Fresh Mushrooms - Tasting Pack
Myco Calendar
📅 Myco Calendar – MycoZen
Grow mushrooms all year round, easily 🍄
No matter the season, there is always a perfect time to launch a MycoZen project.
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❄️ Winter → discover the kits inside
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🌱 Spring → learn LC + spawn
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🌞 Summer → produce more bags & regular harvests
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🍂 Autumn → test slower varieties & organize your batches
Whether you are a beginner , curious or passionate , you can easily grow mushrooms at home.
❄️ January – February: Preparation & Discovery
✔️ Choosing your strains (Oyster mushroom, Shiitake, Lion's Mane, Enoki, Shimeji…)
✔️ Start with an indoor fruiting kit
✔️ Note down important information: date , strain , batch
Ideal for: learning quietly, a calm family activity.
🌱 March – April: Launching your first projects
✔️ Prepare or purchase liquid cultures (LC)
✔️ Make your first bags of grain (spawn)
✔️ Test 1 to 3 bags of Master Mix
🎯 Objective: to understand the cycle
LC → spawn → fruiting bag
🌞 May – June: Accelerate production
✔️ Ideal temperatures → faster colonization
✔️ Gradually increase production
✔️ Test 1–2 new strains (e.g. Blue oyster mushroom + Shimeji)
✔️ Create a “MycoZen” corner: shelf, tent, humidity
🔥 July – August: Season of large volumes
✔️ Perfect conditions for oyster mushrooms
✔️ Produce 5–10 active bags
✔️ Monitor: ventilation, odors, contamination
✔️ Harvest every week
🍂 September – October: Diversity & Planning
✔️ Try slower-growing strains: Shiitake , Lion's Mane
✔️ Prepare spawn points for autumn
✔️ Launch a few kits to add variety
✔️ Note: yield, flavor, ease
🎁 November – December: Harvest & organization
✔️ Indoor Culture
✔️ Give MycoZen kits as gifts
✔️ Organize your data: lots, photos, notes
✔️ Prepare the new LCs for January
🔬 Cultivation Calendar – A Complete MycoZen Cycle
(To be used in product descriptions or as an educational tool)
🧪 Typical cycle:
LC → Spawn → Substrate → Fruiting
| Stage | Days | What you do | What you're monitoring |
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| 1. Preparation | Day -2 to 0 | Clean and prepare bags and labels | Cleanliness, organization |
| 2. LC Inoculation | Day 0 | Injection of LC into sterile grain | Cleanliness + good mix |
| 3. Spawn colonization | Day 1–14/21 | The grain turns white | No green/black stains, no odors |
| 4. Mix spawn + substrate | Days 14–21 | Mix colonized spawn + Master Mix | Even distribution |
| 5. Colonization of the bag | Day 14–30+ | The bag turns completely white | No brown areas / contamination |
| 6. Fruiting | Days 25–35 | Open/drill, add light & air | High humidity, low CO₂ |
| 7. First harvest | Day 30–45 | Harvest at the right time | Hats that aren't too flat |
| 8. 2nd/3rd wave | +7–14 days | Additional harvests | Stable conditions |
⏱️ Approximate total duration
➡️ 30 to 45 days depending on the strain and temperature.
🌡️ General terms and conditions (simple & accessible)
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🌡️ Temperature: 18–24 °C
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💧 Fruiting humidity: 85–95%
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💡 Light: indirect, soft
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🌬️ Fresh air: a little bit every day
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🧼 Cleanliness: clean hands & equipment, avoid dust
🏷️ Quick reminder MycoZen
Each MycoZen product is designed to fit into this calendar:
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🎁 Kits → for easy starting
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💉 LC → to progress
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🌾 Spawn → to produce more
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📦 Master Mix → to increase harvests
🎯 Objective: to make mycology accessible to all ages, without complication.