Several weeks ago I decided I was tired of not having fresh mushrooms, and due to the immune enhancing properties I wanted to have them at my disposal. So I started yet ANOTHER venture.. Growing mushrooms!
We have Shiitake logs in the house, and outside. I have oysters in a bucket in my laundry room growing, and portabellas in my back hallway! The shiitake logs are slow. they fruit only a few at a time until the mycellium can spread thru the log. the older the log gets the better fruiting we will get each time. I also bought 300 spawn plugs and inoculated logs for out doors. they will sit and do their thing from 6-9 months before producing, but I should get several hundred per fruiting, and they can fruit ever few weeks. so I will have plenty (I HOPE) kinda like counting your chicks before they hatch, it never works well for me).
They oysters are recycling our old coffee grounds. This is a NEW project i am attempting without the use of purchased mycellium. so far it looks promising.
Now the portabella, I splurged and bought a kit. I found the best price available on the net and took the plunge. They started slow.. but then I moved them from the hallway to part time in the dining room. LITERALLY over night last nite they grew over an inch! its so exciting when you can literally SEE your project taking off right before your eyes. I took the biggest in the photo to my dad, as there was not enough to feed our family of 3 with it. the mushroom measured 6" across the top and weighed 8.1 ounces! How kewl is that a mushroom that weighed over half a pound!!
I have included a photo of our son holding the BIG mushroom just this am. If you would like more information on our mushrooms please email me!
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