Grow Kits

The best way to get your feet wet in medicinal mushroom cultivation is to buy a pre-made kit. The pre-made kit allows an individual to start growing mushrooms immediately. Many people enjoy the “ready to grow” style offered by the Back to the Roots Company. The kit is a “Grow your own mushroom garden” with little to no work at all. The kit grows right out of the box it comes in!

For the more adventurous type, you can purchase the kits with all the ready to use parts and begin to learn the process from start to finish. The process from start to finish involves the inoculation of a sterilized nutrient substrate with either spores, plugs, or live mycelium cultures. The nutrient substrate can be of various materials. There are many different species of medicinal mushrooms and they all grow on different substrate. Some species grow on logs and wood based materials and some feed off of rye berries, brown rice flower, straw, and even birdseed. Learning how to grow mushrooms is very rewarding. Growing mushrooms also takes patience. Just like any garden, it takes time before you can reap the rewards of you labor. By growing your own mushrooms, you know that there are no harmful chemicals in your tasty mushrooms. Many types of medicinal mushrooms are suitable for growing at home. Oyster mushrooms are my personal favorite. I love the taste of fresh Oyster mushrooms. Mushroom spores, plugs, and live mycelium cultures can be found all over the internet (check Amazon) at very reasonable prices, so buy a kit and get started.

Overall the process of growing medicinal mushrooms inexpensive. Reading books by the cultivation professionals will help you get a great start while you learn the process. This is the best way to go about getting started with medicinal mushroom cultivation. Below, I’ve pulled together some of the best growing kits on the net. Some are “ready to grow” kits and some are “do it yourself” kits. With a little upfront investment and time I would suggest going for a “do it yourself” kit. You will not regret the enjoyment you get out of growing and eating your own medicinal mushrooms.

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