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Tucson 'shroom growers go deep into the details


[Release date]2018-12-17
[Core hints]Matt Silverton admits that as a gardener hes got a black thumb. Except when it comes to fungi.I could never grow a plant
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Matt Silverton admits that as a gardener he’s got a black thumb. Except when it comes to fungi.
 
“I could never grow a plant,” Silverton says, “but I can grow mushrooms.”
 
Silverton is a co-organizer of the Arizona Mushroom Growing Group, a bunch of ’shroom-gardening enthusiasts who are figuring out the best ways to grow mushrooms in Tucson.
 
His and others’ experiments are housed in a small section of a small greenhouse at the Las Milpitas de Cottonwood community farm. The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona provides the space.
 
A waist-high, maybe 10-foot-long shelf is divided into sections where each participating member grows oyster mushrooms, the easiest kind to grow in Tucson. The shelf is full of 5-pound bags and 5-gallon buckets that contain growing material from which mushrooms grow.
 
The growers share the cost of the misting system that helps maintain the ideal humidity for growing. A floor-to-ceiling white plastic curtain also helps keep the humidity in.
 
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