3 Ways YOU Can Grow Mushrooms In The Garden

I love the idea of growing mushrooms at home especially when it comes to delicious cultivars like Wine Cap mushrooms that you can't find in the store! Today I will show you how to build a standard mushroom bed on the ground, how to grow mushrooms in your pathways, and how to make a container mushroom factory! I have used North Spore over the years for both outdoor and indoor grow kits without fail!

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[Tippler]

I bought spent mushroom blocks from a vendor at the farmers market to use as a soil amendment.... Unexpectedly found pink ousters and lions mane all over the garden!

[FrozEnbyWolf]

I had wood blewits show up on their own in my autumn leaf compost two years ago. The following year I planted wine caps in my Chip Drop woodchips, and I had elegant stinkhorns show up on their own due to the favorable conditions I created. This year the elegant stinkhorns have spread all throughout my garden, along with the squid stinkhorns making an appearance. All stinkhorn species are safe to eat, and they make a great thickener for soups and sauces.

[kspot]

Tips for doing this in other zones:
-In the desert oysters might be easier since they like the warm but for most cooler places (ive tried in zones 5-7) wine caps are way easier and they’ll be perennial.
-Wine caps like wood chips more than straw and it usually takes 6months-1year before they colonize and break down wood enough to fruit but then they’ll never leave and they’ll spread.
-Blue oysters specifically are the best tasting mushroom i’ve ever had. They’re like bacon. But wine caps are good too, closer to a regular button mushroom from the store.
-Oysters do prefer straw and because my climate is cooler I haven’t gotten them to be perennial. They will grow fast though and usually fruit in a few weeks that same season if you plant them at the right time early enough. I consider them annual near me.
-If you’re not in a desert, make sure the chips don’t dry out for a week or so and then the mushrooms will get all the water they need from rain. Straw beds might require a bit more maintenance and babying.
-Wine caps usually fruit in the spring and the fall for me and they don’t fruit the first season and sometimes not even really abundantly until the third spring/fall but you can check for mycelium to make sure it’s alive at any point.
-I add a thin layer of new wood chips every year to keep them going indefinitely but my old landlord tried to completely cover mine with rocks and weed fabric and they still came out with nice fruit around the edges, so once established they’re pretty hardy as long as the mycelium stays intact.

[boothgoodies]

I love the explanation of how to layer to aid in feeding the mushrooms throughout their life cycle.

[carissalizotte]

Maine here! 🌲 We have used North Spore a bunch and have been so happy with every product! They are a wonderful company. We love the box grow kits for holiday gifts.

[FrankTrask]

I can confirm you can grow mushrooms in a grow bag. They send fruiting bodies throughout the sides of the bag. They grew in a poly tunnel at 70% humidity

[novaflame]

I think a good addition to a composter would be some mushroom spawn, because not only do you get the benefit of growing mushrooms where you throw your organic waste, you also get good compost from it, and you even can use it as your own starter spawn for new mushroom beds, and if you use it in your garden, you might even get the added benefit of having beneficial mushrooms growing with your other crops, and can even add some charm to a flower/herb garden too if you add some pretty varieties of edible mushrooms to your compost, so I would say this might be worth a try to add some spawn to a composter to start a mushroom composter, because you will never run out of mushroom spawn if you do this.

[celiaetmyco]

I made 2 burlap bags of mushroom this year : blue and pink oysters. I had great harvests, I was almost tired of eating mushrooms 😅 I mixed 50/50 straw and maple mulch. I placed the bags under my patio for shade and also use this otherwise lost space 😊

[Just-Nikki]

I have a wine cap kit in my fridge that I literally just told my husband we need a plan for putting out. We’re also amending our beds and putting our garden to rest for the winter and we have a pile of mulch to put down. This is perfect timing. Much appreciated!

[csn]

I did a very half-assed sowing of wine cap spawn mid-summer and still got very decent results that are still producing flushes now! It very much seems like my best flushes and best tomato producers were in the same containers, so either they liked the same conditions or were cooperating. 🍄🍄🍄

[falsificationism]

THIS is the how-to I didn't know I needed!

[cohomesource]

I love mushroom farming! And gardening of course :-) thanks for all the tips and so forth. I did the wine caps also and they are great😊 they're everywhere!

[tinad]

I’m looking forward to a follow up video to see an update. I just watched this video again because I just planted some mushrooms today. Thank you. 😊

[Eli-vjwc]

I heard that king of the garden was a fun mushroom to grow but I’m definitely going to plant some in my pathways!

[scottscriticalmass]

Great video Jacques... I'm inspired to add some mushrooms to my garden now. I never really considered the added benefits of mushroom gardening, aside from the mushroom itself. Even without the edible, sounds like they're hugely beneficial for the overall garden ecosystem.

[BarefootHugelkultur]

I love how you said the fir is like protein and fats! Made perfect sense to me. Takes longer to colonize, but makes for a healthier/longer harvest overall

[jeannet]

This was so interesting! I’ve seen mushroom kits to grow on oak logs but never considered growing them in my garden pathways. Thank you, Jacque!

[Plantandpeoplecarer]

Apparently you and Kevin are influencing me through subtle product placement, I recently upgraded all of my tools in my garden, a gorilla cart, two hose link hoses and lots of wands and extra connectors, new wheelbarrow wheel, hoselink hand tools, birdies garden beds! I just planted some seedlings and the cells I’m using are breaking down so I’m going to need to get 4 and 6 cells from Epic store so they last! Loving the quality of everything I’ve purchased! Thanks guys

[rchic]

North spore has some great informative videos. They seem to be the most consistent in quality for spawn. I’m glad to see them recommended

[rar]

Great video, I definitely want to try this. The grow bag you used seems like it can now be a "spawn bag" and used to inoculate other mushroom beds or bags, once the grow bag is fully colonized.

Just a thought, never tried it.