If you’re interested in growing mushrooms, and you love coffee, this could be of interest. As with so many things, there’s not just one right way, so we’re sharing here what we’ve learned about how to grow oyster mushrooms on used coffee grounds.
Oyster mushrooms don’t need an artificial light source and can be grown in various types of medium or substrate, including wood chips, coffee grounds, grains, straw and manure. It’s perfect for food security, and those looking for more ways to grow food year round, as it’s self-sustaining and can provide a constant supply of food in very little time.
Being able to grow your own food is gratifying and potentially life saving. Learning how to grow mushrooms, like learning about growing and using medicinal herbs is like growing your own health and wellness.
Nature’s medicine cabinet is open to all.
Mushrooms can provide a constant supply of food in very little time.
How to Grow Oyster Mushrooms on Coffee Grounds – Part 1
Growing mushrooms is knowledge that everyone should have.
Editor’s Note: Now there are a few things we would do for added efficiency that are different than was done in this video, such as using:
- a sterilized spoon to ladle in the coffee grounds
- a wider mouthed mason jar to make it easier to add and remove contents
While oyster mushrooms are easy to grow, they do need a sterile environment, which can be a challenge, as you will see in video #2.
Growing Oyster Mushrooms From Used Coffee Grounds, Part 2:
Problems With Growing Oyster Mushrooms – Identifying Contamination
In this video you’ll see what to look for when your jar of mycelium becomes contaminated with green mold.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here we would increase efficiency by first placing the straw into the food processor with the lid off.
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Growing Oyster Mushrooms From Used Coffee Grounds, Part 3
Final Steps and Harvest
Video by TomorrowsGarden.net[2]https://tomorrowsgarden.net/
Next: Final steps & harvesting your oyster mushrooms!
In this last video, TomorrowsGarden.net shows how to grow from store bought mushrooms. Once you try it you will be hooked! Fresh mushrooms, like fresh garden vegetables, can’t be beat.
Stoked and ready for more? Check out this article on how to grow oyster mushrooms on logs, and if you’re feeling even more drawn to this topic, check out Sarah, a successful mushroom farmer!
Speaking of uses for coffee grounds, check out the facts and how-to’s for using coffee ground for plants.
I’m LeAura Alderson, a garden, herb and plant enthusiast with a passion for discovering the many edible and medicinal benefits of the plants all around us, including the weeds! I’m a writer, editor and media publisher for our family of websites.
While I was certified in fitness and life coaching, I am NOT a health practitioner. However, I’m a lifelong health enthusiast, with a keen interest in healthy, organic foods and making home remedies and the content we share is from our own experience and usage as well as that extracted from scientific research so that you can explore further on your own.
Always seek the advice and guidance of your health practitioners first and foremost.
As a family we’re steadily expanding our gardening, experimentation and knowledge around all things gardening, edible landscaping, fresh organic foods and self sustainability with farming in our future. I also own and manage iCreateDaily.com, a site all about transformation through creation, and the power of positivity, optimism and mindset.
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