Mushroom Growing Schedule

The beauty of Fungi is they are able to live and thrive in the harshest environments, “Life finds away” - Jeff Goldblum

When cultivating Gourmet Mushrooms at home we want to provide our little “Fun Guy” - Fungi with the most optimal conditions in order to grow into yummy Mushrooms. Below you’ll find Table 1: Mushroom Growing Schedule that provides detailed growing information for your strain of mushroom. Guidelines on Temperature, Relative Humidity, and Free Air Exchange are provided to help you on your journey to fine-tune your own methods and grow styles. With our grow kits we handle all the Laboratory work and let you reap the joys of Fresh Gourmet Mushrooms at Home! Our proprietary blend of Premium Hardwood is sure to pack a punch and provide multiple harvests (Flushes).

Table 1: Mushroom Grow Schedule

Glossary of Terms:

Primordial - Early formation of mushroom fruiting body, “baby mushrooms”.

Pinning - The description of the formation of Primordial, more of a verb to describe the formation looking like a pin needle, stalagmite, or spike.

Lux - Unit of illuminance, measuring luminous flux per unit area. It is equal to one lumen per square meter.

PPM - Parts Per Million

RH - Relative Humidity

Hr - Hour

Vent - Number of air changes in a given space.

Free Air Exchange - Description of number of Air exchanges naturally occurring or induced with fans.

MVR - Mushroom Value Rating, a value based on the ease of growing and value.