larry_stewart
Master Chef
Now that the outdoor garden season has all but come to an end ( still got some herbs, leaf lettuce, kale and scallions that I'm harvesting sparingly, although my cilantro is doing so well, I plan soon making a cilantro/ mint chutney this weekend). Im not turning my efforts into growing mushrooms indoors.
Ive done it multiple times in thee past ( Shitake logs, cremini, white button, oyster..). The company I used to get my kits from no longer sell them, but give several referrals to other companies that do. While browsing one of the sites, I came across the TeePee Mushroom kit. As I read on, they basically send you oyster mushroom inoculated grains, which you poor into the center of a semi sterilized toilet paper roll ( boiled and saturated in hot water then left to cool). All is inside a mushroom growing bag ( which has a breathable filter). Placed in the dark at room temperature for about a month, then shocked in a refrigerator door 2 days. After this , the bag is open, left at room temperature out of direct light , and misted each day. about 10 -14 days later, you got yourself some mushrooms. ( the pic below is from 4 rolls. I made about 10 rolls. the others you can lead in the fridge for up to 6 months before taking them out and starting the growing process). Theoretically you can get a few harvests out of each roll by repeating the process. Ive never had luck getting multiple harvests, but im going to give it a go.
Pics of the harvest, the toilet paper and inoculated grains in their bags, and and action shot of my wife pounding in shiitake inoculated dowels into some fallen oak tree looks that I got from a recent storm that took down multiple trees in the area . The shiitake logs are left outside in a semi shaded area and take from 6 - 12 months to produce.
Ive done it multiple times in thee past ( Shitake logs, cremini, white button, oyster..). The company I used to get my kits from no longer sell them, but give several referrals to other companies that do. While browsing one of the sites, I came across the TeePee Mushroom kit. As I read on, they basically send you oyster mushroom inoculated grains, which you poor into the center of a semi sterilized toilet paper roll ( boiled and saturated in hot water then left to cool). All is inside a mushroom growing bag ( which has a breathable filter). Placed in the dark at room temperature for about a month, then shocked in a refrigerator door 2 days. After this , the bag is open, left at room temperature out of direct light , and misted each day. about 10 -14 days later, you got yourself some mushrooms. ( the pic below is from 4 rolls. I made about 10 rolls. the others you can lead in the fridge for up to 6 months before taking them out and starting the growing process). Theoretically you can get a few harvests out of each roll by repeating the process. Ive never had luck getting multiple harvests, but im going to give it a go.
Pics of the harvest, the toilet paper and inoculated grains in their bags, and and action shot of my wife pounding in shiitake inoculated dowels into some fallen oak tree looks that I got from a recent storm that took down multiple trees in the area . The shiitake logs are left outside in a semi shaded area and take from 6 - 12 months to produce.
