I bought spent mushroom blocks from a vendor at the farmers market to use as a soil amendment.... Unexpectedly found pink ousters and lions mane all over the garden!

Dropping by to snag a few ;)

I had wood blewits show up on their own in my autumn leaf compost two years ago. The following year I planted wine caps in my Chip Drop woodchips, and I had elegant stinkhorns show up on their own due to the favorable conditions I created. This year the elegant stinkhorns have spread all throughout my garden, along with the squid stinkhorns making an appearance. All stinkhorn species are safe to eat, and they make a great thickener for soups and sauces.

I can confirm you can grow mushrooms in a grow bag. They send fruiting bodies throughout the sides of the bag. They grew in a poly tunnel at 70% humidity

Tips for doing this in other zones: -In the desert oysters might be easier since they like the warm but for most cooler places (ive tried in zones 5-7) wine caps are way easier and they’ll be perennial. -Wine caps like wood chips more than straw and it usually takes 6months-1year before they colonize and break down wood enough to fruit but then they’ll never leave and they’ll spread. -Blue oysters specifically are the best tasting mushroom i’ve ever had. They’re like bacon. But wine caps are good too, closer to a regular button mushroom from the store. -Oysters do prefer straw and because my climate is cooler I haven’t gotten them to be perennial. They will grow fast though and usually fruit in a few weeks that same season if you plant them at the right time early enough. I consider them annual near me. -If you’re not in a desert, make sure the chips don’t dry out for a week or so and then the mushrooms will get all the water they need from rain. Straw beds might require a bit more maintenance and babying. -Wine caps usually fruit in the spring and the fall for me and they don’t fruit the first season and sometimes not even really abundantly until the third spring/fall but you can check for mycelium to make sure it’s alive at any point. -I add a thin layer of new wood chips every year to keep them going indefinitely but my old landlord tried to completely cover mine with rocks and weed fabric and they still came out with nice fruit around the edges, so once established they’re pretty hardy as long as the mycelium stays intact.

I love the explanation of how to layer to aid in feeding the mushrooms throughout their life cycle.

I think a good addition to a composter would be some mushroom spawn, because not only do you get the benefit of growing mushrooms where you throw your organic waste, you also get good compost from it, and you even can use it as your own starter spawn for new mushroom beds, and if you use it in your garden, you might even get the added benefit of having beneficial mushrooms growing with your other crops, and can even add some charm to a flower/herb garden too if you add some pretty varieties of edible mushrooms to your compost, so I would say this might be worth a try to add some spawn to a composter to start a mushroom composter, because you will never run out of mushroom spawn if you do this.

Maine here! 🌲 We have used North Spore a bunch and have been so happy with every product! They are a wonderful company. We love the box grow kits for holiday gifts.

I heard that king of the garden was a fun mushroom to grow but I’m definitely going to plant some in my pathways!

I have a wine cap kit in my fridge that I literally just told my husband we need a plan for putting out. We’re also amending our beds and putting our garden to rest for the winter and we have a pile of mulch to put down. This is perfect timing. Much appreciated!

I made 2 burlap bags of mushroom this year : blue and pink oysters. I had great harvests, I was almost tired of eating mushrooms 😅 I mixed 50/50 straw and maple mulch. I placed the bags under my patio for shade and also use this otherwise lost space 😊

I love mushroom farming! And gardening of course :-) thanks for all the tips and so forth. I did the wine caps also and they are great😊 they're everywhere!

I did a very half-assed sowing of wine cap spawn mid-summer and still got very decent results that are still producing flushes now! It very much seems like my best flushes and best tomato producers were in the same containers, so either they liked the same conditions or were cooperating. 🍄🍄🍄

I’m looking forward to a follow up video to see an update. I just watched this video again because I just planted some mushrooms today. Thank you. 😊

THIS is the how-to I didn't know I needed!

Apparently you and Kevin are influencing me through subtle product placement, I recently upgraded all of my tools in my garden, a gorilla cart, two hose link hoses and lots of wands and extra connectors, new wheelbarrow wheel, hoselink hand tools, birdies garden beds! I just planted some seedlings and the cells I’m using are breaking down so I’m going to need to get 4 and 6 cells from Epic store so they last! Loving the quality of everything I’ve purchased! Thanks guys

Fascinating video, Jacques. I really never thought about growing mushrooms in my garden. Definitely am considering this. Thanks for showing me how.

Great video, I’ve always wanted to try them. So I ordered some. Thank you!

North spore has some great informative videos. They seem to be the most consistent in quality for spawn. I’m glad to see them recommended

Great video, I definitely want to try this. The grow bag you used seems like it can now be a "spawn bag" and used to inoculate other mushroom beds or bags, once the grow bag is fully colonized. Just a thought, never tried it.

This was so interesting! I’ve seen mushroom kits to grow on oak logs but never considered growing them in my garden pathways. Thank you, Jacque!

I love how you said the fir is like protein and fats! Made perfect sense to me. Takes longer to colonize, but makes for a healthier/longer harvest overall

I loved this video, thank you for sharing your wealth of garden knowledge ❤. I’m saving this one and will watch it numerous times as I am hoping to grow mushrooms this summer. I’ll let you know next year if I had success 🇨🇦

Great video Jacques... I'm inspired to add some mushrooms to my garden now. I never really considered the added benefits of mushroom gardening, aside from the mushroom itself. Even without the edible, sounds like they're hugely beneficial for the overall garden ecosystem.

This was neat! Can't wait to see the updates!

I think holes in the sides of the bag will be helpful:) can't wait to see the update!

So cool! I liked the progress report within one video.

Jacques : you're a great presenter. And video is packed with useful info : no fluff : just how i like it. THanks!!! from South africa

wow. i need to try this now... always more to do

The wine cap mushrooms I grew in my straw mulch in the squash bed this year! They’re so easy to grow and they break down the straw to add nutrients to the soil for next year’s garden as well! Next year I’m gonna try growing mushrooms in a log my friend gave to me as well. We’ll see how it goes!

Love mushrooms, thanks for the great video!

Que bueno iniciativa, para cultivo del campo

Love ya program ! Good luck !

Great video, Jacques! Next time try the unlined grow bag and a denser medium to regulate moisture. They will spread to the outer surface of the bag and fruit all along the sides.

Was just thinking about growing mushrooms!

I'm very interested in seeing the spring update. Never grown mushrooms, but I sure think they are neat and tasty 😊

I work at North Spore and we love the garden hermit 🥰🥰🥰 love seeing this video ❤

I imagine it would be a lot easier to do this in the Pacific northwest. Fall is mushroom season up here, and already I have a lot of tiny fruiting mushrooms in my lawn (no clue what they are, if they are edible or not etc) I think it'd be fun to grow these, thanks so much for the tips n tricks.

I'm still too scared to mess around with mushrooms until I can positively identify them! Here in MA, we get tons of mushrooms around this time of the year and they look great, but I've heard that the difference between the ones you can eat and the ones that can make you sick are subtle. I would have to make sure any variety I grew was isolated from the ground, because even my garden paths have tons of mushrooms! I can't think of a part of the garden that doesn't get mushrooms when it's wet! We have winecaps that grow naturally here!

Que bonito que es ese paiaaje lleno de plantas

I don’t know about all that moisture next to the wall Jacques….but I love the video as always!

Great content!

Excelente video

Hermoso Jardín

Excelente explicación

I love mushrooms there so cool

I'm excited for the check ups! I love mushrooms and we're considering growing them. Maitake is my favorite kind to eat but I hear they're difficult to grow.

Jacques, I've been eagerly awaiting this video!!!!! I was hoping to see the results but I can’t wait to see an update video on these wine caps, blewits, and oyster mushrooms in your garden 🥰 😍🍄 I'm thinking about giving this a shot. Have you had success with growing north spores lion's mane mushrooms as well? I'm eager to diversify my garden with some mushrooms! Hopefully it’ll be much easier, I’m in 9b and have failed growing melons & corn twice already, I could use a break here 😅

I actually do enjoy putting mushrooms on the top layer of the compost bin I have a multitude of native mushrooms around the garden, of which I collect mycelium and mushroom caps of and put them in the compost bin and also among oakleaf mulch. They help break down everything quit quickly and add a lot of beautiful fall vibe to the garden. I do wanna expand it to using edible native mushrooms soon though. Porcini mushrooms for example :)

Inspiring!

Please put the link in the description if you make a follow-up video when you harvest them later.

I really want to try putting mushrooms in my garden. I’ve only ever grown them once in a bucket. I thought the mushrooms weren’t producing, forgot about it for a while, and then when I checked on it there was a huge chunk of lions mane growing 👍 I’ve always found the mushroom growing kits to be too expensive to be worthwhile, but if I can get continuous seasons of mushrooms like this it would definitely be a worthwhile investment.

I love this video! Watched it three times lol. How are the mushrooms doing this spring? Also, I have heard mixed reviews about growing wine caps with pepper plants. Have you grown wine caps or oysters with Pepper plants before?

WhoooHooooo!!! IT'S MUSHROOM SEASON!!!

Brilliant!!! 💡mind

sweet i want to grow mushrooms now

Looks interesting and a lot of fun I'm hoping you can grow lots of mushrooms I wish you luck

Información detallada, gracias

I will have to try growing mushrooms next year since our frost is already here.

YEAAAAAAHS I’ve been wanting a North Spore x Epic crossover for YEARS!!!!

Good 😊

Love the pathways idea - gonna ask Santa for some spawn for Christmas ;)

Hey great video! I’m in San Diego as well, wondering where you got the wood chips and straw? Not sure where to get large amount of it for cheap, let me know if you see this, thanks!

Jacques where do you get all of your wood chips?

Great

We would love an update on the chicken orchard!!

I don't want to necessarily do a whole mushroom raised bed, but can I do it as a "cover crop" until I'm ready to plant next spring? I plan to put the bed to sleep with fallen leaves and straw.

Impresionante

Can you seed it once and maintain it over years?

Ahí está el secreto para tener fuertes plantas 🤩

going to try this with oysters and shitake

Great video! I thought we needed to pasteurize the straw

Should I be boiling the straw and wood chips first

I’m in the PNE and excited to try some of these! But please give me some tips on keeping slugs out of the mix. Tried straw bales for oyster mushrooms a few years back and the slugs ate way more than I did.

Do I have to sterilize anything before starting?

How about using sawdust? My friend has mountains of it from his woodworking.....all kinds of softwood. BUT I'll have to ask him to skip the walnut. Also, I gather composted wood from rotten dead fall in our big woods. It's black and crumbly. Seems like a no brainer? However, out in the woods I see the mushrooms on the fallen tree's bark, not in the rotted wood itself. What are your thoughts about this? I'm in Zone 5a, NE US. You've greatly inspire me to try a shroom bed behind the house....there's a huge spruce and a silver maple back there, good shade but facing south. The spot gets lots of ambient light but not direct sunlight. The water source is right there, too. I think I need to have a convo with North Spore, too!

Great video… the persistent herbicide issues with even organic straw have me way too squeamish to introduce straw to my garden system 😢 Could I use chopped leaves?

I just watched this video and quickly ordered Blue Oyster Mushroom Sawdust Spawn from North Pore, Redwood Chip Mulch are a giant bag of straw. I am ready to go. Then I wondered if it's too cold for the mushrooms. I am at 7b, New York City...?

I've never thought to grow mushrooms since I'm the only one that will eat them....very interesting . The website uses a clothes hamper as an additional growing platform. Interesting.

Neat

Thanks Jacques! I am excited to try mushrooms in a grow bag. I have lots of mushrooms all over the meadow that I can not identify, so restricting them to a garden bag is super appealing!

Will mushrooms keep producing year after year? I plan on doing this in marginal area of my yard and would like to harvest mushrooms.

I always thought you have to grow mushrooms in the shade. Is it different with each variety?

Just did an order and used your code! First time growing mushrooms and going with fruiting blocks to start with. I think our low temperatures coming up would kill off an attempt at wine caps outside. Do you think keeping them in a greenhouse protected in a grow bag with proper humidity could yield a winter harvest? Or just wait until spring? In KY (7a)

Looks fun! I've been wanting to try this so I'll have to figure out a good spot in my garden & order some! Hey, quick question - what's that orange flowering vine behind you at around 7:00 minutes into your video? It's beautiful!

Awesome video! I think I will give this a try. Encouraging mushrooms as a composting solution/assistant sounds like a great idea for my simple composting schema. I live in a post-war apartment building (so no balcony) so I am trying different composting techniques; so far bokashi isn't working too well for me. So I am keeping it simple and have two large planting pots with an old questionable bag of soil my mom bought and dumping scraps in there to start the process of correcting that soil. So a couple of questions. First, after your rainy season (your "winter" right?), for your particular climate is it possible to maintain it into the Spring and Summer? If so, how would you go about it? Is watering and shading enough or do you have to inoculate it again? Second, do you I am also aware of log inoculation. Is that something you plan to try out in the future? Last, what books would you recommend on the topic or on gardening in general? I have been raiding Chelsey Green Publishing, but looking for more non-internet resources (break from screen).

Okay, I really want to do this! Now I need to research how to make it work 15 miles east of you where it is warmer and drier, hotter and colder.

So I have some spawn I never used last year, I know big waste of money… should I just compost it?

So excited, mushrooms are one of my favorite things to eat and I'd love to learn how to grow them. For the blewit mushroom, do you constantly have to keep it moist throughout its whole cold period?

Saludable

Hey Jacques and all. What's your recommendation for putting garden/yard mushrooms in a compost pile? We have several different kinds popping up in our lawn and mulch as we have had a bit more rain overall in NE Indiana. Thanks.

Thanks so much! Can you show/tell us when to spread the used material on our gardens? I have a 2 year old wine caps bed along the side of a shed. I didn’t think I could spread it elsewhere without ruining the original spawn site. Thanks!! 🐓🌸🍄

I love that you covered this topic. I just started growing mushrooms and I’m still learning. By growing mushrooms in the straw mulch in my raised bed…wouldn’t that expose them to light? I thought they needed a shady area.

Yer so cute😊

Puenos productos

Can these be grown in zone 7b where we get freeze & snow? Love this, love mushrooms, thanks Jacques, loved the video!

To add to this, be sure your wood chips are not DYED. Unfortunately much bagged mulch is, in order to maintain aesthetic consistency.

Hey Jacques, I live in Central FL (zone 9b/10a), is it feasible to grow mushrooms outdoors here? If so, what type are recommended? I saw that most of them prefer cooler temps and we don't get much of that here. I love mushrooms and would love to grow them!

If you don't have access to wood chip can you use leaves and direct soil?

The sound of the knife in the cardboard hurt my soul