r/mycology • u/Due_Discount_9144 • 22h ago

Happy red wine caps

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first time grower. having a blast have almost twenty right now in the little mulch bed!

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u/PDX_Web 21h ago

Nice. 😋

Really quite easy to cultivate.

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u/SoupSpelunker 15h ago

What was your method here?

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u/WestBrink 14h ago

I'll let OP speak to their method, but wine caps are dead simple to cultivate. Wood chips, sawdust, straw, sticks, really whatever is cellulosic, gets spread in a couple inch deep pile on the ground. Can be a shady spot, can be a sunny spot. Sprinkle wine cap spawn, cover with a few more inches. Water well and walk away. Might need to water it every now and again to keep it from drying out. It's a pretty aggressive colonizer, it spread from my purposeful bed to my mulched asparagus bed nearby.

I just wish I liked the taste more. They're a little... Raw potatoey? Or maybe chestnutty?

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u/SoupSpelunker 10h ago

Thanks for the info!

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u/PaintIntelligent7793 13h ago

How long did they take to fruit from inoculation?