 28 days. Thanks

  7. It's easier to grow oyster mushrooms… I have done it…. Go to fresh cap mushrooms for the easiest way to grow mushrooms

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