| ▲ | convolvatron 7 hours ago | |
what do you use as a low-cost substrate? I think this would be something I'd be into, but the idea of buying 5lb bags to be delivered by UPS really kind of takes the magic out of it. | ||
| ▲ | jcims 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
Certain species do better in different substrates, but for the ones I've grown coco coir (also suggested by holly01) works great. There are some additional bits you can add to improve results but it starts there. You can hydrate it with hot water in a 5 gallon bucket. There's lots of tutorials on YouTube. | ||
| ▲ | markvdb 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Depends on the species. For something easy to grow like oyster mushrooms, straw. Do decontaminate the straw. Cooking water or hydraulic lime water should work for that. | ||
| ▲ | lemax 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Mycelium has been shown to colonize some of the most unexpected substrates - cigarette butts [1], sawdust, you name it. https://circulareconomy.europa.eu/platform/en/good-practices... | ||
| ▲ | holly01 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Coco coir is very cheap and is what I use. If you want more of a project, you can make the inoculation jars and sterilize the grain yourself. That way you’ll be taking a spore/liquid culture syringe from a tiny blob of mycelium to a whole network of fruiting bodies. Doing that will also be much cheaper in the long run if you stick with the hobby | ||
| ▲ | Flashtoo 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Coffee grounds | ||