bmorespore

This past year has been an incredible year in learning - I would categorize what I've learned into three buckets: Technical growing skill Marketplaces and business Philosophy and life Those who know me know me know how obsessed I can get over technical details and this year has been an extreme exercise in learning. With no prior experience, I had to learn the entire process of mushroom production from substrate sourcing and mixing, to sterilization, to inoculation, to fruiting, to refining...

In an email I had received from Gary, a gentleman running a small but successful mushroom business ( Fresh from the Farm Fungus ), he had inquired as to what genetics and substrate I was using - in response to an email I had first sent him asking why my yields were not optimal. I had seemingly fine-tuned the environment (humidity, temp, air flow, lighting) but hadn't put much thought into the substrate on which I was growing the mushrooms. Actually, I was using a reliable and high yield mix,...

In my recent article, titled "Medicinal Mushrooms, Raw Powders, and the Extraction Problem" I noted how many mushroom businesses do not properly extract compounds from powders and sell it to customers in the raw from which has minimal medicinal benefits (given that customers do not know how to exact it properly). I had noted, however, that mushroom tinctures, were the exception and that those who buy mushroom tinctures were likely to be getting reliable and honest produce. It is a testament...