A Masterclass In Growing Gourmet Mushrooms

TRIPPING OUT OVER MUSHROOMS 🍄

Some reasons why we ❤️ cultivated fungus:
🍄 Mega delicious
🍄 Quick to grow
🍄 Easy to Cook (or not cook)
🍄 Doesn’t rely on good weather
🍄 Mad healthy
🍄 Minimal impact
🍄 Grows on waste
🍄 All year round
🍄 We can grow at home
🍄 Many varieties, mad opportunities
🍄 See the world differently

Join us tripping with the mycelium mavericks; Merit Mushrooms.

Mushrooms will play a huge role in saving the planet, bear witness to this universe of fungus… a trip to infinity and beyond.

P.S. Get your lab coats at the ready; your going to learn how to grow mushrooms 🥼🍭

It goes a little something like this:
1. Substrate - It starts with a mix of pellets made from waste: Oak, Sunflower & Straw makes an excellent substrate for mycelium to thrive on 📈

2. Seeding - this is when you introduce your mushroom spawn (the live mycelium culture) 💉 Laboratory crunch time - Super sterile conditions are crucial for minimising evil bacteria 🦠

3. Colonisation - Incubating your inoculated substrate in a warm dark place, approx 2-6 weeks, to create a solid white web of mycelium 🕸

4. Fruiting - The substrate sits fruiting in steamy conditions, ready to leap into the world & onto your plate 🍽

What happens next:

Go eat them at @silolondon
Go buy them at the #farmermarket
Go watch the full episode on YouTube
Go forth & grow #mushrooms

// Zero Waste Cooking School //
The Zero Waste Cooking School brings a fresh culinary approach with a clear look at sustainability. From easy home recipes to fermentation and nü waste, we bring you a whole network of experts exploring the future of food