Man doing I miss growing mushrooms! It was such a rewarding hobby. As much as I enjoyed those shared experiences with myself and friends, many reasons prompted me to cease. Between not wanting a felony as it would bar me from my desired employment to not having the time to enjoy consumption as well as previous over indulgment, simply No space in life as of now. Granted I feel like I could use a mental reset.
I have to agree with fuck kits. Mushroom production is a fascinating and easy hobby. For what you'd spend on a kit (minus the pressure cooker which you can get on the cheap, used), you could grow more mushrooms than you know what to do with. Plus I enjoyed making my own prints and spore solutions. Grew different varieties which was fun as well. The science behind mycology is so interesting.
Now I grow cannabis, which to be honest has more failure points and places to make mistakes. Still a rewarding, self sustaining medication source is quite nice, which was one thing mushrooms didn't provide (ya don't do mushrooms everyday, but I certainly smoke everyday).
ETA about $120 worth of supplies including jars/lids, creating a pressure box (for sterility), multiple spore types, clean syringes, vermiculite and brown rice produced dried lbs over the year and a half I was dabbling in growing.
