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Your Questions About Gardening

GardenersCardiff — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 13:05:05 +0000

Betty asks…

How do i grow my own mushrooms?

i want to grow my own mushrooms. I live in the north eastern part of the US and want to grow edible sheeps head mushrooms or button mushrooms. How do i do it….. preerabbly somewhere indoors

GardenersCardiff answers:

Don’t do it. Bad schrooms are horrible and leave you feeling paranoid.

Charles asks…

How can i grow my own Reishi Mushroom?

I want to grow my own reishi Mushrooms can someone help me. If you can tell me what the reishi Mushroom is good for. I heard it can give people energy and helps immune system.

GardenersCardiff answers:

My mushroom is huge

David asks…

What mushrooms grow naturally in Wyoming?

Now Im not talking about “those” kind of mushrooms.
I have been thinking of growing my own mushrooms and would like to know what strain would grow most easily in the Wyoming climate. I may try an indoor grow room (Shitaki and Portabella), but I am mostly thinking of the easiest to grow outside in a small garden plot.

GardenersCardiff answers:

Wild Morrells are delicious as are young Puffballs. Here are more natives: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=native+wy+mushrooms&fr=ush-ans

Think you’d be better off buying a kit: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=mushroom+growing+kit&fr=ush-ans

Your Questions About Gardening

GardenersCardiff — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:05:02 +0000

Sandy asks…

Does anyone know where online or in-store I can find button mushroom spores (not the illegal mushrooms)?

I’ve searched all over the internet and all I can find for Button mushroom spores is results from Google and Bing that say “Button mushroom spores” and then when I click on the link, all the website has is spores for the hallucinogenic magic mushrooms. I don’t want to grow that stuff.

Last year and the year before I grew Pink Oyster mushrooms, Blue Oyster mushrooms, and Shiitake mushrooms from mushroom kits. But I don’t want to use a kit because then I can’t grow as much as I want. I’m not trying to start my own business. I don’t want to grow as many Button mushrooms as possible so I can sell them off. I don’t even want to give them away as freebies. I just love the taste and I’ve had success in the past with the kits and I’d like to try Button mushrooms.

A friend suggested to me why I don’t just buy Button mushrooms at the produce section at the grocery store and try to collect spores from the gills underneath the caps that way. I’ve already read about that. It apparently doesn’t work because many of the spores are collected through the air ducts in the warehouses where companies grow mushrooms and also the fact that who knows how old the mushrooms themselves are, plus the fact that they’ve been refrigerated can kill off the spores.

I’ve heard the best way to inoculate your medium (in my case, my friend’s mother in southern Illinois has a sheep farm and collects the dung and sells it as fertilizer for plants, and I bought some of that in bags) is to use a plastic syringe that has a mixture of some kind of liquid (probably distilled water) and the spores themselves and to put the needle into the middle of your medium and inoculate that way. I’ve seen the syringes they sell online for the magic mushrooms, but I don’t know if they do it the same way for gourmet mushrooms.

I’ve already checked Ebay. No one sells spores of any mushroom kind there. Probably because they don’t want people growing their own mushrooms and competing with their business of selling dried mushrooms on Ebay.

Thanks for any info. I really appreciate it =)

GardenersCardiff answers:

Here is a long list
http://www.shroomery.org/8689/Mycology

I grew a whole bunch of oysters a few years ago. Straw works great. The basic instructions are that you pasteurize the straw by dipping it in very hot water to kill the mold spores and then innoculate it with your grain spawn. I used about half a gallon to each basket. I got the baskets at the 99 cent store by the way.
I grew a culture by scrapping off some store bought mushroom onto a potato dextrose agar pitri dish..
Http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy122/bob45ana/threebasketsstraw.jpg
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy122/bob45ana/Largestrawoyster.jpg

Carol asks…

What is Permiculite? (vermiculite?)?

I need to know what Permiculite is!
I think it has something to do with cultivations so ill put it in the gardening section.
I saw it on this video>> http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-grow-your–own-hallucinogenic-mushrooms-1642/
he says it at 6:03 and 8:52
please get back to me (osciaran@hotmail.com)
I need to know what Permiculite is!
I think it has something to do with cultivations so ill put it in the gardening section.
I saw it on this video>> http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/…
he says it at 6:03 and 8:52
please get back to me (osciaran@hotmail.com)

ps id rather if you didnt use Wiki to get answers i want expirence not people looking for points

GardenersCardiff answers:

Mark T has it correct…I mix 1/3 vermiculite 1/3 perlite and 1/3 peat moss to start my seed in…If you ar3e running large areas you can buy this stuff in large bags at Home depot for 12.99 verses paying 3.99 for a small bag that is about 3 gallons… You get at least 20 of these small bags in in one large bag..lowes and ace does not have larger bags…That will be 80.00 buying in small bags verses paying 12.99 for the same amount..

Chris asks…

Your Question Where can you buy White Button (Agaricus Bisporus) Mushroom Spawn in the U.S.?

I am trying to grow my own mushrooms, without a kit, from scratch. It is my impression that I need spawn not spore, but am having a very hard time finding them to purchase. I appreciate any help anyone can give.

GardenersCardiff answers:

Http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGkxxH91RK_5IAanFXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByZWgwN285BHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMQRjb2xvA3NrMQR2dGlkAw–/SIG=119v8jc10/EXP=1247168711/**http%3a//www.fungi.com/

Your Questions About Gardening

GardenersCardiff — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:05:02 +0000

Ken asks…

Grow your own 1 up Mushroom?

I enjoy starting my Christmas Wish List early so I can add everything over the span of 2-3 months. I enjoy video games and I saw a grow your own 1up mushroom (http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/98ab/) but I would like to know if you can “regrow” it over and over again. If anyone knows or figures it out I would love to know so i can decide whether it should be on my list or not. Thanks!

GardenersCardiff answers:

No you cant

Jenny asks…

what mushrooms are eatable?

I am wondering how you know if a mushroom is eatable. I know mushrooms that usually grow in your yard are said to be poisonous but how do you know for sure. Can you grow your own mushrooms? If you find one is there a test to know if it’s eatable?

GardenersCardiff answers:

Shitaki’s can be grown at home. You’ll need a kit to do it. It will come with an oak log and spore plugs.

There are many kinds of edible mushrooms you can find growing wild. Take a mycology (the study of mushrooms) course at your local community college (if they offer one) or purchase a field guide.

The best field guide out there is David Aurora’s “Mushrooms Dymystified”. What you do is follow the identification charts in the book and perform a spore print. With a little practice, its pretty easy. However, I don’t suggest consuming them unless you’ve gotten pretty good at identifying them. A lot of mushrooms are deadly.

Sandy asks…

Researching how to grow my own mushrooms at home. Noob Questions!?

I’m watching instructional videos on how to grow mushrooms at home and it looks like it might be something I can do…

I’m watching part 2.1 of “Lets Grow Mushrooms” called “Cloning Mushroom Tissue and it says to clone a mushroom, you can use a tissue clone method that allows the spread of the mycelium on to agar then you can transfer the mycelium to a grain or rice flour base. After only about 24 hours, you will see the mycelium begin to grow out in to the agar…

Knowing that almost every tissue from the mushroom can produce viable mycelium, would it be possible to just buy a pound of mushrooms, take them to your back yard, break them up, and bury them with pasteurized substrate and be able to get your mushroom of choice to colonize and fruit in your back yard?

I know I may be WAY over simplifying the process which seems much more fragile and easily contaminated then I think it is but still… I know that MANY forms of wild mushrooms grow wild around the MI/IN area and a friend has some land up there and I was thinking of trying to seed his property with edible varieties…

Can you tell me if this is even a viable option and if not, why?

Thanks!!

GardenersCardiff answers:

Mushrooms need to grow in temperature, humidity, and light controlled environments, as well as being in a particular type of substrate. Just throwing them out in the backyard would probably produce very inconsistent – and disappointing – results.

Your Questions About Gardening

GardenersCardiff — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:05:02 +0000

James asks…

Can you grow your own Magic Mushrooms?

GardenersCardiff answers:

Sure if you are a student at Hogwarts.

Donna asks…

has anyone grown their own mushrooms?

has anyone ever bought these mushroom kits where you grown your own. i did many, many years ago, but they did nothing so eventually i threw it all out in the garden. about a year later they all started growing outside. if you have did you have any luck?

GardenersCardiff answers:

Check out: http://www.videotutorialworld.com/videos/search/tag/growing+mushrooms

I typed in “growing mushrooms”. Haven’t tried it or the kits but it works for the people in the vids.

Sandy asks…

Where can I order one of those “Grow your own” mushroom kits?

and has anyone ever used one? was it difficult?

GardenersCardiff answers:

Source below:

Your Questions About Gardening

GardenersCardiff — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:05:03 +0000

Paul asks…

Magic mushrooms growing kits?

What I wanna know is are these illegal or not?! Also is it easy to grow your own magic mushrooms? where would you recommend I buy a kit from?
To add, I live in the UK. I’ve seen kits for sale on the net, but this confuses me if they’re supposed to be illegal?!

GardenersCardiff answers:

Psylocibin mushroom spores are legal to purchase in every state except California, Georgia, and Idaho. They can be somewhat tricky to grow, and can become deadly if there is any contamination during growth. I recommend going to the following site: http://www.erowid.org/plants/mushrooms/mushrooms.shtml

James asks…

grow your own mushrooms?

GardenersCardiff answers:

I’m trying to grow oyster mushrooms right now. I’ve not had luck as of yet but I understand that it can require a lot of waiting. I bought a kit that consists of a small log with holes drilled into it. The holes filled with spores packed into what appears to be sawdust. I bought it at my local co-op about four months ago and I’m still waiting for signs of life.

I’ve been told by someone that grows mushrooms as a hobby that I will probably have better luck ordering kits from Fungi Perfecti. Http://www.fungi.com/

Susan asks…

how do you grow your own magic mushrooms?

wondering and thanks

GardenersCardiff answers:

Get a mushroom growing kit and some magic mushrooms. Use the magic mushrooms as the spores and keep moist. Mushrooms don’t need light to grow and will grow in your cupboard.

Your Questions About Gardening

GardenersCardiff — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:05:03 +0000

Ken asks…

Grow your own mushrooms?

how do you grow your own mushrooms from wild mushrooms you have found

GardenersCardiff answers:

Hi calum

gettin ready for the next couple of months?

Best way that I know of is to go for a spore full mushroom (as mature as possible get it and surrounding area out with a spade and carefully transport to your cellar (or dark damp area) in a box (not cardboard) and water frequently.

Helen asks…

How do you grow your own magic mushrooms?

wondering and thank you

GardenersCardiff answers:

Get a cow. The mushrooms tend to grow in the feces. Sheep will work, too.

Lizzie asks…

How do you grow your own mushroom garden?

We were going to learn this in my science class but we never did…can someone tell me how to grow your own fungi garden..that’s not poisonous

GardenersCardiff answers:

You can buy kits and spawn plugs. There is even a site that sells a kit to turn part of your yard into a “morel habitat”. I’ve grown them off and on over the years, will be doing it again this fall on the north side of my garage. A buddy is going to get me fresh willow logs in October for spawn plugs.
Http://www.fungi.com/index.html
http://www.mushroomadventures.com/
http://www.gmushrooms.com/pots/index.htm

Your Questions About Gardening

GardenersCardiff — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:05:04 +0000

Betty asks…

Know anyone with a grow your own mushrooms at home kit?

I got this kit for Christmas, grow your own mushrooms at home. It is from Plow and Hearth. I don’t know how to start the kit. You add water to the soil, but do you grow the mushrooms in the box? Or do you take all the “dirt” out and grow them somewhere else? I’ve contacted the company, but have not heard back from them yet. Any experience with this thing?

GardenersCardiff answers:

If there are no directions that tell you what to do, call a seed company or try to e-mail or call P&H again. Good luck

Charles asks…

How do i refill my grow your own mushrooms at home kit?

I purchased a Grow Your Own Mushroom Kit by Back to the Roots. It says it can grow 4 yields of about a pound of mushrooms. After they are all done, how can i grow more mushrooms yet again? I heard the bags are filled with recycled coffee grounds…

GardenersCardiff answers:

Im not quite sure but i get mushrooms from over watering the soil.

Susan asks…

How do you grow your own Mushrooms?

i was just wondering if you could grow mushrooms from a store bought pack? and how?

GardenersCardiff answers:

No, mushrooms (both edible and “recreational”) are grown from spore kits. It’s not difficult but you must be careful to check for mold during the growing stage which can be dangerous.