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RE: How To Grow Shiitake Mushrooms At Home The Easy Way
Now I'm hungry for sauteed mushrooms.
We've discussed growing them here in AZ. It's dry, so we'd need to figure out a way to do it. And we're into structuring things as passively as possible. Maybe we can keep a place moist enough?
You could partly fill a plastic tub with water, put a drying rack across the top and place the mushroom block on the rack to it's suspended a few inches above the water. Then cover the whole thing in a plastic trash bag. That should keep it humid enough.
I agree with @luzcypher's recommendation. My dad used a similar setup for several oyster mushroom kits, indoors in winter with dry central air, and had great success. The key seems to be a plastic tent to get the humidity in, but with enough air circulation so you don't get mold, and a passive way for the block to wick up water without being drowned in it. If you use water that has sat out a day or two, any chlorine will evaporate and not try to sterilize the mushrooms, lol. And leave room in the plastic tent for the mushrooms to really grow. Have fun -- and report back to the @gardening-trail! ; )
Thanks for the additional input. I'm hoping to get a greywater system set up this summer, so maybe that would make for a good way get some mushrooms going. I'll keep it in mind as I work it out.
Let us all know for the @gardening-trail! (hint, hint) ; )