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Explorer · 10–14 · Free

Build a Humidity Tent

5 lessons · 49m

Become the engineer of your own weather! Turn a plastic tote, some perlite, and a grid of drilled holes into a DIY fruiting chamber, then use a hygrometer to hold a steady 80-90% humidity for happy mushrooms.

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In this course

  1. 1Why Mushrooms Need Wet Air9m
  2. 2Gather Your Materials9m
  3. 3Drilling the Air Holes10m
  4. 4Building the Perlite Bed10m
  5. 5Reading and Holding the Humidity11m

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These optional kits are sold in our external webshop. Learning here stays free. A grown-up handles orders and follows the kit instructions.

Growing (and tasting!) mushrooms is a hands-on project. Young growers should always work together with an adult.