John's Thoughts
-
How gourmet mushrooms differ from Buttons, Portobellos and Creminis
![]()
Gourmet mushrooms have different tastes, shapes, nutrient amounts, growing methods and shelf lives than the common Button mushrooms found in grocery stores. -
Italian Oyster: Mushroom of the month for July 2022
![]()
The Italian Oyster is the mushroom of the month as we enter the first full month of summer. This mushroom is an all-star.
-
Dried Morel mushrooms available for a limited time
![]()
For a limited time, the luxurious dried Morel mushrooms are available to buy at JCB Gourmet Mushrooms. -
Yellow Oyster: Mushroom of the month for June 2022
![]()
The Yellow Oyster is the mushroom of the month for June as we shift from spring to summer. Find out why they are pleasant to see and delicious to eat. -
Oyster mushrooms shrink, paralyze nematode heads in the wild
![]()
Oyster mushrooms normally feed on dead wood and organisms. But sometimes, they immobilize and eat nematodes on the side. -
Humidity and cold shocking prolong mushroom grow kits
![]()
You can have as many as five harvests of mushrooms in your own grow kit by maintaining the humidity and trying an extra trick. -
Growing mushrooms indoors: Incubation and grow rooms
![]()
Have you ever felt less productive on a scorching hot summer’s day? The mycelium in our growing medium sure has. As temperatures in the Ottawa ... -
Growing mushrooms indoors: Adding spawn
![]()
In the second article of this series, the mushroom substrate goes from inside the sterilizer to in front of the laminar flow hood, awaiting the precious mushroom spawn. -
JCB Gourmet Mushrooms, Deep Roots save van-loads of growing fungi
![]()
Moving growing blocks to an insulated root cellar prevented the fungi from spoiling in an overheated incubation room. Each block can grow about one to two pounds of mushrooms. -
Grow kit difficulty levels represent time, steps, and flexibility
![]()
You can now choose which mushrooms you want to grow depending on the challenge you desire. Our difficulty levels are based on the growing time, the steps to follow, and how flexible mushrooms are to different conditions. -
Growing mushrooms indoors: The grow mix
![]()
The types of mushrooms we grow mostly decompose hardwood trees in the wilderness, such as oak, maple, and beech trees for example. We try to replicate that environment indoors with our grow mixes, known as substrate. -
Choose your chestnut: Popularity of "Chestnut" shows importance of scientific names
![]()
At JCB Gourmet Mushrooms, we grow the Chestnut mushroom and the Chestnut mushroom. The scientific names should clarify any confusion around the popularity of the chestnut in common mushroom names.
- Page 1 of 2
- Next page