We all know how difficult it is in the world right now but let’s talk about House of Shrooms. It’s a great time to build new skills and learn how to produce your own food with your family. Maybe you get sick of relying on the store for everything you need.
Anyway, Mushroom Mountain is here and thinking about you. Here are some tips on how to grow your own oyster mushrooms. This will give you an amazing amount of food that you will not only feed your family but also share with your friends and family or dry and store it in difficult times.
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Pleurotus and Hypsizigus oyster mushrooms can be grown in hardwood saws, dried cereal grass (wheat, oat, rye), cotton wool, cardboard, and a host of other dried vegetable waste. Try to find affordable garbage, but you will also provide enough mushroom food to support the mushrooms. Experiment with different types of organic waste to see what you can get the best yield from!
Step 1 – Taste
Option 1 – Soak your media with hot bath water
Soak the dried and crushed material in hot bath water to pasteurize for 1-2 hours (160 ° F).
Option 2 – Wet Lime
Grease the raw material cut out of the lime bath with water and cool water. The portions are 4 cups of water-lime lime with 55 liters of water drum. So if you are using 13.75 liters of water use 1 cup of agricultural lime lime. Put the lime in the water and let it bend, then add the grass or shredded material and soak overnight.
Step 2 – Merge
Take out your media and put it in a clean place to work like a garbage can sprinkled with alcohol. Remove the substrate and let it cool and then spread in a clean place to add your uterus. Mix the substrate and breed with your clean hands washed with alcohol.
Step 3 – Packing
Put the mixture in bags or other fruit containers. 5 liter buckets (6-inch perforated holes) or black kindergarten pots are ideal for this project (no holes required).
Step 4 – Gas Replacement
You will want to allow the mixture to breathe so that it can mix perfectly, you will need to put very small holes in your bag or container. You can use a knife, sewing needle or pin after disinfection by rubbing alcohol. Just place the holes as evenly as you can and pierce the entire bag, or you can drill small holes in the top of your bucket or fruit container, using a small drill bit. If you use a knife in a small bag the size of a grocer, make about 4 small holes.
Step 5 – Colonization
Now you will want to let your substrate colonize. Place your container in a dark place at a temperature of 70-80 ° F. This will take about two weeks and you will be able to tell the colony where the substrate is covered with white mycelium. Colonization occurs when the seed that you mix with the substrate spreads and grows everywhere, until it finally connects to form a fertile network. Once the substrate has fully grown, it will want to fertilize.
Step 6 – Fruits
Now that your reproduction is complete, the mycelium will change gears and begin the process of fertilization. You need to close the holes in your fruit container several times a day. This will start pinching and start the fruiting process. Move your container to a place with direct sunlight but not directly. This will stimulate growth and help your mushrooms to develop vitamin D! You can keep a clear plastic bag on top of the container like a humidity tent so that your humidity level does not drop too low.
Step 8 – Maturity
Soon you will begin to see the pins grow, and then quickly grow into ripe mushrooms. You will want to pay attention as it ripens, and if you put a tent over your bowl you will clear it a day before you are going to harvest your mushrooms. This will reduce moisture and allow the mushrooms to dry slightly. This will ensure that your mushrooms are not wet when you pick, cook and store them. Continue to mist them as usual, avoiding them for a few hours before selecting them.
Step 9 – Harvesting
When your mushrooms stop doubling in size every day, it’s time to harvest. You will notice that the edge of your mushroom will be smaller and lose a small curved lip under the edge of the cap. They are also flat and can no longer be as round as the edge of a cap.
Step 10 – Storage
If you are going to eat your mushrooms as soon as you build them you can let them rest in the cupboard, if you do not eat them soon you will need to store them in a paper bag inside the refrigerator at 38-45 ° F. Your mushrooms need to be able to breathe, which is why we use a paper bag. If you use a sealed container or plastic bag they will sweat and give birth to germs that can make you sick.
If you do not eat them within a week you can dry them and store them later. Put them out in the sun and let them dry (exposing the gills to the sun will greatly increase your Vit D content), or use a dehydrator on low heat for about 24 hours. Be sure to leave space between the mushrooms so that the air circulates to dry properly. Examine yourself by breaking one, it should dry, if you leave the moisture may grow germs. Store dried mushrooms in the refrigerator or in an airtight container.