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Dec 29, 2025

Growing Mushrooms

Here's for a weird hobby. I just saw a video by an American Youtuber that I plan to watch about growing shiitake mushrooms. From what I've seen, it probably needs a bit of space. There was a local market in Fukuoka Prefecture that had a "mushroom room" where they grew and sold mushrooms like maitake and eringi. I also saw a video of a couple in Paris that built a mushroom growing shower room! The local hardware store sells "seeded" logs and shiitake mushroom growing kits. I have seen the logs around people's homes on occasion. It seems like a very odd, but sustainable hobby. Has anyone tried it, or is anyone interested to try this? I wonder how involved or beginner friendly it is.

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  • genkidesu

    genkidesu

    on Dec 30

    My dream (eventually) would be to have a house with a big enough yard to grow a bunch of fruits, veggies, herbs, and the like, so growing mushrooms sounds appealing to me! I haven't tried mushrooms yet, but when we lived in Tokyo before Niigata we had a small yard area. I managed to grow cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, and some herbs. I like the sustainability element of the mushrooms growing on logs, you've inspired me to research it a bit more!

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  • BigfamJapan

    BigfamJapan

    on Jan 1

    You know, I actually thought about growing mushrooms before, because my husband eats them daily and they seem like a fairly easy to grow vegetable, even for someone like me who historically doesn't have a good record when it comes to growing vegetables! Thanks to you, I am going to give this some thought again.

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  • TonetoEdo

    TonetoEdo

    on Jan 9

    I'd love to try this on my veranda, but I'm afraid it's too hot as it's south-facing. Some sources I see say you can grow mushrooms indoors, but sensitivity to spores can be an issue. Hm, I'm going to research this a bit more...

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Growing Mushrooms

Here's for a weird hobby. I just saw a video by an American Youtuber that I plan to watch about growing shiitake mushrooms. From what I've seen, it probably needs a bit of space. There was a local market in Fukuoka Prefecture that had a "mushroom room" where they grew and sold mushrooms like maitake and eringi. I also saw a video of a couple in Paris that built a mushroom growing shower room! The local hardware store sells "seeded" logs and shiitake mushroom growing kits. I have seen the logs around people's homes on occasion. It seems like a very odd, but sustainable hobby. Has anyone tried it, or is anyone interested to try this? I wonder how involved or beginner friendly it is.

helloalissa

helloalissa

on Dec 29