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indoor mushroom farming (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 4 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Are oysters and shiitakes easy? I did Teachers and they were soooooo simple, it was fascinating! It’d be nice to have some just to eat for yum and not expedience.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Oysters are probably the easiest edibles to grow. Shiitakes on the other hand, I am just cursed even though they shouldn't be hard. If you had success with Teachers, Oysters aren't a problem.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Are teachers that easy? I've only ever done albino tidal waves, and not only do they take like 6 months to grow but they always find a way to fuck something up and I end up with 10 grams per canopy. Life is suffering with ATWs.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Oh yah, all it takes is a plastic tub with a latching lid and a fine mist spritzer! The first time I did super poorly but had pins in a couple weeks, and got a couple flushes (which I harvested way too late.)

    Another try and the first flush was WAY more thicc, got about seven flushes over the course of two or three months before I stopped them. Just threw em in a room with no special light or anything, just spritzed twice a day or so. Barely touched them or did anything, just went in to wet em a little and admire them occasionally. They were extremely self-sufficient!

    Took ages to dry, but once completely dried out, easily 120+g total from the second batch!

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    If you order a spawn block of shiitake or oyster they are pretty easy indoors in my experience. Outdoor shiitake making my first attempt wont likely know until fall of 2027

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Outdoors takes that long?! Wild! Teachers were flushin’ in like a month or two. Good luck on your outdoor grow! :3

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago*

    I used dowel plugs instead of sawdust as first attempt so a bit slower but easier to avoid contamination from what I read. Also depends on the size of the logs, weather conditions, how heavily you inoculate, etc. Have a winter season here where the shiitakes are likely to go dormant. Might see something earlier than that but if I don't see anything by winter 2027 will assume it has likely failed. If it goes well should have a number of years of production though.

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