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North Spore visits Chuck from Shady Grove Farm in Western Maine, to see how he makes his outdoor mushroom beds. In this video we walk through making an outdoor woodchip bed inoculated with Nameko (Pholiota nameko) mushrooms, a composted animal manure bed for Almond Agaricus, and a simple straw bed for growing oyster mushrooms or wine caps or garden giant mushrooms (Stropharia rugosoannulata).
2:51 Making a wood chip bed for Nameko or Wine Caps
5:09 Making a composted manure bed for manure loving mushrooms (Agaricus, Shaggy Mane, etc.)
6:31 Making a straw bed for pink oyster mushrooms or wine caps (any variety of oyster mushroom will work with this method)
Below are links to substrate and spawn varieties that will work with the methods in the video!
Boomr Bag Manure Substrate: https://northspore.com/products/boomr-bag-manure-based-sterile-substrate-5lb?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=outdoor-beds-video&utm_content=boomr-bag
Nameko Grain Spawn: https://northspore.com/collections/grain-spawn/products/nameko-mushroom-grain-spawn?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=outdoor-beds-video&utm_content=nameko-grain-spawn
Nameko Sawdust Spawn: https://northspore.com/collections/sawdust-spawn/products/nameko-sawdust-spawn?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=outdoor-beds-video&utm_content=nameko-sawdust-spawn
Wine Cap Sawdust Spawn: https://northspore.com/collections/sawdust-spawn/products/wine-cap-sawdust-spawn-1?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=outdoor-beds-video&utm_content=wine-cap-sawdust-spawn
Pink Oyster Grain Spawn: https://northspore.com/collections/grain-spawn/products/pink-oyster-mushroom-grain-spawn?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=outdoor-beds-video&utm_content=pink-oyster-grain-spawn
Blue Oyster Sawdust Spawn: https://northspore.com/collections/sawdust-spawn/products/blue-oyster-sawdust-spawn?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=outdoor-beds-video&utm_content=blue-oyster-sawdust-spawn
Blue Oyster Grain Spawn: https://northspore.com/collections/grain-spawn/products/blue-oyster-grain-spawn?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=outdoor-beds-video&utm_content=blue-oyster-grain-spawn
Italian Oyster Sawdust Spawn: https://northspore.com/collections/sawdust-spawn/products/italian-oyster-sawdust-spawn?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=outdoor-beds-video&utm_content=italian-oyster-sawdust-spawn
Snow Oyster Sawdust Spawn: https://northspore.com/collections/sawdust-spawn/products/snow-oyster-spawn?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=outdoor-beds-video&utm_content=snow-oyster-sawdust
Almond Agaricus Sawdust Spawn: https://northspore.com/collections/sawdust-spawn/products/almond-agaricus-sawdust-spawn?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=outdoor-beds-video&utm_content=almond-sawdust-spawn
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26 Comments
I really like this video because he doesn't use cardboard or newspaper under mulch and includes leaves in the list of materials. Leaves are my basic mulch, with compost on top to sprout seeds, and all I have to add is wood, like the twisty willow twigs that constantly fall off our huge tree, wood waste, and maybe wood chips.
I used newspaper and cardboard under mulch for 20 years. But two years of gardening other people's yards showed me that the cellulose layer either was quickly consumed by worms or was not consumed and stopped the flow of water and nutrients to the soil. It either had no effect, or it was pernicious. 2 inches of wood chips will stop weed seeds smaller than 1/8 inch.
You mention feeding, what is it you give do?
How many months did it take before the oysters in straw grew? Will it work if you put in a plastic storage box instead of a garden? I don’t have much access for a garden
No plastic cover needed ??
Hi Im Nelson I live Maine and I want to grow mushrooms in my backyard.
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In many ways I feel like calling hardwood chips and straw a waste product is disingenuous. Both are fairly expensive to buy and ppl who produce it for their own use and homestead would never call it waste lol there is never enough straw around. From garden beds and barns and poultry bedding and even carbon for the compost pile which clearly goes back into the land as well. You wanna grow it on cardboard and call it waste material then I'm with ya.
Great low tech ways of starting mushrooms outdoors. Thanks for sharing your video.
Very informative video. I assume the different substrates weren't pasteurized because the mushrooms were grown outside? I've never grown, but I've seen some indoor grow vids where the growers pasteurize the substrate
Thank you, I quite like the way you are growing mushrooms
thanks for reminding me to go water my logs 🙂
I have a mostly shaded area of my property that does receive direct sun for a short time each day. I'd like to start some straw beds in this area, but I'm not sure the light is correct. How much sun is too much for mushroom growing?
I found this video super helpful thank you for posting it. If I grow oyster mushrooms outside and make a flower bed for them do I have to remove all the grass or can I just layer the straw on top?
Hello! Question about the mushrooms shown in this video. Does the straw need to be pasteurized or wood chips sterilized? I only have access to store bought straw and wood chips. I have access to an arborist’s wood chips, but they age of the chips is not known. So far I have not had success from these chips with spawn.
I found an oyster mushroom kit on clearance. So I did a tiny amount of research and used the grain and some straw to fill some baskets just to see what happened. It worked and caused a new hobby to form. Now I have three different types growing inside and outside.
I would really like to try mushroom but is not found easily around here
love the name…shady grove…GD rip Jerry
I have a wet backyard greenbelt area. Great idea!
Do you have a video how to make a bed for morel mushrooms?
I made a couple large wood chip beds and added oyster and king stropharia. 8 months in, there's mycelial activity but no fruiting. Any tips to coax fruiting welcome!
please explain what is in all the different buckets and bags as you are putting on the woodchip bed
Anyone know how to grow amanitas? I can't find any info about them in particular.
Hello there! Quick question: Are the substrates used here pasteurized, sterilized or "just as is"?
Are there any times of wood to never use for mushrooms … and why?
when should I start oyster straw beds her in NW Washington? also when would you start an outdoor bed for a wood lover variety that likes the cooler temps here?
I would love to get into mushrooms
How can I find buyers after I grow them🤷