Mushroom Growing Tips, Guides & Recipes
Everything You Need To Know To Grow Mushrooms At Home
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Mushroom growing tips, guides, recipes, and stories from North Spore.
Guides
How to Make Mushroom Compost
Mushroom compost is a nutrient-rich organic material derived from spent mushroom substrate, making it an excellent soil amendment for gardeners...
Guides
How To Grow Mushrooms Outside in Your Garden
Growing your favorite edible and medicinal mushrooms outside in a backyard or garden setting is a relatively simple process that...
Outdoor Mushroom Growing
How to Grow Mushrooms on Logs, Pillars, and Stumps
Growing mushrooms on logs is an easy way to ensure you'll be harvesting mushrooms for years to come! After inoculation,...
Indoor Mushroom Growing
Using a Spray And Grow Kit
Growing mushrooms at home is easier than you think, especially with a table top setup like one of our Spray...
Guides
How to Make a Monotub: The Complete Monotub Tek Guide for Growing Mushrooms
The monotub tek method is where most indoor mushroom cultivators get their start. It's easy, fast, and doesn't take up much space...
foraging
How to Find, Identify, Grow, and Cook Hen of the Woods (Maitake) Mushrooms
Found from North America to Europe and Asia, Hen of the Woods, or Maitake, is a versatile gourmet edible mushroom...
Guides
10 Best Mushroom Lover Gifts for 2025
Wondering what gift to get that mushroom lover in your life? These unique ideas are sure to please any fungi...
Outdoor Mushroom Growing
How to Grow Wine Cap Mushrooms
We explore our favorite garden mushroom, our top pick for companion planting and building soil health - Stropharia rugosoannulata or...
Guides
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...
recipes
How to Cook Lion's Mane Mushrooms (Perfectly)
Lion’s Mane is a nutrient-rich mushroom that’s easy to grow at home with a North Spore Spray & Grow kit,...
Guides
How to Grow and Cook Golden Enoki Mushrooms at Home
Golden Enoki mushrooms are a beloved culinary and medicinal fungus with a 2,000-year history in East Asia, prized for their...
Health & Wellness
Mycelium vs. Fruiting Body: Which Medicinal Mushroom Supplements are Best?
A debate is brewing around medicinal mushroom supplements. Mushroom mycelium and mushroom fruit body extracts are all the rage, but...