Students Taught
In our beginner course, you’ll learn how to set up your own DIY grow tub right at home!
Featuring experienced cultivators, you can use this course to grow a variety of medicinal mushrooms. We’ll walk you through the basics of cultivation, from preparing your grow setup to harvesting your mushrooms in our easy-to-digest video tutorials and written guides.
Want to have access to the best mycology experts at your finger tips? Good news! In this course, you’ll be supported by our team of experts, including Dr. K Mandrake, author of The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible. You’ll also get lifetime access to a private online forum with other growers around the globe who you can connect with and support along the way.
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DB 101: How to Grow Mushrooms
SAVE YOUR SPOT! USE CODE GROWMORE FOR $25 OFF-
Live Access to Expert Mycologists
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Seven Step-by-Step Video Episodes, Written Guides, Extensive FAQ Guide
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Private Online Forum of Growers
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Supply List with Preferred Vendors
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A Free one-month DoubleBlind+ Membership Trial (auto-renews after 30 days for $19/month, cancel anytime)
4 interest-free payments of $37.50 at checkout
As Seen in:
- You've scrolled the internet for answers on how to grow mushrooms, but the amount of conflicting information is overwhelming
- You've started the grow process but have questions related to your specific grow situation
- You know about the power of medicinal mushrooms, but you don’t know how to access them
- You want to take control of your own supply of food and medicine and meet other people who are on a similar journey
- Never rely on random Reddit feeds and online forums again, and get instant access to a step-by-step proven process for growing mushrooms at home
- Ask your questions directly to expert mycologists throughout each step of the grow process
- Grow as many shrooms as you can imagine to share with your family and friends
- Connect with a global network of fungi enthusiasts and psychonauts who will trade tips and cheer you on along the way
You’ll get a vocab lesson on all of the terms you’ll need to know to be fluent in growing your own fungi.
Key Takeaways:
- Get an introduction to the anatomy of a mushroom
- Learn the basic cultivation terminology we’ll use throughout the course
- Plus, get an in-depth mycology glossary
In this episode, we outline the supplies you’ll need for inoculation and subsequent steps of the grow process.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn the difference between spore syringes and sport prints
- Access a supply list with links to our favorite suppliers
- Find out our favorite vendors for purchasing spores
Here you’ll learn how to “plant” your spores, or inoculate your substrate—the first step in the mushroom cultivation process.
Key Takeaways:
- Set up a sterile environment
- Begin the grow process by inoculating your substrate
- Practice patience as your mycelium colonizes
During this episode we show you how to make your bulk substrate for your fruiting chamber (a.k.a. terrarium or monotub).
Key Takeaways:
- Get the DB-approved bulk substrate recipe
- Mix and pasteurize your bulk substrate
- Prepare your fruiting chamber
You’ll learn what to expect when your mushrooms begin to fruit. We also describe some common possible contaminants to look out for.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn about pinning
- Monitor your first flush
- Familiarize yourself with common types of mold
You’ll learn what to expect when your mushrooms begin to fruit. We also describe some common possible contaminants to look out for.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn about pinning
- Monitor your first flush
- Familiarize yourself with common types of mold
In the final episode, we harvest our mushrooms and dry them.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn when and how to pick your shrooms
- Understand why and how to dry your shrooms
- Find the best way to store shrooms long-term
- Learn how to “dunk” your mycelium for another “flush”
We’re incredibly humbled to have Dr. K Mandrake on our team. He wrote the definitive psychedelic mushroom growing book, The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible. He holds a doctorate in mycology and is an expert on every stage of the grow process, whether you’re a beginner or looking for more advanced techniques. You’ll find him in our online forum helping growers troubleshoot, and if you take our 102 course, he’ll walk you through making spore prints, agar, and culture libraries.
Bryan has been working with our fungi friends for over five years. We were thrilled to have Bryan first join us as a student and after seeing his skills, inviting him to join the team of experts was a no-brainer. Since joining us, he’s written an expansive 14-page glossary for our growers that is guaranteed to get you up-to-speed on myco-speak. You’ll get to know Byran well in our online forum where he’s actively answering questions and building community with our growers.
Virginia Haze is a nomadic writer and editor with a long history of both writing about and using intoxicants in all their forms, though not always at the same time. She’s written for drug culture magazines, worked on many step-by-step cultivation guides and is the co-author of best-selling books The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible and The Psilocybin Chef Cookbook. She learned to grow mushrooms under the tutelage of Dr. K. Mandrake. Find her cheering you on in our online forum.
Support
Unlike with online forums like Reddit, with our course, you get access to leading mycology teachers who will support you every step of the way.
- Three expert mycologists available online Tuesday-Friday and Sunday
- Share pictures of your grow
- Get your questions answered
You’ll get access to an invite-only, private DoubleBlind community to bond with and receive support from your fellow growers.
- The DoubleBlind community is very global—connect with growers around the world
- Get grow tips and recommendations
- Learn about other people’s experiences and share your own
Affordable
Once you have the setup, you can use it forever, to grow an infinite supply of mushrooms for your friends and family. All the supplies cost less than $100.
- You’ll get about 30 to 60 dried grams of mushrooms from a spore syringe, which costs about $10
- Go as fancy or as basic with your setup as you’d like
- All supplies can be found online and in local hardware/garden stores
You don’t need extra space—in fact, a space the size of a litter box should be enough room.
- You’ll need a small, dark space for inoculation
- For colonization, you’ll need a space with indirect light
- 75-82F is ideal, but you can always get creative to regulate temperature
From prep to harvest, the whole process takes about nine weeks.
- Most of this time is spent waiting—patience is key!
- Only a couple of fuller days needed for inoculation and transferring the substrate
- Once they’ve begun growing, you’ll check to mist and fan periodically
Check Out What Our Community is Growing
Kathy, DB 101 Student
Glory Hallelujah I saw that DoubleBlind was offering a class on how to grow mushrooms!
“The entire journey from supplies to harvest was really magical for me. The 9 week class provided step by step instructions by using a written guide and videos which were excellent. I know this sounds like this is too good to be true but it was true and it was amazing how much effort went into this class and how much attention we received. We had a team of highly qualified mycologists.”
Sara, DB 101 Student
Incredible experience and I would highly recommend it. Thank you DoubleBlind!
“I’ve been interested in plant medicines for a while so I thought it would be a cool hands on way for me to explore those topics. I really enjoyed the course, it was super easy to follow. There were helpful experts who were there to answer all my questions”
Fred, DB 101 Student
Thanks to our amazing teachers and our incredible community now I can cultivate my own mushrooms.
“I was already curious about mycology, but DoubleBlind’s How to Grow Mushrooms course came right on time in quarantine. I loved that I could get access to expert knowledge throughout the grow process.”
Let's Grow Together
DB 101: How to Grow Mushrooms
SAVE YOUR SPOT! USE CODE GROWMORE FOR $25 OFF-
Live Access to Expert Mycologists
-
Seven Step-by-Step Video Episodes, Written Guides, Extensive FAQ Guide
-
Private Online Forum of Growers
-
Supply List with Preferred Vendors
-
A Free one-month DoubleBlind+ Membership Trial (auto-renews after 30 days for $19/month, cancel anytime)
4 interest-free payments of $37.50 at checkout
Frequently Asked Questions
All of the materials can be accessed online with a username and log-in through our website.
The online class starts as soon as you enroll. You are free to move along at your own pace.
Yes, you can watch the episodes as many times as you’d like.
Once you subscribe, you will have access to a community of experts who will be available to personally answer your questions.
Once you sign up for the course, we’ll email you a list of supplies. Most of the items you can purchase in your local gardening store. We also provide a trusted website for spores.
Yes, we’ve had people from all over the world take the course! Our mushroom community is very global.
It’s important to us that people have access to the resources they need to heal. We have limited scholarship opportunities. Email us at: [email protected]
Email us at [email protected]
From Our Founders
“It’s been so humbling and beautiful to watch our mushroom community grow to thousands of people from around the world, who are supporting each other on their mushroom growing journeys. Some of our students have even gone onto become TAs for the other students, and many have graduated saying the course changed their lives and the relationship they have with their medicine and food. This course is really just a part of a movement to take our health back into our own hands, and we’re grateful to be a part of it at DoubleBlind.”
— Shelby Hartman & Madison Margolin
