Did you know that you can grow mushrooms using your coffee waste?
That’s right! You just need to put the coffee grounds from your coffee maker in this bucket and add the oyster mushroom mycelium seeds that come with the kit. In a few weeks you will have
you will be able to produce your own mushrooms and reduce your organic waste in the garbage. Plus you can reuse this bucket to produce mushrooms as many times as you want.
You see, healthier and more sustainable than ever!
Instructions for use:
1. Wash the bucket well with dishwashing detergent and add half of the oyster mushroom mycelium seeds and store the rest in the tightly sealed sachet in the refrigerator.
2. Each time you make coffee, empty the grounds into the bucket (it is best to use natural, not roasted coffee).
3. When you have filled the bucket with coffee grounds (leave about 1 cm at the edge), add the rest of the mycelium seeds and bury them a little in the coffee grounds.
4. Now it’s time to wait a bit for the fungal miracle to happen!…about 2-3 weeks later (depending on the temperature…ideally 25ºC), you will see that everything has filled with the white mycelium of the fungus (it is better not to be too nosy and not to open the bucket too much to avoid contamination of molds). After this time, uncover the flowering hole and spray water twice a day until the mushrooms start to come out.
5. When the mushrooms start to come out, spray them occasionally with water and wait until they open. Cut them at the base with a knife and enjoy!
Once the mushrooms have been harvested, remove 2/3 of the material from the bucket (leaving the substrate at the bottom) and refill with new coffee grounds to regenerate the mycelium.
The exit hole of the mushrooms you must cover it again with porous tape (the one of first-aid kit). You can repeat this process several times until the substrate becomes contaminated with other mushrooms or you see that the mycelium is no longer strong (does not grow). In this case, you can reorder the mycelium sachets and start the process again.
Includes: Production bucket with filtered vents and two bags of Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom) mycelium.