We share our mushroom substrate recipe

In August 2019, we posed a simple question: What information, insights, or knowledge about mushroom cultivation is valuable for a beginning grower? We asked because we wanted to improve our performance by sharing relevant content with our followers.

In the first two months of 2020, nearly 300 people downloaded one of the free e-books we offer on our website www.mushroom-cultivation.com . We're thrilled to see this enthusiasm for mushroom cultivation and are happy to contribute to this growing movement. Because it's a movement, that's for sure.

The question we asked then was, "What can we do to help your mushroom project move forward?" We then proposed a few topics and left one open.

1. The contents of our business plan

2. The substrate recipes we use and have used

3. Guideline for how we sell our products to the local market

4. ......

We received a wide range of answers, including questions about investing in technical equipment, producing perforated substrate bags, streamlining operations, and dealing with non-paying customers. Fortunately, we've only had two experiences with non-paying customers. So, we're not experts in that area. :-)

Looking at the responses, my personal schedule [I had to find the time to create the content] and looking at what content we already had on a shelf, we decided that we would first create an e-book that contains the substrate recipes that we have been using and have been using.

That's why we're presenting our third e-book, " 3 Mushroom Substrate Recipes for the Small Mushroom Grower ." The book has over 20 pages with the three substrate recipes we use. It took us over 12 months to validate the coffee recipes. As you can see from the title, this e-book is in English.

The most important aspects of this e-book are the substrate ingredients, the percentages used in each mix, and the mixing order. We also include illustrations of the substrate production process and how we clean substrate ingredients.

We use these ingredients in our current substrate production process, as well as in workshops and team activities we organize at the nursery. They are easy to understand and apply, even for a beginner.

The goal of this e-book is to help people get started growing mushrooms at the lowest possible price. Don't expect this book to cover every topic of substrate preparation and the machinery used. It doesn't. If you're interested, I suggest checking out our e-learning program for home growers or beginning urban mushroom growers . This e-learning program is in English with Dutch subtitles.

The content of this eBook is part of what we call Smart Substrate Strategies . More on that later.