How to grow mushrooms outside

Portobello, Shitake, White Cap, Oyster. These are just a few of the many types of mushrooms available in your market. True that you buy most mushrooms in the market but would it give you greater enjoyment when you grow them yourself?

Taking a look at those white globs would make you think that it might be too tough to grow, far more cultivate mushrooms. However, looks can be deceiving. And it sure does! Mushrooms are one of those things that can surely catch your imagination. They may seem delicate to look at, but no expert hand is really needed to grow these babies.

What kind of mushroom do you want to grow?

This is a fundamental part of the procedure if you wish to cultivate your own mushroom garden. The reason that you need to know the type of mushroom is each mushroom has different requirements. Some mushrooms are better used as dowels and other need to be generates. But for beginners, it is recommended that you use mushroom growing kits so it would be easy to do, plus, this can end up being a small project over fall or spring.

Another aspect that you need to think about is the substrate where you are going to "plant" your mushroom spawns.

Log Substrate

Some mushrooms are much better planted on logs such as willow, oak and beech. These include the oyster mushroom and the shitake mushroom. You do not plant directly onto the logs, actually. You need dowels for that. These dowels are filled with the mycelium, the part of the mushroom from where the mushrooms that we consume get up. These dowels are then inserted into the log, sealed with some wax to prevent any contamination, saved in a dark and dry place until the mushrooms are ready to be gathered. The logs ought to be protected from direct sunlight in addition to strong winds. So, better cover them in a black polythene bag. It would take around a year and a half for the fungis to colonize the whole log.

Straw Substrate

Perhapsone of the simplest substrate to handle is the straw. First, you need to disinfect the straw. Do this by pouring boiling water on the straw. Once the straw has cooled spray the generate, which is included in the mushroom kit. Make sure that you shake the bag with the straw and the spawn to spread out the spawn equally. Seal the bag. Place this is a dark and damp place. The mushrooms can be gathered in about 6 weeks.

How to Growing Mushrooms Outdoors

This is one of the standard ways of growing mushrooms. You use grain generate to inoculate the mushrooms into the manure or soil substrate.