My first experience growing mushrooms at home.
This was my first time growing mushrooms at home. I used this syringe to inoculate 10 pint size mason jars filled with birdseed/millet. These jars were added to 5 bags of hardwood pellet substrate. All bags colonized completely with no problems accept when I fruited the first bag the oyster mushrooms were long and stringy.<br /><br />I built a shotgun fruiting chamber out of a clear plastic bin/perlite and then I installed a small 5v USB fan which I purchased on amazon for a couple bucks to help regulate humidity and air exchange. The next bags which were produced from this batch turned out to be very nice mushrooms when fruiting in this new environment. This was a lot of fun and I look forward to purchasing more.<br /><br />UPDATE: After two flushes I buried the block behind my home in a shaded area. We had some rain and then a temperature drop, and the next day I noticed the nicest flush yet growing of the block which I had buried. I think I will need to increase my air exchange and I might even try to grow some of these oyster mushrooms in buckets outside on a straw substrate.
Rating: 5 stars