What is the best way to grow mushrooms?
Mushrooms need a cool, dark, humid growing environment to grow successfully. They also need a carbon-rich medium to grow on. This is because, unlike plants, mushrooms need to consume carbon and oxygen. Rotting wood and other carbon-rich materials are ideal for mushroom because they provide the nutrients that a mushroom needs to grow. The easiest way to get started in mushroom cultivation is to purchase a kit that already had spawn inoculated compost. Usually you will wet the medium and then place it in a cool, dark location until mushrooms form. You will probably be able to find several places to purchase a mushroom growing kit. Once you feel more confident, these same places can offer you an abundance of other supplies so you can progress to other varieties and cultivation methods. Once your mushrooms have become established, you can often harvest mushrooms for years.
