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Beginner's Guide to the PF Method for Growing Mushrooms

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The PF tek, is a beginner-friendly method to mushroom cultivation. It's easy to learn, requires minimal equipment, is low-cost, and yields fruits quickly. 

Simple Steps: The process is straightforward and easy to follow.

Minimal Equipment: You only need a few essential items to get started.

Low Cost: Affordable for beginners without compromising on results.

Fast Fruiting: Produces mushrooms quickly compared to other methods.

Why Choose the PF Tek?

Essential Equipment

  • Mushroom Spore Syringe

  • BRF Jars 

  • Monotub Fruiting Chamber

  • Perlite

  • Spray Bottle

  • Gloves

  • 70% Isopropyl alcohol​

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Our BRF Jars and Fruiting Chambers can be found HERE.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1. Clean the Injection Port

  1. Preparation: Put on the included nitrile gloves.

  2. Disinfection: Thoroughly wipe the grey injection port with the included alcohol and chlorhexidine prep pads

Step 2. Inoculate Your BRF Jars

  1. Attach Needle: Twist the included sterile needle onto your spore syringe.

  2. Inject: Inject the needle through the injection port and squirt roughly 1-2mL (total) of fluid into multiple parts of the jar.

Step 3. Cake Colonisation

  1. Waiting Period: Wait roughly 4-8 weeks until the white mycelium colonizes the entire jar.

Step 4. Birthing the Cake

  1. Remove Cakes: Carefully remove the colonized cakes from the glass jar.

  2. Submerge: Submerge the cakes in a bowl of water for 10 hours (or overnight).

Step 5. Cake to Fruiting Chamber

  1. Prepare Chamber: Cover the bottom of a plastic container with perlite roughly 2cm thick (perlite retains moisture).

  2. Transfer Cakes: Transfer each cake onto the provided foil pieces, keeping them separate and spaced out.

  3. Close Lid: Close the lid of the container.

Step 6. Fruiting Time!

  1. Air Circulation: Fan the chamber 3-5 times daily to circulate airflow.

  2. Humidity Maintenance: Spray frequently with a water bottle to simulate rainfall and maintain humidity. Optimal growing conditions are 90-100% humidity and 25-30°C.

  3. Harvest: Mushroom fruiting can take 1-4 weeks.

Achieving Multiple Harvests

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  • Rehydrate: To achieve multiple harvests, repeat Step 4, "Birthing the Cake," to rehydrate and restart the fruiting process. Submerge the cakes for 10 hours to fruit up to 1-3 times.​​

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Download our complete visual guide on the PF TEK below

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BRF Jars

Our Jars are packed with moistened Brown Rice Flour (BRF) to accelerate the growth of your mycelium, and Vermiculite to preserve the optimal moisture level.

 

We take pride in using solely organic Brown Rice Flour in our product, as it offers a unique blend of exceptional contamination resistance, swift colonization, and nutritional benefits when compared to other flour options.

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