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DIY mushroom cultivation : growing mushrooms at home for food, medicine, and soil  Cover Image Book Book

DIY mushroom cultivation : growing mushrooms at home for food, medicine, and soil / Willoughby Arevalo; illustrated by Carmen Elisabeth.

Arevalo, Willoughby, 1983- (author.). Elisabeth, Carmen, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"DIY Mushroom Cultivation is a full-color, illustrated guide to growing mushrooms at home. It offers a concise background on mushrooms, proven step-by-step instructions, and a simple method that will make your home or garden the perfect place for a fruitful mushroom cultivation practice."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780865718951
  • ISBN: 0865718954
  • Physical Description: xi, 187 pages : color illustrations, color portraits ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Gabriola Island, BC, Canada : New Society Publishers, [2019]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-180) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Mushroom basics -- Overview of the cultivation process -- Workspaces, tools, and equipment -- Sanitation and techniques to avoid contamination -- Starting and maintaining cultures -- Making and using grain spawn -- Fruiting substrate formulation and preparation -- Outdoor growing and mushroom gardening -- Harvest, processing, and use.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Issued also in electronic formats.
Subject: Mushroom culture > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Edible mushrooms > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre: Handbooks and manuals.


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