A place to call home for folks who grow mushrooms!

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Welcome to c/MushroomGrowers

c/MushroomGrowers is a thriving and supportive community for amateur enthusiasts and seasoned professionals passionate about the fascinating world of mushroom cultivation. Whether you're just starting with your first grow kit or managing a commercial operation, this is the place to learn, share, and grow together.

What We Offer

Guides and Tutorials: Step-by-step instructions for beginners and advanced growers.
Expert Advice: Insights from experienced cultivators.
Troubleshooting: Help with common problems like contamination, substrate preparation, and environmental control.
Project Sharing: Showcase your setups, grows, and success stories.
Discussions: Talk about new techniques, species, or industry trends.
Resources: A curated list of helpful tools, suppliers, and educational materials.

Topics We Cover

Indoor and outdoor mushroom cultivation
Sterile techniques and lab setups
Growing gourmet mushrooms (e.g., oysters, shiitake, lion's mane)
Exploring medicinal fungi
Wild mushroom foraging and identification
Sustainable and eco-friendly cultivation practices

Community Guidelines

Be respectful and supportive to all members.
Share your knowledge and experience openly.
Keep discussions on topic and relevant to mushroom cultivation.
Avoid self-promotion unless it contributes meaningful value.
Use the Search function to find answers before posting questions.

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We encourage you to ask questions, share your successes (and failures!), and help cultivate a global network of knowledge and passion for fungi.

Happy Growing!
The c/MushroomGrowers Team

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Why do you grow mushrooms? What for? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I stumbled upon this community for the first time a few minutes ago. I like gardening and houseplants, but never heard of people recretionally growing mushrooms of the non-magical kind. Is it for food?

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[–] anomaly 10 points 10 months ago

I grew some oyster mushrooms from pre spawned compost. I liked watching them and then harvesting them after about 10 days. They went great with pasta, butter, and garlic

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Why wouldn't you grow them. They are really tricky but very rewarding. Completely different than growing from seeds. Plus you get mushrooms st the end.

Win win

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Plenty of mushrooms are common in Asian cuisine, for example, but you can't buy them in Germany at all. So I guess that is somewhat recreational :-)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Some gourmet edible mushroom species can be hard or impossible to find in stores but can be grown at home. There are lots of different types with different properties that are fun to learn about and try growing. You can improve your technique and setup. It is sort of like gardening but also very different, and can be done in the off season. It’s a hobby for me but I think there’s a lot of depth possible.