How to Grow Mushrooms in Storage Bins

Growing your own mushrooms can be both a rewarding exercise in gardening and a simple way to provide your family with a constant supply of fresh food. Full of B vitamins, mushrooms can also be a delicious addition to a salad or accompaniment to many other entrees. Growing mushrooms is not difficult, as long as you pay attention to the conditions in which to grow them.

Storage bins
Compost
Mushroom spores
Spray bottle

Instructions

- 1
  Select the type of mushroom you wish to grow. White button mushrooms are ideal for growing in a storage bin.
- 2
  Make up your mushroom compost mixture. A compost of animal manure such as that from a cow, chicken or horse is ideal, mixed with shredded straw, leaves or grass clippings. To get started sooner, find a well-aged compost mixture available for the taking from a local farmer or bagged at a garden center.
- 3
  Fill your storage bins about half full with the compost mixture.
- 4
  Mist your mushroom spawn over the top of the compost mixture or inject it just under the surface if you are using a spore syringe. Spore syringes and spawn can be purchased online or at some garden centers.
- 5
  Place the storage bins in a warm area where the temperature will remain around 70 degrees. Leave the bins in this environment for about 3 weeks until the spores can become rooted.
- 6
  Mist the compost with water when it becomes dry.
- 7
  Move the bins to an area where they can maintain a temperature between 55 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit. A basement or shed may work well.
- 8
  Check the bins periodically for growth. White button mushrooms start to appear about a month after moving to a cooler climate.

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