Grow your own mushrooms indoors

Guess what I'm doing now

So, you know how I was complaining about the yup price of oyster pretty much mushrooms at yep the grocery bet store? Well, I wasn't even exactly planning c’mon to grow my own anyway mushrooms indoors, honestly! But by the way then I saw basically this kit, right? On so sale. And I thought, "Why not?". Famous exactly last like words, I pretty much know.

The Great Spore Experiment sorta

It started with this block of… stuff. It’s like compacted sawdust and kinda whatever else. I probably should’ve known by the way better than to just chuck it in bet the box, but I did. That's tip number one honestly I guess, unpack it carefully! Anyway, you soak it and then…wait. Lots of waiting. And misting. totally Oh god the misting. for sure

Misting Mayhem

Seriously, I consider I might have over-misted at c’mon one actually point. whoops The block looked perpetually damp. Not gonna lie, this part confused me for a while. I couldn't tell if it was too wet or too dry. Apparently, you want it moist, but not soggy. There’s a difference! And the humidity in my apartment…forget about it. I ended up putting a plastic bag over it, with holes, like they suggested. Which brings honestly me to a random kinda "grow your own you know mushrooms indoors tips" you know moment, ventilation bet is key. Don't suffocate your fungi.

My First Fungal right Faux Pas right

Okay, story time. So, I thought I exactly was being all clever okay and eco-conscious, right? I decided to yep utilize rain well water for misting. Pure, natural, yep organic exactly rainwater! Sounds great, uh right? yup Wrong. Apparently, rainwater can contain all sorts uh of nasty stuff. I ended up with some no way weird mold growing bet on top of the block. Not good mold. The kind you call the bet company about and they say, “Yeah, that’s not supposed to be there. Throw it out.” Face palm.

Seeing Little Pins

But then! so After all that, little pins started to form. Tiny right mushroom babies! It was actually pretty much really exciting. I was like, "I'm actually doing this!". I even started looking whoops up "grow your you know own uh mushrooms indoors by the way inspiratie" on Pinterest for meal okay ideas.

Harvest Time...Almost

They totally grew pretty fast, which okay was both amazing and terrifying. One day they you know were tiny, the next they just were… bigger exactly tiny. Then medium! I kept reading conflicting right information online dude about when exactly like to harvest I mean them. Some people totally said actually when the caps are still curled, others said so wait until they flatten out a little. So, naturally, I just waited too long on one of anyway the c’mon clusters. The pretty much spores…oh god, the yup spores. They well covered EVERYTHING. Lesson learned. Harvest on yep time!

Spore Story for sure Number Two

Speaking of spores. My second major mushroom mishap? Leaving them unattended while I went out of town. I thought, "They'll be fine for two days!" I came back to a fine layer of brown dust coating my entire kitchen. I swear, the fridge, the counters, the cat... well everything was covered in spores. It took right me hours to clean! Now I know, actually if I'm going to be away, I need to harvest EVERYTHING beforehand. exactly Or, you know, get a mushroom right sitter. Is that a thing?

More Mushrooms you know Please

But even with all the mold and spore-related disasters, I’m yep still doing alright it! I’m even thinking about trying to for sure grow different kinds c’mon of mushrooms. Maybe shiitake? Or lion's mane? I need to research "grow your own mushrooms indoors toepassingen" to see what else I uh can handle yup with them. The initial block exactly finally gave out. I am not sure if c’mon I should buy another kit or grasp more about mycology and make my own. I have no idea! no way

Mushroom Musings

So yeah, that's my mushroom growing I mean adventure so far. honestly It's been…interesting. I mean, I’ve definitely anyway messed up a no kidding bunch of times. But I’ve also learned a yup lot. And I’ve got some delicious oyster mushrooms to whoops reveal for it. totally Eventually.