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Gardening Rhythms - @gardeningrhythm- Grow your own Oyster Mushrooms using a brown paper bag, straw or any other woody material. It's easy and fun. For more information, visit http://www.gardeningrhythms.com/

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  • Yes, use H2O2 to sterilize the bedding. The H2O2 also digests the wood for the mushroom. This sort of mushroom produces H2O2 to digest wood. By adding H2O2 to the bedding, it will aid the mushroom and help it grow faster.

    There is no need to add H2O2 to the refrigerator method. The lowered temperature slows down bacteria growth while letting the mycelium take over.

  • I don't put anymore additional water after closing the bag.

    You can through the whole bag in the corner and forget about it. The other place to keep it is in the crisper in your fridge.

    Expect it to flower in 3 months.

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  • These are fantastic questions. One bag gives you about 2 lbs of mushrooms. I don't know your portion size or the number of people you are feeding. Yes, you can use chunks of the old mycelium (this is the white stuff) to make more bags. You can also do this on a bale of straw. That is a lot of mushrooms!  You can use shredded newspaper, saw dust, cardboard or anything woody. Stay away from particle board and treated lumber.

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  • please reply!!!!

    So both ways r ways to grow mushrooms? or am i sapose to put the wood chips in the straw bag?

  • great video

  • I hope you do a follow up video on the progress of your mushrooms. Please?

  • Wow! Thank you so much. I'm so excited by the information you provided!

    I'v been growing mushrooms in the kitchen for years from kits but never thought of starting my own "kit" from the mycelium on store bought mushrooms!

    Would it be helpful to also H2O2 the pet bedding (or what ever initial substrate being used) or will the low temperatures of the refrigerator be enough to give the mycelium the advantage it needs over other organisms to colonize the substrate? 

  • At the second stage should you put any additional moisture in the bag?

    And at stage three you said that you could have it in the kitchen (no need for it to be in the dark any longer?) any need for additional moisture then?

    Also how long can I expect it to "flower"?

    Other then that wonderful video, I'm definitely doing this.

  • The best 'how tos' are those that you watch, and say to yourself, "I could do that!"--You win!

  • 1:20 yo dawg, so we heard you liek paper bags...

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