Welcome to North Spore's Knowledge Base

• Starting a commercial growing operation

• Growing from spores or spawn?
• How is North Spore's spawn produced?
• Mushroom Identification
• Product Storage
• Spawn types and uses
• What is a 'flush'
• What is 'fruiting'

See all articles in General Mushroom Info →

• Do I need a humidity tent? How do I make one?
• Growing mushrooms indoors
• How can I tell if my fruiting block is contaminated?
• How do I harvest mushrooms off of my fruiting block kit?
• How often should I water my fruiting block kit?
• Psilocybe cultivation
• Should I take the fruiting block kit out of the bag?

See all articles in Indoor Grows →

• Contact information
• Referral Program
• Rewards Program

• Can I inoculate logs with wine cap?
• FAQ For Log Inoculation
• Fresh cut or old wood?
• Growing morels
• Growing mushrooms in a container
• Hole spacing for log inoculation
• How does pasteurization lead to more diversity?

See all articles in Outdoor Grows, Plugs and Sawdust →

• Do you pack orders on the weekend?
• How do you ship your products?
• Insulated Shipping
• International Shipping
• Local Pickup
• My grain spawn looks uncolonized, is it still good to use?
• Shipping to Canada

See all articles in Shipping →

• Are these the right mushrooms?
• Can I turn my kit around and cut open the other side?
• Do I have the wrong kit?
• Do the mushrooms all grow at the same time?
• Getting a second flush from your kit
• Gnats or bugs in a kit
• Grow Mushrooms From A Kit

See all articles in Spray and Grow Kits →

• Can I use North Spore Sterile Substrates with North Spore Grain Spawn?
• How do I use a BoomR bag?
• How many BoomR bags will fill a tub?
• How many cc’s of liquid culture or spores per injection port bag?
• How much spawn should I use for a montub?
• Shelf life of BoomR bags
• Troubleshooting Your Sterile Substrate and Other Common Questions

See all articles in Sterile Substrates →

• How do I choose plug vs. sawdust spawn for logs?
• How much spawn do I need?