Welcome to Shroomok!
A few words about Shroomok and Mushroom cultivation. Entry point of the growing Journey!
Stuff to buy
Pre-growing preparations. Shopping lists and necessary household supplies for successful start
Liquid spore syringe
How to make liquid spore syringe in zip bag without glovebox
Substrate types for mushrooms
What kind of grain is suitable for spawn. Preliminary preparation step
Cooking the substrate
Concentration of antibiotics for additional treatment. Cooking grain, consistency and preparation for further sterilization
Jars for mushroom spawn
How to prepare jars and lids for substrate sterilization. Choosing the right volume of jars. Which jars are better: polypropylene or glass?
Substrate sterilization
Thermal treatment conditions for substrate sterilization to get rid of all contaminants and microorganisms before adding mushroom spores into the substrate
Inoculation
Inoculation without glove box. Sterility conditions. How to use antibiotic
Incubator & colonization period problems
How to make incubator, conditions for mycelium colonization. Why do we need to shake the substrate. Colonization problems and solutions
Casing & Mushroom cakes
Casing technique. Advantages of casing. Casing formulas. pH level adjusting
DIY Growbox. Fruiting conditions
Growbox construction. Useful gadgets for growbox. How to maintain fruiting conditions: temperature, humidity, light, FAE.
Pinhead initiation & Growth parameters
Basic principles of pin setting. Fruiting parameters for pinning, primordia formation, and fruit bodies development. Growing problems during fruiting period
Spore prints preparation
To preserve for reproduction. How to make conditionally clean spore prints from your own harvest for further growing?
Mushroom harvesting time
When to harvest first flush of mushrooms
How to dry and store mushrooms
How to prepare mushrooms for long term storage. Simple rules for mushrooms drying. Storage conditions
Mushroom cakes rehydration
Why do we need to rehydrate mushrooms cakes and how to do it? Benefits of rehydration with adding honey
Second mushrooms harvest
Results of the second flush of mushrooms fruiting. Preparing for the 3rd flush. Honey rehydration of mushroom cakes
Third mushrooms harvest
Results of the third flush of mushrooms fruiting. Preparing for the 4th flush. Rehydration
Fourth mushrooms harvest
Results of the fourth flush of mushrooms fruiting. Preparing for the 5th flush. Fungi cakes rehydration with sugar
Fifth mushrooms harvest
Harvest and results of the fifth flush of fungi fruiting
Sixth mushrooms harvest
Results and harvest of experimental 6th flush of fruiting mushrooms (Brazil strain)
Disposing of fungi cakes
Dispose of waste mushroom cakes without trace and consequence
Mushroom harvest in numbers
Graphs, charts, statistics and summary data of harvesting for each fungi strain: Golden Teacher, Thai, Brazil, F+. Graphs of the final harvesting for each flush of mushrooms fruiting. Life cycle of the whole growing process. Growing evaluation success and effectiveness
Experiments
A list of all the experiments performed during the growing process. Experimental results, observations and remarks
Observations and conclusions
Observations and useful remarks we made during the growing process
Overlay & Stroma
Overlay and Stroma in mushroom cultivation
Mushroom chocolate and candies
Mushroom candy and chocolate recipes
Mushrooms microdose capsules
How to make mushroom pills in capsules. Useful for guys who want to try mushrooms microdosing
Cold shock
Pros and Cons of cold shocking for mushroom growing
Psychedelic mushrooms microdosing
How to prepare mushrooms and how to consume when you microdose them
Psychedelic mushroom trip
Useful tips you better known before psychedelic journey
Bad trip: how to stay safe?
Must read before consume if you care about the mental health
Mushroom tea
One of the good ways of mushroom consuming
Mushroom contaminants
How to identify and prevent mushroom contamination
Mushroom aborts
Why mushroom caps become black? Why mushrooms stop growing? How to identify mushroom aborts?
Mushroom metabolites
How to identify metabolites and fungal pigmentation? Contamination or Not? Main causes of mushroom metabolites
Liquid spore vs Liquid culture
What are differences between liquid spore and liquid culture
G2G inoculation
Fast and easy Inoculation and Mycelium Multiplication method both for newbies and experienced growers
Bottle-tek
Complete guide on how to grow mushrooms in plastic bottles without grow box or monotube
Cobweb Mold
How to identify and get rid of Cobweb Mold
Golden Teacher
The magic of Psilocybe cubensis Golden Teacher mushroom
Pink Buffalo
Psilocybe cubensis Pink Buffalo mushrooms from Koh Samui in Thailand
DIY magnetic stirrer
How to make a magnetic stirrer for home mycology: list of materials, step-by-step guide and video demonstration