Description
What is Wine Cap Mushroom Spawn?
Wine Cap, or Garden Giant, is a fast-colonizing mushroom spawn great for your outdoor beds. Ideal for growing in wood chips or straw, Wine Cap spawn produces edible mushrooms while decomposing wood chips into organic matter, building up your soil health!
Species: Stropharia rugoso-annulata Commonly known as Wine Cap or Garden Giant Mushrooms
Spawn Type: Sawdust Spawn
Coverage: one 5lb. bag wine cap mushroom spawn plants 25 sq ft 4-6" deep.
Best Substrate: Hardwood wood chips and/or straw
How to Grow Wine Cap Mushrooms
- Choose location- ideally partial shade such as the north side of a building or forest edge
- Lay down soaked cardboard to smother weeds (optional)
- Lay down 3-4 inches of soaked straw or wood chips
- Spread Wine Cap sawdust spawn over the bed
- Cover with 2-3 additional inches of wood chips
For more in-depth instructions, view our Planting Wine Cap Instruction Sheet.
Wine Cap Mushroom FAQs:
- When is the best time to plant Wine Cap mushrooms?
- For northern climates: Plant Wine Cap in the spring when temperatures are regularly above 50 degrees during the day OR plant in late summer or early fall with at least 4 weeks of temperatures above 50 degrees
- For southern climates: Plant Wine Cap in fall through the milder winter months through early spring
- How do I cook Wine Cap mushrooms?
- Best braised or picked young and pickled
Volume discount pricing:
1-7 bags: $28.00 ea.
8-15 bags: $22.00 ea.
16-50 bags: $18.00 ea.
Additional Details
- SKU:
- SSRL
