My Mini Indoor Mushroom Farm

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My close friend is a mushroom farmer and has spent thousands for his set up. This cost me about $45.




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Very Nice! "Why not"
Also cool to put a voice to a name
Thanks for sharing and good luck with the mushrooms...

 

How long do they grow for? Do you have to start over after a few months?

 

Nice video, we have been thinking about doing this too.

 

I knew someone that made mushrooms once. I think they were illegal.

 

I have read there are 1-3 harvests with the indoor kits. The outdoor beds, I have no idea. The bellas I have do extremely well when the temp is between 60-65 degrees. The mycelium may die off if the temp reaches 70 or more. That is why I wanted to grow the mushrooms indoors (on a budget).

I have read the mycelium will suck up all the nutrients so I have to find a way to not start over. I need to research the topic more. One idea I have is to continue to break up the straw with the mycelium and mix it in with new straw. I also want to see if I can get the mushrooms to release spores.

Either way, the kit has produced enough that it has paid for itself.

There is a "proper" technique to growing mushrooms and I am trying to find a short cut. I am not sure if I will be successful.

 

That looks like a great project. Do they need much sunlight? A basement would seem ideal until the hot muggy days raise temps inside.

 

The instructions say either no sunlight or no direct sunlight for two reasons - The temperature restrictions and the sun turns the mushrooms brown. I am not sure if that is the case with every variety. A basement or other dark cool space would be a perfect environment.

 

I thought they were raised in dark areas. I will admit I am having sauteed mushrooms and onions with steak tonight after I saw this post this morning.

Sauteed mushrooms, mushroom pizza, mushroom soup in the winter...

 

I had a buddy that grew them in raised boxes with full sheets of plywood on top, hinged on one end. His were set in a mature white pine grove to keep the sunlight from over heating the space

 

The problem is keeping the temp constant between 60-65. Otherwise, I would love to stick these outside. I have read that varieties have different requirements.

I mentioned adding straw to the mix. I didn't state that it should be pasteurized first.

 

Outdoors pasteurizing isn't as important as indoors. Indoors you have a lot more nasty stuff all cluttered in the air in a somewhat stagnant environment. Outdoors you get proper air exchange which doesn't allow all the bad stuff to grow on your substrate unless you have a poor location.

 

Speaking of which -

http://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/pasteurize.html