Grow your own mushrooms
Oyster mushrooms grow fast, right on your counter. Start with a ready-made grow kit, then grow them on straw from bought spawn. Here's the video that hooks everyone, and everything you need for your first harvest.
Space neededA counter or a shelf
First projectA first harvest from a kit
Skill levelEasy to start
Good forCooks, kids, small homes
The video that hooks everyone
Growing mushrooms in a bucket
A gardener shows how to grow mushrooms in a bucket, with clusters of oyster mushrooms bursting out of the holes in its sides. Press play and see why it hooks people.
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Tool list
What you need to start
Everything you need for your first project, and nothing you don't. Straw and spawn come next.
Starter kit
01Oyster mushroom grow kitA block already grown through with mushroom roots. Ready to fruit.
02Spray bottleA fine mist, several times a day.
03Small sharp knifeOpens the kit and trims the harvest.
04A clear plastic tent or bagHolds damp air around the kit in a dry home.
05Paper bagsFor storing your harvest in the fridge.
06Kitchen scaleWeighs your harvests, and straw and spawn later.
07NotebookDates of misting, pins and harvests.
08Rubbing alcohol and paper towelsClean your knife and hands before you cut.
09GlovesFor handling straw later on.
The manual tells you what to look for when you buy each one.
- 1Eating wild mushroomsNever. Some deadly mushrooms look like edible ones. Only eat what you grew from a labeled kit or spawn.
- 2Letting the kit dry outDry air stops pins from forming. Mist often, or tent the kit.
- 3Picking too lateHarvest when the caps flatten out, before the edges curl up and spores pile up.
