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Death Cap, Mushroom Poisonings, and Safe Foraging with Greg Marley
In this article we offer advice for aspiring mushroom hunters, including resources for identification along with a fascinating interview with Maine's poisonous mushroom expert Greg Marley.
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How to Grow Mushrooms in Fall: Inoculation & Fruiting
As fall arrives, it's time to prepare mushroom projects for spring. We've pulled together some late-season project ideas for growing mushrooms in beds, containers, and logs and have some tips for region-specific projects.
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How to Find & Identify Chanterelle Mushrooms
This week's blog highlights the popular and tasty chanterelle mushroom, including how to identify, collect, and cook these golden beauties, along with the many ways this single mushroom boosts both human and forest health.
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How to Grow Mushrooms in Bags: The Complete ShroomTek Method
Growing your favorite mushrooms just got a lot easier with ShroomTek, North Spore’s hotly awaited All-In-One Complete Mushroom Grow System. In this feature we cover necessary materials and methods for success in the inoculation, storage, colonization, fruiting and harvesting of your ShroomTek, along with important environmental considerations.
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4 Easy Ways to Preserve Mushrooms
Here we discuss a number of simple preservation techniques for keeping mushrooms edible for the long term, covering best practices and simple recipes to enjoy the fruits of your labor for longer while expanding your culinary opportunities throughout the year.
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How to Grow Mushrooms in Buckets & Containers
The bucket tek, or technique, is one of the most reliable methods to grow oyster mushrooms quickly and on a predictable schedule. We’ll teach you how to source and prepare buckets, pasteurize your substrate, inoculate, and incubate your buckets with mushroom spawn.
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Using your All American Pressure Sterilizer
Sterile technique is at the heart of indoor mushroom cultivation, so if you want to step up your game we recommend purchasing an All American Sterilizer to sanitize your equipment and homemade substrates.
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How to Make a Martha Tent Mushroom Fruiting Chamber
What is a Martha Tent / What is the Martha Tek? The term Martha Tent was born out of the...
We Tested the Mella Smart Mushroom Fruiting Chamber by FirstBuild
Awhile back, the team at FirstBuild reached out to us about the Mella Smart Mushroom Fruiting Chamber they were creating and asked if we would like to help advise the development team. And, of course, we jumped at the opportunity. This automated mushroom growing appliance has been designed to fit into small spaces (e.g. kitchen countertops) and to make the process of mushroom growing easier, cleaner, more practical for smaller-scale growers and hobbyists. (Think high-tech tiny version of a Martha tent.)
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How to Grow Shiitake Mushrooms on Logs
Growing shiitake mushrooms on logs is one of the most satisfying and sustainable means of cultivating mushrooms. It’s more cost-effective...
How to Get More Life From Your 'Spray & Grow' Mushroom Kit
Our Spray and Grow Kits are an easy and convenient way to start growing mushrooms. After they’re done fruiting on your kitchen counter, there are a few ways you can reuse your kit and keep on growing! Sometimes a little fresh air is all that a kit needs to be revitalized.
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Experimenting with our Modified Monotub
Our latest experiment with our modified monotub: growing Black King oyster mushrooms on our Boomr Bag bulk substrate.
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