Growing Exotic and Medicinal mushrooms has fast become the new "Sexy" in the mushroom industry.
Mushroom DIY, Courses and Training
Level 1: Easy
This beginners course will specifically teach you how to inoculate a wood substrate (log) with Shiitake or Reishi dowels that you have purchased. It will start off with only the most important theory that you need to know, then move over to the three EASY steps on how to inoculate a log.
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Level 2: Introductory
This introductory course will specifically teach you how to cold sterilise a straw only substrate and inoculate it with Oyster grain spawn (mushroom spawn) that you have purchased. It will start off with only the most important theory that you need to know, then move over to the video demonstrations.
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Level 3: Intermediate
This intermediate course will specifically teach you how to sterilise a combined straw & wood substrate and inoculate it with Shiitake, Reishi, Turkey Tail, Lions Mane or King Oyster grain spawn (mushroom spawn) that you have purchased. This substrate preparation method will be covered in Module 4 of the NEW Online Learning Centre, using training materials and video demonstrations.
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Level 1-4: Advanced Fungi Culturing Course (NOT AVAILABLE until January 2023 due to facility upgrades)The Advanced Fungi Culturing Course (in-person attendance course) is not for the faint-hearted, yet it is for the highly passionate! The attendance course is extensive and includes take home cultures, master jars & grain spawn that you make during the course.
"The value of this course is not only in the skill and knowledge imparted, but also the tips and tricks learnt over 26 years of mastery," Craig Fourie
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Level 1-4: Advanced Fungi Culturing Course (NEW Online Learning Centre)Take the Advanced Fungi Culturing Course with access to ALL the same great content, from the comfort of your chair, at your own pace and convenience. The course includes downloadable training materials and has 120+ minutes of video lessons.
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Compare the items included in the Attendance Course to the Online Course below:
Includes |
Attendance Course |
Online Course |
In-person |
Yes, tuition from Craig Fourie |
No |
Online |
Yes |
Yes |
Training materials |
Printed in a ring binder |
Download |
Cultures |
10 |
None |
Master spawn |
2 |
None |
Grain spawn |
2 x 2kg |
None |
Catering |
Yes |
None |
Modules |
1, 2, 3 & 4 |
1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 launching June 2022) |
Cost |
R2,825 per module x 4 Total R11,300 |
R650 for module 1,2 & 3 and R875 for module 4 (once it launches) Total R2,825 |
Qualify for Fungkifriend (for South Africa only) |
Yes, 10% off supplies and spawn |
Yes, 10% off supplies and spawn |