Growing Mushrooms In Coffee Grounds

photo credit: timsamoff

So you love to drink coffee right?  Everyday you have one in the morning, and maybe another one or two down the road during the day to keep you energized, or maybe you just like its taste.  But after you’re done with your coffee you just end up throwing away all the used coffee grounds.  Why not use those coffee grounds for another purpose?  Yes, you could be growing mushrooms in coffee grounds.

The process of it is rather simple really.  You could be growing your own mushrooms simply by taking used coffee grounds and re purposing them.  After you have brewed your coffee for the day, the coffee grounds have already been steamed or boiled through so that already handles the sterilization/pasteurization, even though it is already clean before it is packed for us to use anyway.

The only thing required of you is to have the mushroom spawns or plugs ready.  You can either do this by making your own spawns or by getting them from a supplier.

Once you have your spawns, all that is needed is to mix the spawns with about a bucket or so of coffee grounds.  After that is done, you simply wait around until it starts to fruit, only making sure to keep the grounds moist by spraying now and then and keeping the mix in a relatively cool area, and that’s it.  Enjoy the fruits of your labor.

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