SporeShift founder, Taylor McConnell, recently gave a talk at the Canterbury Horticultural Society at the Botanic Gardens in Christchurch.
The talk is just over a half hour long and covers:
Intro: How SporeShift got started
Early inspiration - watching >> Paul Stamets on an early (2017) Joe Rogan podcast.
Starting with a Oyster mushroom kit from Bunnings!
Supplying NZ restaurants with fresh gourmet Oyster, Shiitake, Tawaka & Pekepeke-Kiore (Hericium Novae Zealandiae).
Pivoting to offering grow kits, spawn & mushroom growing supplies via this online store during Covid-times (at one point during lockdowns the SporeShift farm was dumping about 80-100kg of fresh mushrooms per week).
Producing mushroom spawn, culture work and support for other mushroom farms to grow mushrooms for their local community, farmers markets and restaurants.
Three Simple Growing Methods:
Fast & Easy & Indoors, beginner - Growing Mushrooms at home using simple Grow Kits
Slower, but still Easy & Outdoors, beginner - Growing Mushrooms on Logs in the home garden
Seasonal, gardeners favorite - Growing King Stropharia in your veggie garden - an excellent method to promote soil health in your garden and get a crop of tasty mushrooms alongside your spuds, corn and lettuces!
The talk closes with a lively Q & A.
Enjoy!
If you are keen to avail yourself of any of the kits or products Taylor refers to in his talk here are some links to them:
Simple grow your own mushrooms at home kits:
Growing mushrooms on logs:
Growing King Stropharia in your garden:
Mushroom grain spawn - for growing a larger supply of mushrooms using more advanced technique:
>> Mushroom grain Spawn (8 Species options) - if you'd like to grow mushrooms to sell at a local market or in your community please do enquire about our wholesale rates and feel free to ask us for advice on establishing a successful operation.
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