Oyster mushrooms will grow on almost any carbon-rich material. Chances are, you've got all you need to get started tucked away in your recycling bin. ♻️🦪
How to build a cardboard digester a thread:
How to build a cardboard digester a thread:
📦Find/build a crate with some room between the slats for your mushrooms to emerge from. About 1" spaces are good. Milk crates work too!
📜Source enough undyed/brown cardboard and paper to fill the crate. You can also add some freshly used coffee grounds or even a little compost.
📜Source enough undyed/brown cardboard and paper to fill the crate. You can also add some freshly used coffee grounds or even a little compost.
🚿 Hydrate your materials by giving them a hose down or soak in a tub for a few minutes. Let any excess water drain off.
🥪 Inoculate! Sandwich your crumbled oyster sawdust spawn between layers of cardboard and paper.
🥪 Inoculate! Sandwich your crumbled oyster sawdust spawn between layers of cardboard and paper.
🕶 Keep it covered, out of direct sunlight, and hydrated while it grows. You should start to see mycelium running through the layers in the first few weeks.
This very cool system set up by Kori Adkins of @/ShoestringMartha produced 3 flushes for a total of over 8+ pounds of Italian oyster mushrooms in just a few months! Read more in our interview with them: northspore.com/blogs/the-blac…
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