Among the edible mushrooms in this country, button mushrooms are one of the types of mushrooms that can be cultivated relatively easily even by beginners. However, you generally do not need plants for the cultivation of mushrooms, but rather spores or a growing medium inoculated with mushroom spores.

Where can you grow mushrooms?

In the wild, forest and meadow mushrooms are found, as their name suggests, either under trees or sometimes in the middle of the lawn. However, targeted cultivation in the garden bed is difficult, as too many other plants compete with the mushrooms for light, water and nutrients. Since mushrooms do not need light to grow, you can grow them in a basement or in a dark garden shed without being crowded by other plants.

What do you need to grow mushrooms?

No special equipment is required for growing mushrooms. However, the following should be available for growing the mushrooms:

  • a preferably dark room
  • an even growing temperature of around 15 to 20 degrees Celsius
  • sufficient moisture
  • inoculated substrate such as straw or an inoculated grow kit

How do you proceed with the installation of the substrate?

The straw or coconut substrate should first be wetted and inoculated with the mushroom spores evenly in different places. With a complete pack from the trade, you usually only have to open the lid and water the substrate well. As soon as the mycelium of the mushroom mushroom has penetrated the substrate after about one to two weeks, the fruiting bodies appear on the surface in a relatively short time.

Can mushrooms also be grown in the garden?

Targeted cultivation of mushrooms is usually rather difficult, since areas inoculated with spores can often be overgrown by other plants and weeds. However, you can safely experiment with growing mushrooms in the garden by mixing leftover unwashed mushrooms from the kitchen with the soil in a shady spot in the garden. Under certain conditions, the growth of the tasty edible mushrooms can be limited.

tips and tricks

If you harvest more mushrooms from your mushroom culture than you can use fresh, storing them in dried form is a good idea.

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Vegetable garden