Low-tech Mushroom Growing For Beginners - MUSHROOM CLASSES (2024)

• Total beginner fungus enthusiasts looking to start a hobby and grow mushrooms for fun or business
• Beginner mushroom growers having problems with molds taking over their substrates or other related issues
• People wanting to recycle agricultural or household waste
• Dedicated to all of those wanting to grow mushrooms at home

• It is for those with minimal or intermediate mushroom grow knowledge wanting to set up their small-scale low-tech mushroom farm

• It is for beginner mushroom growers wanting to take their mushroom experience to the next level
• It is for all of those wanting to set up a spawn production facility
• It is for all of those wanting to learn basic techniques required in a mycology lab

• Teaches you how to grow some of the commercially grown edible and medicinal mushrooms
• Shows you how to build a small capacity grow chamber important in offering your mushrooms the climate conditions they need (suitable for home growers)
• Teaches you how to integrate mushrooms into permaculture and how to grow em sustainably
• Explains you how to efficiently formulate a substrate recipe so to increase yield
• Provides you with valuable info on common pests with solutions on how to minimize their impact
• Teaches you how to grow mushrooms on logs

• Valuable knowledge on how to set up your low-tech small-scale mushroom grow operation. It practically describes in detail each compartment of a mushroom farm providing you with a picture on how a successful mushroom farm should look like.
• Teaches you how to build some of the necessary equipment
• Provides you with valuable knowledge on what means to turn your grow operation into a business
• Gives you a peek into a small scale mushroom farm so you can learn and implement what you see

• Teaches you the basics of agar-based media making
• Shows you the step-by-step process of making grain and sawdust spawn
• You'll learn how to transfer fungus tissue from tube to tube and from tubes to Petri dishes and vice versa
• Explains you the importance of having a fungus strain culture bank, how to build one and how to manage it
• You'll learn how to make liquid fungus inoculum to speed up fungus colonization time of substrates
• How to obtain new strains from fungus spore prints & more

• To start a wonderful journey powerful enough to change your life.
• To learn and gain low-tech mushroom growing knowledge so you can avoid the trouble that every beginner gets through when starting a mushroom journey like this without guidance.
• This training will spare you from loosing precious time (to discover everything by yourself), or will spare your energy in unsuccessful trials and financial loss (due to failed beginner experiences)
• To learn how to grow mushrooms at home for your own kitchen or for the purpose to start a mushroom farming business
• To learn how to get more mushrooms than most growers get

• To learn how to set up a successful mushroom farm with minimal investment

• Because you want to learn what's needed to know in order to run a mycology lab
• Because conventional flowhoods are expensive and is much cheaper to build your own
• When growing mushrooms you'll afford to use as much spawn as you want in your mushroom substrate recipes and this always gives you with 10-20% more mushrooms
• You'll be able to CUT COSTS. Shipping spawn to a destination costs in some cases even more than the spawn itself.
• Because it gives you the freedom to grow the mushrooms you want

• video lectures: 69 (~18 hours 32 mins.)
• instructional videos: 4 (1 hour 27 min.)
• quizzes: 5
• articles: 4
• projects: 7
• Q&A Support

LEVEL: Beginner/Intermediate

• Intro to Low-tech Mushroom Cultivation
• Spawn Quality
• Commercially Cultivated Mushrooms
• Oyster Mushroom Growing
• DIY Low-tech Mushroom Grow Box
• Mushrooms Requiring Casing Layer
• Growing Mushrooms On Different Substrates
• Mushroom Growing Techniques
• Sustainable Mushroom Growing
• Mushroom Cultivation On Logs & Stumps

• Mushrooms Grown On Supplemented Substrates -Standard Method
• Ways To Increase Yield
• Ways To Get Rid of Mold Contamination
• Solutions To Fruiting Problems
• Solutions To Mushroom Farm Pests
• Small-Scale Mushroom Farm Setup
• The Mushroom Farm Equipment
• Mushroom Farming Business Potential
• Mushroom Business Principles
• Mushroom Marketing

• Low-tech Mushroom Farm Tour
• Advice On How To Start A Mushroom Farming Business

Growing mushrooms without a way to offer them the proper microclimate they need for optimal fruitbody development is tricky. When you don’t provide them with proper climate conditions your mushrooms might fail to grow, if they pop the pinheads may dry out or the already developed fruitbodies may crack or provide you with a poor harvest. This low-tech small capacity mushroom grow box will provide your mushrooms the right humidity, air exchange, light and temperature. You’ll be able to control all these climate factors and match them with the mushrooms you want to grow. This grow chamber is a great addition for any fungus enthusiast wanting to grow mushrooms at home for their own kitchen. This training will teach you how to build one so you can grow successfully mushrooms at home.

Knowledge is essential to have when you want to take this path but is not enough, you need to also see and understand the mechanisms beyond a successful mushroom farm. Such information will inspire you in your farm setup process Definitely great ideas worth implementing and will make your operation run smoothly. Unfortunately most mushroom farm owners won’t let you film, take pictures or even enter their farm and therefore is not easy to get such material. However, this virtual mushroom farm tour will give you the chance to peek into a small scale low-tech mushroom farm.

• video presentations: 33 (5 hours)
• instructional videos: 3 (1 hour)
• knowledge test quizzes: 1
• Q&A support

• Fungus Nutrition & Mycelium Growth Factors
• Agar Media Making
• Fruitbody Cloning

• Grain Spawn Making
• Ensuring Spawn Quality
• Fungus Tissue Transfer

• Building A Fungal Culture Bank
• Other Spawn Lab Techniques

Mushrooms don’t need fancy equipment to grow what they need is for you to provide them conditions for proper development which may be achieved by using low-tech equipment. Low-Tech means low-cost which is the ideal state for every beginner grower wanting to start a mushroom farm for self sufficiency or business. This also involves fun projects and requires growers to have a certain degree of creativity.

Once you get through the entire material you qualify for a mushroom grower certificate. To get this certificate you’ll have to take a test, and a practical exam. Getting certified is not mandatory and you may apply for it whenever you feel ready.

Later, many of the farms I’ve visited were struggling out there to get the results they wanted to get but had no clear guidance. Some were doing much better than others and that’s the moment when I realized what means mentorship. Growing mushrooms is an art and to find the right path requires knowledge and experience. Find out more about me.

“Although I’m not a mushroom cultivation beginner I found Daniel’s overview on mushroom cultivation captivating and with some novel details. He uses simple terminology, the material is easy to follow, and I felt indrawn in his story. Excellent base to begin with! Maybe I am too much into mushrooms, however, there is always something to learn and Daniel has real experience in this field and the passion to show and share it! Thank you, Daniel” – Jovana V., PhD in mushroom science, Serbia

Having completed the first lesson (week 1) there is the feeling that growing mushrooms is a bit like paint by numbers with a “But”. That but is that while it is easy to get started BUT, it is not that easy to get it all right first go. Dr T sets the scene for what will ultimately, I think, prove to be a worth white course. Even if I can increase my yield by a kilo, It has paid for the course. – Paul F., Australia

“Dr Tura’s Online class really helped me round out my knowledge of basic mushroom cultivation. I learned the fundamentals to a functional and clean workspace, the why’s, how’s, and what’s to spawn production, and even how to build an affordable laminar flow hood. The program is designed for the curious mycophile starting out or for that hobby grower that needs to re-evaluate their processes.” Michael Heim – Boulder, CO

‘I love Your courses very informative.‘ -Reiner K., Austria

• Grower Starter Pack
• Spawn Lab Training
• Grower Certificate
• Q&A Support

• video lectures: 96
• instructional videos: 8
• quizzes: 6
• articles: 4
• projects: 7

Training Modules:39
Access: 1 training module/week

LEVEL: Beginner/Intermediate

• Grower Starter Pack
• Grower Certificate
• Q&A Support

• video lectures: 69 (~18 hours 32 mins.)
• instructional videos: 4 (1 hour 27 min.)
• quizzes: 5
• articles: 4
• projects: 7
• Q&A Support

Training Modules:29
Access: Instant

LEVEL: Beginner/Intermediate

• Grower Starter Pack
• Spawn Lab Training
• Grower Certificate
• Q&A Support

• video lectures: 96
• instructional videos: 8
• quizzes: 6
• articles: 4
• projects: 7
• Q&A Support
• grower certificate

Training Modules:39
Access: Instant

LEVEL: Beginner/Intermediate

The info is presented in detail to make you understand the various processes involved.

Most people start with a small investment and this calls for low-tech equipment that works

Some guides out there rely on grower experience. Here you have both, grower experience and scientific approach.

Some mushroom growing programs can get expensive, but not this one. It has a decent price that may be paid in several installments.

That’s what I saw while visiting a startup mushroom farm. The owner didn’t know what’s going on whit his oyster mushroom columns. Many beginner mushroom growers out there get into such issues

• You might pick a weak strain that gets you poor results and gets you discouraged
• You purchase bad spawn from an unreliable source -this will mess up your mushroom grow project
• There are several mushroom grow methods out there and you might pick one that doesn't work for you
• There are different types of containers out there but you pick one that doesn't suit your project
• You don't exactly know how to set up your small growroom
• You run into issues like molds or bacteria taking over 20% or more of your substrate
• You got your project going and you realize that you lost time, energy and materials because it didn't work as expected
• You've got mushrooms but they are very few and small
• Your mushrooms look kinda funky and you don't know why
• You've got other mushrooms instead of what you wanted
• Your mushrooms popped but dried up
• You have fly and other pest issues but don't know how to control them, etc.
• Your bags look kinda funky and didn't fruit