How to grow mushrooms outside

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

Taking a look at those white globs would make you believe that it might be too hard to grow, much more cultivate mushrooms. But then again, looks can be tricking. And it sure does! Mushrooms are among those things that can certainly record your imagination. They might appear delicate to take a look at, but no expert hand is really needed to grow these children.

What kind of mushroom do you wish to grow?

This is an important part of the process if you want to cultivate your own mushroom garden. The reason why you need to understand the type of mushroom is each mushroom has different needs. Some mushrooms are better used as dowels and other need to be spawns. But for novices, it is recommended that you use mushroom growing packages so it would be easy to do, plus, this can end up being a little job over fall or spring.

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

Log Substrate

Some mushrooms are better planted on logs such as willow, oak and beech. These consist of the oyster mushroom and the shitake mushroom. You do not plant directly onto the logs, in fact. You need dowels for that. These dowels are filled with the mycelium, the part of the mushroom from where the mushrooms that we eat get up. These dowels are then inserted into the log, sealed with some wax to prevent any contamination, stored in a dark and dry place till the mushrooms are ready to be harvested. The logs should be secured from direct sunlight along with strong winds. So, better cover them in a black polythene bag. It would take around a year and a half for the fungi to colonize the entire log.

Straw Substrate

Perhapsone of the simplest substrate to handle is the straw. First, you need to sterilize the straw. Do this by putting boiling water on the straw. As soon as the straw has cooled spray the spawn, which is consisted of in the mushroom set. Make certain that you shake the bag with the straw and the spawn to spread the spawn equally. Seal the bag. Place this is a dark and wet place. The mushrooms can be collected in about 6 weeks.

How to Growing Mushrooms Outdoors

This is among the traditional ways of growing mushrooms. You use grain spawn to inoculate the mushrooms into the manure or soil substrate.