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Grow Mushrooms From Bags

How To Grow Mushrooms From Grain

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Growing mushrooms is a simple process, and one of the best ways to scale your mushroom grow setup for cheap. Rye grain is the best grain as mycelium can access the nutrients quickly, thereby speeding up colonisation time and the grain has a higher resistance to contamination compared to other varieties. 

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Follow this simply process to work out which bag method suits you!

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Essential Equipment

  • Boom Box or Inflatable Monotub: [Buy Here]

  • Mushroom Spore Syringe

  • CVG All-In-One Bag

  • Sterile Kit

  • Spray Bottle

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Step-by-Step Method

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Step 1: Clean the Injection Port

  1. Put on the included nitrile gloves.

  2. Thoroughly wipe the grey injection port with the provided alcohol and chlorhexidine prep pads.

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Step 2: Inoculate the Bag

  1. Attach the sterile needle to your syringe.

  2. Inject approximately 2mL of fluid through the grey silicone injection port into various parts of the bag.

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Step 3: Recap and Wait

  1. Remove the needle and attach a sterile syringe cap.

  2. Allow the bag to sit until the white mycelium covers all the rye grain at the bottom. This process can take 2-3 weeks.

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Step 4: Ready to Spawn!

  1. Once the rye grain is colonized by mycelium, pour the mix into a Boom Box or Inflatable Monotub.

  2. Close the lid and wait for the mycelium to completely cover the top surface, which can take up to a week.

 

Step 5: Start Fruiting Conditions

  1. Once the top is colonized, fan the tub 3-5 times daily to circulate airflow.

  2. Frequently spray with water to simulate rainfall and maintain humidity.

  3. Optimal growing conditions are 90-100% humidity and a temperature of 22-28°C. Fruiting can take 1-4 weeks.

 

Step 6: Time to Harvest!

  1. After a few days of misting and fanning, small mushroom "pins" will appear and eventually grow into fully developed mushrooms.

  2. Harvest the mushrooms by gently twisting them from the base and enjoy!

 

Pro Tip for Multiple Harvests

To achieve multiple harvests, submerge your colonized brick under water to rehydrate and restart the fruiting process. Submerge the cake for 10 hours to fruit up to another 1-3 times.

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All In One Video Tutorial

1. Bag Inoculation

2. Bag To Tub

Our CVG Bags, BoomBox and Inflatable Monotub can be found HERE

Grain Bag Method

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Mushroom Growing Grain Bag Method Guide
Essential Equipment

  • Boom Box or Inflatable Monotub: [Buy Here]

  • Mushroom Spore Syringe

  • Grain Bag

  • Substrate Bag

  • Sterile Kit

  • Spray Bottle
     

Step-by-Step Method


Step 1: Clean the Injection Port

  1. Put on the included nitrile gloves.

  2. Thoroughly wipe the grey injection port with the included alcohol and chlorhexidine prep pads.

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Step 2: Inoculate the Bag

  1. Attach the sterile needle to your syringe.

  2. Inject roughly 2mL of fluid through the grey silicone injection port into multiple parts of the bag.

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Step 3: Recap and Wait

  1. Remove the needle and attach a sterile syringe cap.

  2. Leave the bag until the white mycelium covers all the rye grain. This process can take 4-8 weeks.

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Step 4: Ready to Spawn!

  1. Once the rye grain is colonized by mycelium, pour it into a Boom Box or Inflatable Monotub.

  2. Add the sterilized substrate bag and mix together.

  3. Close the lid and wait for the mycelium to completely cover the top surface, which can take up to a week.

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Step 5: Start Fruiting Conditions

  1. Once the top is colonized, fan the tub 3-5 times daily to circulate airflow.

  2. Frequently spray with water to simulate rainfall and maintain humidity.

  3. Optimal growing conditions are 90-100% humidity and a temperature of 22-28°C. Fruiting can take 1-3 weeks.

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Step 6: Time to Harvest!

  1. After a few days of misting and fanning, small mushroom "pins" will appear and eventually grow into fully developed mushrooms.

  2. Harvest the mushrooms by gently twisting them from the base and enjoy!

     

Pro Tip for More Harvests
To achieve multiple harvests, submerge your colonized brick under water to rehydrate and restart the fruiting process. Submerge the cake for 10 hours to fruit up to another 1-3 times.

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