There are quite a lot of people who wonder what it takes to grow magic mushrooms at home. Even though the entire procedure of growing these mushrooms, as this species of psychedelic mushrooms are also known as, sounds too cumbersome, it is actually very easy and takes very little time and money. It is always better to grow magic mushrooms rather than buy from the local market as home grown ones are fresh and grow under clean an environment. Of course, for first time growers there is a little bit of preparation like getting a few cans or jars, buying some vermiculite, brown rice and syringe of mushroom spores. Most of these are easily available at pet stores or even nurseries or stores that sell plants and related products.
Even though there is an extremely easy procedure to grow magic mushrooms by simply buying the ready to use kits available in the market, it is an altogether different experience to actually carry out the entire procedure on one’s own and thereby go about growing the psychedelic mushrooms right at home or in the kitchen garden. The basic procedure involved is in four different steps. First step is sterilization, then comes inoculation followed by incubation and the last stage is germination. Apparatus required few small cans, substrate made up of brown rice, vermiculite and water, mushroom spores that can be easily injected within the substrate, small rectangular boxes or tins or even vases for final fruiting of mushrooms.
First and foremost, Mix the brown rice, vermiculite and fresh water to form the basic substrate. Now, fill up each can or jar with the substrate and keep in pressure cooker or big vessel for sterilization. Make sure that the cans do not tilt over while the sterilization takes place. After the water in the pressure cooker comes to a boil, switch off heat. Let the canning jars cool. It is best to allow cooling of sterilised jars for at least four to five hours.
The next step to grow magic mushrooms involves inoculation. Take the syringe full of mushroom spores and inject the liquid in four different directions. This is done so that the entire substrate is colonized equally by the rapidly growing mycelium. Be careful to keep the jars in a cool and dark place as soon as inoculation is done. After the entire surface is covered with the mycelium. During the next stage called incubation, the substrate along with the mycelium is taken out and left to germinate in a new bed or substrate.
The final step involves carefully taking out the cakes from each jar and placing them one by one in the final bed of substrate or terrarium that will allow complete flush of mushrooms in quick succession. The terrarium should be moist with a little bit of light falling on it for a fruitful and complete harvest of the magic mushrooms. When the entire set of mushrooms bloom, pluck away all the fully grown ones, so that a new set of the flush appears soon after. This way one can get three or four complete flushes of mushrooms. This is one of the easiest ways to grow magic mushrooms right within your home, or even in your own room. However, care must be taken to ensure that there is cleanliness maintained in and around the room where the apparatus is kept for fresh and clean flush of mushrooms.
