Outdoor Growing
Commercial King Stropharia: Engineering Large-Scale Outdoor Production
Wine Cap mushrooms produce 5-8 lbs per 10 square feet of wood chips with almost zero maintenance. Spawn rates, bed prep, and multi-acre scaling math.
Growing Guides
Cultivation Techniques
Arduino and ESP32 for Mycology: Engineering Custom Environment Controllers
Build a custom mushroom environment controller with an ESP32. NDIR CO2 sensors, relay logic, and the code that automates humidity and FAE.
Outdoor Growing
Mushroom Garden Design: Integrating Mycology into Regenerative Agriculture
What if your garden grew food underground? Companion planting with King Stropharia, biological nematode control, and wood chip bed design for year-round fungi.
Outdoor Growing
The Log Inoculation Masterclass: Engineering High-Yield Outdoor Mushroom Beds
Drill, plug, wax, wait. The log inoculation method produces shiitake for 4-6 years from a single hardwood log. Moisture, spawn depth, and timing protocols.
Cultivation Techniques
Building a Martha Tent: The Professional Guide to Automated Fruiting
How to build a Martha tent fruiting chamber with automated humidity, FAE, and sensor monitoring. Includes parts list and wiring diagram.
Substrate and Grain Prep
Masters Mix Masterclass: Engineering the Ultimate Substrate for Gourmet Fungi
The 50/50 hardwood pellet and soy hull formula that university research proved produces the highest Biological Efficiency for gourmet mushrooms.
Cultivation Techniques
The Oyster Bucket Tek: Engineering Vertical High-Yield Mushroom Systems
Grow 12-16 lbs of oyster mushrooms in 1.5 square feet. Cold-water lime pasteurization, spawn ring placement, and the $3 bucket method.
Cultivation Techniques
The Monotub Masterclass: Engineering Fresh Air Exchange for High-Yield Grows
Everything about monotub design — hole placement, polyfill density, and the convection physics that make or break your first bulk grow.
Substrate and Grain Prep
Oats vs. Rye vs. Millet: The Technical Guide to Mushroom Grain Spawn
Oats, rye, or millet? Each grain has different starch exposure, inoculation points, and colonization speed. Here's which one to use and why.