Growing oyster mushrooms on straw
Supplies
- 1 or more growing pockets
- Latex gloves
- 1000 grams of straw (per grow bag)or 800 grams of coffee grounds and 200 grams of straw (per breeding bag)
- Brood for oyster mushrooms (100 grams per breeding bag)
Roadmap
- Cook the straw for at least 45 minutes in a (quick boil) pan.
- Drain it one night in a colander.
- Mix the breeding and straw (and possibly coffee grounds) in the pan. Make sure that large lumps are crumbled.
- Put the mixture in a breeding bag and fill it up to 10 cm below the edge (just above the white filter strip). You can press the straw a bit.
- Fold the top centimeter of the bag once. Not this now. If you do not have a stapler, you can also attach it with adhesive tape.
- You now have a breeding bag that is filled for around three -quarters. Place this in a dark place at room temperature, for example in the room where the central heating boiler is.
- As soon as the contents of the bag has become completely white, the oyster mushrooms are ready to grow. Place this in half shade in the living room and prevent them from getting direct sunlight.
- Cut a cross of approximately 5x5 cm on the front with a knife. This gives the oyster mushrooms oxygen and create a place where they want to get out.
- Keep the breeding bag moist by spraying it twice a day with a plant sprayer.
- Within a week you will see small oyster mushrooms appear from the hole. In the following days, the oyster mushrooms double every day.
- Keep spraying them to promote growth, but don't get them too wet. A nice mist is ideal, but if there are drops on the fungi, give them too much water.
- As soon as the hats start to curl up it is time to harvest. Do this in time, because if you wait too long, they will dry out.