Three easy ways to grow mushrooms

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Shiitake are widely grown Oyster on logs. Drill 1½in (4cm) holes into mushrooms grown this way are the sides and fill with inoculated sawdust a great entry-level crop. Soak the or dowels, then plug with wax. Positioned inoculated material in water and bag in a damp, shady spot, the logs will it up, then wait for the mycelia to grow. yield in flushes; soaking logs in water Remove the bag and mist to keep moist, stimulates periodic harvests. and mushrooms will quickly appear.

Use logs: Use paper and straw:

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As well as compost, many grow-your-own kits now use spent coffee grounds as a growing substrate. Oysters are frequently grown this way, and often kits will direct you to drop temperature to ‘shock’ mushrooms into growth.

Use coffee grounds: