Indoor mushroom growing made easy

Growing mushrooms indoors awards you the opportunity to grow and cultivate these fascinating crops all year round. Having mushrooms grown indoors allows you to control the temperature, humidity and light to increase your chances of success.

The fun part about growing mushrooms is their fast growth, as they can be harvested within a few weeks of cultivation.

How to grow mushrooms

What you need to know is mushrooms grow from spores instead of seeds. These tiny spores are usually not visible to the naked idea. In their natural outside growing environment, they usually grow on soil and other substrates like wood or tree branches.

But all of this is not necessary when growing them indoors. Indoors provide wood chips materials for nourishment, and nutrient-rich manure for the mushroom mycelium to grow fruitfully.

Mushrooms love a dark cool spot with humid conditions to grow. When growing mushrooms at home, provide an ideal place for their growth. Have a clean and sterile environment for them to grow healthy. You want your growing environment to promote healthy mycelium development without the extra noise of competing with other microorganisms.

Although they can tolerate indirect light, it’s best to avoid it as you don’t want to disturb the mycelium growth. Good indirect light and ventilation are important variables in ensuring the health of your mushroom spawn. The idea is to mimic the natural growing habit.

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Types of mushroom species you can grow

Most variations of mushrooms can be successfully grown indoors as long as the right growing conditions are provided. One of the advantages of cultivating mushrooms indoors is the assurance that you will not accidentally grow toxic varieties. These mushrooms have similar growing requirements, making them suitable for indoor cultivation.

White button mushrooms- one of the more commonly used variation
Pink oyster mushrooms- Are packed with high levels of protein
Reishi mushroom- Can help in boosting immunity
Morel mushrooms- A rare find due to its shape and colour as it is far from being similar to the other variations
Enoki mushrooms- With their long needle-like shapes