With clear instructions and step-by-step photographs, this straightforward guide shows you how to cultivate mushrooms in your own home.
With clear instructions and step-by-step photographs, this straightforward guide shows you how to cultivate mushrooms in your own home.
From the basics of using mushroom kits to working with grain spawn, liquid cultures, and fruiting chambers, Stephen Russell covers everything you need to know to produce mouthwatering shiitakes, oysters, lion s manes, maitakes, and portobellos. Whether you re interested in growing them for your own kitchen or to sell at a local market, you ll soon be harvesting a delicious and abundant crop of mushrooms.
Stephen Russell is trained in aikido and Chinese medicine, as well as psychotherapy, and he teaches tai chi and Taoist yoga. He lives in London.
Harvest Mushrooms at Home Learn to grow the most popular species - Oyster, Shiitake, Lion's Mane, and Maitake - in controlled indoor environments at home. Beginning with the best ways to ensure success with a kit and proceeding through advanced techniques for creating sawdust spawn, working with liquid cultures and fruiting chambers, and much more, Stephen Russell covers everything the home grower needs to know. A trusted reference for market growers, this book is also the perfect companion for hobbyists craving a steady supply of dinner-table mushrooms.
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