White Oyster mushroom are one of the easiest varieties of mushrooms to grow, they’re delicious to eat & really healthy for you too.
1) Inoculation
White Oyster mushroom spawn is mixed with the substrate material (often straw or sawdust, but a range of other materials can also be used; see below).
This growing medium is then usually placed into bags with small holes or air filters in them for air exchange.
2) Incubation
The bags are then placed in a warm (20-24C) dark room to incubate and begin the first phase of growth.
Only 10-14 days are needed for the spawn to grow a full web of root-like threads of mycelium and colonise the growing substrate.
3) Fruiting
Once the growing medium is fully colonised by the spawn, it is time for the mushrooms to start fruiting.
The bags are exposed to autumn-like conditions with fresh oxygen, high humidity, low level light & often cooler temperatures.
This signals to the mycelium that it’s time to start producing mushrooms and small pins begin to emerge.
It takes about just 5-8 weeks to grow 3 crops of White Oyster mushrooms…
That’s why they’re so popular commercially and also for people first venturing into growing mushrooms at home too.
The ease of growing Oyster Mushrooms isn’t the only perk. Here are just some of the medicinal and nutritional benefits of Oyster mushrooms well:
- Boosts immune system
- Improves strength and regulation
- Antimicrobial (Helps fight off E. coli, Staph, Candida overgrown, Streptococcus, and Enterococcus infection)
- Anticancer (polysaccharide in Oyster mushrooms is anti-tumor in animal studies and in-vitro)
- Antiviral (protects against direct and indirect viral activity)
- Protein rich
- Cholesterol Free
- Contains high levels of Vitamins D, D3, D5 and A
