Frequently Asked Questions

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You can expect to grow a full crop of mushrooms in as little as six weeks. However, this depends on how well you're able to maintain temperatures. You'll need to keep the jars at about 75-58 degrees Fahrenheit for 2 weeks. And you'll need to keep the soil at the same temperature for the same amount of time. Then you can drop the temp to the low 70's for another 2 weeks. If your temperature is lower during the first 2 steps, you can expect a slightly longer time between inoculation and harvest.

You can grow most edible, gourmet and artistic mushrooms using this process. But you can also grow almost any kind of mycelium using this process.

You can expect about 4 ounces of dried fruit bodies.

A flush is a "crop" of mushrooms. Most growers harvest mushrooms when they begin to break their veil, or right before the mushrooms release their spores. Each MiniTub produces about 4 flushes.

You can take the substrate and bury it in your garden! Makes great fertilizer and you might get a couple mushrooms that grow in your garden beds.

The jars are not filled to the top for two reasons: to make it easier to remove the grains at the end of the step 1 and to reduce the risk of contamination. When you're ready to move to step 2, you'll need to shake the grains loose from the jar because the mycelium will hold it together. With fewer grains, you'll be able to loosen them more easily. Additionally, the fewer grains you have, the less likely it is that you'll experience contamination. Your grain jars are balanced between having just the right amount to grow a ton of mushrooms and not so many that you needlessly expose yourself to contamination.