{"id":734,"date":"2023-05-22T10:39:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T14:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/?p=734"},"modified":"2023-05-22T11:35:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T15:35:01","slug":"best-practices-fungus-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/2023\/05\/best-practices-fungus-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Practices- Fun(gus) Food"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Growing Oyster Mushrooms at Home<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/files\/2023\/05\/Fungus-Food-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/files\/2023\/05\/Fungus-Food-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/files\/2023\/05\/Fungus-Food-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/files\/2023\/05\/Fungus-Food-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/files\/2023\/05\/Fungus-Food-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/files\/2023\/05\/Fungus-Food.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3 cups of newspaper kitty litter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 1\/2 cups of de-chlorinated water<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/3 cup of rabbit food (alfalfa pellets)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3\/4 cup of oyster spawn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Procedure:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Soak Kitty litter with water and stir together.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mix 1\/3 cup of rabbit food with the litter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mix in oyster mushroom spawn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pour mixture into plastic bag and tie off at the top. Remove as much air as possible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take Home and cut 4-5 slits in bag.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See below for instructions at home.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Instructions at home:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>After cutting the slits, place your bag in a dimly lit or dark cool area (60\u00b0-70\u00b0 F) Oyster mushrooms grow at a wide temperature range, but it is best to keep them at 55\u00b0-75\u00b0 F. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After 2-3 weeks from putting the bag in a dark room, white mycelium should have formed and colonized the bag. Then move the bag to a well lit room, but keep it out of direct sunlight. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inspect the bag daily for baby mushrooms called <em>primordia<\/em>. If any <em>primordia <\/em>are growing under the plastic, slit it carefully and free them. Mist the babies several times a day using only bottled water or water that has stood overnight. Do not soak or over-wet the kit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the developing mushrooms will double in size each day. once they are 2 in in diameter you can pick them off individually or in a cluster. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cook in a favorite dish! Here is one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spendwithpennies.com\/garlic-butter-oyster-mushrooms\/\">my favorite recipes<\/a>!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once the initial fruiting is finished, store the kit in a dark room once more for about 2-3 weeks. Repeat 2-5. You should get a second round but there will not be as many mushrooms. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take the spent kit and incorporate it in your compost pile or directly in the garden. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Troubleshooting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mushrooms with long stems and small caps = not enough sunlight. Make the light brighter but no direct sunlight. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you don&#8217;t see primordia in 4-5 weeks, refrigerate (without freezing) it for a day or two. Take it out and mist with water and start the process again. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2c845d3b-fe31-4fca-96bc-0a82f3f23a58\" href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/files\/2023\/05\/Oyster-mushroom-Growing-Instructions-1.pdf\">Mushroom Growing Instructions Print PDF<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/files\/2023\/05\/Oyster-mushroom-Growing-Instructions-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2c845d3b-fe31-4fca-96bc-0a82f3f23a58\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing Oyster Mushrooms at Home Ingredients: Procedure: Instructions at home: Troubleshooting:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":319,"featured_media":735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[37,36,38],"class_list":["post-734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-practices","category-uncategorized","tag-growing-mushrooms","tag-mushroom-kit","tag-oyster-mushrooms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/319"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":741,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions\/741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/newtonextanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}