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New to mushrooms? You’ve come to the right place. At FreshCap, we know mushrooms. And we want to share that knowledge with you! Growing mushrooms can be a ton of fun. But there is so much to lear...

Glossary

Glossary

Mycelium, agar, colonization... what does it all mean? Here's a quick primer on some of the most common terms used in mushroom cultivation. Agar: A seaweed derived powder used to make a nutrified...

The 3 Levels Of Mushroom Growing

The 3 Levels Of Mushroom Growing

If you’re just starting to learn about growing mushrooms, the process can seem overwhelming. There is so much to learn! Unfortunately, that can be a turn off for some people who are looking to ge...

How To Grow Mushrooms On Logs And Stumps With Plug Spawn

How To Grow Mushrooms On Logs And Stumps With Plug Spawn

Growing mushrooms on logs is a fun and low maintenance way to enjoy fresh mushrooms at home. Even if you only have a small backyard, log-grown mushrooms can be a fun and fruitful addition to y...

How Mushrooms Can Help You Achieve Your Goals in 2019

How Mushrooms Can Help You Achieve Your Goals in 2019

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The Scariest Health Issues For Men and How Mushrooms Might Help Fight Back

The Scariest Health Issues For Men and How Mushrooms Might Help Fight Back

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How To Clone Mushrooms

How To Clone Mushrooms

Remember Dolly the sheep? It’s the first thing I think of any time I hear the word “clone.” It took scientists many years, but eventually they were able to create the world's first mammal cloned...

Growing Mushrooms In Bottles

Growing Mushrooms In Bottles

One of the biggest problems facing the mushroom industry today is the reliance on plastic bags as fruiting containers. Now, don’t get me wrong… I think mushroom grow bags work great. But- these...

Must Have Equipment For a Mushroom Lab at Home

Must Have Equipment For a Mushroom Lab at Home

Building a workable mushroom laboratory at home is one of the best things you can do to increase your mushroom growing prowess. Key skills like making your grain spawn, doing agar work, cloning ...

Growing Mushrooms Using a Casing Layer

Growing Mushrooms Using a Casing Layer

If you’ve ever seen pictures of a button-mushroom farm, you might be asking yourself … why does it look like all the mushrooms are growing out of the soil? Aren’t mushrooms supposed to grow from ...

Growing Mushrooms The Easy Way (Outdoor Garden)

Growing Mushrooms The Easy Way (Outdoor Garden)

Let’s face it, growing mushrooms can be complicated. You have to worry about managing cultures, sterilizing grains, making spawn, mixing substrates and trying to do it all without introducing co...

The Yellow Oyster Mushroom

The Yellow Oyster Mushroom

The Yellow Oyster Mushroom, sometimes called the Golden Oyster, is both stunningly beautiful and easy to grow, making it a popular choice among home cultivators. This mushroom grows fast and f...

A Mushroom Growers Guide To Preventing Contamination

A Mushroom Growers Guide To Preventing Contamination

Growing mushrooms from scratch require a sterile environment, and sterile processes for repeated success. The hard work of transferring cultures on agar, inoculating grain jars, and making fruit...

How To Use Mushroom Grain Spawn

How To Use Mushroom Grain Spawn

Growing mushrooms starting from ready-made grain spawn is one of the most accessible and beginner friendly ways to get into the hobby of mushroom cultivation. It is slightly more complicated tha...

Mushroom Yield and Biological Efficiency

Mushroom Yield and Biological Efficiency

Mushroom yield and biological efficiency are important parameters that need to be understood and optimized by the mushroom cultivator. When you first start out growing mushrooms, you might no...