Growing brown stew fungus and oyster mushrooms on straw (bales, straw pellets or chopped straw)
Mushroom culture on straw bales
You need straw bales of approx. 10 kg dry weight or straw pellets. You can order straw pellets from us when you buy the grain spawn
You can grow mushrooms on straw pellets in a flower pot or greenhouse throughout the whole year. The straw in the bales must be healthy and dry, ideally you should use organic straw bales.
Growing oyster mushrooms on straw pellets
Advantage of pellets: Easier to handle than straw bales, you can also grow them in flowerpots in their house or throughout the year in a greenhouse.
Young oyster mushrooms on straw pellets
Best time to start is March to October.
- Mix the straw pellets with water and keep the mixture wet until it starts to ferment (approx. 7 days).
- Filll the mixture into two flowerpots and stir in the grain spawn, store at a temperature of approx. 20° or put the mixture into a bed in the greenhouse.
- The first of up to 4 harvest takes place after about 4 - 6 weeks.
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Growing oyster mushrooms or brown stew fungus on straw bales:
Brown stew fungus on straw
Best time to start is March to October.
- Water the straw bales.
- Inoculate one or two bales with grain spawn and store in the garden for the spawn to propagate.
- after the propagation says the harvest can be over a period of min. 3 to 5 month. Protect against slugs during the summer months.
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Growing horsetail fungus on straw pellets in the garden
Horsetail fungus in the garden
Best time to start is March to August.
- Mix the straw pellets with water and keep the mixture wet until it starts to ferment (approx. 7 days).
- Inoculate the pellet mass with grain spawn (the supplied spawn quantity is sufficient for two cultures).
- Put the cultures in a warm place for approx. 5 weeks.
- Bury the cultures in the soil in the garden.
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