Grow Mushrooms From Jars
The PF method for beginners as is easy to learn, requires minimal steps and equipment, is low cost, and fruits quickly.
Here at Curious Ape, we recommend this Tek for beginner mushroom growers.
Equipment:
Mushroom Spore Syringe
BRF Jar
Sterile Kit
ShotGun Fruiting Chamber [Click HERE to aquire]
Perlite
Spray Bottle
Our BRF Jars and Fruiting Chambers can be found HERE
Easy 6-Step Guide
Step 1. Clean the injection port
Put on the included nitrile gloves.
Thoroughly wipe the grey
injection port with the included
alcohol and chlorhexidine prep pads.
Step 4. Birthing the Cake
Remove the colonised cakes from the glass jar. Then submerge the cakes in a bowl of water for 10 hours (or overnight).
Step 5. Cake to Fruiting Chamber
Cover the bottom of a plastic container with perlite roughly 2cm thick (perlite retains moisture). Transfer each cake onto the provided foil pieces, separately and spaced out. Close the lid.
Step 2. Inoculate your BRF jars
Twist the included sterile needle onto your syringe. Next, 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
Wait roughly 4-8 weeks until the
white mycelium colonises the entire jar.
Step 6. Fruiting Time!
Fan 3-5 times daily to circulate air flow. Spray frequently with water bottle (to simulate rainfall & maintain humidity). Optimal growing conditions are 90-100% humidity & 25-30C. Mushroom fruiting can take 1-4 weeks.
To achieve multiple harvests, simply repeat Step 4 "Birthing The Cake" to rehydrate and restart the fruiting process. Submerge cakes for 10 hours to fruit up to 1-3 times.
Our BRF Jars and ShotGun Fruiting Chamber can be found HERE
