All-in-One Grow Bag for Dung-Loving Mushrooms - CVG - 5 lb

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Built for Dung-Loving Species

This substrate is optimized for mushrooms that require or perform better on high-nutrient, manure-style bases. It mimics the nutritional and structural profile of dung substrates without the mess, odor, or unpredictability of raw manure.

All-in-One Design

Each bag includes sterilized grain combined with a fully hydrated, fortified bulk substrate. This format allows for colonization and fruiting to happen in a single container, reducing handling and contamination risk. Just inject your liquid culture or spores of choice and watch it grow.

Self-Contained Grow Environment

Contents are sealed in a Sakato-brand polypropylene grow bag with a self-healing injection port and a 0.2 micron filter patch. This makes it easy to inoculate directly with liquid culture while maintaining proper, filtered gas exchange during incubation and fruiting.

Anyone can easily grow mushrooms using our simple All-in-One Mushroom Grow Bag - no experience required!

What you'll need:

• All-in-One Mushroom Grow Bag
• Alcohol wipe, or isopropyl alcohol and a cotton ball
• Syringe with liquid culture or spores*
• (optional) Latex gloves, isopropyl alcohol and spray bottle

Instructions:

• Prepare space:
  • It's best to work in a pet-free room without any fans moving the air around - we want things as clean as possible to minimize the chance of contamination
  • Wipe down your work surface with alcohol, using a paper towel and spray bottle
• Inoculate:
  • Sterilize the injection needle on your syringe with a lighter and allow to cool briefly
  • Wipe injection port with alcohol wipe or cotton ball dipped in alcohol
  • Inject bag with spores from a spore syringe or liquid culture (minimum of 1cc/pound of media), then cover with Scotch tape
  • Store the bag off the ground in a place with dim lighting - absolutely no direct sunlight - at 70-78F (warmer is better)
  • When the bag is at least 20% colonized (white in color) massage, shake and/or knead the bag to break up the media and more evenly distribute the mycelium
• Prepare for fruiting:
  • When the bag is fully colonized, once again clean your work surface with alcohol
  • Spray or wipe down the bag with alcohol, avoiding the filter patch
  • Wipe scissors with alcohol and cut a small (around 3") slit just beneath filter patch to induce fruiting
  • Grab both sides of the bag with your hands and move them in and out to exchange the air inside
  • Fold the top of the bag a couple of times, seal it with 1-2 paper clips and place it in a dark or dimly lit place, preferably at 70-75F
• Harvest!
  • When the mushrooms are ready for harvest, open the bag and gently twist the mushrooms to remove them from the media
  • If you want to get a second flush (second round) of mushrooms
    • Rehydrate the bag by very slowly pouring around 90ml of distilled water into the bag
    • Seal the bag using paper clips and wait until the next flush of mushrooms are ready for harvest
    • In many cases you can repeat this process again for a total of three flushes
    • Dispose of the grow bag and enjoy the fruits of your labor!

We realize that cultivating mushrooms might seem like a daunting task to someone who hasn't done it before. If you have any questions please contact us and we'll do our best to help you achieve success!