Mushroom Cultures and Mushroom Supplies | Out-Grow (2024)

FAQs

How long do you keep grow bags in mushroom supplies? ›

You will store you bag until it is 20-40% colonized (20-40% covered in white mycelium). If Using Liquid Culture: Store your bag for about 1-3 weeks. If Using Spores: Store your bag for about 2-4 weeks.

Store syringe or jar in a sealed bag in the fridge. Keep at 35-46°F (2-8°C); do not freeze. Use within 6 months; can last up to 12 months or more.

Are mushroom growing kits reusable? Mushroom kits are not reusable, but most of them produce at least 2 harvests' worth of mushrooms. This means that you can get multiple harvests out of a single kit before needing to replace it.

Store your 50/50 substrate in a cool and dry location. 50/50 substrate can keep for up to 4 months in these conditions. There will be no need to rehydrated or sterilize the products a second time. If you need to store the product longer it can be refrigerated for up to 6 months and frozen for up to 1 year.

After about 4-8 weeks, you should start to see mycelium growing on the substrate. You'll notice the white mycelium growing outward from the point of injection. When the mycelium has grown three to four inches, without opening the bag, carefully break up the colonized substrate and mix it into the uncolonized substrate.

Mobility and Durability

You can start a plant in a smaller grow bag and move it to a larger grow bag as the plant reaches maturity. Grow bags are predicted to last 7 to 8 seasons, but with good care, they can last for much longer. Grow bags' fabric is pressed together, not woven, which increases their durability.

In optimal conditions, mycelium bricks can last for some 20 years, however, they can break down in as little as six weeks in poor conditions. Mycelium building materials are still in development and they have a long way to go– but the benefits of this emerging material are immense.

Mushroom grow kits can be surprisingly resilient. While we recommend fruiting your grow kit as soon as possible, if you need to, you can store your grow kit in the refrigerator for up to 6 months!

Grain spawn will store for three months in a refrigerator. The fresher the better, but mycelium is pretty resilient.

Reuse the Bag

You may need to place something heavy on top of the bag to hold the bulk of it under the water. You can also reuse the bag to make mini straw logs instead of using poly tubing.

How do you extend the life of a mushroom grow kit? ›

A mycelium can theoretically live forever as long as it has food to grow into which is why the oldest and largest organism on earth is a fungus. Take a deep dive into the magic beneath your feet. Enjoy Fantastic Fungi now on Netflix.

It just makes sense to grow mushrooms in coffee grounds. You make wonderful nutritious oyster mushrooms out of a bountiful waste resource that is still rich with nutrients. You can return the now composted grounds to enrich your soil at the end of the growth cycle to complete its life cycle too.

Spend time getting to know what your mycelium is supposed to look like so you can better identify unhealthy or contaminated patches. While mycelium is typically white and filamentous, contamination generally takes the form of green, blue, gray, or black patches or discolorations in your substrate.

Moisture does play a role in mushroom growth. Higher moisture means more mushrooms will grow which makes sense since mushrooms are about 90% water.

For longer storage, refrigerate the spawn for up to 3 months. If you use a partial bag of spawn, store the remaining spawn in its original bag, folding the top down from the filter patch and clipping to secure. Pink Oyster grain spawn CANNOT be refrigerated and should be used within two weeks of receiving.

Whereas many products that claim to be compostable require energy-intensive processing, Mushroom^® Packaging naturally reverts to soil nutrients after just 45 days. Simply break up the packaging into small pieces, and toss them into the compost bin or spread them throughout your garden.

Mushroom grow kits can be surprisingly resilient. While we recommend fruiting your grow kit as soon as possible, if you need to, you can store your grow kit in the refrigerator for up to 6 months!

Reuse the Bag

You may need to place something heavy on top of the bag to hold the bulk of it under the water. You can also reuse the bag to make mini straw logs instead of using poly tubing. Just fill the cleaned bag with pasteurized straw and grain spawn and you normally would when growing mushrooms on straw.